Obituaries

Agnes A. Condeelis

Agnes A. Condeelis

Dec 27, 2008

Enjoyed traveling, especially to Atlantic City Graduated from Scranton Tech at International Corespondence School Worked at St. Mike's Hoban Heights for 16 years as a house mother Family enjoyed cinnimon bisques and molasses cookies Family loved cooking and baking

Michael Rusinko

Michael Rusinko

Dec 27, 2008

Michael Rusinko, Clarks Green, died Saturday morning in his home. He wife is the former Helena Bambach, the couple celebrated their 71 wedding anniversary this past December 12th. Born in Scranton, son of the late Peter and Anna Holblack Rusinko. He was a resident of Clarks Green for over 50 years. Prior to retirement he was the Superintend of Maintenance...

Arthur M. Wells

Arthur M. Wells

Dec 25, 2008

Arthur M. Wells, 87, Clarks Summit died Christmas day at the Community Medical Center, Scranton. He was the widow of Grace Ellen Price Wells who die on June 20th of 2006. Born in Waverly, son of the late Samuel and Grace Amos Wells. He was an Army Veteran of World War II.. After leaving the army he was employed as...

Harold Boice

Harold Boice

Dec 24, 2008

Harold “Carl” Boice, 79 of Drost Boice Lane, Tunkhannock (Sugar Hollow) died Wednesday December 24, 2008 at home. He was born in Tunkhannock on July 31, 1929 son of the late Solomon and Evelyn Weed Boice. He was a 1947 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was an Army Veteran and member of VFW Post 396. Prior to his retirement...

Alice E. Wilbur

Alice E. Wilbur

Dec 22, 2008

Alice E. Wilbur of Jenningsville passed away at her home Monday evening December 22. She was born in Duryea on January 27, 1923 daughter of the late John and Stella Sobeski Pawloski. She was a 1941 graduate of Duryea High School and after graduating from the Father Baker’s School of Nursing in Lackawanna New York in 1943 was employed by...

Mildred Drake

Mildred Drake

Dec 17, 2008

Mildred Drake, of Scranton, died Wednesday night at Mercy Hospital in Scranton. She was the widow of the late Edgar Drake. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Judson and Olive Siptroth Ross, she was a life long resident of Scranton. She was employed by Supreme Laundry Services for many years and she was a member of the Embury United...

Alice Mae Decker

Alice Mae Decker

Dec 12, 2008

Alice Mae Decker Alice Mae Decker of Tunkhannock a guest at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock died Friday in the Golden Living Center. She was born in Lawton on February 26, 1921 daughter of the late Howard and Ruth Yonker Pickett. She was a graduate of Rush High School Class of 1940 and attended the Russell Hill United Methodist...

Peg W. Cole

Peg W. Cole

Dec 10, 2008

Margaret "Peg" W. Cole, 89, a resident of Chinchilla for the past 63 years, died Wednesday in the Carbondale Nursing Home. Her husband of 68 years, the late William "Bill" C. Cole Sr., died Feb. 13, 2000. Born and raised in North Scranton, daughter of the late Camber and Annie Williams, she was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School...

John P. Zujkowski

John P. Zujkowski

Dec 8, 2008

John P. Zujkowski of Clarks Summit died Monday evening at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. He was the husband of Nancy Zujkowski, who died Nov. 23, 2004. Born in Duryea, son of the late Frank and Mary Boqus- zewski Zujkowski, he was a resident of South Abington Twp. for the past 53 years. He was a postal supervisor for the U.S....

Clara M. Huthmaker

Clara M. Huthmaker

Dec 7, 2008

Clara M. Huthmaker of Clarks Green died Sunday morning at Mercy Hospital. She was the widow of William H. Huthmaker, who died June 25, 1995. Born in Ransom Twp., daughter of the late Adam and Edna Huthmaker Miller, she was a resident of Clarks Green for more than 35 years. Before retirement, she worked as a secretary and in the...

Jane C. Davis

Jane C. Davis

Dec 3, 2008

Jane C. Davis of Maple Lane, Tunkahnnock died Wednesday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. She was born November 12, 1921 in Kingston, daughter of the late Russell and Jane Evans Case. She was a 1937 graduate of Dallas Township High School and had been employed by Commonwealth Telephone Co. in Dallas, The Citizens National Bank in Tunkhannock and retired...

James Mcallister

James Mcallister

Dec 2, 2008

James McAllister, 70, of Lenoxville, died Tuesday afternoon at Mercy Hospital in Scranton. He was the husband of the former Mary Wagner. Born in Carbondale, son of the late James McAllister and the late Gerald and Edna Blickens Coggins, he was employed as a driver for Tuzze Trucking for more than 40 years. He was a resident of Lenoxville for...

John Lucas

John Lucas

Dec 2, 2008

John Lucas Jr. of Dalton died Tuesday evening in the Abington Manor Nursing home. His wife is the former Jane LaCoe. The couple married Dec. 8, 1945, and would have celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary Monday. Born in Pittston, son of the late John and Alice Stanton Lucas, he spent most of his adult life in Dalton and was a...

Gloria Crolly

Gloria Crolly

Nov 30, 2008

Gloria Crolly of Scranton died Sunday afternoon at Golden Living Nursing Home in Scranton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arthur Masker, in 1965, and her second husband, William Crolly, in 1995. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late William and Veronia Harper Greene, she was a resident of South Scranton for most of her life. Before...

Ernest C. Winnie

Ernest C. Winnie

Nov 28, 2008

Ernest C. Winnie of Bartron Rd, Tunkhannock, died Friday at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was Born in Meshoppen on June 21, 1918 son of the late Penn and Laura Canfield Winnie. He attended the Meshoppen schools and was a Master Sergeant in the Army serving in Pearl Harbor during the invasion by the Japanese. He was employed as...

Ruth M. Taborne

Ruth M. Taborne

Nov 24, 2008

Ruth M. Taborne, Dalton, died Monday morning at Allied Skilled Nursing. Born in Dalton, she was the daughter of the late Herman F. And Daisy Choin Taborne. Prior to moving to Allied, she was a resident of Dalton for most of her life. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 10am at the Lawrence E. Yuong Funeral Home,...

Helen K. Hopkins

Helen K. Hopkins

Nov 24, 2008

Helen K. Hopkins, Falls, died Monday at the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. Her husband is Edward C. Hopkins. They would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary on January 7. Born in Scranton, Helen was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary LaGrange Keihn. She lived in the Falls area most of her life, working side by side with her...

George J. Oelkers

George J. Oelkers

Nov 24, 2008

George J. Oelkers of Clarks Summit, formerly of Maplewood, N.J., died Monday afternoon at the Gino Merli Veterans Center. Hie wife is the former Romaine Wescott. The couple celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on Aug. 30. Born in Newark, N.J., son of the late Harry and Helen Pfaff Oelkers, he was a resident of Willow Brook Assisted Living, Clarks Summit,...

Emily Shishlo

Emily Shishlo

Nov 23, 2008

Emily Gibbons Shishlo of Fairview Rd Lake Winola died on Sunday at the home of her daughter Emily Ann Turriziani of Wilkes-Barre Twp.. She was born in Scranton on February 14, 1920 daughter of the late Michael and Bertha Warnero Gibbons. She was a graduate Scranton Central High School and the Powell School of Business. Prior to her retirement she...

Kathryn J. Monsey

Kathryn J. Monsey

Nov 22, 2008

Kathryn J. Monsey of Jenkins Road Tunkhannock died Saturday at her home. She was born on Russell Hill Wyoming County on July 30, 1934 daughter of the late George and Stella Winnie Jenkins. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1952 and prior to her retirement she was employed as a secretary. She was preceded in death...