Obituaries

Eleanor Marie Schmeig Goodwin

Eleanor Marie Schmeig Goodwin

Oct 13, 2009

Eleanor Marie Schmeig Goodwin of Clarks Green died at Mercy Skilled Nursing on Tuesday afternoon. Her husband is the Rev. George F. Goodwin. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late George and Lydia Schwalbach Schmeig, she graduated from Scranton Technical High School and attended Keystone Junior College. Before retirement, Eleanor was employed at Elm Park United Methodist Church as the...

Bernardine Carter

Bernardine Carter

Oct 10, 2009

Bernardine (Narda) Carter, age 90, Tunkhannock PA, formerly of Barre VT, passed away peacefully at home on October 10, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. Bernardine was born Sept. 13, 1919, in Websterville VT, the daughter of the late Bernardino and Visitacion (Campo) Gomez, formerly of Cantabria Spain. Her husband is Stanley Carter. They recently celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary....

Jean Bichler Melville

Jean Bichler Melville

Oct 10, 2009

Jean Bichler Melville of Chinchilla died Saturday morning at Mountain View Care Center, Scranton. She was the widow of Belmont P. Melville, who died in 1965. She was born in Taylor, the daughter of the late Gustave and Mamie Curtis Bichler. Before retirement in 2001, she was employed by Nichols Village, Clarks Summit. She was a woman of Methodist faith...

Raymond J Ayers

Raymond J Ayers

Oct 7, 2009

Raymond J. Ayers Raymond “Red” J. Ayers of Centermoreland died Wednesday at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born April 28, 1934 in Noxen son of the late Earle and Mildred Foote Ayers. Red was a 1952 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and prior to his retirement was employed as a mill worker at Natona Mills in Dallas for over...

Mason Michael Logan

Mason Michael Logan

Oct 7, 2009

Mason Michael Logan of Glenburn Twp. died Wednesday at home. Born Feb. 14, 1991, in Scranton, he was the son of Michael P. and Rose Marie Darko Logan. He was a 2009 graduate of Abington Heights High School and was ?a student at Keystone College. At Abington Heights, he was a member of the wrestling team and the power lifting...

June Marie Yun

June Marie Yun

Oct 5, 2009

June Marie Yun, 54, of Jenningsville died Monday at home. Born on November 1, 1955, in Gotenba, Shizuoka Ken Japan, she was the daughter of the late Richard F. and Hiroko Hasegawa Sommers. She was employed as a Deli Clerk at Mr. Z’s in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 19 years Dennis Yun of Jenningsville, son Richard...

Jane L. Davis Smith

Jane L. Davis Smith

Oct 4, 2009

Jane L. Davis Smith of Dalton died Sunday at Mercy Hospital. She was the widow of Henry W. Smith, who died Jan. 26, 2008. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late George and Hilda Schick Davis, she was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church. Before retirement, she was the head nurse for North Jersey Training Center, Totowa, N.J....

Rose Marie Wisti Tuefert

Rose Marie Wisti Tuefert

Oct 1, 2009

Rose Marie Wisti Teufert, 70, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday afternoon in Atlantic City, N.J. Her husband is Charles Teufert. Born in Elmont, N.Y., daughter of the late Einar and Miriam Andersen Wisti, she was a woman of the Lutheran faith and had been a resident of Clarks Summit since 1989. Before retirement, she was a hairdresser and salon owner...

James McCann

James McCann

Sep 30, 2009

James Arthur McCann James Arthur McCann of Scranton formerly of West Pittston died Wednesday at the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. He was born in Pittston on December 19, 1950 son of the late James T. and Eloise Adrian McCann. He was a 1968 graduate of West Pittson High School and attended the University of Maryland. He had been employed...

Irene M Macijowsky

Irene M Macijowsky

Sep 28, 2009

Irene M. Macijowsky, formerly of Lake Winola, died Monday at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Born in Duryea on March 4, 1924, she was the daughter of the Late Stephen and Stella Kulas Glinski Golenski and stepdaughter of the late Stella Azarowicz-Glinski Golenski. She was a graduate of Falls-Overfield High School, class of 1942. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law,...

Tyler M. Kubilus

Tyler M. Kubilus

Sep 26, 2009

Tyler M. "Cubes" Kubilus, 15, of Dalton, died Saturday afternoon. Born in Scranton on Oct. 5, 1993, son of Eugene M. and Carol A. Daugherty Kubilus, he was a sophomore at Lakeland High School, where he was a proud member of the soccer team and track and field squad. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and riding his quad. He was an...

Victor O. Petersen

Victor O. Petersen

Sep 25, 2009

Victor O. Petersen of Dalton died Friday evening at Mercy Hospital. His wife of 44 years is the former Adele Baust. Born in Factoryville, son of the late Victor O. and Vannie Lindsey, he was self-employed in the upholstery business before retirement. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, having served in the European theater and Africa....

Eugene Hurst Franks

Eugene Hurst Franks

Sep 25, 2009

Eugene Hurst Franks, Clarks Summit, died Friday at home. His wife, Delphia Winsett Franks, died in 1986. Born in Detroit on July 28, 1928, he was a resident of Clarks Summit since 1974. He was a veteran and before retirement he was the owner of Walker Granite Co. in Chinchilla. He attended Our Lady of the Snows Church and had...

Mary Colombo O'Dea

Mary Colombo O'Dea

Sep 20, 2009

MARY COLOMBO O'DEA, 80, Clarks Summit and formerly of Dalton, died Sunday morning at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center. Dick O'Dea, her husband of 52 years, died November 28, 2000. Born in Glenburn, May 14, 1929, daughter of the late Frank and Aurelia Colombo, she was the mother of five children and for many years was a licensed realtor...

Doris F. Brown

Doris F. Brown

Sep 18, 2009

Doris F. Brown, 92, a resident of Golden Living Care Center, Tunkhannock, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday night at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. Her husband, Wallace J. Brown, died in 1994. Born in Kenmore, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Alice Troutman Blank. Before retirement, she was the secretary for the dean of students at...

Jessica Warner

Jessica Warner

Sep 18, 2009

Jessica Marie Robinson Warner of Havelock, NC formerly of Hazel St., Tunkhannock died Saturday in Carolina East Medical Center, New Bern, NC from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on Friday September 18th. Jessica was born in Tunkhannock on April 2, 1980, daughter of Janice Paylor Robinson of Tunkhannock and the late James Robinson. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock...

Neil S. Lane

Neil S. Lane

Sep 16, 2009

Neil S. Lane, 56, of Tunkhannock died on Wednesday in the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. He was born in Meshoppen, PA. on April 15, 1953 son of the late Roger and Esther Strickland Lane. He was a 1971 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and worked as a Technician at Procter & Gamble. He was a member of Moose Lodge...

Ruth A. Wheeler

Ruth A. Wheeler

Sep 14, 2009

Ruth A. Wheeler, 67, Tayler died Monday evening at the Mercy Hospital. She is survived by a son, David J. Wheeler of Morris, PA and a daughter, Ruth E. Frey, Red Rock, several grand children and 4 great grand children. A private service will be held by the family.

Betty Jane Novack

Betty Jane Novack

Sep 13, 2009

Betty Jane Novack, Clarks Summit, died Sunday afternoon at Allied Skilled Nursing after a courageous battle with cancer. Her husband of 21 years is Ronald W. Novack. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Lawrence and Betty Ord, she was employed with Penn Security Bank in Scranton before retirement. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd,...

Theresa Petula

Theresa Petula

Sep 11, 2009

Theresa Petula, 65, of Factoryville, died Friday at home. She was the wife and lifelong love of Dr. Girard Petula. Jerry and Theresa recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Born in Scranton on May 14, 1944, daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Banick, she was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School, class of 1962. She and her husband...