Obituaries
Robert Rifenbery
Apr 1, 2011
Robert W. Rifenbery Robert W. Rifenbery of Dougherty Road, Meshoppen died Friday evening surrounded by his loving family in the Hospice Unit of Mercy Hospital Scranton after a courageous battle with cancer. Bob was born in Kingston on August 25, 1944 son of Clara Smith Rifenbery of Beaumont and the late William Rifenbery. He was employed as a carpenter for...
Bertha Holod
Mar 31, 2011
Bertha Stroka Holod, 90, died Thursday, at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was married to Daniel Holod who passed away on March 26, 2011. She was born on March 3, 1921 on the tranquil family farm in Sugar Hollow, and was a daughter of the late William and Victoria Mrockza Stroka. Bertha and Dan married on September 1, 1945....
Letha Trowbridge
Mar 29, 2011
Letha Trowbridge of Tunkhannock died Friday evening in Greenly Personal Care Home in Thurston Hollow, Tunkhannock. She was born in Noxen on November 17, 1921 daughter of the late Henry and Rachel Foote Altemus. She was preceded in death by husband Kenneth Trowbridge. Surviving is a son Kenneth Trowbridge of Lawton, Pa. a sister Idabelle of Georgia, 4 grandchildren and...
Joan Jones
Mar 28, 2011
Joan Jones of Winter Garden, Fla., formerly of Clarks Summit, died Monday after a brief illness. She was the widow of the late David Jones. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mildred Graf Wolsiffer. She was a 1954 graduate of Clarks Summit High School and was of the Presbyterian faith. Prior to retirement, Joan...
Daniel Holod
Mar 26, 2011
Daniel Holod Sr., age 91 of Tunkhannock died Saturday morning in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Dan was born in Scranton on May 2, 1919 son of the late Daniel and Bernice Pacura Holod. He was raised in East Lemon on now what is Henry-Holod Road. Dan was a veteran of WW2 and served in England with the Army...
Margaret A. Walters
Mar 24, 2011
Margaret Lydia Walters, 92, of Tunkhannock, died March 24, 2011 at Mercy Tyler Hospital after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Walters in 1990 and her nephew, Donald Harding, III in 2002. Born July 1, 1918, in Thurston Hollow, She was the daughter of Clarence B. and Florence (Phinney) Allshouse. She was a member...
Fern Kromelbein
Mar 23, 2011
Fern Kromelbein of Tunkhannock formerly of Crestview Court, Athens died Wednesday in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Fern was born in Centermoreland on July 15, 1925 daughter of the late Floyd B. and Ruth Terry Corby. She was a graduate of Beaumont High School class of 1943. Fern and her late husband Harold Lee “Bud†Kromelbein were the owners...
Edith Bisner Keen
Mar 22, 2011
Edith Bisner Keen died Tuesday evening at Abington Manor in Clarks Summit. She was the widow of Donald S. Keen, who died in 1970. Born in Hackensack, N.J., daughter of the late Walter and Florence Jersey Bisner, Edith and her husband owned Keen's Pharmacy on State Street in Clarks Summit. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of...
Emma Gene "Fritz" Brown
Mar 21, 2011
Emma Gene "Fritz" Ayers Brown, Tarpon Springs, Fla., formerly of Clarks Summit, died March 21 after a brief illness. Her husband is David L. Brown. The couple married in 1990. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Clyde L. Ayers Sr., in 1983. Born in Clarks Summit, daughter of the late Lee B. and Myrtle Kittle Kimble, she...
Ruth Smith
Mar 20, 2011
Ruth Titman Kaveney Smith of Harrison St., Tunkhannock died Sunday morning at her home. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 6, 1920 daughter of the late Floyd DeWitt and Sara Billings Titman. Ruth was a 1937 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and received her B.S. in Commercial Education from Bucknell University class of 1941. Ruth was employed by Cadwalader,...
Ronald P. Rozanski
Mar 18, 2011
Ronald P. Rozanski of Bardwell Road, Factoryville, died Friday March 18th at the Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was born August 20, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre son of the late John and Marion Pasternak Rozanski. Ron was a 1965 graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School and was a Navy Veteran serving two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Navy...
Martha M. Banks
Mar 16, 2011
Martha M. Banks, 61, died at home on Wednesday. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael J. Banks. Martha was a five-year breast cancer survivor. Born in Scranton, on Aug. 23, 1949, daughter of the late Robert J. and Martha Ferber McGregor, she was a 1967 graduate of Abington Heights High School. During high school, she excelled in...
Anthony A. Andrush Sr.
Mar 14, 2011
Anthony A. Andrush Sr., Clarks Summit, died Monday at his home. His widow is the former Carol Buchner. The couple celebrated 47 years of marriage on June 6. Born in Scranton, son of the late Joseph and Margaret Andrush, he was a salesman for Raylon Beauty Supply for more than 42 years before retiring. He was an Army veteran. He...
Robert H. Penrith
Mar 11, 2011
Robert H. Penrith Sr. went home to the Lord on March 11, 2011, after a brief stay at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Bob was born on February 27, 1935 son of the late Cecil and Emily Penrith. Bob was employed at Bendix Corp. in S. Montrose prior to his retirement. He also worked at Jonah Frameworks, Meshoppen. He was...
Robert Angradi Sr.
Mar 10, 2011
Robert Angradi Sr., 63, of South Abington Twp., died Thursday morning at his home. His wife is the former Garielle Sebastianelli. The couple celebrated 25 years of marriage last June 15. Born in Isola Fossara, Italy, he was the son of the late Tito and Linda Forbidussi Angradi. He was a graduate of the University of Scranton. Before retiring, he...
Wilmer L. Faux
Mar 4, 2011
Wilmer L. Faux of Vernon, Northmoreland Twp. died at his home Friday afternoon March 4, 2011. He was born in Northmoreland Twp., Wyoming County on May 26, 1942 son of the late Joseph and Cloe Evans Faux. Wilmer was a 1960 graduate of Tunkhannock High Class of 1960 and a Navy Veteran. Prior to his retirement he was employed by...
Charles D. Wilson
Mar 1, 2011
Charles D. Wilson of Tunkhannock, died March 1, 2011 in Tunkhannock. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on May 21, 1976 son of Wayne L. Wilson and Joyce Fisher Wilson. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed as a mechanic for DeNaples in Dunmore. He had a love for all vehicles, fishing, camping. His greatest love was...
Thelma E. Rogal
Mar 1, 2011
Thelma E. Rogal, 88, formerly of Chinchilla, died Tuesday morning at Cedarbrook Nursing Home in Allentown. She was the wife of Theodore R. Rogal, Macungie. The couple was married more than 65 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Almon and Luella McGeehan Sutton. She was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Marine...
Bernard A. Steele
Feb 26, 2011
Bernard A. Steele of Tunkhannock died at home on Saturday morning February 26th. He was born in Nicholson on January 7, 1921 son of the late William and Mildred Gregory Steele. Bernie worked at the Tunkhannock Agway for 31 ½ years retiring as manager. He was a 1939 graduate of Factoryville High School and an Army Air Corps veteran. He...
Sandra L. Smith
Feb 25, 2011
Sandra L. Smith of Mehoopany died Friday February 25, 2011 in the Hospice Unit of Geisinger South in Wilkes-Barre. She was born in Kingston on November 21, 1947 daughter of the late Howard and Betty Louise Evans Boice. Sandra received her GED from Tunkhannock High School in 1986. She was a graduate of Empire Beauty School and was a self...
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