Obituaries
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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