Obituaries
William J. Williams
January 15, 2025
William J. Williams I, 71, of Factoryville died Friday January 10, 2025 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Scranton on September 5, 1953: the son of the late William Walter and Ann Mary Durkin Williams. He married the former Mary Elizabeth Bol...
Kevin Byron Manning
Kevin Byron Manning, 72, of Tunkhannock, passed away on December 29, 2024, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on June 20, 1952, at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen to the late Harold and Marian Manning.
Kev...
Betti L. Evans (Houser)
January 4, 2025
Betti “Betty” Lou Evans, 85, of Nicholson, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 28, 2024 at Allied Hospice Center, Scranton. Born in Chinchilla on December 2, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Barney and Elizabeth Woodyatt Houser. Her h...
Karen Darling
Karen Darling, 76, of Retta passed away at the Embassy of Tunkhannock on Dec. 23rd. She was born in Medford Mass. On Feb. 18, 1948 and she was the daughter of the late George and Marion Coqueron Durell. She was married to Richard Darling for 57 y...
Stephen F. Boice
Stephen F. Boice, 76, of Sugar Run passed away on Dec. 22nd, 2024, at the Embassy of Tunkhannock. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on Mar. 31, 1948 and he was the son of the late Oliver and Maria Reed Boice. Stephen was married to the former Linda C...
Martin McAndrew
December 28, 2024
Martin McAndrew, 68, of Factoryville, passed away peacefully at Allied Hospice Center surrounded by family on December 22, 2024.
Marty was born on February 18, 1956 in Scranton. Formerly of Dalton, he graduated from Our Lady of Peace in 1970. He lat...
Donald "Doc" Stacknick
December 17, 2024
Donald Stacknick Jr. “Doc” 38, of Dalton died Thursday December 12, 2024 at his home. Born in Scranton on September 6,1986; son of Donald Stacknick Sr. of Factoryville and Nancy (Bob) Carpenter of Dalton.
Doc was a 2005 graduate of Lackawanna ...
Elaine A. Wohkittel (Smith)
December 16, 2024
Elaine A. Wohkittel, on December 9, 2024, of Littlestown, PA and formerly La Plume,
PA., died peacefully with friends and family.
Elaine was born in Brooklyn, NY on March 1, 1934, to Alexander and Mary (Brandow)
Smith. She graduated from Haw...
Paul Michael Lesko
On December 6, 2024 Paul Michael Lesko died at home with his son, Joe and daughter-in-law, Rebecca by his side. Paul was 81 years old and spent the last year fighting lung cancer.
That day he joined his loving wife, of 56 years, in Heaven. Paul is...
Ann R. Lermer (Reynolds)
December 16, 2024
Ann Reynolds Lermer, 85, of Clarks Green died at her home on Thursday December 5, 2024. Born in Scranton on May 5, 1939; the daughter of the late Dr. Kenneth P. and Mary Quinn Reynolds. Ann married her late husband Walter S. Lermer on April 30, 1959....
Helen Constance Lundy Dewar
May 17, 2024
Helen Constance Lundy Dewar, 96, of Barneveld, NY, passed away on November 20, 2024. She was born in Kingston, PA and was the daughter of the late Walter and Helen Bloom Lundy. Helen was married to the late Harry Dewar, who passed away in 2001.
&n...
Stephanie Lee Foote
November 30, 2024
Stephanie Lee Foote, 47, of Tunkhannock passed away in Wilkes-Barre on November 19, 2024. She was born in Richmond VA on November 29, 1976, and she was the daughter of Joseph Foote, Jr. and Linda Rodway.
Stephanie was a 1995 graduate of the Tunkhann...
Donna Ruth Shultz
November 13, 2024
Donna Ruth Shultz, 81, of Tunkhannock passed away November 10, 2024, in the comfort of her home.
She was born on June 12, 1943 at the Nesbitt hospital in Forty-Fort. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Evelyn Parry.
...
Marjorie “Marge” Kinney
Marjorie “Marge” Kinney, 93, of Tunkhannock passed away November 2, 2024, surrounded by her family and friends at her son’s home in Evans Falls. She was born on January 26,1931, in Tunkhannock and she was the daughter of the late William and Am...
Roger Lee Miller, Jr.
November 16, 2024
Roger Lee Miller, Jr. 46 of Laceyville passed away on Oct. 31, 2024. He was born in Tunkhannock on June 1, 1978 and he was the son of Roger Lee Miller, Sr. and the former Cindy Goble Shiffer.
Roger enjoyed playing his guitar in his band Mixed Em...
David E. Baker
November 16, 2024
David E. Baker, 82, of Factoryville, passed away Sunday October 27, 2024 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born July 27, 1942, in Carbondale; he was the son of the late Ralph and Rosetta Hersh Baker.
After graduating from Lackawanna Trail High Sch...
Iva Carol Benninger (Holley)
Iva Carol Benninger, 84, of Meshoppen passed away at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital on October 22, 2024. She was born in Wilkes-Barre, on August 6, 1940, and was the daughter of the late William and Minnie (Farr) Holley. She was married to Joh...
Foster C. Sankey
Veteran
November 8, 2024
Foster C. Sankey, 89, of Factoryville, Pennsylvania, passed away on October 21, 2024. Born on
January 2, 1935, in Reedsville, Pennsylvania to the late Foster J. and Katherine Sankey, Foster’s
life was marked by a large extended family and commi...
William H. Wood
On Monday Oct. 14, 2024, William H. Wood passed away at the age of 72. William was born on April 9, 1952, in Scranton Pennsylvania. He was preceded in death by his wife Priscilla Wood. He will be remembered by his two loving children, Chris...
William James Burgess
October 19, 2024
William James Burgess, 60, of Shickshinny passed away on Sept. 30, 2024 at the Va Medical Center. He was born on August 12, 1964 in Meshoppen Pa, and he was the son of William A. and Gwen Christian Burgess. William was married to the former Joyce...
Felix Posten
September 29, 2024
Felix Posten was granted his angel wings at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 2024. He was the son of Brian and Kristen Posten. His final hours were spent surrounded by immediate family that Felix had touched in a big way t...
Richard James Robinson
If laughter truly is the best medicine, Richard Robinson's friends and family will recover after his passing on September 18, 2024 in the wake of his easy laughter. He was once told that he laughed too much. Incredulously he responded, “How is t...
David G. Smith
Veteran
September 28, 2024
David G. Smith, 72, of Taylor Passed away Tuesday September 17, 2024 at his home in Taylor. He was born and raised in Nicholson, the son of the late Dan P. and Pearl L. Klein Smith.
After his four years of Military Service in the U.S, Air Force he...
John R. Balint, Sr.
Veteran
September 20, 2024
John R. Balint, Sr. passed away on September 15, 2024 after a long illness at the Allied Skill Nursing Facility in Scranton, PA. John was born on December 9, 1933 in Scranton, PA and was the son of the late Anna Balint also of Scranton, PA.
He was...
Margaret L. Sohns (Eyet)
September 16, 2024
Margaret (Peggy) Sohns
August 22, 1932- September 10, 2024
Margaret (Peggy) Sohns, 92, of Tunkhannock passed away in the early morning of Sep 10, 2024 at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa.
She was born August 22, 1932 i...