Obituaries
Geraldine M. Trauger
Jan 23, 2011
Geraldine M. Trauger of Lake Winola and Gulf Port, Fl passed away Sunday evening in the Community Medical Center Scranton. She was born in Northmoreland Township Wyoming County on December 16, 1928 daughter of the late Russell and Hazel Howell Jacques. She was a 1946 graduate of Falls Overfield High School and a member of the Lake Winola United Methodist...
Frank Clark Whitney
Jan 23, 2011
Frank Clark Whitney Sr., 81, of New Port Richey, Fla., died Jan. 23. His wife is Florinda Whitney of New Port Richey. Born June 6, 1929, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Scranton Times newspaperman Neil L. Whitney and his wife, Doris Clark, for whose family Clarks Summit was named. He was the fourth of five children...
Linda Cooper
Jan 23, 2011
Linda Cooper of Scranton died Sunday morning at the VNA Hospice in Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Ralph Robert Cooper and Peter Rusnak Jr. Born in Clarks Summit, daughter of the late Ralph and Evelyn Deming White, she was a loving mother and grandmother and will be missed by all who knew her. Surviving are three sons,...
Lewis R. Malsberger
Jan 22, 2011
Lewis R. Malsberger of Clarks Green died Saturday evening in the hospice unit at Mercy Hospital. He was married to Barbara Rayl Malsberger, who died Dec. 9, 1996. Born in Pottstown, he was the son of the late Richard and Justine Feather Malsberger. Due to the untimely death of his father, Lewis attended the Girard College in Philadelphia and then...
Arthur Payton Jr.
Jan 18, 2011
Arthur Payton Jr., Clarks Summit formerly of Tunkhannock died at the Moses Taylor Hospital. Born in New York, He was the son of Arthur and Claudette Sandoz Payton Sr. Interment was held privately in Orcutt Cemetery in Noxen.
Marlys A. Rozelle
Jan 12, 2011
Marlys Ann Rozelle of Forkston Twp passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre. Born July 24, 1935, in Swoyersville, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Pearl Garnet Thompson. She was a wife of the late Robert Rozelle and was a lifelong resident of Forkston Township. Marlys was a 1953 graduate...
Richard L Andrews
Jan 11, 2011
Richard L. Andrews, 66, a resident of Newark DE, and East Lemon Township PA, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE. Born in Phoenixville, PA on March 14, 1944, he was a son of the late Dr. Emrys W. and J. Frances Spare Andrews. Richard is survived by seven brothers and sisters: George E. (Sandra) of Claymont,...
Wayne A. Montross
Jan 10, 2011
Wayne A. Montross of 110 Bluegrass Dr, Tunkhannock died Monday at Hospice Community Care at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Tunkhannock, Pa. on April 6, 1946 son of the late John and Ida Wadsworth Montross. Wayne was a 1965 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and earned a certificate in the Operation of Heavy...
Bob Kerner
Jan 10, 2011
Bob Kerner, 89, of RR 2 Dalton, died Monday morning at the Mountain View Care Center after a brief battle with cancer. His wife of 54 years, Rita Williams Kerner, died in 2001. Born in Dunmore, son of the late Frederick and Mary Kerner, Bob lived his life in and around the Scranton area. He was an Army veteran of...
Jessie G. Moss
Jan 8, 2011
Jessie G. Moss, of Tunkhannock, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at home. Jessie was born November 10, 1919, at Lake Winola, a daughter of the late Hugh and Clara Newman Grose. She was married to the late William E. Moss. Jessie was a graduate of Blakely High School. While she was there, she...
Frank Butler "Fritz" Simms
Jan 6, 2011
Frank Butler "Fritz" Simms, 76, died Jan. 6 surrounded by loved ones at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. He and his wife, Rebecca Newman Simms, would have been married 27 years at the end of this month. His first marriage ended in divorce. He was the son of Frank A. Simms and Janet B. Simms. Fritz lived in Scranton until the...
Margy Cheryl Morgan
Jan 6, 2011
Margy Cheryl Morgan, 65, of Scranton, formerly of Tunkhannock, passed away on Thursday, January 6th at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. Born May 5, 1945 in Kingston, she was a daughter of the late David J. and Frances Bytosh Morgan. Margy was a resident at the William Warren Scranton Residence and participated in the Seniors group. She was always very...
Donald E. Davis
Jan 6, 2011
Donald E. Davis 90, of Tunkhannock, died Thursday at the Meadows Nursing Home in Dallas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Jane C. Davis. Born Dec. 1, 1920, in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Stanley and Helen Jones Davis, he was a 1939 graduate of Kingston Twp. High School. He worked for Sordoni Construction before...
Jane E. Plantholt
Jan 5, 2011
Jane E. Plantholt, 94, of Clarks Summit died Wednesday evening at Abington Manor in Clarks Summit. She was the wife of the late Lloyd Plantholt who died in 1966. Jane was born in Scranton on September 5, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Ellery and Anna Bailey Falck. She moved to Clarks Summit in 1924 where she attended...
Fred C. Dempsey
Jan 5, 2011
| Visit Guest Book Fred C. Dempsey, 91, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, Scranton, following a recent illness. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Doris Beers Dempsey. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late William Alexander Dempsey and Anna Bell Cook. His family moved to the Abingtons in...
Lillian M. Jurista
Jan 1, 2011
Lillian M. Jurista of Jurista Drive Tunkhannock died Saturday in Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock after a brief battle with cancer. She was born in South Gibson, Pa. on May 29, 1929 daughter of the late Ernest and Lillian Swett Wilbur. Lillian was a 1947 graduate of Harford High School, member of the Church of The Nativity B.V.M. in Tunkhannock...
Robert E. Nolan
Dec 30, 2010
Robert E. Nolan Jr. of Clarks Summit died on Thursday at Mercy Hospice, after a brief illness. He and his wife, the former Ann O'Neill, celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary in October. Born in Scranton, on Dec. 28, 1929, to the late Robert E. and Daisy W. Nolan, he graduated from Scranton Preparatory School as a member of the first...
Martha Sparks
Dec 29, 2010
Martha Sparks of Newton Twp. died Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter. She was the widow of Martin Sparks. Born in Swoyersville, she was the daughter of the late John and Constance Bilunis Urban. Before retiring, she was employed in the garment industry at various facilities. She was a member of the Church of St. Benedict. She thoroughly...
Gerald F. Hawk
Dec 27, 2010
Gerald F. Hawk Sr., 69, of Falls Twp., died Monday evening at the hospice unit in Mercy Hospital. He was the widower of Diane DeMeck Hawk, who died in 2002. Born in Scranton, son of the late Edward A. and Elizabeth Grill Hawk, he was a graduate of Falls-Overfield High School and an Army veteran. Prior to retirement, he was...
Regina Gerrity
Dec 26, 2010
Regina Gerrity, 51, of Pittston, died Sunday of natural causes at her home. She was the wife of Edward Gerrity, who died in 2008. Born in Scranton on Oct. 26, 1959, she was the daughter of Regina Palutis, Newton Twp., and the late Arthur Donvito. Jeannie was educated at Abington Heights High School and graduated in 1977. She was a...
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