Obituaries

July 29, 2016

Martha L. Boice, 70 of Sugar Run died Wednesday morning July 27, 2016 at Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock.  She was born in Meshoppen on May 11, 1946, the daughter of the late William and Ella Farr Fassett. Her husband is Stephen F. Boice. She i...

July 31, 2016

Rebekah DeCoe Lee, 64, of Springville, passed away on July 27, 2016 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Donald P. Lee; two sons, Nathan Lee (Stephanie Lownes) and Justin Lee (Kimberly); s...

July 26, 2016

Dakota Lee Watkins, 24 of Tunkhannock died in a work place accident at Harvey’s Lake on Thursday.  Born in Scranton on Sept. 28, 1991; the son of Jacki St.Clair Kobbe and her husband Judd of Tunkhannock and Jeramy Watkins and his wife Becky of Tun...

July 22, 2016

  George Henry Wesley III, 62 of Wilkes Barre PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 19th, in the presence of his fiancée, Diana Carpenter.   George was born June 21, 1954 in Clarks Summit, PA to George H. Wesley Jr and Merle Bullock We...

July 16, 2016

Richard E. Darling, 90, of  Nicholson, passed away at the Golden Living Center Scranton on July 9, 2016. Richard was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Mansfield, Pa. the son of the late Floyd and Lydia Stevens Darling.  He was married to the late former Bern...

July 8, 2016

Arnold N. Maconeghy, 52, of Factoryville died July 5, 2016 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore.  He was born on Oct. 11 1963 the son of the late Theodore and Eva Mae Rought Maconeghy. Arnold worked at Proctor and Gamble for 15 years. He enj...

July 7, 2016

Frank Eddy Cook, 42, of Nicholson passed away at his home on July 1st.  He was born in Syracuse, NY, on Oct. 24, 1973 and he was the son of the late Earl, Sr. and Katherinea Dyer Cook.  Frank worked for almost 20 years at Nivert Steel in Dunmor...

Beverly A. Seamans, 77, of Factoryville died June 30, 2016 at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit.  Born in Clarks Summit on Sept. 4, 1938; the daughter of the Late Edward A. and Mary Parkton Gesek.  She married her husband of 58 years Roger D. Seamans S...

June 18, 2016

Mary Ann Yarasavage Keller of Tunkhannock died on Sunday June 12. The world is a little less bright tonight. Born to Adam and Ann Vaskas Yarasavage on June 30, 1949 in Meshoppen, she graduated from Tunkhannock High School, class of 1967, and Leba...

June 10, 2016

Roger Alan Benson, 78, of Tunkhannock, died Monday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He and the former Barbara Lazarus were married for 50 years on May 28. Born in Tunkhannock on May 12, 1938, son of the late Percy D. and Ada Lewis Benson, ...

Lossie Mackey, 68, of Falls died June 2, 2016 at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre.  Born in Falls on Feb. 23, 1948 the daughter of the late Loren and Evelyn Staff Coolbaugh. Preceded in death by her husband Robert Mackey;  two brothers Phillip Coolb...

June 6, 2016

Brandon Matthew Dean Moon, 19, of Tunkhannock, died June 1st, 2016. He was born December 9th, 1996. He is the son of Michael and Angela Marie Moon Moyer. Brandon went to Tunkhannock and was part of the class of 2015. Brandon had many hobbies throu...

June 4, 2016

Charles F. Kennedy, 81, died peacefully Tuesday at Allied Skilled Nursing.  His wife of 58 years is Sally Sanborn Kennedy.  Born in Pendleton, Oregon, on March 19, 1935 he was the son of the late Charles M. and Dorothy Hammond Kennedy.  Raised ...

June 2, 2016

Jack A. Carey, 55, of Benton Twp. Died unexpectedly May 29, 2016 at his home.    He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Gretchen A Jack. And is the son of the late Jack and Elizabeth Wood Carey. He was sole proprietor of Northern Exteriors co...

June 4, 2016

Stella R. Martin, 85, of Mountainside, NJ passed away at the CareOne Nursing home on Friday May 27th.   She was born in Tunkhannock, PA on May 8, 1931 and she was the daughter of the late Anna Pascoe. She was married to Joseph Martin for 20 years.Â...

Joan Elisabeth Hoffman Lyman, born March 6th 1928, passed away on May 9th 2016, due to complications resulting from living in a world with not quite enough bling.  She did what she could to eradicate this problem, but after 88 years of valiant effor...

May 11, 2016

John A. Hinkley, 71, of Springville, died at his home May 9, 2016. He was born in Montrose on Nov. 12, 1944 and he was the son of the late Robert and Louise Roberts Hinkley. John was a 1962 graduate of the Elk Lake High School and he was married to ...

May 11, 2016

Emilie B. Slocum, 78, of West Abington Twp. Went to be with her Savior on May 8, 2016. Her husband is George Slocum. They had been married for 34 years. Emilie moved to the Dalton area in 1964 with her first husband Kenneth LeClair, Ken was killed di...

April 23, 2016

Anna Anita Alfiere De Konty, 98, Simpson Meadows, Downingtown Pennsylvania, formerly of Falls-Lake Winola, Pennsylvania, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016 at Simpson Meadows Methodist home. She was the wife of Michael Maxine De Konty of Falls, P...

April 16, 2016

Jacqueline M. Strumski, 79, of Tunkhannock passed away at the VNA Hospice, Scranton on Apr. 14, 2016.  She was born in Vernon, Pa. on Jan. 30, 1937 and she was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Forgash.  Jacqueline was a 1955 graduate of the ...

April 10, 2016

Irene R. Sweppenheiser, 93, formerly of Factoryville died on Thursday, April 07, 2016, at Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock.  Born at Lake Manataka on September 14th, 1922; the daughter of the late Sylvester and Matilda (Tillie) Rowlands Janosky. He...