Obituaries

May 8, 2019

Sheldon Williams, 53, of Dalton died suddenly at home Wednesday evening.  He was surrounded by those he loved, including his wife of 20 years, Leanne Gerrity Williams.

Born in Scranton, he was the son of Kenneth and Patricia Williams.  He graduated from Scranton Technical High School and Lackawanna County Vo-Tech. Sheldon was dedicated to his job as...

May 8, 2019

Carmella V. Diana Williams, Clarks Summit, died Wednesday afternoon after a short illness. Her husband of 61 years, the love of her life, was Roy Williams.

Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., the daughter of the late Vincenzo and Vittoria Diana, she was a high school graduate and, after raising her children, worked as a bookkeeper for various...

May 6, 2019

Robert B. Phillips, Jr., 99, passed away at Allied Skilled Nursing on Monday, May 6 th . He is survived by his wife of 75 years, Elizabeth Hope Phillips.

Bob was born in Scranton on January 13, 1920 to Robert B. and Rae Davis Phillips, Sr. He lived most of his life in West Side, graduated and...

May 6, 2019

Clara Herron Schmaltz passed away peacefully on May 6, 2019. She was born October 2, 1920 in Hughestown, PA. The oldest child of Mildred Valerious Herron and Ralph F. Herron, she is preceded in death by her devoted husband of sixty years, Harry G. Schmaltz, and by her brother, Carl J. Herron, of Mesa, AZ. She was the daughter...

May 4, 2019

Thomas Sean DeMellier-56 of Lake Carey PA passed away at home May 4th 2019,he was born sept 17th 1962,the son of Thomas J. DeMellier and Judith A DeMellier(Radici)

Thomas graduated from Coughlin High school 1980, later attended welding school and worked as a union welder with Electric Boat in Providence RI on Sept 25th 1985 he was a survivor of the...

Apr 30, 2019

Judith Ann Christ “Judy” 71, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 after a brief illness.

She was born on December 9, 1947 daughter of the late Frank and Catherine (“Dolly”) Jones Christ, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After spending childhood summers at the family cottage at Lake Carey, this became the family’s full-time residence in the late 1960’s...

Apr 29, 2019

Marilyn Leh Gruver “Mollie” 90, of Tunkhannock, PA, died Monday April 29th. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert C. “Bob” Gruver, whom she was married to for 54 years.

She was born on October 22, 1928 daughter of the late Paul and Florence Beidelman Leh, in Easton, Pennsylvania and later spent many years living on the farm in...

Apr 28, 2019

Barbara J. Nancarrow-Kern, 83, of Scranton, died April 28 th at Linwood Nursing Home, Scranton.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Alma Yearing Nancarrow.  She was a graduate of Marywood College and was employed as a teacher in the Abington Heights School District for 28 years....

Apr 27, 2019

Jeanne Beck-Gardier, 78, Newton Twp., died Saturday morning at Allied Services Hospice Center in Scranton. Her first husband, Lanny M. Beck, died in 1968. Her husband of 42 years is Joseph Gardier. Born in Reading, the daughter of the late Harvey and Lydia Sensenig, she was a graduate of Kutztown University and received her master's degree from Bloomsburg University. Before...

Apr 24, 2019

Myrtle Knopp, 89, of Falls Township passed away on April 24 th at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. Prior to retirement, she was employed by the Clarks Summit State Hospital. Myrtle was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Merle and Myrtle Fitch Lasher.

A...

Apr 19, 2019

Jeanette Heller, 91, of Clarks Summit died April 19 th at Allied Services Hospice.  She was the widow of Alfred Heller, Jr., who died in 2004.  The couple married in 1950.

Born in Dunmore, she was the daughter of the late James...

Apr 17, 2019

Rachael E. Hummel, 71, of Mehoopany died April 17, 2019 at Allied Hospice Center, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Hummel, Sr. on November 4, 2009.

Born on May 26, 1947 in Plymoth, PA she was the daughter of the late William and Helen Cragle Uren. 

Rachael was a member of the Emmanuel Assembly of God Church, Harveys...

Apr 16, 2019

Geoffrey R. Stanton, 69, a lifetime resident of South Abington Township, passed on April 16 th after a long and hard-fought battle with colon cancer.

Born in Scranton on August 22, 1949, he was the son of the late Robert N. and Elinor Salisbury Stanton.  He is survived by Larraine Silfee Stanton, his wife of 49 years....

Apr 15, 2019

Narciso Rivera-Burgos Sr. of South Abington Twp., formerly of Scranton, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 15th.  He was surrounded by his family.  He was the widow of Ana Maria DelValle-Rivera who passed on May 11, 2004. Born in Puerto Rico, he was the son of Genaro Rivera and Maria Burgos-Rivera.  He retired from Kamenstein's Hardware in NYC.  He was...

Apr 11, 2019

Virginia F. Freeman, 75, of Factoryville died April 11, 2019 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her husband Clifford Freeman.

Born in South Carolina on May 24, 1943 she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Zeo Gammons Judy.

She is survived by her son, Mark Freeman of Factoryville; daughters, Sue Mitchell and husband Wayne, of...

Apr 10, 2019

Nancy Susan Vaccaro Robinson left this earthly plane on April 10, 2019 at the Gardens in Tunkhannock PA, formerly from Tunkhannock and Mehoopany PA Nancy was born in Paterson NJ on March 25, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Carmelo and Josephine Vaccaro.  She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas W, a niece, Diane Capozzi, her...

Apr 10, 2019

Wilda Jean Morgan Shiffer, Clarks Summit, died Wednesday morning at Regional Hospital in Scranton.  She was the widow of Donald Morgan, who died in 1972, and Donald Shiffer, who died in 2008.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Abram and Verna Rose Hendershot Ace.  Prior to retirement, she was the auditor for Penn...

Apr 8, 2019

Roy R. Greenley, of Tunkhannock, died at The Meadows, Dallas on Monday April 8, 2019. Born in Tunkhannock on December 26, 1923, son of the late Ralph and Ellen DeGraw Greenley. He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth M. Corby Greenley in 2016.

Roy was the first in the Tunkhannock area to be awarded the American Farmer Degree. He...

Apr 2, 2019

Hervey Ray Fister,79, Dunmore, died Tuesday afternoon at Dunmore Healthcare.

Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Jessie McLeod and H. Ray Fister, Sr.

Private interment took place in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Waverly.

Arrangements were entrusted to the care of the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home.

Mar 30, 2019

Kenneth Gabriel, 81, of Tunkhannock died on March 30, 2019 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his wife Donna Watkins Gabriel on July 29, 2001.

Born in Scranton on October 30, 1937 he was the son of the late Clarence and Marion LeBoutillier Gabriel.

Ken proudly served his country as Military Police in the Army. When he...