Obituaries
Ann Lucille Summerhill
Mar 18, 2009
Ann Lucille Summerhill of Newton Twp. died Wednesday morning at Mercy Hospital. Her husband is Fred W. Summerhill Jr. The couple was married in 1975. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Thomas and Lucille Brocavitch, she attended St. Benedict's Church. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who deeply enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren — they were...
William Martin Mcdonald
Mar 17, 2009
William Martin McDonald, 67, of Tunkhannock, died Tuesday morning at Allied Services, from lung cancer. His wife is the former Teresa "Terry" Cervini. Originally from Rockville Centre, N.Y., he moved to the Scranton area in 1988 with his wife and four children. Before retiring to Tunkhannock, Bill and Terry lived in Clarks Summit. Together they owned and operated Sir Speedy...
Ernest B. Conklin
Mar 16, 2009
Ernest B. Conklin of Tunkhannock died on Monday in the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Campgaw, NJ on September 26, 1931, son of the late Sampson and Lena Montanya Conklin. He was a veteran of the United States Army, served in the Korean War, and was a member of the Franklin Lakes Fire Department for 50...
Martin VanSovitch
Mar 9, 2009
Martin VanSovitch of Stark Road Tunkhannock died March 9th in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Emergency Room. He was born in Olyphant on October 31, 1938 son of the late Louise Beston Baranski and Step son of Frank Baranski. Martin was a Navy Veteran and a graduate of the Culinary School of New York. Prior to moving back to Tunkhannock and opening...
Roger L. Glahn
Mar 7, 2009
Roger Lewis Glahn passed quietly in Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA, on the morning of March 7, 2009. He was 84 years old. Roger was born on July 30, 1924 in Luzerne, PA, the son of William Lewis Glahn and Florence Mae Annear Glahn, and the brother of the late Lora Mae Basciano. He graduated from Luzerne High School (Class...
Jack H. Tomlin
Mar 6, 2009
John H. "Jack" Tomlin, 66, of Falls, died Friday morning at home. His wife of 48 years is Mildred Jean Tomlin. Born in Scranton, son of the late William and Mildred Henry Tomlin of Falls, he was a 1960 graduate of Falls Overfield School. His career led him in many directions, but he always had a vision to be a...
Victor W. Schaefer
Mar 4, 2009
Victor W. Schaefer, 93, of Tunkhannock, died Wednesday at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. His wife of 65 years is Anne Chaplauske Schaefer, Born July 29, 1915, in Orange County, Calif., son of the late Herman and Lillie Bauer Schaefer, he was an Army veteran. He served for five years and saw action in the Pacific theater of operations during World...
Grace A. LaBar
Mar 3, 2009
Grace A. LaBar, 85, of Tunkhannock, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was born September 6, 1923, in Tunkhannock, daughter of the late Wesley and Minnie (Sands) Miner. Grace worked at GLF in Tunkhannock for many years. She was an accomplished seamstress and a talented baker. She and her late husband, Earl, celebrated...
James J. Bartron
Mar 3, 2009
James J. Bartron, 68, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Kathe Reynolds Bartron. Born in Tunkhannock on Nov. 16, 1940, he was a son of the late John and Helen Byrd Bartron. James enjoyed woodworking, building and repairing clocks. He had a love for birds and fishing...
Karen Alice Moulder-Konsur
Mar 2, 2009
Karen Alice Moulder-Konsur of Jackson Twp., Susquehanna County, died Monday at home. She was the wife of Walter D. Konsur Jr. The couple was married for 32 years. Born in West Chester, daughter of the late Frank T. and Alice Camlin Moulder, she was an avid supporter of local humane societies. Also surviving are three daughters, Alexandra, Susquehanna; Allison, Export,...
Lillian P. Kupstas
Feb 28, 2009
Lillian P. Kupstas of Yeager Ave. Dallas died Saturday in the Hospice Unit Geisinger South in Wilkes Barre. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 15, 1923 daughter of the late Henry W. and Mary Agnes McCourt McCusker. She was a graduate of the Girls High School of Boston and was an active member of St. Therese’s Church Shavertown....
Lois J. Davis
Feb 27, 2009
Lois J. Davis, R.N., of Clarks Summit, died Friday at the VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center. She and her husband, Roy Davis, had been married 44 years. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late J. Howard and Ruth Evans Stump, she was a graduate of West Scranton High School, class of 1960, and a member of its reunion committee....
Sadie Elnora Owens
Feb 27, 2009
Sadie Elnora Owens of Jermyn died Friday morning at Golden Living Health Care in Tunkhannock. She was the widow of James A. Owens, who died in 1996. Born in Montdale, daughter of the late Earl and Eva May Cook Grosvenor, she was a resident of Jermyn most of her life and was a member of the Worth Baptist Church. Surviving...
Mildred A. Strumski
Feb 24, 2009
Mildred A, Strumski , 69, of Winola View Apartments, Lake Winola died Tuesday at the Community Medical Center, Scranton, after complications following heart surgery. She was born in Dunmore on April 16, 1939 daughter of the late Frank J. and Josephine Stanavitch Galonis. She was a 1957 graduate of Scranton Technical High School. She was a member of St. Mary’s...
Willard R. Vanfleet Jr.
Feb 21, 2009
Willard Roy "Billy" VanFleet Jr. died Saturday afternoon being a hero beside his dad. He and his dad lost their lives saving the lives of his girlfriend and baby girl from drowning in the family pond. Born in Scranton, son of Nancy Keene Martin and the late Willard R. VanFleet Sr., who died in 1987, he was also the stepson...
Mark W. Keene
Feb 21, 2009
Mark Wayne Keene, 55, of Dalton, died Saturday at home of a cardiac arrest. He was the husband of the late Wanda Keene, who died in February 2008. Born Feb. 19, 1954, in Scranton, son of the late Roger E. and Betty Deming Keene of Clarks Summit, he was a 1971 graduate of Abington Heights High School. Mark was the...
Maude J. Staples
Feb 21, 2009
Maude J. Staples, 92, of Dalton, died Saturday morning at Golden Living Center, Scranton. She was the widow of the Emmett F. Staples, who died in 2001. The couple was married for 60 years. Born in Greenfield Twp., daughter of the late William and Mabel Cook Rivenburg, she was a member of East Benton United Methodist Church and a member...
Ernest John Malandri
Feb 20, 2009
Ernest Malandri Ernest Malandri 86 of Springville, PA died Friday at the Golden Living Nursing Home in Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years Elizabeth Crosby Malandri. Born in New York City on September 5, 1923 son of the late Lawrence and Rose Ferrari Malandri. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...
Jane L. Ayers Lacoe
Feb 18, 2009
Jane L. Ayers LaCoe of Ransom Twp. died Wednesday evening at United Methodist Homes at Wesley Village Campus, Pittston. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Kenneth A. Ayers, and her second husband, Ray LaCoe. Born in Philadelphia, daughter of the late Milton and Jane Freeman Spangler, she was employed as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal...
Ruth E. Brown
Feb 16, 2009
Ruth E. Brown, 90, of Clarks Summit and formerly of Monterey, Calif., and Blairstown, N.J., died Monday in the Green Ridge Healthcare Center after a brief illness. She was the widow of Frank F. Brown. Born April 13, 1918, in Newark, N.J., daughter of the late George and Mable Noll, she was educated in Southside High School, Newark. She loved...
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