Obituaries
Richard Hostrander
Dec 26, 2010
Richard Hostrander of Clarks Summit died Sunday at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife of 57 years, the former Beatrice Smith, died in 2009. Born in Cedar Run, son of the late Lee and Mabel Hostrander, he resided in the Clarks Summit area since 1963. He was the former manager of Roadside Development for the state Department of Transportation...
Eva Maria Brabant
Dec 21, 2010
Final Chapter The final chapter of Momâs life was written unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She had been working on her memoirs with the help of her children for the past several years and now her book will know completion. Eva Brabant was born in Braunschweig, Germany on February 14, 1928....
Eleanor West Goodwin
Dec 20, 2010
Eleanor West Goodwin, Clarks Summit, died Monday morning at age 92. She was the wife of the late Murl W. Goodwin. Eleanor was born in Palestine, W.Va., the daughter of the late Ernest Clifton and Anna Hopkins West. She made her home in the early years in Lancaster, Ohio, before living in Clarks Summit. A 1936 graduate of Lancaster High...
Marjorie Ann Rupsky
Dec 19, 2010
Marjorie A. Rupsky of Falls died Sunday, December 19th at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. Born on February 6, 1924 in Granby, MO she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Millie Anderson Smith. Marjorie had been employed as a seamstress in Loriâs Dress Factory in Falls for 30 years and was a member of the Falls United Methodist Church. She...
Floyd Carlysle Reynolds
Dec 18, 2010
Floyd Carlysle Reynolds of Tunkhannock died Saturday evening in Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Jermyn, Pa. on April 26, 1921 son of the late Paul and Muriel Adams Reynolds. Floyd was an Army Veteran of World War II, Prior to his retirement he was employed by Brockway Motors, Reynolds Auto Electric and served as shop foreman...
Shelley Lynn Savage-Cook
Dec 17, 2010
Shelley Lynn Savage-Cook, 40, formerly of Tunkhannock, died Friday, December 17, 2010, at Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, after a lengthy illness. Shelley was born and raised in Orange County, Calif.. She is the daughter of Gregg and Carolyn (Oakey) Savage, Westminster, Calif. Shelley had a deep love for animals. Her daughter, Karyn, was the light of...
Ronald L. Clark
Dec 16, 2010
Ronald L. Clark, of Harding Lane, Tunkhannock, died Thursday, December 16, 2010, in Mercy Tyler Hospital shortly after admission. His wife is the former Mary Lou Steele, and together they shared 51 years of marriage. He was born in Tunkhannock, on August 17, 1935, a son of the late Leo W. and Dora Ball Clark and stepson of the late...
Russell Fred Tilley Iv
Dec 13, 2010
Russell Fred Tilley IV, infant son of Russell Fred Tilley III, Falls, and Jennifer Koren Hodges Johndrow, Falls, died on Monday at Moses Taylor Hospital. Also surviving are two brothers, Dylan and Ayden Tilley; a sister, Katherine Elaine Johndrow; maternal grandfather, Richard K. Hodges, Dalton; maternal grandmother, Donna K. Hodges, Dunmore; maternal great-grandmother, Kathryn Parkinson, Lake Sheridan; paternal grandparents, Claud...
Pringle Elizabeth Snyder
Dec 9, 2010
Pringle Elizabeth Snyder passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday morning at the High Ridge House Christian Science Nursing Home in Riverdale, N.Y., surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was the wife of the late George H. Snyder, to whom she had been happily married for 50 years. Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Jack M....
Florence S. Stelma
Dec 8, 2010
Florence Sakosky Stelma of Centermoreland died at her home on Wednesday December 8th. Born in Wyoming, PA on January 28, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and MaryAnn Stanislawa Sakosky. She had been employed in the dress factory industry for over 23 years retiring from Loriâs Dress Factory in Falls PA. She was a member of the...
Colleen Marie Sullivan
Dec 7, 2010
Colleen Marie Sullivan, Waverly, died Tuesday evening at home. She was the wife of Richard Sullivan. The couple married in 2009. Born in Allentown, daughter of Neil Schuler and Gail Smicker, she was a claims officer for the unemployment office in Scranton. Surviving are two sisters, Kathy and Jennifer; a brother, David; father-in-law and mother-in-law, James and Sally Sullivan; brothers-in-law...
Darryll Martin Ceccoli
Dec 5, 2010
Darryll Martin Ceccoli, 63, of Canton, Ga., died Sunday at home. He was the husband of Katrina Esposito Ceccoli. They were married six years. Born Sept. 24, 1947, in Olyphant, son of Helen Mashe Ceccoli and the late Joseph William Ceccoli, he was the retired president and chief operations officer of Manheim Auto Auctions. When he was 5, he and...
Richard P. Walsh
Dec 4, 2010
Richard P. "Dick" Walsh Jr., 46, of Tunkhannock died Saturday at Mercy Hospice. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Laurie Watkins, of Tunkhannock. Born in Scranton on May 1, 1964, son of Richard and JoAnne Lasher Walsh, Scranton, he was a 1982 graduate of Scranton Technical High School and worked for Cargill Industries, Wyalusing. Also surviving are...
Donald Lee Hosier
Nov 30, 2010
Donald Lee Hosier, S. Abington Twp. Died Tuesday in the Hospice Community Care Center in Dunmore. His wife of over 50 years is the former Sara Ann Updegraff. Born and raised in Scranton, Don was the son of the late Dr. Carl L. and Dorothy Weiskerger Hosier. He attended Scranton public schools, a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy and...
Richard P. Gulakowski
Nov 30, 2010
Richard P. Gulakowski, 72, of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday morning at Hospice Community Care, Dunmore. His wife is the former Nancy Pugh. Born in Scranton, son of the late Joseph and Veronica Gavronsky Gulakowski, he was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School. Before retiring, he was a machinist for Sandvik Material Technologies, formerly Sandvik Steel. He was a member...
Raymond The Quail Bagg
Nov 29, 2010
Raymond D. "The Quail" Bagg, 62, Scranton, formerly of Dalton, died Monday morning at the Wilkes Barre General Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Scranton on July 2, 1948, he was the son of Donald Bagg, Factoryville and the late Mabel Hetzel Bagg. He was an Army veteran serving during the Vietnam Era and was employed with...
Lisa E. Greene
Nov 28, 2010
Lisa E. Greene of Clarks Summit died Sunday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit in the Community Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Scranton on Dec. 27, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Leland Jr. and Myra Jarvis Greene. She is survived by a nephew, Leland Greene IV; a sister-in-law, Maureen Greene; an uncle,...
Jack Corker
Nov 25, 2010
Jack Corker of Tunkhannock died Thursday November 25th in the VA Medical Center in Plains Twp. He was born in Philadelphia on November 6, 1945 son of the late Willard and Bertha Reese Corker. Jack was a Navy Veteran and worked various jobs in Wyoming County prior to his retirement. He and his wife of 40 years Rosemary Fox Corker...
Theodore C. Scranta
Nov 23, 2010
Theodore C. Scranta, 54, of Dymonds Trailer Park, Eaton Township died Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at home. Born August 25, 1956 in Long Island NY, he was a son of Geraldine Kingston Scranta of Tunkhannock and the late Theodore J. Scranta. He was an Army veteran, a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and was employed as a laborer for...


