Obituaries

Apr 2, 2021

Geoffrey David-Josef Cota-Bayley, 37, of Tunkhannock passed away unexpectedly April 2, 2021. He is survived by his partner of 10 years Richard “Perry” Lyons. Born in Sacramento, California and having grown up primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, he is the son of Margaret (Peg) Boucher-Murphy and Barbara Jane Bayley. Geoffrey was an active participant in LARPS, an avid...

Mar 31, 2021

Betty Jane Bunnell, Falls, died surrounded by her family on Wednesday morning.

Born in Lehighton, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Bessie Kresge. Before retirement, she was a nurse who worked with both Clarks Summit State Hospital and the Visiting Nurses Association. She also worked with the CDC, and spent many years doing private...

Mar 30, 2021

Thomas R. Zalewski, Sr. 74, of Tunkhannock passed away March 30, 2021 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Linda A. Mock Zalewski in 2016. Born in Wilkes-Barre on May 11, 1946, he was the son of the late Harold and Maryon Harvey Grow of Tunkhannock and the late William and Jean...

Mar 23, 2021

Helen "Barbara" Lodwick, Clarks Summit, died Tuesday morning at Allied Hospice, Scranton.  She was the widow of Donald Roy Lodwick, who died March 4, 2016.  The couple had been married 64 years.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Willard Thomas and Helen Williams Evans.  Prior to retirement, she was a bookkeeper for International...

Mar 16, 2021

Eleanor T. Schultheis, 87, of Newton Twp. passed away peacefully Tuesday morning at her home surrounded by her loving family and "her Lilly".

Her husband of 62 years, Eugene R. Schultheis died March 6, 2020.

Born in Taylor, Eleanor was the daughter of the late George and Mary Fayocavitz Marshalek. Eleanor graduated from Newton Ransom...

Mar 11, 2021

Josef Nimmerfroh, Clarks Summit, died in his home on Thursday evening after a short battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ana Nimmerfroh, whom he was married to for 53 years on May 13, 2020.

He was born in Grunddorf, Germany in 1939. In 1961, he started his career in banking in Mainz,...

Mar 10, 2021

Byron B. Gummoe Jr., 90 formerly of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday March 10, 2021 at his home. He is survived by his wife Frances Myers Gummoe. Born in Clifford on September 26, 1930. He was the son of the late Byron and Mary Chapman Gummoe. He was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. He served his country in...

Mar 9, 2021

Robert J. Arnold, 85, of South Abington Twp. passed away Tuesday morning, March 9th.  He was the husband of the late Jeanette Ann Arnold with whom he spent more than fifty loving years.  Born in Ridgewood, Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Julius and Helena Arnold.

He attended PS 152 Queens High School.  After...

Mar 8, 2021

On Monday March 8, 2021, Sean C. Murphy, beloved son and brother, passed away at his home at the age of 44. Born on April 13, 1977, he was the son of Eugene Murphy and Linda Getz Murphy. Sean was a 1995 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School where he was very active on the soccer team. He then went...

Mar 7, 2021

Mary E. Robinson “Liz”, 61, of Mehoopany passed away Sunday March 7, 2021 at her home. She is survived by her companion of 12 years Ronald Vendetti. Born in Cedartown, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Charles L. and Patricia A. Dauksis Price. She was a gradate of the Tunkhannock School District and was active in the Black...

Mar 6, 2021

David Brian Holdredge (Dave), 46, Tunkhannock, PA, passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2021 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Dave was born in Kingston, PA to parents Donald Richard Holdredge and Sharen Lee Holdredge on January 20, 1975. He is a graduate of the Dallas Area High School. Dave went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Education from...

Mar 6, 2021

Edward G. Wolff, 69, of South Abington Twp., passed away peacefully at home on March 6, 2021, surrounded by his family.

Born in Dunmore, he was the son of the late Walter and Helene (Johnson) Wolff. Educated in Scranton, he graduated from Cathedral High School in 1969 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree...

Mar 6, 2021

Colleen Zdaniewicz, 57, of Falls, passed away on March 6th 2021 in Scranton after fighting a five and a half year battle with cancer. Colleen was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to John and Dorothy Jenkins on May 4th 1963. She graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1981. Colleen and her husband, Ben, worked on their family farm for over...

Mar 3, 2021

We all have but our one life to live; and James Michael "Jim" Fitzpatrick seemed to have nine of them.  Jim certainly lived an extraordinary one filled with laughter, love and family.

James Michael Fitzpatrick, 69, of Dalton, PA, was called home March 3, 2021, as a result of complications, from his courageous battle with cancer.  He...

Mar 2, 2021

Ernestine Sickler, 88, formally of Falls, passed away Tuesday March 2, 2021 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Larry Sickler, in 2008. Born in Thomasville, GA on March 17, 1932 she was the daughter of the late Paul and Bertha Mae Eddings Bryan. She was a member of the West Falls...

Feb 28, 2021

Thomas Cupillari, 81, of Factoryville, died peacefully Sunday morning at his home, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous yearlong battle with cancer.

Born and raised in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Thomas and Rita Yanni Cupillari. After graduating high school, he continued his education at Keystone Junior College, where he met...

Feb 24, 2021

Leona Burke DiVanna, 88, of South Abington Township, died February 24 th , 2021 at home after an illness. She is survived by Joseph A. DiVanna, her loving husband of almost 20 years.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Leona Yeager Burke.  She was educated in Scranton public schools, attended...

Feb 24, 2021

Susan Ann Donahue, age 73, of Smyrna, Georgia passed away February 24, 2021. Funeral Service will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will be held in Pennsylvania. Susan Ann Donahue nee Scent was born to Bess and Francis Scent on October 17, 1947 and...

Feb 22, 2021

Amelia (Amy) Harrison Rowe, 68, of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, died in the early hours of February 22, after living for many years with Parkinson's disease. She was born June 17, 1952, in Englewood, New Jersey, to Mary Edna Harber Harrison and Malcolm (Bud) Reeve Harrison.

Amy was a lifelong lover of the written word. She attended Allegheny...

Feb 19, 2021

Bertha Bedell, 77, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away Friday, February 19, 2021 at General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Bedell Sr in 2012. She was born December 25, 1943, in Sussex, N.J. and a daughter of the late Zenas Raymond and Alma Belcher. She was preceded in death by brothers; Freeman, Donald,...