Obituaries

January 25, 2016

Madelyn J. Harding, 90, of Tunkhannock fell asleep in the arms of the Lord Jan. 22, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 17, 1925 in West Abington and she was the daughter of the late Albert and Cora Finch Avery. Sh...

January 26, 2016

William “Bill" Cresswell, 81, of Dalton died Friday morning (1/22/2016) at Dunmore Health Care Center. Born in Dalton on Jan. 25, 1934; the son of the late Grant and Frances Radle Cresswell. His wife of 56 years is the former Marilyn Van Fleet. A ...

Thomas Patrick Jones, 75, of Mehoopany passed away suddenly at his home on Jan. 19, 2016.  Thomas was born May 28, 1940 in Jersey City, NJ and was the son of the late Harold and Noreen Moran Jones. He grew up in Keansburg, NJ, married and raised h...

Donald Marcy, 84, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home in Tunkhannock on Jan. 18th 2016. He was born in Edwardsville on Feb. 19, 1931 and he was the son of the late George and Blanche Rinus Marcy. Donald married the former Florence W. Wandell on Ju...

William P. Chambers, 91, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Sacred Heart Hospice in Dunmore on January 18, 2016. William was born in Scranton on April 12, 1924. He was the son of the late LeRoy and Martha Graham Chambers. He was a 1942 graduate of ...

January 20, 2016

Cecelia Shandrey, 95, of Factoryville died Saturday Jan. 16, 2016 at VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger C.M.C, Scranton. Born in Waverly on Sept. 5, 1920; the daughter of the late John and Mary Lesho Janichko. She worked in the cafeteria at Keystone Coll...

January 20, 2016

Marion Katherine Quick, 76, of Lake Winola passed away at the Regional Hospital of Scranton on Friday Jan 15, 2016.  Marion was born in Scranton, on Dec. 13, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Angelo and Caterina Summa LoVallo.  She was married...

January 19, 2016

Mary T. (Kolatis) Hayos, 89, of Factoryville, died Friday evening, Jan. 15, 2016, at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was born in Dunmore on Feb. 14, 1926, the daughter of the late Jacob and Anna Wallace Kolatis.             . She ...

January 21, 2016

Nancy Kay Kohl, 51, of Tunkhannock passed away at her house in Tunkhannock on Jan. 15, 2016. She was born in Meshoppen on Sept. 20, 1964 and she was the daughter of John R. and Rita J. Ross Balint. Nancy was a 1983 graduate of the Tunkhannock High sc...

David John Fenton, 48 of Meshoppen, formerly of Tunkhannock died Jan. 11, 2016. He was born in Tunkhannock on Jan.5, 1968, son of the late John H. and Donna Jean Paylor Fenton. David graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1985. He was emp...

January 17, 2016

Dorothy Doll Hall, 91, of Evans Falls, Tunkhannock, died Sunday evening Jan. 10th at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. She was born in Evans Falls on July 30, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Charles and Beulah Warden Doll. Dorothy was a g...

January 4, 2016

Elsie L. Hall, 78, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock on Jan. 2, 2016.  She was born in Gibson, Pa on Aug. 1, 1937 and she was raised on the family farm in Laceyville by the late Gideon and Ruth Tyler Brotzman and he...

Adam Heitzenroder, 63, of Springville, Pa. formerly of East Brunswick, NJ passed away on Dec. 28th after a long illness at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart. He was born Dec. 20, 1952 to the late Adam and Helen Cottrell Heitzenroder. After graduatin...

December 28, 2015

Ruth L. Barziloski, 84, of Tunkhannock, died Thursday Dec. 24, 2015 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born July 29, 1931 in Caseville, MI, she was a daughter of the late George and Josephine (Burnett) Gorski. She later moved to Tunkhannock and attended th...

Jo Ann Webb, 79, of Mehoopany went to be with her Savior Jesus at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore on Dec. 21, 2015. She was born in Jersey Shore. Pa. on March 25, 1936 and she was the daughter of the late Earl Forsythe Hyde and Mary Frances ...

December 19, 2015

Wesley Spencer, 76, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home Monday. He was born in Canton, Pa. on July 15, 1939 and he was the son of the late Clarence and Maud Phipps Spencer. Wesley was a graduate of the Canton High School and he earned a degree fro...

December 19, 2015

Joshua David Dobrinski, 28, of Wilkes-Barre passed away at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital Sunday Dec. 13, 2015. He was born in Tunkhannock on March 11, 1987 and he is the son of David and Diane Place Dobrinski. Joshua enjoyed hunting, 4 whe...

December 16, 2015

Mark Adam Petrewski, 31, of Factoryville, passed Saturday morning at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Born in Tunkhannock on Feb. 2, 1984 and raised in Factoryville. He was the son of Harry and Deborah Naylor Petrewski. He was a 2002 gradu...

December 11, 2015

Phyllis A. Weisenfluh, 84, formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday morning (12/8/2015) at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. Born in Wilkes-Barre on April 28, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Florence Rowe Burkhardt. Her husband, the late Robe...

December 21, 2015

Marian E. Shaw, age 91, passed away on November 30 at the Abington Manor, Clarks Summit, Pa., where she had been wonderfully cared for since March, 2014. Marian was born in Tunkhannock on November 18, 1924, and graduated from Tunkhannock High School ...

F. Dunlap, 90, of Forkston passed away Nov. 27, 2015 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore.  William was born Feb. 20, 1925 in Mehoopany and he was the son of the late Forrest M. and Katharine A. Dunlap. After graduating high school William...

Jean C. Bell, 80, of Wyoming County passed away November 26, 2015 at the Star Hill  Rest Home, Monroe Twp.  Jean was born on March 26, 1935 in Vernon, PA and she was a daughter of the late Herbert Rogers and Frances Rogers Anderson. In additi...

November 23, 2015

Margaret S. Layaou Goodwin, of Mehoopany, Pa. passed away November 19, 2015 at the Scranton Regional Hospital.  She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Margaret was born June 28, 1933, in Kingston, Pa. and lived her young life at th...