Obituaries
Stella R, Martin
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....
John A. Allison Jr.

Veteran
John Andrew Allison Jr., 70 of Factoryville died on Saturday May 21, 2016 at Allied Skilled Nursing, Scranton. Born in Montgomery, MD on May 13, 1946 the son of the late John Andrew and Virginia Maude Burdette Allison Sr.
He was a Navy Veteran. Be...
Joan Lyman
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...
John Hinkley
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 ...
Emilie B. Slocum (Lynch)
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...
Anna Anita DeKonty (Alfiere)
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...
Jacqueline M. Strumski
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 ...
David J. Drake Sr.

Veteran
April 20, 2016
David James Drake Sr., 85, of Dalton died Tuesday evening at Regional
Hospital of Scranton. His wife, Rachael M. Thomas Drake, died May 7, 2005.
Born in Dalton on Aug. 6, 1930, son of the late Sterle C. and Ruth Thompson
Drake, David was a junk ma...
Irene R. Sweppenheiser (Janosky)
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...
Janice K. Bullock (Bullock )
April 11, 2016
Janice K. Bullock RN BSN, 63, of Swoyersville died Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Meshoppen on August 5, 1952; the daughter of the late Percy E. and Catherine L. Harvey Bullock. She was a graduate of Tu...
Thomas L. Hill Sr.

Veteran
Thomas Lewis Hill Sr., 90, died Saturday at Geisinger Mt. View Care
Center, Scranton. Born in Scranton on October 5, 1925; the son of the
late Chester and Ann Lewis Hill. His wife of 46 years the late Barbara
Ann Hill died September 4, 1994.
Tom ...
Jeffrey A. Sechrist
March 24, 2016
Jeffrey A. Sechrist, 51, of Tunkhannock passed away on March 18, at the Allied Skilled Nursing, Scranton. Jeffrey was born in Willoughby Ohio on April 19, 1964, and he was the son of David Sechrist of Tunkhannock and the late Barbara Pribble Sechri...
Anne K. Thomas
March 26, 2016
Ann K. Thomas of Factoryville, Pa and Holly Hill, FL died Sunday after a brief illness. Born in Scranton, Pa, she was the wife of Edmund Thomas who died in 1995. She was a graduate of St. Johns University and Kings County Hospital Medical Center in...
Giuseppe Joe Massari
March 16, 2016
Giuseppe “Joe” Massari, 83, of Tunkhannock, died Saturday morning at the Gold Living Center, Tunkhannock.
He was born Aug. 25, 1932 in Italy and he was the son of the late Antonio Massari. Giuseppe was a supervisor of the Endicott Johnson ...
Alfred Henry
March 12, 2016
Alfred “Al” Henry, 72 passed away at the VNA Hospice of Scranton, Pa. on March 6, 2016. He was born on May 9, 1943 in Taylor, Pa. and he was the son of the late William and Josephine Dziak Henry. He was preceded in death by a brother Gerald Henry...
Rosemarie A. Bell (Mancini)
February 29, 2016
Rosemarie A. Bell, 71, of Factoryville died February 25, 2016 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Baltimore Maryland on August 14, 1944; the daughter of the late Ralph and Julia Minick Mancini. Her husband is Bruce Bell of Factoryville.
She en...
Frederick L. Hollister

Veteran
Frederick L. Hollister, 92, of Dimock died on February 25, 2016 at his
home. Born in silver Lake on October 20, 1923; the son of the late
Herman and Josephine Pearson Hollister. Fred’s wife is the former
Violia E. Wood.
Fred served his country ...
Melvin J. Mills

Veteran
February 23, 2016
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Melvin J. Mills, age 77 of Lake Carey and Lakeshore, Fl.,died Wed. Feb 17, 2016 in Winter Haven Fl . He was raised in Ki...
Paul J. McAndrew Jr.
February 20, 2016
Paul “Jim” James McAndrew Jr., 68, of Erie, passed away Tuesday,
February 16, 2016 at the Independence Court in Erie, PA. He was born a son
of the late Paul James McAndrew and Ingeborg P. Weier McAndrew, on
September 29, 1947, in Frankfurt, Ge...
John Anderson
John W. Anderson, Jr. 63, of Meshoppen passed away at his house Feb. 16, 2016. He was born in Meshoppen on March 6, 1952 and he was the son of the late John Sr. and Romayne Scott Anderson. John wa...
Ivan G. Aten

Veteran
Ivan G. Aten, 75, of Factoryville died at Geisinger C.M.C, Scranton on Feb. 14, 2016. Born in Newton Ransom on June 26, 1940; the son of the late Floyd and Catherine Courtright Aten. Ivan was a day short of being married to the former Gloria Beck for...
Carol Teel
February 13, 2016
Carol Teel, 74, of Falls, died Wednesday morning February 10, 2016 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was married to the late Glenn E. “Punk” Teel and they were married for 47 years. She was born in Orson, Pa. on October 7, 1941; daughter ...
Gisela W. Osmun (Klein)
Gisela Osmun of La Plume died at the Geisinger CMC Hospital, Scranton on Feb. 4, 2016.
Born in Solingen, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Elfrieda Klein, she came to the United States as the bride of the late Robert Osmun in 1948...
William B. Dixon
William B. Dixon, 89, of Factoryville died January 29, 2016 at Geisinger C.M.C., Scranton. Born on September 24, 1926 in Factoryville; the son of the late Cecil A. and Hazel Aten Dixon. His wife the former Arline H. Graham died December 6, 2004.
He ...
Terrie L. Kelson
February 6, 2016
Terrie L. Kelson, 59, of Tunkhannock passed away while surrounded by her family Jan. 28. Terrie was born in Somerville, NJ., on May 7, 1956 and she is the daughter of William T. and Leah Hackling Clements. She was a graduate of the Dover High Sch...