Obituaries
Daniel Philip Owens
Jul 3, 2011
Danny P. Owens of Sherwood Rd, Meshoppen, died at his residence on Sunday July 3, 2011. He was born in Thomaston GA on April 19, 1968 son of Tom and Judy Dickinson Owens of Tunkhannock. Danny was a 1986 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed as an Arborist for the Brown Hill Tree Company in Tunkhannock. He was...
Marjorie T. Foster
Jul 1, 2011
Marjorie Thayer Foster of South Abington Twp. died Friday evening at the NEPA Hospice unit in the Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the wife of Donald T. Foster, to whom she had been married for 67 wonderful years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Victor D. and Stella Kolb Thayer. She was a graduate of...
Kathleen A. Przekop
Jun 26, 2011
Kathleen A. Przekop of LaPlume died Sunday at Community Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of the late Benjamin J. and Anna S. Yank Przekop, she was a resident of LaPlume since 1948. She was a member of Our Lady of the Abingtons Church in Dalton and a volunteer at Allied Services. Surviving are two brothers, Lawrence, Fullerton, Calif.;...
Sally A. Palmer
Jun 26, 2011
Sally Ann Palmer of Lake Winola passed away on Sunday morning, June 26, 2011 at Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA. She was born Stephanie Elizabeth Matylewicz on July 27, 1937 in Scranton, PA, daughter of the late Adam R. and Helen Kazmierski Matylewicz. Sally was the 2nd youngest of nine children and was raised near Lake Winola and educated at Falls...
Carol L. Sickler
Jun 24, 2011
Carol L. Sickler 64, of Eatonville died Friday evening at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital in Wilkes-Barre. She is survived by her husband of 46 years John G. Sickler. She was born in Binghamton, New York on March 18, 1947 daughter of the late Robert and Louise Matthews Sutton. Carol worked as a nurse’s aid at the Carpenter Care Center in...
Thelma Branning
Jun 21, 2011
Thelma Branning, of Windswept Road, Tunkhannock, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Springville on September 7, 1927, a daughter of the late George and Ruth Dymond Beebe. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for more than 50 years as a seamstress in various dress factories, retiring from Bocar...
Dorothy Delong
Jun 19, 2011
Dorothy G. Delong of Hill Crest Road Tunkhannock formerly of Spinnerstown, Pa., died at her home on Sunday morning June 19th. Dorothy was born in Salisbury Twp., Leigh County on August 31, 1929 daughter of the Clarence V. and Carrie M. Oswald Hilbert. Dorothy was a graduate of Allentown High School class of 1947. Prior to her retirement she worked...
Ruth N. Evans
Jun 19, 2011
Ruth Naomi Evans of Clarks Summit died Sunday evening at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center, Scranton. She was the wife of the late Robert D. Evans, who died in 2006. Born in West Pittston, she was the daughter of the late David and Gladys Fine Roberts. She was a graduate of Falls Overfield High School and was...
Dwayne M. LaValley
Jun 17, 2011
Dwayne M. LaValley, 53, of Benson Hollow Lane Tunkhannock, passed away gently at his home surrounded by his loving family on June 17th after a brave battle with cancer. Dwayne is survived by his loving wife of 31 years Heather Owens LaValley and his children, Tom and wife Melissa, Cody, Sadie and fiancé Brandon Adams, Nathan and Nicholas all of...
Guy B. Wood
Jun 16, 2011
Guy B. Wood of Dalton died Thursday at the Hospice Community Center in Dunmore. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pat Wood. Born in Connecticut, he was the son of the late Benjamin Howell Wood and Lucy Gay Brown. Guy resided in Dalton for the past 48 years, the last 10 years living with his son, Timothy Wood...
Jackie A. Dispenza
Jun 15, 2011
Jackie A. Dispenza of Beverly Drive, Tunkhannock died Wednesday, June 15 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Jackie was born in Rochester, NY on November 10, 1989 daughter of Patrick and Maureen Curran Dispenza. She was a graduate Tunkhannock High School Class of 2007 and just completed her first year a Lackawanna College obtaining a 3.93 QPA. Jackie, in...
Matthew T. Carichner
Jun 15, 2011
Matthew T. Carichner of Mile Road Tunkhannock died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident earlier in the evening. Matthew was born on November 26, 1987 son of Dean E. Carichner of Tunkhannock and the late Frances M. Madill Carichner. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 2007. Matthew was a self employed auto mechanic and...
Flora L. Secora
Jun 14, 2011
Flora L. Secora 84, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday at the Golden living center East Mountain Manor in Wilkes Barre. She was preceded in death by her husband Chester G. Secora. She was born in Pittston on July 10, 1926 daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Dworak Olszewski. Flora was a graduate of St. Johns in Pittston and Lackawanna Business...
Phyllis A. Colavitti
Jun 14, 2011
Phyllis A. Colavitti of Tunkhannock died Tuesday at Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 58 years Virgil Colavitti. She was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on July 23, 1934, daughter of the late Joseph and Florence Fagan Baenen. Phyllis enjoyed working in her garden planting flowers, quilting, doing crossword puzzles, camping trips with her grandchildren,...
Peter Barletto
Jun 14, 2011
Peter Barletto 86, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his wife Mildred Long Barletto. He was born in Nutley, New Jersey on March 11, 1925 son of the late Joseph and Carmella Christana Barletto. He was a United States Navy Veteran and served in WW II. He was employed...
Stuart Barry Northup
Jun 13, 2011
Stuart Barry Northup of Atlantic Beach, Fla., formerly of Clarks Summit, died June 13. Born June 8, 1947, son of the late Stuart Howard and Muriel Llewelyn Beveridge Northup, Barry was a graduate of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, and had been living out of the area for many years. Barry is survived by two children, David Northup, Massachusetts; and Amy Space,...
Augustus Di Stadio
Jun 10, 2011
Well known, local businessman Augustus (Gus) Frank Di Stadio, Sr. 71, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away early Friday morning, June 10, 2011, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was born August 7, 1939, in Mt. Vernon, New York, preceded in death by his parents, Margaret Tucci and Dominic Di Stadio. Gus graduated from Mt. St. Michael Academy, Bronx,...
Marie L. Anderson
Jun 9, 2011
Marie L. Anderson, Clarks Summit, died Thursday at home. She was the widow of the late Bennett Anderson. She had previously resided in Allentown for over 40 years. Born in Union City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Ralph J. and Helen Brown Gatti. Prior to retirement, she was employed in the women's retail clothing business. She...
Michael E. Ruddy
Jun 7, 2011
Michael E. Ruddy, 47, of Lake Ariel, died Tuesday morning at home. His wife is the former Mary Jo Scalese. Born in Scranton, son of the late Thomas F. and Mary Jordan Ruddy, he was employed in the maintenance department of Scranton School District before his illness. He was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church, Clarks Summit,...
Inge E. Freeman
Jun 5, 2011
Inge E. Freeman, 81, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday morning at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the wife of William B. Freeman, and the couple had just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Born in Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Jensina Petersen. Prior to her retirement in 1988, she was employed by the AAA Motor Club of...
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