Obituaries

Peggy J. Whipple

Peggy J. Whipple

Jul 4, 2008

Peggy J. Whipple of Tunkhannock died Friday at the Golden Living Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock. She was born in Williamsport in 1933, daughter of the late P. Eugene and Gladys Jacobs Martin. She was a graduate of Williamsport High School class of 1951. Prior to her retirement she worked as a laborer and Union President at GTE in Williamsport....

Gerald A. Scott

Gerald A. Scott

Jun 29, 2008

Gerald A. Scott Sr, 79, life long resident of Milwaukee died Sunday morning at Mercy Hospice. His wife of 59 years is the former June Bedell., the couple would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in February. Born November 6, 1928 in Duryea, son of the late Harold and Victoria Shimley Scott. He was a life long active member and...

Alma Nancarrow

Alma Nancarrow

Jun 26, 2008

Alma Nancarrow, 97, formerly of Clarks Summit died last Thursday at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center in Olyphant. She was the widow of Fred H. Nancarrow who died September 15, 1997. Born on August 16, 1910, daughter of the late Adam and Mary Dropunski Yearing. For many years she served as a tax collector for the Clarks Summit Borough....

Lucille A. Cresko

Lucille A. Cresko

Jun 26, 2008

Lucille A Cresko of Springville died Thursday June 26, 2008. She was the daughter of the late William L. and Cecilia A. Lupinsky. Surviving are her husband Joseph V. Cresko; children Joseph W. Cresko and his wife Lori Scott; William A. Cresko and his wife Cristin Hulslander; James E. Cresko and his wife Rachel Hickoff. Also surviving are a brother...

Dorothy Hall Ferrell

Dorothy Hall Ferrell

Jun 26, 2008

Dorothy Hall Ferrell, formerly of Clarks Summit, died June 26th at the Wesley Village in Pittston. She was the wife of Franklin Ferrell, whom she married in 2000. Her first husband was the late Thomas Hall who died in 1985. Born on September 19, 1922 in Schultzville, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Bedell. She was...

Marion Dietrick Haak

Marion Dietrick Haak

Jun 25, 2008

Marion Dietrick Haak 6-25-08 Picture Marion Dietrick Haak, 90, died Monday in the hospice wing of the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. She was the widow of George E. Haak Jr., who died in 1991. Born in Harveys Lake, she was the daughter of the late Elwell P. And Mabel Dietrick. She was educated at Scranton Central High School and graduated...

Ruth M Brown

Ruth M Brown

Jun 21, 2008

Ruth M. Brown of Springville formerly of Carbondale died Saturday in the Endless Mountains Health System in Montrose. She was born in Carbondale on January 6, 1920 daughter of the late William and Marguerite Reagner Rosler. She was a graduate of Carbondale High School class of 1938. A member of the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock. She was...

Shirley J. Daniels

Shirley J. Daniels

Jun 20, 2008

Shirley J. "Shirl" Daniels, of Waverly, died Friday morning in Community Medical Center. She and her husband, Leslie E. Daniels, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary in September. Born in Watertown, N.Y., daughter of the late Floyd R. and Ava Patrick Flansburg, she was a resident of Waverly since 1955. Before retirement, she was an administrative assistant for Agriculture Insurances Co.,...

Lena Grassadonia

Lena Grassadonia

Jun 16, 2008

Lena Grassadonia, 100, of Lake Winola, died Monday at the Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband Anthony Grassadonia, and her granddaughter Alicia Ann Heffler. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. The funeral service will be held Friday, June 20, at 9:00 am from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, Inc., 73 West...

Jeanne A. Lowe

Jeanne A. Lowe

Jun 16, 2008

Jeanne A. Lowe, 90, Clarks summit, died Monday evening at the Mountain Rest Nursing Facility in Scranton. She was the widow of George F. Lowe, who died on April 16, 2003, the couple was married for 60 years. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late William Anna Preston Kapp. She was a resident of Clarks Summit for over twenty years...

Rebecca Harper

Rebecca Harper

Jun 15, 2008

Rebecca Harper, formerly Rebecca Phillips, 48, died Sunday at home. Born in Scranton and raised in Clarks Summit, she was the daughter of Ruth DiPietro Lewis, Clarks Summit, and Thomas R. Phillips, Scranton. She was a 1978 graduate of Abington Heights High School and attended Bergen Community College, New Jersey. Rebecca was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, friend and...

Dorothy Saville

Dorothy Saville

Jun 13, 2008

Dorothy Saville, 96, of Schnecksville, formerly of Chinchilla, died Friday at Cedarbrook Nursing Home, Allentown. Her husband, Thomas Saville, died in November 1991. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late William and Carolyn Frantz Singer, she was a resident of Schnecksville for the past 27 years. Before that, she lived on Scott Road, Chinchilla. She was known in both communities...

Lois M. Sives

Lois M. Sives

Jun 9, 2008

Lois M. Sives, Falls, died Monday morning at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. Her husband is Arthur J. Sives, the couple would have celebrated their 53 wedding anniversary this July. Born in Dunmore, daughter of the late Theodore and Jennie Gromlich Compton. She was a resident of Falls for over fifty years and prior to retirement she was a Switchboard...

Donald Paul Shiffer Sr.

Donald Paul Shiffer Sr.

Jun 8, 2008

Donald Paul Shiffer Sr., 78, Clarks Summit, died Sunday morning in the VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center. His wife is Wilda Jean Ace Shiffer. They would have celebrated their 34nd wedding anniversary on July 2nd. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Dale Eramus and Emily Edwards Shiffer. He attended West Scranton High School. Don was...

Brandon D. Murray

Brandon D. Murray

Jun 6, 2008

Brandon D. Murray, 19 of Stark road Tunkhannock, died Friday evening from injures suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Lemon Creek Road in Washington Twp., Wyoming County. He was born February 7, 1989 in Tunkhannock son of Timothy Murray of Pennsylvania and Shalene Beck of Tunkhannock. He was a 2008 graduate of Tunkhannock High School. His future plans were...

Britney Giberson

Britney Giberson

Jun 6, 2008

Britney K. Giberson Britney K. Giberson , 17 of Tunkhannock died Friday evening from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Lemon Creek Road in Washington Twp. Wyoming County. She was born in Wilkes Barre on June 21, 1990 daughter of Harold Giberson of Tunkhannock and Tammera McCormick Giberson of Tunkhannock. Step Father Thomas Corker Jr. of Factoryville, Step...

Britney K. Giberson

Britney K. Giberson

Jun 6, 2008

Britney K. Giberson Britney K. Giberson , 17 of Tunkhannock died Friday evening from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Lemon Creek Road in Washington Twp. Wyoming County. She was born in Wilkes Barre on June 21, 1990 daughter of Harold Giberson of Tunkhannock and Tammera McCormick Giberson of Tunkhannock. Step Father Thomas Corker Jr. of Factoryville, Step...

Aurelia "Baldwin" Smith

Aurelia "Baldwin" Smith

Jun 4, 2008

Aurelia "Baldwin" Smith, 99, died Wednesday morning at the Abington Manor Nursing Facility. She was the widow of Parker H. Smith who died in 1980. They were married for 54 years. Born June 10th, 1908 in Peckville, daughter of the late Dr. Harmon O. And Jane Lowry Baldwin. She was a resident of Dalton most of her life and prior...

Emma B. Watkins

Emma B. Watkins

Jun 1, 2008

Emma Belle Watkins, 94 years young, of 25 Avery St., Susquehanna Apartments, Tunkhannock died unexpectedly on June 1, 2008 in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. “Mom” as she was commonly referred by all was born in Hop Bottom on December 21, 1913 daughter of the late Laverne and Bertha Urbach Lord. She was preceded in death by her first husband...

Alice Nancy Marturano

Alice Nancy Marturano

Jun 1, 2008

Alice "Nancy" Marturano, 61, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She was the wife of John Marturano for 20 years. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Wilson and Eleanor Spencer Shoemaker, she was the youngest of nine children and a faithful wife. She worked for 21 years at Lackawanna County Health Care Center, Blakely, and...