Obituaries
Barbara A. Snyder
BARBARA A. SNYDER
November 3, 2022
Barbara A. Snyder, formerly Barbara A. Zeiders, 84 of Factoryville, died Thursday, November 3, 2022 at the Gardens in Tunkhannock
She was born in Harrisburg, daughter of the late Roy V. Zeiders, Sr. and Elizabeth...
John Charles Danko
November 5, 2022
John Charles Danko passed away at his residence on October 31st 2022. He enjoyed hunting and fishing with his sons, family, and friends and up until the day of his passing, he was still spending time in the woods. He resided in his log cabin home tha...
Gordon Van Browning
Gordon Van Browning, 74, of Dalton died on Sunday October 30, 2022, at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. Born in Factoryville on May 16, 1948; the son of the late Ted and Edith Tourjee Browning.
He graduated from Lackawanna Trail Jr/Sr High School. V...
Robert Albert Driesbach
Robert Albert Driesbach, 96, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home on Oct. 28, 2022. He was born in Forty Fort on Jan. 21, 1926 and was the son of the late Albert and May Vance Driesbach. He was married to the late former Betty Zinn whom he married ...
Nile Bertie Shupp
October 25, 2022
Nile "Bertie" Shupp, 88, of Tunkhannock passed away on Oct. 21, 2022, at CMC Hospital. Bertie is the son of the late Josiah and Blanche Allshouse Shupp born in Falls on Nov. 27, 1933.
Bertie graduated high school and enlisted to serve his country as...
Gordon B. Holland Sr.

Veteran
October 25, 2022
Gordon B. Holland Sr., 86, of Nicholson died Thursday morning October 20, 2022, at Geisinger C.M.C., Scranton. Born in Vestal, NY on July 6, 1936; the son of the late Gordon and Letitia Cobb Holland. His wife of 65 years is the former Barbara Gregory...
Ralph Errol Davenport
Ralph Errol Davenport, 70, of Peckville formerly of Factoryville died Friday morning October 14, 2022 at Aventura at Terrace View, Peckville. Born in Scranton on December 8, 1951; son of the late Harold and Nansi Davies Davenport.
Ralph loved music;...
David G. Blewett, Sr.
October 21, 2022
David George Blewett, Sr.
October 8, 1924 – October 13, 2022
David G. Blewett Sr., aged ninety-eight, passed away at the Gino Merli Veterans Center in Scranton, PA on October 13, 2022.
David was the son of Mr. Clarence Blewett an...
Timothy Andrews Blewett
October 21, 2022
Timothy Andrews Blewett
December 5, 1956 - October 13, 2022
Timothy Blewett aged 65 years passed away at Allied Services Hospice Center of Scranton, PA at 12:45 pm on October 13, 2022. He was the youngest of three sons born to David G. Blewett ...
William G. Frederici
October 17, 2022
William G. Frederici, 80, of Factoryville, died Tuesday October 11, 2022, at Geisinger C.M.C., Scranton. He was born on June 25, 1942, in Johnson City, NY; son of the late Howard and Iantha Valentine Frederici. His wife is the former Cecelia Mitchell...
Merle Bullock Wesley
October 30, 2022
Merle M. Bullock Wesley, 92, of Canton, NC and formerly of Tunkhannock and Factoryville, PA, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday evening, October 7, 2022, surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born, in East Rush, PA, on May 4, 1930 to the l...
Jeanine June Ripple
Jeanine June (Parquette) Ripple passed away October 4, 2022 surrounded by family at Lake Carey, PA, two months shy of her 90th birthday.
Jeanine was born during the Depression and was the oldest of Robert and Helen (Cox) Parquette’s s...
Marian Martin Franko
October 18, 2022
Marian Martin Franko, 92, died at the Sea Breeze Skilled Nursing Facility Vero Beach, Fl on Oct. 3, 2022. She was the widow of John Franko III who died in 1980 and Wayne McClendon from a second marriage who died in 2014.
Born in Pittston, Pa...
Peggy L Leonhart
October 9, 2022
Peggy Lee Leonhart, 65, of Lake Winola passed away at home on Oct. 1, 2022. She was born in Mehoopany on June 3, 1957 and was the daughter of Ronald and Betty Arnold Vangasbeck. She was married to Robert R. Leonhart and was a graduate of ...
Peter A. Orloski
Peter Allen Orloski, 71, of Springville, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Oct. 1, 2022. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware on April 11, 1951. He was the son of the late John and Helen Shedlar Orloski, and was married to the fo...
Kevin J. Howard
October 1, 2022
Kevin John Howard of Factoryville, PA., a proud father, devoted son, fireman extraordinaire, ardent supporter of life and community service in North Eastern Pennsylvania, beloved husband and friend, and a lover of silly one-line jokes who marched to ...
Elizabeth M. Weiss (James)
September 30, 2022
Elizabeth M. Weiss, 102, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Geisinger CMC on Sept. 25, 2022. She was born in Nanticoke on Sept. 18, 1920 and she was the daughter of the late Richard and Catherine James. She was married to the late Stanley Weiss wh...
Mark Patrick Clancey

Veteran
September 30, 2022
Mark Patrick Clancey, 62, of Henryville, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Born in Scranton, on Nov. 27, 1959, he is the son of the late Jay Cordel Clancey who died Aug.19, 1980 and Donna Ellis Clancey Reese,...
Robert Seidel

Veteran
September 26, 2022
Robert Seidel, 81, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home on Sept. 22, 2022. He was born in Exeter on Oct. 29, 1940 and he was the son of the late Kurt and Louise O’Boyle Seidel. Robert was married to the former Ann Marie Tolan.
Robert worke...
Ann B. Carter (Carter)
October 4, 2022
Ann Blanchard Carter of Factoryville, PA, passed away Wednesday, September 21 at
Abington Manor, Clarks Summit.
Born on Feb 2, 1935, in Scranton, Ann was the daughter of the late Elease Weinss Carter
and Royce Carter and resided in Scranto...
Beverly A. Plummer (Seybolt)
Beverly Ann Plummer, 82, of Nicholson Twp. died September 18, 2022, Sunday morning at her home. Born in Scranton on February 13, 1940; the daughter of the late Fred and Ethel Codick Seybolt.
She belonged to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnes...
Leon Benjamin Stonier
September 17, 2022
Leon Benjamin Stonier, 81, of East Lemon, passed away at the Dunmore Health Center on Sept. 12, 2022. He was born on Nov. 8, 1940 and he was the son of the late Leon and Doris Weiss Stonier. Leon was married to the late former Nancy Barbara Saund...
Thomas A. Brown
Thomas A. Brown, 80, of Tunkhannock died Saturday Sept. 10, 2022, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born in Lemon Twp. On May 2, 1942; son of the late Glendon E. and Edna Taylor Brown. He married his wife the former Sandra Crosby on August 29, 1964.
To...
William Munn Fuhrey
September 10, 2022
William Munn Fuhrey, 84, of Springville died Sept. 5, 2022, at Allied Hospice Scranton. He was born in Coudersport on July 4, 1938; and he was the son of the late Harry and Theresa Munn Fuhrey. His wife of 51 years was the former Barbara Teel.
H...
John Balint, Jr.
On Saturday, September 3, 2022, John R. Balint, Jr., father of two adult sons, passed away at his home at age 62.
John was born on February 28, 1960 in Tunkhannock to Rita and John R. Balint, Sr. John went on to graduate from Johnson and Wales Sch...