Obituaries
Dorothy R. Stearns
Dec 11, 2011
Dorothy R. Stearns, Clarks Green, died Sunday afternoon at Abington Manor Nursing Facility. She was the widow of Edgar W. Stearns, who died April 29, 1998. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Earl Ryan and Anna Scholla Ryan, she was a member of the Clarks Green United Methodist Church and was a graduate of Central High School. She was...
Donald Thompson Foster
Dec 10, 2011
Donald Thompson Foster, 91, died Saturday morning at the Northeast PA Hospice in Scranton. His wife of 67 years, Marjorie Thayer Foster, died in July. Born in Scranton, son of the late Floyd Benjamin and Helen Thompson Foster, he earned an associates degree in 1940 from Keystone Junior College, beginning his long association with the school, and a bachelor's degree...
Henry A. Sobolak Jr.
Dec 9, 2011
Henry A. "Pappy" Sobolak Jr., 65, of Lenox Twp., died Friday morning at home after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife of 13 years is Theresa Corazza Sobolak. Born in Elizabeth, N.J.., on Oct. 7, 1946, son of the late Catherine Butchko Sobolak, he was a graduate of Springfield High School, Clark, N.J. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the...
Warren W. Wirebach
Dec 8, 2011
Warren W. Wirebach, 95, of Middletown died Friday morning at the Middletown Manor. He was the son of the late Warren E. and Olive Nothacker Wirebach. He had retired from State service as Personnel Director at South Mountain Restoration Center at South Mountain, PA and had been office Manager for Consolidated Cigar Corporation of West Pittston. He was the Librarian...
Gary Lee Whipple
Dec 6, 2011
Gary Lee Whipple, 68, of Fogelsville, died Tuesday morning at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Johnson City, N.Y., son of the late Walter Whipple and Elberta Templeton Franklin, and stepson of the late Albert L. Franklin, he was a graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School, Factoryville, and was a proud Air Force veteran, serving during the Vietnam War....
Diana Ann Welsing
Dec 4, 2011
Diana Ann Welsing, died Sunday afternoon at Lackawanna County Health Care in Peckville. Her husband was the late John J. Welsing. Born in Scranton she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Numiaec Shebak. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a practical nurse in New York City and later by the Clarks Summit State Hospital in...
Lee C. Jerauld
Dec 2, 2011
Lee C. Jerauld, 86, of Clarks Summit, died Friday morning at Community Medical Center in Scranton. His wife, Elizabeth Zamushinsky Jerauld, died in 1990. Born in LaPlume, son of the late Bruce and Jennie Ritterbeck Jerauld, he was a graduate of Benton High School. Before retirement, he was the chief engineer of WDAU/WYOU TV and WGBI Radio for more than...
Sarah L. Greubel
Dec 2, 2011
Sarah Lenore Greubel, 92 of Tunkhannock passed away at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock December 2, 2011. She was born January 19, 1919 on the family farm in Millville to the late Thomas and Leota Moser McKenna. Lenore moved to Dunellen, NJ as a young girl where she met and married her husband, Eugene in 1944. They moved to...
Robert James Huggler
Dec 2, 2011
Robert James Huggler, 83, of Ransom Twp., died Friday afternoon at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife of 61 years is the former Dorothy Mlinarski.? Born in Ransom, son of the late Walter and Sophie Huggler, he was a graduate of Newton Ransom High School and was a Navy veteran. He grew up working on the family farm and...
Maria Gombos
Nov 30, 2011
Maria Gombos of Wyalusing passed away at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre on Wednesday November 30th. She was born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia May 31, 1942 daughter of Istvan and Maria Kadar. She was an avid bowler, enjoyed cooking baking and had a green thumb for gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Gombos. Surviving is a son...
Michele M. Costello
Nov 29, 2011
Michele M. Costello, Dalton, died Tuesday morning after injuries resulting from an automobile crash. Her husband is Joseph E. Costello. Born in Scranton, daughter of Alice Joyce Lesso and the late Andrew Lesso, she was previously employed with the University of Scranton and Community Medical Center. She was a member of the Church of St. Benedict, Clarks Summit. Michele was...
Martha M. Driesbaugh
Nov 27, 2011
Martha M. Michalik Driesbaugh Visit Guest Book Martha M. Michalik Driesbaugh, 79, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday morning at home. She was the widow of the late Lester L. Driesbaugh, who died May 11, 2010. Born in Olyphant, daughter of the late Joseph and Martha Schafka Michalik, she lived in Clarks Summit for more than 60 years. A graduate of...
Marion Winters Burke
Nov 25, 2011
Marion Winters Burke died Friday at her home in Newton Twp. She is survived by her husband, Edward J. Burke. The couple had been married for 46 years. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late James and Deborah Winters, she was a resident of Newton Twp. for the past 20 years, previously having lived in Apalachin, N.Y. She was of...
William Christian
Nov 24, 2011
William Christian, Glenburn Township, died peacefully at home on Thursday morning following an illness. He is survived by his wife, the former Eileen Mehan. The couple had been married for 55 years. Born in Wilkes Barre, he was the son of the late Dr. William and Margaret Miliauskas Christian. Prior to Bill's retirement, he was the owner operator of Abington...
John J. King
Nov 23, 2011
John “Jack†J. King of Centermoreland passed away peacefully on Wednesday Nov 23rd at the Gino Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. Jack was born in Pittston on June 29, 1932 son of the Late John and Catherine Donnelly King. Jack was a graduate of the Jenkins Township High School class of 1950. He lettered in football, basketball, and baseball and...
William P. Evans
Nov 21, 2011
William P. Evans of Osterhout Road Tunkhannock died at his home on Monday November 21, 2011. He was born in Wilkes Barre on November 18, 1975 son of Pamela Cortese of Scranton and the Late William W. Evans. Bill was a 1994 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School and received an Associate Degree from Lackawanna Jr. College. He enjoyed weight...
Roberta L. Buzzerd
Nov 21, 2011
Roberta L. Buzzerd, RN, formerly of Phoenixville and East Lemon, died Monday, November 21, 2011 in Ocala, FL surrounded by family. She was born in Philadelphia on November 17, 1938, daughter of the late Dr. Emrys W. and J. Frances Spare Andrews. Roberta was a 1956 graduate of Phoenixville High School and received her RN degree from the Philadelphia College...
Dorothy Rogers
Nov 17, 2011
Dorothy E. Rogers formerly of Nicholson died on Thursday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock were she had been a guest for some Time. Dorothy was born in Tunkhannock on October 30, 1929 daughter of the late Edson and Matilda Engleman Manning. She was a graduate of Mehoopany High School. Dorothy was preceded in death by her first husband...
Peter Rupsky
Nov 17, 2011
Peter Rupsky, of Falls, passed away November 17, 2011. Born in Duryea on December 2, 1918, he was the son of the late John and Agnes Herman Rupsky. Peter was raised in Falls, PA and after graduation from high school, moved to New York City where he worked in a laundry. During World War II, he was drafted into the...
William Halverson
Nov 17, 2011
William Halverson, Newton Twp., died Thursday in the Regional Hospital of Northeastern PA, Hospice Unit. He is survived by his wife, Shuyun Han. Born in Philadelphia, he was a veteran of the US Army and worked as General Manager of Car Sales at Rt. 6 Buick/Pontiac. Services will be private at the convenience of the family.
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