Obituaries
Surinder Chhabra
Sep 11, 2011
Surinder Chhabra died Sunday at VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center in Scranton, after a courageous private battle with cancer. His wife of 22 years is Sudesh Chhabra. Born in India, now Pakistan, he was the son of the late Diwan Chan and Pushpa Chhabra. He exhibited tremendous love for his family, especially his wife and children. He was a...
Camille Spring
Sep 9, 2011
Camille R. Spring of Tioga Terrace Apts. died Friday, September 9 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Ashley on January 23, 1937 daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Jacobosky Zardecki. Camille was a 1954 graduate of Ashley High School and prior to her retirement she worked as a sales clerk in several Tunkhannock retail stores....
Rose Marie Watson
Sep 8, 2011
Rose Marie Watson, Clarks Summit, died Thursday afternoon at Northeast Regional Hospice in Scranton. She was the widow of Ralph Watson, who died in 1980. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John and Goldie Smith Walter. She was a member of the Clarks Summit United Methodist Church and Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069. Prior to her...
Charles K. Landsiedel
Sep 7, 2011
Charles K. Landsiedel, Dalton, died Wednesday morning at Northeast Regional Hospice in Scranton. His wife, Audrey M. Dickinson Landsiedel, died May 31, 2003. Born in Ransom Twp., he was the son of the late Clarence and Emorgene Kresge Landsiedel. Before retirement, he was self-employed on his family farm. He was a member of the Clarks Summit United Methodist Church and...
Evelyn L. Kinney
Sep 4, 2011
Evelyn L. Kinney, 54, of Chinchilla, died Sunday morning at her daughter's home in Factoryville, after a courageous battle with ALS. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Lionel and Evelyn Burlingame Seymour. She attended Abington Heights High School. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by Ocean Logistics, formerly Supermarket Services. She was a member of...
Gloria Jean Brzoska
Sep 4, 2011
Gloria Jean Brzoska of Tunkhannock died Sunday September 4, 2011 at her residence. Gloria was born in Wilkes-Barre on September 24, 1951 daughter of the late Jerome and Margaret Stark Shea. She was preceded in death by a son Chester H. Brzoska. Surviving is her husband of 36 years Chester Brzoska, sons Edward Mazur of Oregon, Chester J. Brzoska of...
Howard Gardner Griggs Sr.
Sep 3, 2011
Howard Gardner Griggs Sr., died Saturday at the VNA Hospice Unit in the Community Medical Center. His wife of 72 years is the former Emmaline M. Rodney. Born in Glenburn on Oct. 21, 1917, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Leona Gardner Griggs. He attended Glenburn Grade School and Clarks Summit High School and took correspondence...
Joseph W. Gwozdz
Sep 2, 2011
Joseph W. Gwozdz of Clarks Green died Friday at home. His wife of 62 years is the former Lois Kline. Joe was born on Nov. 18, 1924, in Pittsburgh, to the late Walter and Victoria Gwozdz. He was a graduate of Pitt School of Engineering, class of 1951. He served in World War II with the 350th Ordnance Battalion and...
Christine E. Bills
Aug 28, 2011
Christine E. Bills, Clarks Summit, died Sunday evening at Northeast Regional Hospital. Born in Long Island, she was the daughter of William and Sally Downs French of Lake Winola and Hobe Sound, Florida. She was a 1984 graduate of Bishop Hannon High School and a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church in Clarks Summit. She enjoyed cooking and...
Lois Buckingham Muchler Zentz
Aug 23, 2011
Lois Buckingham Muchler Zentz, R.N., Clarks Summit, died Wednesday morning at the Abington Manor Nursing Facility. She was the widow of Charles A. Zentz, who died March 10, 1993. Born in Plymouth, daughter of the late William and Helen Shaffer Muchler, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit as well as a member of the...
Melissa C. Javorski
Aug 22, 2011
Melissa C. Javorski, 36, of Tunkhannock, passed away Monday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born February 16, 1975 daughter of Ann Marie Kolodziejczak and the late John J. Javorski. Melissa graduated with honors in 1993 from Tunkhannock Area High School and attended LCCC, Penn State (Wilkes-Barre) and Misericordia University when her health allowed....
Edward H. Sopinski, Sr.
Aug 20, 2011
Edward H. Sopinski, Sr., 83, of Clarks Green, died Saturday at the Gino J. Merli Veterans' Center in Scranton. His wife is the former Elsie Miller, the couple had been married for 38 years. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Boleslaw and Constance Lewonczyk Sopinski. He was a graduate of St. John's High School in Scranton,...
Rose Marie Holgate
Aug 19, 2011
Rose Marie Holgate, 84, of Dalton, died Friday morning at home. Her husband was the late Clifford L. Holgate, who died in 2009. The couple had been married for 62 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Pola Catherine Cheshefski Chesek. She attended North Scranton Junior High School. Early in her career, she worked...
William Samuel Spear
Aug 17, 2011
William Samuel Spear, 66, of Ransom Twp., died Wednesday of injuries after a plane accident. His wife is the former Carolann Day. The couple would have celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary later this year. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Samuel and Catherine O'Malley Spear. He attended Holy Rosary High School and Johnson Technical Institute. Prior...
Sarah E. Keithline
Aug 17, 2011
Sarah E. Keithline of McMullian Hill Rd, Tunkhannock, died Wednesday August 17, 2011 at the Golden Living Center Tunkhannock. She was born on Golden Hill, Wyoming County on April 21, 1924, daughter of the late Benjamin and Minnie Mullinex Farr. She was a 1942 Graduate of Laceyville High School and was a member of the Eatonville United Methodist church. She...
Vera F. Davis
Aug 15, 2011
Vera F. Davis formerly of Falls died August 15, 2011 in Community Hospice Care in Dunmore, PA. After moving from Falls she was a resident at the Greenbriar Assisted Living Facility in Dallas and briefly at Tiffany Court in Kingston before being moved to the Hospice Unit of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She was born April 10, 1920 in Falls...
John D. Mccann
Aug 13, 2011
Coast Guard Capt. John D. McCann (Ret.), Brooks Estates, Jenkins Twp., died Saturday afternoon at the Wesley Village Nursing Facility. His wife is the former Mary Ruth Davis, and his first wife was the late Mary Catharine Carpenter. Capt. McCann was born on July 10, 1922, in Malden, Mass., son of the late Lt. Cmdr. John and LilliAnn McCann. He...
Walter E. Franz
Aug 7, 2011
Walter (Big Red) E. Franz, 62, of Falls, PA died peacefully, Sunday, August 7th at Regional Hospital of Scranton following a lengthy illness. Born January 10, 1949 in Waterbury CT, he was the son of the late Walter E and Lois J. Morgan Franz Sr. A graduate of Tunkhannock High School, he worked as a truck driver for many businesses...
Donald B. Heck
Aug 5, 2011
Donald B. Heck Donald B. Heck of Woodcrest Drive Tunkhannock died Friday evening in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 20, 1942 son of the late Burnette and Arlene Newmann Heck. Don was a graduate of Oakland University and retired from Allied Signal Aero Space Company in South Montrose were he was...
Raymond J. Bates
Aug 4, 2011
Raymond J. Bates Jr. of Factoryville died Thursday morning at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was the husband of Judith Ann Simmons Bates. Born in Queens, N.Y., he was the son of the late Raymond J. Sr. and Frances Ann Kessel Bates. Raymond was an Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War. Prior to his retirement, he was...
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