Obituaries
Frank R. Kirlin

Veteran
January 29, 2020
Frank R. Kirlin, 83 of Baylor’s Lake died Thursday Jan. 23, 2020 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Scranton on Feb. 28, 1936; son of the late Frank C. and Freda Brownell Kirlin. His wife of over 62 years is the former Shirley A. Gallo.
Fra...
Wilma Jacobs
Wilma Jacobs, 90, of Factoryville passed away at the Allied Services Hospice Center on Jan 23 rd 2020. She was born in
Poland on Aug. 28, 1929 and she was the daughter of the late
Adam and Emilie Penzek Dora. She was married to the late Michael Jac...
Howard "Bill" W. Conklin
January 24, 2020
Howard “Bill” Conklin, 82 of Glenburn passed away at Moses Taylor Hospital of Scranton on Tuesday Jan. 21, 2020. Born Feb.3, 1937 he was the son of the late William and Naomi Sherman Conklin. Bill was married to his wife the former Irene Beckish ...
Paul Gerard Stamatis
January 22, 2020
Paul Gerard Stamatis, 67, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Danville Medical Center on Jan. 17th. Paul was born in Elizabeth NJ on Dec. 6, 1952 and he was son of the late Henry and Katherine Hoffman Stamatis. Paul was a graduate of the Thomas A...
John Joseph Kman

Veteran
January 20, 2020
John Joseph Kman, 88, of Factoryville passed away at the Regional Hospital of Scranton on Jan. 16, 2020. Born Mar. 16, 1931 in Dickson City, he was the son of the late Stanley and Mary Byer Kman. John was a 1948 graduate of the Dickson City High ...
Jean Yablonski
January 14, 2020
Jean Yablonski, 85, of Tunkhannock passed away Jan. 8, 2020 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. She was born in Luzerne on June 20, 1934, and she was the daughter of the late Walter and Stella Pickarski Konopke. Jean was married to the late Bernard A....
Mark Gardner McCain
January 10, 2020
Mark Gardner McCain, 95, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home on Jan. 5, 2020. He was born in Tunkhannock on Feb. 17, 1924, and he was the son of the late Scott and Emma Lyman McCain. Mark was a graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and was Marri...
Jan Henry (McAndrew)
January 7, 2020
Jan McAndrew Henry, 70, of Factoryville, PA passed away at her home on January 1, 2020. She was born on July 5, 1949, in Frankfurt, Germany, as the daughter of the late Paul & Ingeborg McAndrew.
After growing up in Dalton, PA, Jan moved to Ft. L...
Sandra E. Montanye
Sandra E. Montanye, 79, of Tunkhannock passed away at her residence on Dec. 27, 2019. She was born in Tunkhannock on March 12, 1940 and she was the daughter of the late Howard and Vivian Capwell Ellsworth. She was a graduate of the Tunkhannock ...
Charlotte Hadsall
January 4, 2020
Charlotte Annette “Montross” Hadsall, 101, of Tunkhannock passed away at The Gardens of Tunkhannock on Dec. 24, 2019. She was born in Tunkhannock on Oct. 1, 1918 and she was the daughter of the late Howard and Mary Foster Sands. Charlotte was...
Jullee L. Chamberlain (Harvey)
December 19, 2019
Jullee L. Chamberlain, 52, of Tunkhannock died at her home on Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. Born in Scranton on Jan. 19, 1967; the daughter of the late Walter Harvey Sr. and the late Jill Pilger Brown. Her husband is Keith Chamberlain.
She was a graduate of...
John R. Hiller

Veteran
December 21, 2019
John R. Hiller, 91, of Dalton died Sunday Dec. 15, 2019 at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton. His wife the late Lillian Hummer Hiller died October 11, 2001.
Born April 11, 1928 in Dalton; son of the late Willard A. and Dorothy Cramer Hiller, ...
Thelma Helen Pensak
December 21, 2019
Thelma Helen Pensak, 90, of Tunkhannock passed away at her house surrounded by her family on Dec. 15, 2019. She was born in Dundalk Maryland on Jan. 9, 1929 and she was the daughter of the late Gustave and Ruth Munski Erat. Th...
Richard L. Ronchi
December 14, 2019
Richard L. Ronchi, 73 of Factoryville died Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, in Philadelphia. Born in Peckville on July 30, 1946; he was the son of the late Louis and Mary Marconi Ronchi. His wife of 45 years is the forme...
David Robert Kroptavich
December 12, 2019
David Robert Kroptavich, 55, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home on Dec. 7th. David was born in Kingston on March 24, 1964 and he was the son of the late Joseph and Ann Azarsky Kroptavich. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and recei...
Ruth A. Finch (Ward)
December 11, 2019
Ruth A. Finch, 92 of Mill City died Friday Dec. 6, 2019 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. Born in Newton on June 15, 1927; daughter of the late John and Mabel Smith Ward. Her husband Elmer B. Finch Sr. died in 2005.
Ruth graduated from Newton High School....
Beverly Mae Drake
December 8, 2019
Beverly Mae Drake, 83, of Factoryville died at the Allied Service Hospice on Nov. 28, 2019. She was born in Factoryville, on Oct. 24, 1936 and she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Edith Boardman Beck. Beverly was a Seamstress and was a ...
Nancy L. Cresswell (Browning)
November 25, 2019
Nancy Cresswell, 76, of Lake Winola, passed away on Nov. 20, 2019 at home after a long illness. She was surrounded by her family. Born in Forty Fort, PA, she graduated from Lackawanna Trail Jr/Sr High School. She owned and operated Kane’s Dress Sho...
Thomas Alan Hemmerly
Thomas Alan Hemmerly, 73, of Factoryville passed away at the CMC hospital on Nov. 19, 2019. He was born in Jersey City, NJ on April 2, 1946. He was the son of the late Kenneth and Gladys Beggs Hemmerly. He was married to the late former Louise Wo...
Mary Ann Valentine
November 18, 2019
Mary Ann Valentine, 87, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Abington Manor on Friday Nov. 15th, 2019 surrounded by her loving son, daughter, and son-in-law. Mary was born in Dickson City on July 14, 1932 and she was the daughter of the late John and Ma...
Andrew B. Lukasewicz
November 11, 2019
Andrew B. Lukasewicz Jr., of Factoryville, passed away Friday morning, at Riverside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Taylor. Born March 14, 1955, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Andrew B. and Barbara Clark Lukasewicz, of Factoryville.
He...
Jeanne M. Tyler (Kline)
November 16, 2019
Jeanne M. Tyler, 63, of Montrose passed away at her home surrounded by her family. Jeanne was born in Binghamton, NY on Aug. 16, 1956 and she was the daughter of the late Richard and Dorothy Klein Kaufman. She was married to Jeffery Tyler for 44 ...
Bertha Benton
October 27, 2019
Bertha (Bertie) M. Benton, 93, of Tunkhannock passed away on Oct. 23, 2019 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. She was born in Fleetville on May 3, 1926 and she was the daughter of the late Martin and Bertha Rolens Stuble. Bertha married the late Rich...
Jean M. Brick (Gallagher)
October 19, 2019
Jean M. Brick, 91, of Factoryville, passed peacefully Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at The Gardens,
Tunkhannock. She was born in Philadelphia on March 19, 1928, daughter of the late John and Mildred
Schoppe Gallagher. Jean is predeceased by her belov...
Theodore (Ted) A. Miller
October 26, 2019
Theodore (Ted) A. Miller Sr. passed away peacefully at his Lake Winola home on October 15, 2019. Ted was born on November 4, 1929 and was the son of Ted and Helen Bender Miller. He grew up in Scranton and spent most of his childhood summers at the f...