Obituaries
William O. Dickinson
Mar 9, 2008
William O. Dickinson, died Sunday morning at home in Falls Township. His wife is the former June Keller. The couple was married 61 years last October. Born in Falls Township, son of the late Alfred and Hilda Johnson Dickinson, he was a lifelong resident of Falls Township. Bill was a self-employed farmer and also drove a school bus for the...
Shirley M. Siegrist
Mar 7, 2008
Shirley M. Siegrist, Dalton, died Friday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. She was the widow of Glenn C. Siegrist, who died in July 2006. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, daughter of the late Francis and Marjorie Voekler. She has been a resident of North Abington township for the past 30 years. She was a missionary for the Baptist Mid Missions...
Frances D. Cino
Mar 6, 2008
Frances D. Cino, died Thursday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit in Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Charles F. Cino, who died May 9, 1979. Born in Larksville, daughter of the late George and Mary Zalonis Krukonis. She was lifelong resident of Clarks Summit. Before retiring, she was employed for 25 years by Glen Oak Country Club....
Merial V. Simoncelli
Mar 6, 2008
Merial V. Simoncelli, of Dalton, died Thursday afternoon. Her husband was the late Benedict P. Simoncelli. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late William and Nora Dempsey Broadhurst, she attended Scranton Central High School and resided in Dalton with her family. Surviving are two sons, Robert and Joseph; a daughter-in-law, Jeanne; a sister-in-law, Kay; two granddaughters, Christine and Maureen; a...
Geraldine Hempelman
Mar 5, 2008
Geraldine Hempelman, 92, of Brooks Estates at Wesley Village, Pittston, died March 5 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born Dec. 2, 1915, in Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Rev. Oscar and Johanna Hirtz Hempelman, she was a public health nurse supervisor for the Health Department of Hopewell Township, N.J. Before that, she was director of the Visiting Nurse Association in Trenton,...
Ann Elizabeth Wood Latty
Mar 4, 2008
Ann Elizabeth Wood Latty, 37, died March 4 in Salem, Ore. Her husband is Shon? Latty. Born Nov. 28, 1970, in Scranton, daughter of Guy Wood, Dalton; and Janet Henderson Wood, Morrisville, Ann grew up in Clarks Summit and graduated from Abington Heights High School in 1989. She joined the Coast Guard, which took her to San Pedro, Calif., and...
Jean L. Smith
Mar 3, 2008
Jean L. Smith, 67, of Tunkhannock, died Monday evening at home. Born in South Abington Township, daughter of the late George and Mildred Greene Cooper, she was a 1958 graduate of Clarks Summit High School. Before retiring, Jean had two careers. She served as administrator of Tunkhannock Methodist Manor and she also worked in the billing department of Road Scholar...
Thomas Amos
Mar 2, 2008
Thomas E. Amos, of South Abington Township, died Sunday morning in the hospice unit of Community Medical Center. His widow is the former Margaret Canning. Born in Quincy, Mass., son of the late John B. and Annie Powers Amos, he was a resident of South Abington Township for the past seven years. He was a self-employed graphic artist and a...
Vito Guast
Feb 26, 2008
Vito F. Guast, formerly of North Abington Township, died Tuesday afternoon at Western Wake Hospital, North Carolina. Born in Waverly, son of the late Frank and Maria Maldarella Guast, he lived in North Abington Township for most of his life. Before retiring, he was employed by Scranton Wilbert Vault. He previously worked at Keystone Vault Co., Scranton, and a was...
Peggy Davis Harris
Feb 25, 2008
Peggy D. Harris, Scranton, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Monday evening after a short illness, She was the widow of Mahlon H. Harris, who died in March of 2007. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Alan E. And Magdolyn James Davis. Prior to retirement she was a substitute coordinator for the Abington Heights School District as well as working...
Marion A. Knickerbocker
Feb 22, 2008
Marion A. Knickerbocker, 86, Scranton, died Friday afternoon at the Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Donald E. Knickerbocker. Born in Muncy, daughter of the late Charles and Agnes Wagner Hauser. She was a former member of the Crystal Roller Skating Club, at The Town Hall Roller Rink. In the late 1960's she started as a cook for...
Karen B. Graney
Feb 19, 2008
Karen B. Graney, 66, of Glenburn, died Tuesday morning in Hospice Community Care, Dunmore. Her husband is Gerard "Jerry" R. Graney. The couple was married in 1993. Karen was a multitalented gal. She had her own nail salon, "A Place For You," and also did home decorating, making beautiful drapes and upholstery. She was an artist, working on canvas and...
Arthur Henry Mears
Feb 18, 2008
Arthur Henry Mears, 90, of Clarks Summit, died Monday in the VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center. His wife is the former Elizabeth M. McHale. The couple recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. Born in Newton, son of the late Edgar and Fannie Bagg Mears, he resided most of his life in Clarks Summit. Before retiring, he worked as a...
Thomas M. Holmes
Feb 14, 2008
Thomas M. Holmes Jr., Clarks Summit, died Thursday morning at Abington Manor Nursing Home. His widow is the former June Lewis, the couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on February 5th. Born in Scranton, son of the late Thomas M. and Mabel O'Hara Holmes, he has resided in Clarks Summit for the past 7 years and Clifford the previous 20...
Harold W. Hildebrand
Feb 14, 2008
Harold W. Hildebrand, Factoryville, died Thursday night at V.N.A. Hospice in the Community Medical Center. His widow is the former Gertrude Zimmerman. Born in Clifton, NJ, son of the late William and Minnie Ronner Hildebrand. He was a resident of the Factoryville area for the past 35 years. Prior to retirement he was a Salesman for Raybeston-Manhatten in Passic, NJ...
Wanda A. Keene
Feb 13, 2008
Wanda A. Keene, 43, Dalton, died Wednesday morning in the Hospice Unit of Mercy Hospital. Her husband is Mark Keene, the couple celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary last October 12th. Born in Scranton, daughter of Robert and Alice Owens Lukaschunis of Springville. Also surviving are two daughters, Samantha Flynn, Olyphant and Kourtney Thomas at home; a son, Daniel Flynn, Forest...
Jeanne Craig Day
Feb 12, 2008
Jeanne Craig Day, age 86,, formerly of Clarks Summit, passed away Tuesday, February 12th in Lewisburg. She was the widow of Daniel E. Day who died in 2007. She was a WWII veteran and a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp. She is survived by one brother, Douglas Craig of Clarks Summit, and one daughter, Jacquelyn Richardson, Tampa, FL three...
James Devereaux Ross
Feb 10, 2008
James Devereaux Ross, 94, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Hospice Community Care after a brief illness. He and his wife, the former Helen Purdy, would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in March. Born in Scranton in 1913, son of the late James and Maude Devereaux Ross, Jim was a graduate of Central High School. Before entering the Army,...
Kelly Marie Holt
Feb 10, 2008
Kelly Marie Holt, 32, Clarks Summit, died on Sunday at the home of her devoted parents John "Bud" and Dee Holt, after a 21 year battle with diabetes. Kelly was born on June 1, 1975 at the Community Medical Center in Scranton. Kelly graduated from Abington Heights in 1993 where she was very active in the S.A.D.D. program and a...
Loraine Knight
Feb 7, 2008
Loraine Knight of Binghamton, formerly of Newton Twp, went to be with her Lord & Savior on Thursday at home. Her first husband was the late William Blachek who died in 1955 and her second husband was the late Charles Knight who died in 2004. Born in Chinchilla , daughter of the late Anson and Loraine Antoine Miller, she was...
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