Obituaries
John W. Baker
February 16, 2024
John W. Baker, Jr. of Forkston passed away at his home on Feb. 13, 2024. He was born in Meshoppen on Feb. 4, 1940, and he was the son of the late John Baker, Sr. and the late former Anna Vargason. He was married to the former Patricia Lepo for ...
Gail L. Van Fleet (Churchill)
February 16, 2024
Gail L. Van Fleet, 77, of Dalton died Sunday February 11, 2024, at Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Scranton on March 11, 1946; daughter of the late Howard and Virginia Carpenter Churchill. She would have celebrated her 57...
Donald J. Clifford
February 17, 2024
Donald J. Clifford, 68, of Mill City passed away at the CMC hospital on Feb. 7th. He was born in Meshoppen on July 1, 1955, and he was the son of Darwin Clifford and the former Dorothy Vanderbilt Capwell. He was married to the former Gayle Elizab...
Eugene Babiarz
February 11, 2024
Eugene Babiarz, 83, of Factoryville died Tuesday February 6, 2024, at his home. Born in Factoryville on May 25, 1940; the son of the late Andrew and Irene Rodney Babiarz. His wife of 36 years is the former Susan Havrilak.
Eugene is a 1960 graduate...
John J. Brody
Veteran
February 10, 2024
John J. Brody, 87, of Monroe Twp. died Monday evening February 5, 2024, at Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas. Born in Eaton Twp. on December 25, 1936; the son of the late Micheal and Jennie Baroody Brody. His wife of 65 years is t...
Sandy S. Penn (Hinkle)
February 8, 2024
Sandy Penn, 72, of Dalton died Saturday February 3, 2024, at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Scranton on April 20, 1951, she was the daughter of the late John and Eleanor Johns Hinkle. Her husband is the late Norman Penn who died in 2011.
S...
William S. Quinn
William S. Quinn, 73, of Tunkhannock died February 3, 2024 at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton. Born in Oceanside, NY on November 14, 1950, the son of the late Walter S. and Vivian Treharne Quinn.
He is survived by his sister, Vivian Sutto...
Beulah Dawn Clayton (Lasher)
February 3, 2024
Beulah Dawn Clayton, 75, of Meshoppen passed away at the Allied Hospice in Scranton, Pa. on Jan. 30, 2024. She was born in Meshoppen on May 16, 1948, and she was the daughter of the late Rudolph “Jake” and Mildred (Fassett) Lasher. She was a ...
Lucy Marie Jubinski
Lucy Marie Jubinski passed away peacefully at home at age 94. She was the beloved wife of the late Alexander Jubinski, Sr. to whom she was married for 66 years. She was born in Scranton on March 6, 1929, and was a 1947 graduate of Falls-Overfie...
Judith K. Tully (Krewson)
Judith K. Tully, 77, of Tunkhannock died Friday Jan. 19, 2024, at Allied Services Hospice, Scranton with her family by her side. Born in Meshoppen on Feb. 12, 1946; the daughter of the late Cecil Kiethline and Mary Britton Krewson Jr. Her husband of...
William Thomas McNeice
Veteran
January 27, 2024
William Thomas McNeice (Dougher) 60, of Jackson Twp. passed away at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart on Jan. 16, 2024. He was born in Portsmouth, Va. on August 11, 1963. He is the son of James M. Dougher Sr. and Catherine A. Gray Dougher.
He was a ...
Mada Jane Lewis (Decker)
Mada Jane Lewis, 67, of Mill City passed away at her house on Jan. 15, 2024. She was born May 24, 1956 in Meshoppen, Pa, and she was the daughter of the late Merl and Mildren Sutton Decker. She was a 1974 graduate of the Lackawanna Trail High Sch...
Veronica Stugus (Andrejco)
January 17, 2024
Veronica Stugus, 99, of Fleetville died Sunday morning Jan.14, 2024 at her home. Born March 12, 1924 in Scranton; the daughter of the late George and Mary Blasko Andrejco. Veronica and her late husband Anthony John Stugus who died in 2016 celebrated ...
Robert E. Wright
Veteran
January 20, 2024
Robert E. Wright , 71 , of Nicholson died Sunday evening Jan. 14 , 2024 at his home with his family by his side. He survived his live in companion Barbara A. Beam for over 20 years. He was born in Baltimore MD on Sept. 4, 1952. He was the son of th...
Zora R. Velicky (Benec)
January 18, 2024
Zora Rose Velicky, 91, of Cochranville, PA and formerly of Factoryville, PA. Zora died peacefully at home with her daughter, surrounded by her family in the morning of January 12, 2024.
Zora was born to George and Catherine Kayen Benec on July 2...
June Ann Goodrich
June Ann Goodrich, 91, of Montrose passed away at the Sayre Health Care Center on Jan. 8, 2024. She was born in Camden, NJ on June 28th, 1932, and she was the daughter of the late Stanley B. and Kathryn Risley Ash. June graduated from the Burling...
Dwight P. Minnich
Dwight P. Minnich, 69, of Factoryville died January 6, 2024, at his home with his family by his side. Born in Allentown on March 14, 1954; the son of the late Earl and Verna Reinert Minnich. His wife is the former June Hess of Factoryville.
He wor...
Kevin R. Britton
Veteran
Kevin R. Britton, 65, formerly of Lewiston, Maine and Factoryville died, Wednesday Jan. 3, 2024 at his home in Fleetville. He was born in Scranton on Oct. 4, 1958. The son of the late Kennard M. and Ramona Ayers Britton.
He graduated fro...
Darlene A. Saylor
December 21, 2023
Darlene L. Saylor, 70, of Meshoppen passed away at her home on Dec. 18th 2023. She was born on Oct. 13, 1953 in Meshoppen, Pa. and she was the daughter of the late Robert and Louise Roberts Hinkley. She was married to David James Saylor for 47 ye...
Else Logan (Olofson)
Else “Elsa” M. (nee Olofson) Logan, 90, of Factoryville, formerly of Ridgewood, NJ and a
native New Yorker, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on December
16, 2023, just 3 weeks short of her 91 st birthday. She was born in ...
Scott Shafer
Scott C.Shafer, 46 , of Tunkhannock passed away on friday December 15 at Geisinger hospital in Danville during a liver transplant.. He was born on September 20,1977 at Tyler Memorial Hospital to the late Robert Shafer and Betty Shafer of Tunkhanno...
Susie Murach (Manzer)
“Susie” Murach, 64, a proud resident of Thurston Hollow passed away at The Gardens at East Mountain on Dec. 12, 2023. She was born in Johnson City on Nov. 30, 1959, and she was the daughter of the late Don and Betty Jean Felton Manzer. Susie ...
Judith M. Keiser
Judith Keiser, 75, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 26 at the Gardens in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Hoyt Keiser. Born on August 22, 1948, in Williamsport, PA to the late Frank and Ruth Plotts of Watsonto...
Harold L. Bedford
Veteran
December 1, 2023
Harold L. Bedford, 86, of Laceyville formerly of Tunkhannock died Thursday Nov.23, 2023 at his home. Born in Forksville, Sullivan County on Feb. 15, 1937; the son of the late Merton and Sylvia Kilmer Bedford.
He graduated from Loyalsock ...
Gerald A. Ball
Veteran
Gerald A. Ball, 88, of North Branch Township, Mehoopany, passed away at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Nov. 13, 2023. He was born in East Lemon, on Jan. 24, 1935, and he was the son of the late Allen and Lucy Kintner Ball. He was married to...