Obituaries
Marie Meador
Jun 5, 2011
Marie Meador of Tunkhannock, Pa. died Sunday, June 5 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Eckerman, Michigan on March 21, 1924 daughter of the late Arthur Delphus and Ethel Cecelia Hanson Shady. Prior to her retirement she worked as an LPN at the Carpenter Care Center in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by...
William Smith
Jun 4, 2011
William Smith, 55, of Falls Twp., died Saturday morning at Community Medical Center. Born in Jersey City, N.J., son of the late Henry W. and Jane Davis Smith, he was employed by Walmart in Tunkhannock and was previously employed at Banner Tire for 17 years. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Falls, where he was a...
Jessie Grace Eilenberger
Jun 4, 2011
Jessie Grace Rosengrant Tarr Eilenberger (Grace), 91, of Carbondale (formerly from Scranton and Clarks Summit) died Saturday peacefully at home surrounded by family. Born in Scranton, the youngest child of Llewellyn D. and Louise M. Williams Rosengrant. She was blessed with two wonderful husbands, Norman M. Tarr, who died in 1958, and Donald L. Eilenberger, the first Mayor of Clarks...
Jane M. Lucas
Jun 2, 2011
Jane Mildred LaCoe Lucas, Dalton, died Thursday at Abington Manor. She was the widow of the late John Lucas Jr. who passed away December 2, 2008, just six days prior to their 63rd wedding anniversary. Born in Ransom Twp., she was the daughter of the late Ira A. and Sadie Klipple LaCoe. She lived most of her life in Dalton...
Rosemary Barrett
May 30, 2011
Rosemary Barrett, Abingdon, Md., formerly of Clarks Summit, died Monday. She was the beloved wife of the late William J. Barrett. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the devoted daughter of the late Rose Grace Kennedy Britton and Edward Britton. Surviving are three sons, William G. Barrett and wife, Rebecca; Edward Barrett and wife, Ann Marie; and Christopher Barrett; two...
Lucille M. Harvey
May 18, 2011
Lucille Harvey, of Whippoorwill Hollow Road, Tunkhannock, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Beaumont, on November 21, 1919, a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Alice Kunkle Meeker. Lucille was the mother of 13 children and enjoyed working on the farm. She was known for her baking and cooking and...
Adele Petersen
May 15, 2011
Adele Petersen of Dalton died Sunday morning at the Moses Taylor Hospital. She was the widow of Victor Oscar Petersen, who died Sept. 25, 2009. Born in Cresskill, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Henry G. R. and Mabel Meyerdierks Baust. Before retirement in 1966, she was the supervisor for the radiology department in Moses Taylor Hospital. She...
Edward C. Welsh Sr.
May 15, 2011
Edward C. Welsh Sr. of Newton Twp. died Sunday morning at Abington Manor Nursing Facility in South Abington Twp. His wife, the former Marion Smith Welsh, died April 4, 2006. Born in Ashland, he was the son of the late Otto and Millie Klase Welsh. He was a member of Countryside Community Church. Before retirement, he was a self-employed milk...
Irene M. Felts
May 15, 2011
Irene M. Felts, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Sunday evening at the Mountain View Care Center. She was the widow of Louie Felts who died in October 2007. Born in Throop, she was the daughter of the late Carl Sr. and Bertha Kasper Romanowski. She was of the Catholic faith, and will be deeply missed by all who knew her....
Lavern A. Nearmyer
May 14, 2011
Lavern A. Nearmyer, 48, of Scranton, died May 14 after a long illness. He was the son of Marjorie Nearmyer of Zeeland, Mich., and R. Lavern Nearmyer of Newton, Iowa. Vern graduated from Newton High School in Newton, and Baptist Bible College, Clarks Summit. He was employed by Macy's department store. Also surviving are a sister, Lisa Bush, Zeeland; a...
Joseph Niles Saxton
May 14, 2011
Joseph Niles Saxton of Clarks Summit died Saturday morning at the Jewish Home in Scranton. His wife, Nancy Saxton, died on Oct. 26, 2007. He was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church, and an Army veteran during W.W.II. He was a gifted musicologist, graduating from Westminster Choir College where he was trained to make beautiful choirs out...
Milton C. White
May 12, 2011
Milton C. White, 53, of Tunkhannock, died Thursday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. Born on Oct. 28, 1957, in Pittston, son of Milton R. and Eleanor Hoover White of Tunkhannock, he was a 1976 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and he had worked for the Tunkhannock Twp. road crew for the past 30 years. Milton was an avid...
Gertrude White
May 12, 2011
Gertrude E. White, 81, of Tunkhannock, formerly of Centerburg, OH, died Thursday evening at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Born in McElhatten, PA on May 13, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Robert L and Olive Peters Bufford. Prior to her retirement she was a Machine Operator for Ampex, a distributor for Amway, and other multiple jobs....
June Simpson
May 11, 2011
June Simpson, So. Abington Twp., died Wednesday morning in the hospice unit at Mercy Hospital. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Claude Frederick and Edith Woolever Tischler. She was a graduate of Scranton Central High School, SullinsWomen's College, and the New York School of Social Work and Journalism. She also attended summer school at Marywood University....
Norris W. Zeunen
May 11, 2011
Norris “Butch†Zeunen, of Slocum Ave passed away Wednesday, May 11th. Born June 20, 1944 in Berkeley, CA he was the son of the late Jon and Leatha Schkey Zeunen. Butch graduated from Paradise High School in California and attended San Mateo College. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War a member of the American Legion Black Walnut...
Russell D. Richards Ii
May 10, 2011
Russell D. Richards II, Scott Twp., died Tuesday afternoon at his home. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Russell David and Winifred Klingel Richards. He was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, and prior to retirement in 2003, he worked for Reliance Medical Xray where he repaired radiology equipment. He was an avid fisherman, hunter,...
Helen M. Evans
May 9, 2011
Helen Mae Trimble Evans of Tunkhannock formerly of Trenton NJ, died Monday evening in Mercy - Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Helen was born in Kingston PA on August 21, 1924 daughter of the late George and Helen Gay Trimble. Helen was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years Dory D. Evans who passed away in 1984. She...
Virginia D. Hricenak
May 8, 2011
Virginia D. Hricenak, 75, of Newton Twp., died Sunday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Michael J. Hricenak who died in 2009. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Byron and Dorothy Gramps Snyder, she was well-known for her prize-winning needlepoint, as well as her love of crossword puzzles and word...
Adrian P. Pivovarnik
Apr 28, 2011
Adrian P. Pivovarnik, 64, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday at home. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, the former Nancy Houser. Born in Scranton, son of the late Joseph Pivovarnik and Ann Basalyga Pivovarnik, he graduated from Scranton Technical High School, class of 1964. While there, he was the center for the Red Raiders football team. He...
Valeda I. Boner
Apr 27, 2011
Valeda I. Boner, 69, of Wood Rd, Springville Township, died Wednesday, April 27th at Geisinger Medical Center Danville. Born in Meshoppen August 24, 1941 she was the daughter of the late William Milton and Selma Gansereit Stang. Valeda was a member of the Lemon Ladies Aide and Springville Ladies Auxiliary. She loved being with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and...
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