Obituaries
Ruth Maines
Aug 7, 2008
Ruth Maines, 93, of Clarks Summit died Thursday morning in the Abington Manor nursing facility. Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late Horace E. and Mae Horton Geary, she was a resident of Clarks Summit for the past 12 years. Before retirement, she was the owner and operator of Maines Grocery Store in the Green Ridge section of Scranton and...
Charles H. Simonson
Aug 6, 2008
Charles H. Simonson, 79, of Glenburn, died Wednesday at Moses Taylor Hospital. His wife, Mary Barry Simonson, died in 1997. Born in Dunmore, son of the late Warren and Myrtle Nicholson Simonson, he served in the Army during World War II. For 28 years, he was employed as a line painter for the state Department of Transportation. He was also...
Louis J. Milo
Aug 3, 2008
Louis J. Milo Jr., 41, Ransom Twp., died unexpectedly Sunday morning at the Mercy Hospital. His wife is the former Donna M. Buranich. The couple recently celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary. Born in Scranton, son of Louis J. Sr. and Mary Naughton Milo of Carbondale, he has been a resident of Ransom Twp. for the past 14 years. He was...
Doris Eckel
Aug 1, 2008
Doris Eckel, RD 2 Dalton, died Friday night at the hospice unit of Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Howard Eckel. Born in Wilkes Berre on March of 1924, daughter of the late Alfred and Sarah Nieman. She was a 1942 graduate of Falls Overfield High School and a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church, Falls, PA...
Donald Rosenkrans
Jul 31, 2008
Donald Rosenkrans, 68, Newton Twp., died Thursday night at the hospice unit of Mercy Hospital. His wife is the former Gennine Lilli. The couple was married for 46 years. Born in Taylor, son of the late Norvison and Augusta Burke Rosenkrans, he was a life-long resident of Newton Twp. Prior to retirement, he was a Psychiatric Aide for the Clarks...
Nancy L. Smith
Jul 30, 2008
Nancy L. Smith 66, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday, July 30 at her residence. She was born on May 9, 1942 in Newton Twp., Lackawanna County daughter of the late Ralph and Bertha Lubeck Lytle. Nancy was a member of the Shultzville United Methodist church, various dart leagues and enjoyed ring toss along with playing board games with her grandchildren. She...
Lawrence M. Hoover
Jul 29, 2008
Lawrence M. Hoover, of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday afternoon at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center, Blakely. He was the widower of Annabel? Lenz Hoover, who died in June 2007. Born June 26, 1925, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John and Estelle Hoover. As a toddler, he moved briefly to Illinois after his father died. He...
E. Frances Stone
Jul 25, 2008
E. Frances Stone, 94, of North Abington Township, died Friday afternoon at home. Born in North Abington Township, daughter of the late Milo G. and Lou Lamberton Stone, she was a resident of North Abington Township for her entire life. She was the school nurse for the Abington Heights School District for 30 years, retiring in 1978. She was a...
Charles R. Andren
Jul 17, 2008
Charles R. Andren 68, of Meshoppen died Thursday July 17, 2008 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock after a courageous two and a half year battle with cancer. He was born and raised in Cody, Wyoming moving to Pennsylvania in 1972. He was the son of the late Arland and Minnie Andren. He was an Army Veteran of the...
Doris L. Wagner
Jul 16, 2008
Doris L. Wagner of West St. Tunkhannock died Wednesday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Tunkhannock on January 6, 1928 daughter of the late DeWitt Charles and Daisy Elizabeth Oakly Rosengrant. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School Class of 1945. Prior to her retirement she was employed by the Wyoming County Assessment Office...
Rachel A. Clark
Jul 13, 2008
Rachel A. Clark, of Lenoxville, died Sunday at home. She was the widow of Richard Clark, who died in 2006. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Howard and Margaret Faux Scone Sr., she resided in Lenoxville for the past two years. Before that, she lived in East Benton. Surviving are two sons, Ronald, Lenoxville; and Mark, Bath, N.Y.; three...
Jane Spangenberg
Jul 12, 2008
Jane Spangenberg, 97, Factoryville, died July 12, 2008 at home. She was the widow of Russell B. Spangenberg who died in December of 1990. They had been married for 57 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Irwin Wint and Sophia Kyte Severson. She attended Scranton public schools, the Powell School of Business, Scranton, and...
Bertha M. Wintermute
Jul 12, 2008
Bertha M. Wintermute of Mehoopany, died Saturday in the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Jenks, Wyoming County on April 19, 1919 daughter of the late Samuel D. and Irene F. Dailey Phinney. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1938 and a member of the Mehoopany Baptist Church. She was an avid gardener...
Deborah A. McCormick
Jul 10, 2008
Deborah A. McCormick 53, of Tunkhannock died Thursday, July 10 at the Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She is surrived by her husband of 35 years James R. McCormick of Tunkhannock. She was born in Burlington, VT on February 22, 1955 daughter of Ramona Gordon of Burlington, VT and the late Armand “ Jack “ Guilbault. She was a 1973...
Joseph F. Karpov
Jul 9, 2008
Joseph F. Karpov Sr. of Tunkhannock, died Wednesday July 9th at Geisinger Hospital in Danville. He is survived by his wife of 52 years Claire Fielder Karpov. He was born in Dushore in December 1933 son of the late Paul and Elizabeth Lech Karpovich. He worked as a Technician for Procter & Gamble for 27 years prior to his retirement....
Martin Z. Setto
Jul 9, 2008
Martin Z. Setto, 23, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday evening in Billerica, Mass. Born March 9, 1985, in Washington, Pa., son of James Setto, Washington, and Carla Tinkey Scofield, Clarks Summit, he was the stepson of John Scofield, Clarks Summit. He resided in Clarks Summit for the past four years and was a computer programer for the Zoran Co., Burlington,...
Kenneth P. Smith
Jul 7, 2008
Kenneth P. Smith, 76, Dalton, died Monday at his home. He and his wife, the former Ann Costello, celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary on May 6. Born in Clarks Summit, son of the late Merrill and Gertrude Miner Smith, he worked for Scranton Corrugated Box for 34 years before retirement. He was a member of St. Mary's of the Lake...
Miriam R. Holdredge
Jul 6, 2008
Miriam R. Holdredge of Tunkhannock, died Sunday July 6, 2008 at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest J. Holdredge on January 5, 2002. She was born in Allentown on January 2, 1925 daughter of the late Charles E. and Erma Fry Ritter. She graduated from South Whitehall High School in 1942...
Debbie Donath Hughes
Jul 5, 2008
Debbie Donath Hughes, 51, of Dalton, died Saturday morning in the Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. She and her husband, Daniel James Hughes, would have celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary Nov. 1. Born Feb. 22, 1957, she was the daughter of William and Margherita Sorina Donath, Chinchilla. She was employed as an outreach coordinator at Scranton Primary Health Care...
Edward "Butch" C. Mcgovern
Jul 5, 2008
Edward "Butch" C. McGovern Jr., of Moosic, died Saturday afternoon at home. He was the husband of the former Grace Harrington. The couple would have been married 50 years in August. Born in Scranton, son of the late Edward and Bertha Shematis McGovern, he was a resident of Moosic for the past 40 years. Before retirement, he was a lineman...
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