Obituaries

Thomas M. Holmes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Mcclellan F. Rosenkrans

Mcclellan F. Rosenkrans

Feb 6, 2008

2-06-2008 VET. PICTURE McClellan F. Rosenkrans, Lathrop Twp., Susquehanna County, PA died Wednesday morning in his home. His wife is the former Gladys Nystrand, the couple celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary last June. Born in Stillwater, NJ, son of the late Floyd J. And Laura Hill Rosenkrans, Prior to his retirement he was a self employed contractor and a resident...

Januarius G. Bryer

Januarius G. Bryer

Feb 5, 2008

Januarius G. Bryer, Fleetville, died Tuesday evening at the Hospice Unit in Mercy Hospital. His wife is the former Joan Marie Russin, the couple celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary last September 12th. Born in Jessup, son of the late Matthew and Anna Wassel Bryer. He has been a resident of the Fleetville area for the past 48 years. Prior to...

June N. Wickizer

June N. Wickizer

Feb 4, 2008

June N. Wickizer, 85, Falls Twp., died Monday morning at Allied Skilled Nursing facility. She was the widow of Edward J. Wickizer who died August 27, 2003. Born in Falls Twp., daughter of the late Donald and Mabel Sickler Dickinson. She was a member of the Schultzville United Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Jill Moser, Dalton and Joy Ludwig,...

Margaret Stanik

Margaret Stanik

Jan 30, 2008

Margaret L. Stanik, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday morning at home. She was the widow of Michael Stanik, who died Sept. 11, 1977. Born Feb. 9, 1923, in Ransom, daughter of the late Paul and Mary Reshetar Tirpak, she resided in Clarks Summit and raised her children at the Country Club of Scranton, where her late husband was a greenskeeper...

Lillian A. Goschy

Lillian A. Goschy

Jan 28, 2008

1-28-08 Lillian A. Goschy, Clarks Summit, died Monday night at the Hospice Unit of the Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Nicholas P. Goschy who died in January of 1981. Born in Philadelphia, daughter of the late Robert and Lillie Dumbelton Tilston. She moved to Clarks Summit in 1958. Surviving are two sons, Nicholas P., Knoxville, TN and...

Shirley J. Quick

Shirley J. Quick

Jan 28, 2008

Shirley J. Quick, of Clarks Summit, died Monday at Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Fla. Her husband is Jonas C. Quick. The couple was married 55 years in June. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Charles and Rose Ekey Deming, she had been a resident of Glenburn Township since 1962. Before retiring, she was a cafeteria worker for the...

Theodore Joseph Jaditz

Theodore Joseph Jaditz

Jan 27, 2008

1-27-2008 PICTURE VET. Theodore Joseph Jaditz, a resident of Clarkrs Summit, 91, died Sunday at the Community Medical Center. He was born on St. Valentines Day, 1916, in Peacock Hill, Scranton, PA. He attended St. Peter and Paul School on Locust St. His family moved to Newton, PA in 1925. He worked on the family farm until he joined the...

Joseph D. Hassett

Joseph D. Hassett

Jan 27, 2008

Joseph D. Hassett, formerly of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., died Saturday morning at home in Clarks Summit following an illness. His wife of 41 years is Irene D. Hassatt, Ph.D, the former Irene D. Popovich. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Healy Hassett. In 1986, he retired as vice president of human...

Henry W. Smith

Henry W. Smith

Jan 26, 2008

Henry W. Smith, Falls Township, died Saturday afternoon at the Abington Manor Nursing Home. His wife was the former Jane Davis, the couple was married in July in 1955. Born in Scranton, son of the late William and Clare Pleasure Smydkowski. He was a resident of Falls Twp. For the past 25 years. Prior to retirement he was Machinist in...

Loretta J. Forsythe

Loretta J. Forsythe

Jan 19, 2008

Loretta J. Forsythe, 80, formerly of Laural Lane Clarks Summit, died Saturday in Winterpark Florida. She was the widow of the late Bert Edwin Forsythe, who died in 2005. Born in Gary Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Joephine Mynatt. She attended the First Presbyterian church of Clarks Summit and was a member of her neighborhood...

William Roeland

William Roeland

Jan 18, 2008

William R. Roeland, 40, of Nicholson died friday at his home. Born in Wayne N.J. son of Edward Roeland, Albuquerque New Mexico, and the late Carol Roeland. He resided in Nicholson for the past 7 years and was employed by Rapid Pallet for the past 12 years . Also surviving is a son Steven; Gilbert Az., a daughter Alyssa; Gilbert...

Wendell P. Hall

Wendell P. Hall

Jan 13, 2008

Wendell P. Hall Wendell P. Hall, 60, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday night in Moses Taylor Hospital. His wife is the former Mai Thi Lien. Born in Scranton, son of Evelyn Hall, Glenburn Township, and the late Robert Hall, he was a 1965 graduate of Abington Heights High School. He was a six-year Navy veteran of the Vietnam era, receiving...

Connie Lacey

Connie Lacey

Jan 8, 2008

1-8-2008 PICTURE Connie Lacey, Clarks Summit died Tuesday afternoon at the Hospice Unit of the Mercy Hospital. She was the widow of Thomas James Lacey who died May 5, 1980. Born in Scranton, daughter of Betty Carr Kellam, Clarks Summit and the late David Kellam. Prior to retiring in 2000, she was employed by Abington Heights School District for over...