Obituaries
Michael J. Vadella
Feb 24, 2011
Michael Joseph Vadella Jr. died peacefully on Thursday surrounded by his loving family in the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. Mike was the oldest of six children born July 26, 1923 in Winton Lackawanna County. He was the son of Michael Joseph and Bertha Sershen Vadella. He was a graduate of Winton High School and attended Harrisburg University. He was...
Doris Estella Leightcap
Feb 23, 2011
Doris Estella Leightcap of Clarks Summit died Thursday morning at Allied Skilled Nursing Facility. Her husband is Darius Leightcap. The couple celebrated 61 years of marriage. Born in Limerick, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Elmer and Stella Mae Heimbach Moyer. She was a member of the Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, where she was involved in the...
Todd William Van Fleet
Feb 22, 2011
Todd William Van Fleet, 35, of Dalton, died Tuesday after fighting a long battle with heart problems complicated by a traumatic brain injury in 2006. Born March 1, 1975, he was the son of Cathy Boyan Van Fleet and the late Dale Van Fleet. A 1993 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School, Todd attended Providence College in Rhode Island, where...
Margaret E. Male
Feb 20, 2011
Margaret E. Male, 52, of Clarks Summit, died on Sunday, Feb. 20, in Mercy Hospital's Hospice Unit. She survived leukemia in 1985 after a life-saving bone marrow transplant at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Re- search Center in Seattle, Washington. Born in Red Bank, N.J., daughter of the Rev. Canon Henry and Ellen Male, she spent most of her life in...
Veronica C. Azarowicz
Feb 20, 2011
Veronica Smigel Azarowicz, 88, died Sunday at her home. Her husband of 50 years, Anthony Azarowicz, died in 1999. She was born in Falls Twp., Wyoming County on March 29, 1922 daughter of the late Stanley and Anna Jakubco Smigel. Veronica was preceded in death by sisters Anna Naylor, Mary Miner, Helen Bendokitis, Margaret Gorko and a brother Stanley Smigel....
Brian E. Harvey
Feb 17, 2011
Brian E. Harvey, 54, of Eaton Township died at home on Thursday, February 17, 2011. Born October 10, 1956 he was a son of the late Ross and Lois Tims Harvey. He was preceded in death by a brother Richard Harvey. He is survived by a son Troy Harvey of Tunkhannock, brothers Ross Harvey of Monroe Township, David Harvey of...
Richard Dickinson
Feb 13, 2011
Richard Dickinson 86, of Lake Winola died Sunday evening at his residence. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years Virginia Ayers Dickinson. He was born in Schultzville, PA on March 13, 1924 son of the late Alfred and Hilda Johnson Dickinson. Richard was a member of the Lake Winola United Methodist Church; he enjoyed wood working,...
Miles R. Delany
Feb 13, 2011
Miles R. Delany of Maple Lane Tunkhannock formerly of New Hope died at his home on Sunday February 13, 2011. He was born in New Hope, Pa. on December 18, 1925 son of the late Miles H. and Edna Hutchinson Delany. Miles received his GED from New Hope High School and was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. Prior...
Patricia A. D'Azzo
Feb 13, 2011
Patricia A. D'Azzo of South Abington Twp. died Sunday morning at VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. She was the wife of Matthew D'Azzo. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of Mary Ellen Normoyle Sudbrink and the late William Sudbrink. Before retirement, she was employed at Carriage Barn Antiques in Clarks Summit. She was an active...
Edgar Belles
Feb 11, 2011
Edgar A. Belles of Prevost Lane Tunkhannock died Friday, February 11, 2011 at home. He was born in Dallas Twp. Luzerne County on March 10, 1914 son of the late George and Cora Knecht Belles. Edgar was a graduate of Dallas High School Class of 1932. Prior to his retirement he was employed by Kanarr Tool and Dye Marker in...
Thomas J. Corrigan Sr.
Feb 10, 2011
Thomas J. Corrigan Sr. of Clarks Summit died Thursday at Mercy Hospital Hospice in Scranton. He and his wife, the former Ethel Gall, have lived in Clarks Summit with their family since 1966. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 19. Born May 9, 1927, in Jersey City, N.J., he was the son of the late J....
Grace "Jinx" H. Little
Feb 7, 2011
Grace H. "Jinx" Little, Pittston, formerly of Clarks Green, died Monday morning at the Wesley Village Campus in Pittston. She was the widow of Richard Little III, who died Jan. 24, 1998. Born May 5, 1928, in Pittsfield, Mass., daughter of the late Alfred W. and Frances Patton Hough, she was a member of the Church of Epiphany in Glenburn,...
Mary Rokita
Feb 4, 2011
Mary Jacqueline Rokita, 69, of North Scranton, died Friday at Mercy Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Carl Rokita. Born April 17, 1941, in Scranton, daughter of the late John and Betty Lavelle Michaely, Mary was educated in Scranton schools. Before her retirement, she was employed by Supermarket Services and the Scranton Cultural Center. Mary had unfaltering faith in...
Dorothy Rezykowski
Feb 4, 2011
Dorothy Rezykowski formerly of Falls died in the Abington Manor in Clarks Summit on Friday. She was born in Tunkhannock on April 28, 1933 daughter of the late William and Mary White Dymond. Dorothy was a member of the Falls United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Zigmond Rezykowski, son William, Brothers William and Floyd Dymond....
Elsie M. Clark
Feb 4, 2011
Elsie M. Clark of Pennsylvania Ave. Tunkhannock died at her home on Friday February 4, 2011. Elsie was born in Clinton Twp., Wyoming County on August 25, 1925 daughter of the late Earl Miller and Jennie Ann Slusser White. Prior to her retirement Elsie was employed by the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in Tunkhannock. She was a member of the...
Joseph P. Lukus
Feb 4, 2011
Joseph P. Lukus, 60, of Newton Twp., died Friday afternoon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a heroic battle with cancer. He was the husband of the former Marianne Elisabeth Valentine. Born April 8, 1950, in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Joseph and Veronica Lukus, he was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church and...
Sherry L. Gildea
Feb 3, 2011
Sherry L. Gildea Sherry L. Gildea of Greentown, Pa. died on Thursday February 3, 2011 in Jefferson Twp., Lackawanna County. She was born in Tunkhannock on January 5, 1972 daughter of Amelia Michael Donavan Janczewsky of Factoryville and the late Stanley William Donavan. She was preceded in death by brothers Stanley W. Donavan, Charles S. Donavan and Robert H. Michael....
Elva L. Minckler
Jan 29, 2011
Elva L. Minckler of Tunkhannock died Saturday in the Meadow View Senior Living Center Montrose. She was born in West Wyoming on July 6, 1927 daughter of the late John and Nellie Wittaman Troy. She was a member of the Tunkhannock Eastern Star Chapter 74 and attended the Grace Fellowship Church in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her...
Marie Evans
Jan 29, 2011
Marie Smith Evans went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday afternoon in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. She was surrounded by her loving children whom were a comfort to her. Born January 27, 1939 in Sayre she was a daughter of the late Stephen M. and Mary Elizabeth Coolbaugh Smith. She was preceded in death by...
James R. Sullivan
Jan 25, 2011
James R. Sullivan Sr., 72, of North Abington Twp., died after being stricken ill Tuesday evening at Community Medical Center. His wife of 51 years is the former Sally Miller Brown. Born in Scranton, son of the late William Carlyle and Madalene Smith Sullivan, he was a 1956 graduate of Clarks Summit Abington High School and attended Keystone College before...
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