Obituaries
Joseph W. Kircher
Jan 4, 2010
Joseph W. Kircher Sr., 53, Falls Twp., died Monday. He and his wife, the former Lisa Ayers, married in 1988. Born in Schultzville, son of Alice Swartz Kircher, Tennessee, and the late Leon Kircher, he formerly worked as a welder for Karnel Inc. He was a member of the former Schultzville United Methodist Church, now Countryside Community Church, Newton. He...
Wesley Askew
Jan 4, 2010
Wesley Askew Sr., 70, of Somerset County, Pa., died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. He was born in Plymouth, July 31,1939, a son of LeRoy and Evelyn (Puff) Askew. He graduated Tunkhannock High School in 1958. After high school, he enlisted into the U.S. Army, the 101st Airborne Division. He was a retired business owner. His interests were NASCAR and dirt...
Richard W. Treible
Jan 4, 2010
Richard W. Treible of Factoryville died Monday evening at Taylor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He and his wife, the former Lillian Monk, were married for more than 39 years. Born in Stroudsburg in 1923, he was the son of the late Edwin and Anna Herman Treible. He moved to the Factoryville area in 1960 and formerly resided in Dalton. He...
Edgar N. Thomas
Jan 2, 2010
Edgar N. Thomas, 97, of Nicholson, died Saturday evening at Mercy Hospital. He was married to the former Winola Smith, who died in 1977, and the former Ruth Bradley, who died in 1997. Born in Blakley, he was the son of the late Frederick and Emma Edgar Thomas. Before retirement in 1976, he was a milkman for Woodlawn Dairy and...
Timothy J. Spear
Dec 31, 2009
Timothy J. Spear, 62, of Long Grove, Iowa, and formerly of Scranton, died Dec. 31 at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa, after being stricken ill. He and his wife, the former Kathleen A. Moffitt, were married in Scranton on April 21, 1972. Born Nov. 17, 1947, in Arlington, Va., son of the late William J. and Marie Krupovich Spear, he...
Sarah F. Williams
Dec 25, 2009
Sarah F. Williams, Scranton, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. Born in Clarks Summit, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Mildred Smalley Williams. Through her lifetime, she was employed by Triple A Trouser, Allied Services and the former Penn Can Hotel. She enjoyed the people at Telespond....
Berta Rosa Fetter
Dec 25, 2009
Berta Rosa Fetter, of Ulster, died Friday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at the Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was the wife of the late George Fetter. Born in Switzerland, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Muellei. Prior to her retirement she was a housekeeper for Cornwall Hospital in New York. She was...
Howard Saxon Wilson
Dec 25, 2009
Howard Saxon Wilson of London, Ohio formerly of Tunkhannock died Friday December 25th in the Grant Memorial Hospital, Columbus Ohio. He was born in Meshoppen on August 24, 1962 son of Saxon Wilson of Tunkhannock and the late Jane English Wilson, and step-son of Thelma Sturdevant Wilson. Howard was a 1980 graduate of Tunkhannock High School. He was formerly employed...
Craig Kenneth Henry
Dec 25, 2009
Craig Kenneth Henry, 65, of Mill City, died Friday at Allied Skilled Nursing. His wife of 38 years is the former Carol Lehman. Born in Paterson, N.J., son of the late Kenneth and Helen Doran Henry, he was a member of St. Mary of the Lake Church, Lake Winola. Before retirement, he was employed with Chamberlain Manufacturing, now General Dynamics...
Dayna Ruth Roberts
Dec 24, 2009
Dayna Ruth Roberts, 19, of South Abington Twp., died Thursday evening from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Scranton, daughter of George and Lorrie Chubb Roberts, South Abington Twp., she was a lifelong resident of the Abingtons area. She was a graduate of Abington Heights High School, class of 2009, and had just completed her first semester at...
Dennis W. Mooers
Dec 24, 2009
Dennis William Mooers of Birch Drive Tunkhannock died Thursday evening December 24 at his home He was born in Scranton on April 20, 1955 son of the late William J. and Irene Miller Mooers. Dennis was a 1973 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a Marine Corp Veteran. He was the owner of Shadow Transport in Tunkhannock until his was...
Warren M. Thompson
Dec 24, 2009
Warren M. Thompson of Clarks Summit died Thursday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. His wife is the former Angela "Annie" Rice. The couple had been married for 29 years. Born in Scranton, son of the late Maurice and Lydia Davis Thompson, he was a lifelong resident of the Abingtons area and was the co-owner and...
Arthur G. Pallman
Dec 23, 2009
Arthur G. "Dutch" Pallman of South Abington Twp. died Wednesday night at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife is the former Leona Thompson. They were married for 64 years. Born in South Abington Twp., son of the late Williard and Ruth M. Godwin Pallman, he was the owner/operator of Pallman Farms, where he was a pioneer in the...
Theodore J. Scranta
Dec 22, 2009
Theodore J. Scranta Theodore J. Scranta, 79, of Tunkhannock died on Tuesday December 22, 2009 after a brief illness.. He was born in Tunkhannock on August 2, 1930. He was married to Geraldine Kingston Scranta. He served in the US Army and worked as a Laborer. Ted was preceded in death by his siblings, Sophie and Joe Puteck, Frank and...
William E. LaBar
Dec 21, 2009
William E. LaBar, 54 of Lake Carey, Tunkhannock died on Monday December 21, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. Bill was born in Meshoppen on September 21, 1955 son of the late Earl and Grace Miner LaBar. Bill was a 1973 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, He was the owner of LaBar Contracting for 25 years and more recently...
Robert E. Carter
Dec 19, 2009
Robert Ezra Carter, “Uncle Bob†a long time resident of Falls died Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Uncle Bob was born in Lake Carey, Wyoming County on August 30, 1923 son of the late Ezra W. and Kathryn Sullivan Carter. He was a Marine Veteran of WW2 and lived and worked on the family farm...
Kelly Marie Ashley
Dec 13, 2009
Kelly Marie Ashley of Dalton died Sunday morning at Mercy Hospital. Born in Hartford, Conn., daughter of Joan C. Ashley, Dalton, and the late Keith F. Ashley, she had been a resident of the Dalton area for the last 10 years and was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist Church. She was a devoted mother with a wonderful smile...
Michael P. Dougherty
Dec 11, 2009
Michael P. "Sonner" Dougherty, of South Abington Twp., died Friday at home. Born April 1, 1960, in Scranton, he was the son of Joseph A. Dougherty, South Abington Twp., and the late Ann M. Morgan Dougherty. He was a 1978 graduate of Abington Heights High School and a 1982 graduate of Villanova University, where he received a bachelor's degree in...
Donald S. Rozelle
Dec 10, 2009
Donald S. Rozelle of Fleetville died Thursday evening at the VNA Hospice Unit in Scranton. His wife, the former Cedora Collins Rozelle, died in 1982. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Leona Sayre Rozelle. Before retirement, he was a self-employed dairy farmer and a school bus driver for Lackawanna Trail School District for...
Howard Wallace Snow
Dec 10, 2009
Howard Wallace Snow, 77, of Tunkhannock, died on Thursday, December 10, 2009 in the Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 4, 1932, son of the late Howard and Vera Holloway Snow. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was self employed, operating a credit reporting agency prior...
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