Obituaries

July 17, 2019

Leah Ann Marie Wilsey, 32, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully at her home on July 12, 2019 surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. Leah was born September 19, 1986 in Tunkhannock; the daughter of ...

John “Jack” Bartuska, formerly of Pittston, passed away peacefully at his home in Factoryville on July 9, 2019. Born in Pittston, he was the son of the late John Bartuska & the late Eleanor Kurtinitis-Bartuska. He was graduate of Pittston Ar...

August 11, 2019

Leah Theresa Clements, 85, passed away Sunday July 7, 2019 at the Wilkes Barre General Hospital. Leah was born November 11, 1933 in Noxen, PA. Leah was the daughter of the late Robert Hackling and the former Gladys Palmer. Leah graduated from Sou...

June 29, 2019

Sharon L. Karp, 73, of Factoryville passed away at her home on June 21, 2019.  Sharon was born in Kingston, Pa on June 1, 1946 and she was the daughter of the late William and Jean Siglin.  Sharon and Stanley celebrated their 45th wedding anniversa...

June 22, 2019

William Francis Hogan, 62, of Factoryville died at Geisinger Wyoming Valley on June 18, 2019. Born in Staten Island on Nov. 19, 1956; the son of the late William Francis Hogan and Marylou Beyar Dingle Hogan. His domestic partner of 25 years is Darlen...

June 26, 2019

Loren Keith Dixon (Slug), age 85, passed peacefully on Friday, June 14th, 2019 at The Gardens in Tunkhannock. Born to Cecil A. and Hazel (Aten) Dixon in 1934, predeceased by his wife Jane (McAvaney), he will be missed by his brothers Reese and Dale,...

June 8, 2019

Roberta R. Dickson, 83, of Factoryville, PA passed away peacefully on May 30, 2019, at her home with her family by her side. She was born on May 5, 1936, in La Crosse, WI to the late Robert and Edna (Berzinski) Allen. Roberta was a 1954 graduate of ...

May 31, 2019

Arlene M. Corby, 87, of Factoryville, died with family by her side on Monday May 27, 2019, at her home. Her husband is the late Mervin Corby, who died in 2008. Born in Scranton on April 1, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Gladys Poeh...

May 31, 2019

Bette Jane Davitt, 90, of Lake Winola passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday May 27, at the Gardens of Tunkhannock. Born in West Abington Township May 11, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Albert and Cora (Finch) Avery. She was married to the...

Kenneth Cameron Matalavy, 24, of Lake Winola passed peacefully at home Friday. He was the loving son of Kenneth Matalavy Sr. at home and Gaylene Giannetti of Mill City. Cameron attended Tunkhannock Area School district. He loved the outdoors and b...

May 30, 2019

Brandon William Burleson, 32, formerly of Tunkhannock passed away at his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Born in Scranton, Pa. on March 27, 1987, he was the son of Hal and Lisa Wynd Burleson of Tunkhannock. Brandon gradu...

May 26, 2019

Gerald R Ross, 84, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones Monday morning. Gerald was born in Tunkhannock on November 24, 1934. He was the son of the late Joseph and Margaret Matthews Ross.   Jerry at...

May 4, 2019

Barry Roger Snigar, 57, of Tunkhannock died Monday April 29, 2019 at Allied Hospice Center, Scranton. Born on January 18, 1962 in Binghamton, NY, the son of the late Bernice Westcott and William Daniel Snigar of CA. Barry enjoyed camping in CA, ri...

May 14, 2019

Ann “Nancy” J. Rought, 83, of Scranton formerly of East Benton died April 19, 2019 at Riverside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Taylor. Born in Scranton on August 20, 1935; the daughter of the late Floyd and Ann Morris. Preceded in death by a...

April 20, 2019

William (Billy) Burt Kresge, 26, passed away April 14, 2019 in a tragic car accident in Ruskin, FL when his car was side-swiped by another driver. Billy was born in Scranton, Pa and graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 2010. He lived eve...

Richard Louis Macialek, Jr. 52, of Tunkhannock passed away Sunday.  He was born in Bellefonte Pa. on Feb. 11, 1967 and he was the son of the late Richard, Sr. and Mary Snyder Macialek. Rich was a 1985 graduate of the Bellefonte High School and he...

Christine “Christel” Emmerich, 89, of Springville, Pa. died on Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2019, at The Gardens of Tunkhannock where she was rehabbing from a recent hospital stay. Christine was born in Bad Godesberg Germany. In June 1952 she and her husb...

March 29, 2019

Anna A. Francisco, 86, of Dalton died Wednesday March 20, 2019 at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. Born in Edwardsville on Jan.17,1933; the daughter of the late Paul and Anna Bogdan Kubovcik. Her husband since Aug. 1, 1953 is the late John Francisco wh...

Ellen M. Williams, 65, of Nicholson died Thursday March 14, 2019 at The Gardens at Scranton. Born in Scranton on March 7, 1954, she was the daughter of the late John and Eleanor Johns Hinkle. Her husband of 25 years is Bruce Williams. Ellen worked as...

March 18, 2019

Harold Arthur Loch, 78, of Springville, died Tuesday morning, March 12, 2019 at Geisinger Community Medical Center from complications following open-heart surgery.  He was the husband of Nancy Pfeiffer Loch. They were married August 15, 1970 and hav...

Joseph Paul Long, 71, of Tunkhannock passed away at the CMC Hospital on March 1, 2019.  He was born in Nicholson on Aug. 26, 1947 and he was the son of the late Alfred and Pearl Reynolds Long.  Joe was married to the former Barbara Lou Clark Joe...

Eugene W. St.Clair, 81, of Factoryville died Saturday Feb. 23, 2019 at Regional Hospital of Scranton.  Born in Meshoppen on Aug. 15, 1937; the son of the late Lester and Muriel Titman St.Clair. His wife of 51 years is the former Carol Davis. Gene...

February 27, 2019

Shirley Rae Browning, 100, of Dalton, PA died February 19. She was born in East Benton on March 4, 1918; the daughter of the late John and Marion Knight Wiedman. Her husband is the late William Browning, married for 61 years. Shirley is preceded in d...