Obituaries

Jun 8, 2022

Richard E. Spencer, 86, of Factoryville passed away on June 8th at Regional Hospital, Scranton.

Born in Falls, he was the son of the late Clyde and Alice Spencer. He and his wife, the former Nancy Glasson, would have marked their 65th wedding anniversary on September 7th. He worked for various Chevrolet dealerships for 40 years, retiring...

Jun 7, 2022

Richard Read III, 35, of Clarks Summit, passed suddenly at his home Tuesday evening. He is survived by his wife, Christine E. Chilcott-Read. Born in East Stroudsburg, he was the son of Barbara Lishman Hicks and her husband Gary of Ransom Township and Richard Read Jr. of Scranton. He was a 2004 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a 2008...

Jun 2, 2022

Walter R. (Dick) Reese, 83, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully on Thursday June 2, 2022 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Luzerne on February 15, 1939 he was the son of the late Walter D. and Hazel Traver Reese. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Joyce Lorah Reese; son, Walter R. Reese Jr. and...

Jun 1, 2022

David R. Hudachek of Eagleville, PA passed away on June 1, 2022. He passed unexpectedly at Reading Hospital due to medical issues.

He was born on July 11, 1979 in Clarks Summit, PA. David graduated from Abington Heights High School and the University of Scranton. He was an active runner and swimmer in school, however, he had...

Jun 1, 2022

Delores Kapolka, 90, passed away on Wednesday June 1, 2022. Her husband Edward preceded her in death in 1984. She was born on July 12, 1931 in Kingston PA she was the daughter of Sylvia and Patrick Miller. Delores was a longtime resident of Tunkhannock PA and where owned a family-owned working dairy farm and Christmas tree farm for many...

May 31, 2022

Ronald W. Creamer, 77, passed away on May 31st at his home in Troy, Virginia. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Lynn Davis Creamer.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late James Edward and Emma Gertrude Simon Creamer. He was a graduate of Keystone University and New...

May 26, 2022

Mohan Kulkarni, 84, passed away on May 26 th at his home in Clarks Summit. He is preceded in death by his wife Sakina and his daughters Elizabeth and Catherine.

Mohan was born in Gadag, India, and earned his Occupational Therapy degree from G.S. Medical College in Mumbai. After university, he and his wife eloped and immigrated...

May 25, 2022

Geraldine E. Fassett, 92 of Mehoopany, PA passed away Wednesday May 25, 2022 at Wesley Village, Pittston, PA. Born in Jenningsville, PA September 13, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Orrin E. and Evelyn Furman Phinney. She was the oldest of eleven children. Geraldine was a member of the Jenningsville United Methodist Church and the Ladies VFW Auxillary....

May 25, 2022

Helen J. Keller, 89, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away on May 25, 2022 after a long illness at The Gardens of Tunkhannock, PA. Helen was born in Tunkhannock, PA to Guy B. and Mary A. Kester on March 20, 1933. She married Joseph W. Keller in 1955 and celebrated 54 years together. She was proceeded in death by her husband,...

May 23, 2022

Philip Vaughan Nevin, 71, of Tunkhannock passed away on Monday May 23, 2022 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Gillian Steadman Nevin and his beloved dogs Lance and Ziggy. Born in Madrid, Spain on October 12, 1950 he is the son of the late Louis McDuffee and Louise Vaughan Whitehead Nevin. He graduated...

May 21, 2022

Donald I. Harris, Clarks Summit, passed away 05/21/2022. Surviving is his high school sweetheart and beloved wife of 63 years, Esther (Thomas) Harris, whose heart is broken by the loss of her best friend and the love of her life, who she took care of in his last years.

Born in Scranton on February 3, 1937, he...

May 20, 2022

Frederick Charles Keihn, 74, died on May 20 th at his home in South Abington.

This is our most interesting man. A catholic "slightly out of practice", he never missed an opportunity to tell a story. He liked his women intelligent, strong, independent and beautiful…in that order. A military man, intelligent and hardworking. After the Vietnam War,...

May 20, 2022

Claude Beauvais, 78, of Nicholson, passed peacefully on May 20 th at Geisinger Danville Hospital.

Born in Stanstead, QC Canada, he was the son of the late Armand and Antoinette Durocher Beauvais. He was a graduate of Notre-Dame De La Merci and was the owner and operator of C-B Salvage.

Claude is survived by a...

May 16, 2022

Enola Faye Hawk, 86, of Overfield Twp., died Monday at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. Her husband of more than 63 years is Edward R. Hawk.Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Van Auken and Marion Brace. She was the valedictorian of the class of 1953 Falls Overfield High School and a 1957 graduate of...

May 16, 2022

Margaret Hull - farmer, sculptress, shepherd, and environmental activist - was born September 13, 1950, three minutes after her identical twin sister Lucy, and was the youngest of the four daughters of Robert and Louise Hull (nee Shepard). She was born and raised in the Spring House of Spring Hills Farm in Lackawanna County, the same house where...

May 15, 2022

Tammy Finkler of Old Forge died Sunday evening at her home. Her husband is Richard Riccardo.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Ronald Finkler, Dunmore, and the late Karen Sweet Finkler.

Surviving are daughters, Elizabeth Huzzard and her husband Jefferson, Old Forge, and Cynthia Bolduc and her...

May 12, 2022

Shirley Williams's life journey is complete. She died on Thursday and was met at the gates of heaven by her heavenly family, especially her mom, Esther Ephault- Williams.  At last they are reunited.

Shirley was born on February 11,1935 in Scranton. She celebrated her 85th birthday this year.

May 11, 2022

Edward Albert Osman, 78, of Dalton, PA passed away on May 11, 2022 in Scranton, PA.

Ed was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Albert and Winifred Osman on May 22, 1943. He moved a lot in his youth and went to various schools, but met his wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Osman, at Abington Heights High School in Clarks...

May 10, 2022

Shirley Jane LaCoe, age 89 of Sylva NC, passed away on Tuesday May 10, 2022.  She was born on December 31, 1932, in Lackawanna County, PA, to the late Willard and Bessie (Reed) Rosenkrans.

Shirley was a hard worker.  (Which came from being the daughter of a farmer).  She retired from Sanofi Pharmaceuticals after 30 years.  She...

May 9, 2022

Marlowe Miller, 85 of Tunkhannock passed away on Monday May 9, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband Bert Miller on December 24, 2002. Born in Wilkes-Barre on February 22, 1937 she is the daughter of the late James and Mary Girvan Drey. Mary is a member of Community Bible Church of Tunkhannock. She...