Obituaries

Todd William Madill

Jan 27, 2022

Todd William Madill, 59, passed away January 27, 2022 at his home. Born on December 4, 1962 in Meshoppen, PA he was the son of the late Joseph Brown Madill. He is survived by his mother Geraldine Farr Madill. Todd graduated from Towanda High School and was employed by Cargill. He had a passion for snowmobiling. He enjoyed the outdoors...

Bruce W. Ott

Jan 26, 2022

Bruce W. Ott of South Abington died Wednesday evening at Mountain View Care Center, Scranton. His wife is the former Janet Pierotti. The couple married in 1966.

Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Milton and Gertrude Hughes Ott. He was a graduate of West Scranton High School and attended Our Lady of the...

Donna Stang

Jan 26, 2022

Donna Stang, 55, of Meshoppen passed into the loving arms of her Savior on Wednesday January 26, 2022 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 21 years Kurt Stang. Born in Shavertown, PA on May 23, 1966 she was preceded in death by mother, Sharon Conden and survived by father Bernard McDermott, II and by...

Joan E. Schwartz

Jan 25, 2022

Joan E. Schwartz, 78, of Forkston, Pennsylvania passed away on Tuesday January 25, 2022 at Allied Hospice, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Joan is survived by her husband Richard J. Schwartz. Born in Philadelphia on September 17, 1943 she was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Margaret Gillespie Adams. After marriage she lived in Rantoul Illinois with Richard and then travelled...

Emily S. Kocian

Jan 25, 2022

Emily Kocian, 95, of Highland Park Senior Living, Wilkes-Barre Pa passed away on Tuesday January 25, 2022. Born on March 8, 1926 in Kingston PA she was the daughter of the late Sylvia and Stanley Kocian. Emily was a longtime resident of Miami Florida where she worked for Bell Telephone as a telephone operator. In addition, she also worked for...

Raymond Kenia

Jan 24, 2022

Raymond Kenia, 77, of Newton Township, passed away at his home on Monday. His wife of over 52 years is the former Patricia Chilewski.

Born in Pittston, he was the son of the late John and Josephine Kenia. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bernard Kenia. In addition to his wife, he is survived by sons...

Pauline B. Oakley

Jan 22, 2022

Pauline Oakley, 87, of Nicholson passed away Saturday January 22, 2022 at Geisinger Community Center, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband Philip Oakley Sr. on December 23, 2001. Born on July 7, 1934 in Harford, PA. She was the daughter of the late Burton and Rachel Pratt Collins. She is survived by her sons, Philip Oakley Jr....

Raymond A. Cramer

Jan 22, 2022

Raymond A. Cramer, born in Dalton, PA in 1936, passed away peacefully in his home in Honesdale, PA on January 22 with his wife of 60 years Lenore Smith Cramer and family at his side. Ray and Lenore moved to Honesdale 4 years ago, and had previously lived in Dalton, Pennsylvania where he was a beloved piano teacher for...

Dr. Joseph John Zukoski, Jr.

Jan 21, 2022

Dr. Joseph John Zukoski, Jr. passed away peacefully on January 21, 2022 as he held hands with his two daughters.  He was born March 13, 1942 in Scranton, PA.  A graduate of Scranton Preparatory School, the University of Scranton, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Florida, Dr. Zukoski entered the Navy Dental Corps in 1968, rising to...

Helen D. Goodman

Jan 21, 2022

Helen D. Goodman, 83, of Monroe Twp., died Friday, January 21, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband Chester Goodman in 2004. Born in Evans Falls on March 16, 1938. She was the daughter of the late William and Mildred “Minnie” Whispell Shook. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Bowmans Creek....

James J. Harvey

Jan 20, 2022

James Joseph Harvey, Wyalusing, passed away peacefully, on January 20, 2022, at the Gardens in Tunkhannock, where he had been a resident since November 2021. Born in Lemon on August 10, 1938, he was the son of the late Cyril Harvey and Amy Buckingham Jayne. Jim graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1956. He enlisted in the Army in...

Wilhelmina "Billie" Bevacqua

Jan 20, 2022

Wilhelmina "Billie" Bevacqua, 100, of Archbald, died on Thursday morning at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit.

Born in Archbald on July 25, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Touch Bevacqua. Prior to retirement, she worked as a secretary. She enjoyed doing needlepoint, book clubs, and shopping in New York on her lunch hour....

Rosemary Hall

Jan 19, 2022

Rosemary Hall, 83, of Bradenton Beach, Florida passed away on January 19, 2022 surrounded by family. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey she was the daughter of the late John and Rita Skelly Daigneault. She was a member of the St. Bernard’s Catholic Church of Holmes Beach Florida and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Bradenton Beach Florida. She was a...

Theresa Lapczynski

Jan 16, 2022

Theresa Lapczynski, 93, of Moosic, PA, formerly of Fords, passed away peacefully at Abington Manor on Sunday, January 16, 2022.She enjoyed her time raising eight children before returning to the work force at Garden State Shipping in Keasbey, NJ. She had a love for crocheting, cooking and gardening. Poppy seed rolls were her favorite.

She was born...

Mary K. Stark

Jan 16, 2022

Mary K. Stark, Dalton, died Sunday, Jan. 16. She was the wife of the late Richard W. Stark.

Born March 7, 1930, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of James M. and E. Mary McGrath. She graduated from Dalton High School and Lackawanna Business College and was a member of Our Lady of the Abingtons Church....

Howard L. Hyde

Jan 15, 2022

Howard L. Hyde, 102, died January 15, 2022, in South Abington Township, PA.  He was born in Wheeling, WV, to the late Roger and Elsie Hyde and grew up in Calais, ME.

Howard served as a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific during WWII.  While stationed in Australia he...

James Anthony Zaltauskas

Jan 15, 2022

James Anthony Zaltauskas, 61, of Greenfield Twp., formerly of Scranton, passed away on Saturday 1/15/22 at Geisinger CMC Hospital from complications of Multiple Myeloma Cancer, with which he fought a short and courageous battle.

Born in Scranton, son of Joan and the late Albert Zaltauskas, he attended Scranton schools and was employed at General Dynamics, Laminations/Sonoma, and...

Ann Louise (Mack) Schoffstall

Jan 15, 2022

Ann Louise (Mack) Schoffstall, Clarks Summit, passed into her eternal reward on Saturday, January 15, 2022. She was 93 years young. She was the first of two daughters born to Richard H. Mack and Lavinia (Becker) Mack in her home in Bethlehem, PA. She grew up in Bethlehem and graduated from Liberty High School. She was married to George...

Rebekah Elaine Ralph

Jan 14, 2022

Rebekah Elaine Ralph, 45, of Meshoppen passed away Friday January 14, 2022 at Hospice of the Scared Heart, Dunmore. She is survived by her husband of 14 years, Patrick Ralph. Born in Stroudsburg, PA on June 25, 1976. She is survived by her parents Lyle and Anna Jenetta Berger Smith of Effort, PA. She was a member of the Mehoopany...

Ethel Ambagais

Jan 13, 2022

Ethel Ambagais, 93, of Kingsley, died at her home on Thursday morning. She was the wife of William Ambagais. The couple were married for 74 years.

Surviving are a son, William F. Ambagais, Clarks Green, daughters Frances D. Bossert, Houston, TX and Catherine Ghent, Harford.

Services will be held at a later date.

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