Obituaries

Elnora Mae Zezeski

Elnora Mae Zezeski

Oct 8, 2008

Elnora Mae Cavanaugh Zezeski, 83, Justus, died Wednesday afternoon in VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center. Married 40 years, she was the widow of Walter Zezeski who died September 19th, 2008. She was born in Scranton on February 2nd, 1925, daughter of the late Elizabeth Mae and Leo Cavanaugh. Prior to retirement, she was employed with her daughters and son-in-law...

Patricia M. Dingee

Patricia M. Dingee

Oct 4, 2008

Patricia M. Dingee, 79, of Dalton, died Saturday morning in the Hospice Unit at Mercy Hospital. Born in Glenburn, daughter of the late Robert and Josephine King Finkler, she was a resident of Falls Twp. for the past 16 years and was the manager for Fraternal Order of Eagles in Punxsutawney before retiring. She was a member of St. Mary...

Harry C. Hibbert

Harry C. Hibbert

Sep 27, 2008

Harry C. Hibbert of Eaton Terrace Tunkhannock, died Saturday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Chicago, Ill. on January 20, 1915 son of the late Alexander T. and Freda Johnson Hibbert. After his high school graduation he joined the Reserves and worked as an instructor for the ATF and FBI as a sharp shooter expert. He...

Leslie W. Shaw

Leslie W. Shaw

Sep 25, 2008

Leslie W. Shaw 9-25-08 Vet No picture Leslie W. Shaw, 77, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday morning at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife is the former Beverly Walters. The couple would have celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary next October. Born in Manchester New Hampshire, son of the late Thomas Lewis and Edna Mae Spencer Shaw. He was an...

Ann M. Dougherty

Ann M. Dougherty

Sep 25, 2008

Ann M. Dougherty of South Abington Twp. died Thursday afternoon in Hospice Community Care, Dunmore. She was married to Joseph A. Dougherty. The couple celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary July 16. Born in Dunmore, daughter of the late Thomas J. And Helen Duffy Morgan, she was a resident of Chinchilla for the past 43 years. Before retirement, she was a...

Lois Plushanski

Lois Plushanski

Sep 25, 2008

Lois Roller Plushanski 81 of Fieldcrest Drive, Tunkhannock died Thursday morning, Sept. 25, 2008, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 59 years Henry Plushanski. She was born in Somerville, N.J., on May 26, 1927, daughter of the late Louis and Victoria Bulka Roller. She was a 1945 graduate of the Somerville High...

Robert H. Evans

Robert H. Evans

Sep 24, 2008

Robert H. Evans 76, of Falls died Wednesday September 24 at Mercy Hospital Scranton. He is survived by his wife Abbie Smith Evans. He was born on June 3, 1932 son of the late Richard and Ruth Mitchell Evans. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed the outdoors. He is preceded in death by his sister Laura Evans...

Celesta Miller

Celesta Miller

Sep 23, 2008

Celesta Miller, 55, of Pittsburgh and formerly of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday at home. Her husband is Wade Miller. Born in Bloomsburg, daughter of the late John Joseph and Celesta May Bogdan Nogan, she was a resident of Pittsburgh for the past 30 years, and was employed as an operating room technician. She had attended the University of Pittsburgh. She...

Nancy Gutknecht

Nancy Gutknecht

Sep 23, 2008

Nancy Gutknecht of Olyphant formerly of Lake Winola died Tuesday in the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. She was born in Camden, New Jersey on October 31, 1939 daughter of the late Francis and Mary Gutknecht. Prior to her retirement she was employed by the Procter & Gamble Plant in Mehoopany. She was a member of St. Mary of the Lake...

Romuald Przyborowski

Romuald Przyborowski

Sep 22, 2008

Romuald "Roman" Przyborowski, 82, of Glenburn Twp. died Monday evening at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen E. Andreoski, in January 2005. Born in Skalat, Poland, son of the late Vincent and Lucyna Dobrazanska Przyborowski. He was a resident of Glenburn Twp. since 1979 and before retirement, he was a mechanical engineer for...

Barbara Elaine Moore

Barbara Elaine Moore

Sep 21, 2008

Barbara Elaine Kester Moore, Wilmington, DE died September 21, 2008. She was the brother of Robert Kester and sister in law of Betty Kester and three nephews Robert, Jack and Jeff Kester all of Clarks Summit. A service was held at the Chapel of Gracelawn Memorial Park in New Castle, DE

John T. Foster

John T. Foster

Sep 20, 2008

John T. Foster, 64, of Clarks Summit and Lake Winola, died Saturday in the VNA Hospice Unit at CMC after a courageous battle with cancer. He and his wife, the former Jean Zenke, celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on June 25. Born in Sayre, PA, son of Donald Foster and the late Jean Smith Foster, he was a 1962 graduate...

Herbert Hug

Herbert Hug

Sep 20, 2008

Herbert (Huggie) Hug of Lake Winola formerly of Scranton died Saturday in the Hospice unit at Community Medical Center in Scranton. Surviving is his wife Ruth A. O’Dell Hug they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 26, 2008. He was born in Scranton on May 18, 1930 son of the late Herbert and Bertha Haussman Hug Sr. He was...

Walter Zezeski

Walter Zezeski

Sep 19, 2008

9-19-2008 Picture VETERAN Walter Zezeski, 84, Peaceful Valley Rd., Justus, died Friday morning in the Hospice community care in Dunmore, His wife is the former Elnora Cavanaugh, they couple were married for 60 years. Born October 23, 1923 in Scranton, son of the late Joseph and Rose Zezeski. Prior to retirement, he was a machinist and foreman for Chamberlin In...

Peggy Welch Stevens

Peggy Welch Stevens

Sep 16, 2008

Peggy Welch Stevens, 80, of Tunkhannock, died Tuesday evening in Kindres Hospital, Tampa, Fla. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. Stevens Sr. Born in Jersey Shore on Sept. 23, 1927, daughter of the late Wilbur and Helen Welch of Tunkhannock, she was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, class of 1945. She married Robert W. Stevens...

Helen Lois Cameron

Helen Lois Cameron

Sep 14, 2008

Helen Lois Pierson Cameron, 92, of North Huntingdon, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Sunday morning at Baldock Nursing Home, North Huntingdon. She was the widow of William A. Cameron Sr., who died in 1978. The couple was married in 1938. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Ruth Harmer Pierson. Before living in North Huntingdon...

Carol J. Artley

Carol J. Artley

Sep 12, 2008

Carol J. Artley of Clarks Green died Friday at Community Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Her husband is Thomas J. Artley. The couple had been married for more than 42 years. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Sincavage Vasky, she was a resident of the Abington area since 1965. Before retirement, she was...

Frances C. Lewis

Frances C. Lewis

Sep 12, 2008

Frances C. Lewis of Scott Twp. died Friday morning at home. She was the widow of Lloyd G. Lewis, who died in December 2006. Born in Clarks Green, daughter of the late Lawrence and Ethel Green Clark, she was a resident of Scott Twp. most of her life. Before retirement, she was employed at Grove Textile Co., Scranton, as a...

Jason S. Ritter

Jason S. Ritter

Sep 9, 2008

Jason S. Ritter, 42, of Fleetville, died early Tuesday at Community Medical Center of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. His wife is the former Peggy Dingee. Born in Reading, son of Patricia Rissmiller Ritter of Oley, Pa., and the late Daniel S. Ritter, he was a resident of the Fleetville area for the past three years. He was employed...

Sharon L. Thompson

Sharon L. Thompson

Sep 4, 2008

Sharon L. Thompson of Lemon Creek Road Tunhannock died at her home on Thursday. She was born in Scranton on May 23, 1936 daughter of the late Floyd C. and Gertrude Tisdale Parrish. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1955. Prior to her retirment she was a Bus Driver's Aid. A member of the Lake Carey...