Obituaries
Eleanor Smith
September 2, 2017
Eleanor Smith, 77, died on Aug. 28, 2017. Born in Bronx, NY on July 15, 1940; the daughter of the late Henry and Anna Weller Dueber.
Eleanor was a 1958 graduate of St. Catharine Academy, Bronx, NY.
After graduation worked her way up to As...
Lorraine Podlaski Gelnett
August 23, 2017
Lorraine Podlaski Gelnett, 82, of Tunkhannock, Pa. died August 20, 2017 at the Scranton Regional Hospital. She was born in Wilkes-Barre, on Jan. 17, 1935 and she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Sophie Putek Podlaski. Lorraine was marri...
Lindbergh Z Belcher
Lindbergh Zenas Belcher (89) of Monroe Twp. passed away at the Tyler Memorial Hospital Aug. 15, 2017. He was born in NJ on Sept. 6, 1927 and he was the son of the late Zenas and Alma Belcher. He was married to the former Alberta Harvey who passed a...
Maureen M. Goida (Winn)
August 31, 2017
Maureen M. Goida, 70, of Factoryville died Thursday morning Aug 10, 2017 at home with her husband by her side. Born in Scranton on Feb. 3, 1947; the daughter of the late John and Irene Malott Winn. Maureen married her husband Donald M. Goida on Jul...
Sylvia Colvin (Conklin)
August 15, 2017
Sylvia Colvin, 93, of Factoryville died Tuesday Aug. 8, 2017 as a result of an automobile accident in Tunkhannock. Born in Walton, NY on March 26, 1924; the daughter of the late Leon J. and Mabel E. Stevens Conklin. Her husband the Robert G. Colvin d...
Jean M. Naylor (Hanyon)
August 1, 2017
Jean M. Naylor,67, 0f Lake Sheridan died Saturday morning July 29, 2017 at her home. Born in Nicholson on Aug. 4, 1949; the daughter of the late Leon and Freda Smith Hanyon. Jean married her husband Robert Naylor on March 15, 1991.
Jean graduated fr...
Jeane P. Courville
Jeane Pellerin Courville, 96, of Tunkhannock, formerly of Brookline, Massachusetts, died on July 17, 2017 at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Jeane was a loving mother and wife, and a devotée of opera and fashion. She was preceded in death by her husba...
William G. Krutles Jr.
July 20, 2017
William G. Krutles Jr., 64, of Factoryville died suddenly on Friday July 14, 2017 while on a family vacation in North Carolina. Born in Factoryville on Feb. 12, 1953; the son of the late William G. and Edna Thomas Krutles Sr.. He was married to the f...
Ruth B. Jones (Bishop)
July 15, 2017
Ruth B. Jones, just shy of 94 years of age, wife of the late Howard Jones, of Tunkhannock and Lake Carey, PA., passed away on July 12, 2017. Ruth, along with her identical twin sister, the late Ruby B. Pagano, was born in Landrum, S.C. to the late Fe...
Mary Ann Gelnett
July 14, 2017
Mary Ann Gelnett, 59, of Phoenixville, Pa. died July 10th at her home. She was born in Meshoppen, Pa. on May 31, 1958 and she was the daughter of Bruce and Lorraine Podlaski Gelnett.
She was a 1976 graduate of the Tunkhannock high school and attende...
Romayne L. Wrightson (Dickman)
July 15, 2017
Romayne L. Wrightson, 73 of Olyphant died July 7, 2017 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Plainfield, NJ on April 7, 1944; the daughter of the late Robert E. and Beryl Jean Casterline Dickman II.
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Paul P. Kubick
July 8, 2017
Paul P. Kubick, 88 of Center Moreland, passed away July 4,2017 at The Gardens at Tunkhannock. Born June 26, 1929 in Duryea, PA. He was the son of the late Steven Kubick and the late Katherine (Kredlow) Kubick. Graduated 1947 from Mill City High S...
Irvin "Buddy" Harvey
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Veteran
July 7, 2017
Irvin “Buddy” Harvey Jr. passed away peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer on the 4th of July, 2017.
Born in Tunkhannock March 1st, 1952, Buddy graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School, joined the Marine Corp. i...
Judith E. Gaydos (Clark)
June 28, 2017
Judith E. Gaydos, 73, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital on June 23, 2017. She was born in Newark, NJ. on Oct. 8, 1943 and she was the daughter of the late Hiram and the former Norma Knecht Clark. Judi was a gra...
Beatrice M. Walters (Root)
June 26, 2017
Beatrice M. Walters of Factoryville died Thursday morning at her home. Her husband, Joseph Walters Sr., died July 21, 1992
Born in Tunkhannock on May 8, 1935, daughter of the late Duane F. Sr. and Hannetta Crone Root , Beatrice retired from Mobil ...
Irene S Scango (Hummel)
Irene Suzanne Scango, 75, of Tunkhannock died Thursday June 8, 2017 at her home with her husband by her side. She was born in Scranton on Feb. 6, 1942; the daughter of the late Theron and Irene Maguire Hummel. She married her husband Frank Henry Scan...
Brian Hayes
June 17, 2017
Brian Hayes, 47, of Springville died June 8, 2017. He was born in East Orange, NJ. on Dec. 17, 1969 and he was the son of the late former Marie O’Rouke and Raymond Hayes. Brian was a graduate of the Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ, and he...
Gregory A. Chew
Gregory A. Chew, 53, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away at the Endless Mountains Health Systems in Montrose, PA on May 31, 2017. He was born in Jeanette, PA on Mar. 25, 1964. He was the son of the late LeRoy and Alice Weaver Chew. Greg was a native ...
Sherry Wilcha
May 26, 2017
Sherry Lynn Wilcha, 58, of Meshoppen, PA passed away peacefully at the Scranton Regional Hospital on May 12th surrounded by her family. She was born to Nancy A. Howell and the late Gerald P. Wilcha on June 5th, 1958 in Scranton. Sherry was a graduate...
Camille M. Grover (Trovell)
May 7, 2017
Camille May Grover, age 97, died at Abington Manor in Clarks Summit on May 3rd, 2017. The daughter of the late Ivor and Eva Farsheon Tovell; born May 4, 1919, in Honesdale, she eventually settled in Factoryville.
Camille was preceded in death, by ...
Daniel D. Gowka
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Veteran
May 6, 2017
Daniel D. Gowka, 70, of Factoryville died on Tuesday May 2, 2017 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Scranton on August 10, 1946, son of the late Walter W. and Monica E. Gillis Gowka, Dan graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School in 1...
Carolyn M. Eggleston (Baker)
May 8, 2017
Carolyn M. Eggleston, 68, of Factoryville died Tuesday at her son’s home. Her husband, William C. Eggleston Jr., died Oct. 16, 1979.
Born in Meshoppen on Oct. 28, 1948, daughter of Irene B. Corby Baker, Factoryville, and the late Willard H. Baker,...
Clara Ruth Ward
Clara Ruth Ward, 70, of Tunkhannock passed away at The Gardens of Tunkhannock on Apr. 5, 2017. She was born in Binghamton, NY. On Apr. 29, 1946 and she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Ruth Rozelle Stone. She was married to Manley Ward w...
Dorothy M. Frear
Dorothy M.Frear, 86, of Tunkhannock passed away Apr. 5, 2017 at the Gardens ofTunkhannock. She was born on Aug. 10, 1930 in Trenton, NJ and was the daughter of the late Donald and Gertrude Freeman Avery. Dorothy was married to Roy Frear whom passed...
Bruce Barlow
April 1, 2017
Bruce Barlow, 56, of Dalton died Wednesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in New Brunswick, NJ on June 19, 1960; the son of the late Robert and Arline Gough Barlow.
Preceded in death by his brother Edward Barlow who passed in 2...