Obituaries
Rosa Kubilus
Nov 7, 2008
Rosa Bettio Kubilus of Factoryville, formerly of Dickson City died Friday in the Lackawanna County Health Care Center in Peckville. She was born in Augsburg, Germany on April 22, 1929 daughter of the late Anton and Maria Sailer Bettio Prior to her retirement she was active in the Lackawanna County 4-H program and when her children were younger she served...
Mary Jane Longenecker
Nov 7, 2008
Mary Longenecker, of Springville formerly of Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa. died Friday evening in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born on November 3, 1919 daughter of the late Carson E. and Maude Hoaster Stover. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl Meyer Longenecker, surviving is a son Robert of York, Pa., daughter Sherry Macialek of Springville,...
Anna Marie Dabelko Cobb
Nov 5, 2008
Anna Marie Dabelko Cobb died Wednesday afternoon in Community Medical Center. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Sopkie Dabelko and stepdaughter of the late Stella Dabelko, she resided in Dalton for more than 50 years. Before retiring in 2001, she worked at Avanti Cigar Co. Anna loved and lived for her children and grandchildren. In recent...
Berlin Russo
Nov 4, 2008
Berlin Russo Sr. Berlin Russo Sr. of Springville RD died Tuesday in the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Newark, NJ on February 16, 1922 son of the late John and Antoinette Russo. Prior to his retirement he was employed as a Construction Worker and was a member of the Springville United Methodist Church. He was preceded...
Catherine A. Dixon
Nov 3, 2008
Catherine A. Dixon of Clarks Summit died Monday in Mercy Hospice after a brief illness. Her husband was Richard F. Dixon. The couple would have been married for 53 years on Nov. 12. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late James and Catherine Kowalchuk, she resided in the Clarks Summit and Dalton areas for more than 50 years. She was...
Andrea L. Allen
Nov 2, 2008
Andrea L. Allen Andrea L. Allen 31, of Meshoppen, PA died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at her residence after a long courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband Gregory D. Allen Jr. Andrea was born in Bossier City, Louisiana on September 23, 1977 daughter of Howard W. Comstock, of Laceyville, PA and Arneta Mason Wayman, of Hobart,...
Rev. Wyman Ritchie
Oct 31, 2008
The Rev. Wyman Ritchie of Dalton died Friday at home. His wife is the former Mona Klinger. The couple was married for 59 years in June. Born in Truthville, N.Y., son of the late John and Eva Farrar Ritchie, he was a resident of Overfield Twp. for the past 17 years and a member of Summit Baptist Church. He graduated...
Mary-Jean Turner
Oct 31, 2008
Mary-Jean Alice (Lilly) Turner of Tunkhannock, formerly of Wellsboro, died Friday October 31, 2008 at home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Francis C. Turner. She was born in Saegertown, PA on January 9, 1926 daughter of the late Samuel B. Lilly and Opal Jane Writer Lilly. She was...
Wynola A. Phillips
Oct 27, 2008
Wynola A. Phillips of Forest City, formerly of East Benton, died Monday morning at Forest City Nursing Facility. She was the widow of John "Bert" Phillips, who died in 1981. Born in Greenfield Twp., daughter of the late Dan and Amanda Bell Peck, she was a resident of the East Benton area for 58 years. She was the housekeeper for...
Dorothy K. Byerly
Oct 25, 2008
Dorothy K. Byerly of Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County, PA passed away Saturday October 25th in Scranton, PA. She survived her loving husband of 68 years, Jay Ritter Byerly who passed away May 28th, 2008. Dorothy was a native of Ashland, PA and Jay was a native of West Milton, PA. The couple was greatly loved and is grieved by...
Elwood N. Demming
Oct 23, 2008
Elwood N. Demming of Clarks Summit died Thursday morning in Moses Taylor Hospital. His wife is the former Joyce Walters. They celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary Sept. 1. Born in Waverly, son of the late Elwood and Helen Deats Demming, he was a resident of Scott Twp. for most of his life. Before retirement, he was a meter reader and...
Sandra Lisk
Oct 21, 2008
Sandra Lisk, 67, Scranton, formerly of Clarks summit died Tuesday afternoon in the Hospice Unit of Mercy Hospital. Born on August 9, 1941 in Scranton, daughter of the late Charles and Reba Sherman Lisk. She lived most of her life in Clarks Summit moving to Scranton one year ago. Surviving are two brothers, Rodney E. Lisk, Scranton and Gary Lisk,...
James F. Peoples
Oct 17, 2008
James F. Peoples, 72, of Dalton, died Friday morning in the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center in Scranton. Born in Schultzville, son of Francis and Margaret Lubeck Peoples, he served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a resident of Falls Twp. for the past 20 years. Prior to moving to Falls, he was a self...
Frank S. Pullo
Oct 17, 2008
Frank S. Pullo, 91, of Clarks Summit, died peacefully at home on Friday. He and his wife, the former Grace Lunario, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary in April. Born on the Lower East Side of New York City, he was the last of four children to the late Giovanni Luigi and Grazia Perrone Pullo, who immigrated to the United States...
Arthur Faraday Jr.
Oct 15, 2008
Arthur Faraday Jr. of Clarks Summit died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital. He and his wife, the former Frances Garrison, celebrated 63 years of marriage in February. Born Sept. 6, 1925, son of the late Arthur and Emma Schuman Faraday, he was a resident of the Newton-Ransom area most of his life. Before his retirement in 1987, he was employed by...
Thaddeus Felix Petroski
Oct 14, 2008
Thaddeus Felix Petroski, 71, of Middle Island, N.Y., formerly of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, Long Island, N.Y. His wife, Geraldine K. Petroski, died in December 2001. Born March 20, 1937, in Nanticoke, son of the late Felix and Annie Washeleska Petroski, he was self-employed and a member of the Church of St. Gregory, Clarks Green. Surviving...
Charles J. Busalacchi
Oct 13, 2008
Charles J. Busalacchi, 69, of Clarks Summit, died Monday at VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center. His wife, the former Kathleen Bonney, died Saturday. Born in St. Louis, son of the late James and Katherine Sharkey Busalacchi, he was tool-and-die maker for an automotive company in St. Louis. He was also co-chairman of the Clarks Summit Shade Tree Commission and...
Kathleen E. Busalacchi
Oct 11, 2008
Kathleen E. Busalacchi, 69, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday at Community Medical Center. Her husband, Charles J. Busalacchi, died Monday. Born in St. Louis, Mo., daughter of the late William and Minnie Buchhold Bonney, she was a resident of Clarks Summit for the past 20 years. Before retiring in 1996, she was director of purchasing for Akzo Salt Co. She...
Dennis E. Sands
Oct 9, 2008
Dennis E. Sands of Tunkhannock, died Thursday October 9 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen in May 1949 son of Gerald and Annabelle Lunger Sands. He graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1967 and from the University of Miami, Fl in 1971 with a B.S. in Business Administration. He was a manager of...
Richard G. Pacanda
Oct 9, 2008
Richard G. Pacanda of Factoryville died at home on Thursday, October 9, 2008. He was born in Kingston, NY in April 25, 1941 son of Carrie Zimmermann and the late Frank Watkins who passed away in 1985. He worked as a truck driver at Huey Trucking in Tunkhannock where he was known to his friends as “Lead Footâ€. After his...
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