Obituaries
Donna L. Reese (Ellis)
May 26, 2022
Donna L. Clancey Reese, 88, of Factoryville died at her home on Sunday May 22, 2022. Born in Scranton on Aug. 20, 1933; the daughter of the late Frank and Ethel Brown Ellis. Her late husband, Reese Reese died Aug. 9, 2002.
Donna belonged t...
Dean E. Carichner
Dean E. Carichner, 59, of Tunkhannock passed away after a long battle with COPD on May 19th at his home with his son by his side.
Dean was born in Tunkhannock on April 23rd 1963. He was the son of the late Daniel and Sarah Ayers Carichner.
Dean was...
Elaine Wierbowski
Edna (Elaine) Wierbowski, 86, of Falls passed away at the Allied Hospice on May 10th. Elaine was born in Falls on April 18, 1936. She was the daughter of the late Beecher Reeves and Edna Grow. Elaine was married to the late Bernard Wierbowski...
Margaret C. Hinkley
May 16, 2022
Avid novel reader, movie goer, and flower grower, Margaret C Hinkley, 88 years young, died peacefully after a brief illness, in Florida, on May 7th, 2022. Although she wintered in Florida for many years, she despised the term “snowbird”, and her ...
Elizabeth A. Pickering
May 9, 2022
Elizabeth A. Pickering, 85, of Tunkhannock passed away at Regional Hospital of Scranton on May 3, 2022. She was born in Endicott NY on July 26,1936, and she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Wheeland and the former Anna Rosengrant.
Elizabe...
Helen Nichols
May 2, 2022
Helen Nichols, 96, of Tunkhannock passed away at The Gardens of Tunkhannock on April 29, 2022. She was born on Sept. 9, 1925 in Tunkhannock and she was the daughter of the late Dewitt Rosengrant and the late former Daisey Oakley. Helen was marrie...
Raymond Arthur Anderson
Veteran
April 28, 2022
Raymond Arthur Anderson, 75, of Meshoppen, passed away surrounded by his loving family at Regional Hospital, Scranton on April 22, 2022. He was born on February 6, 1947 in Tunkhannock and was the son of the late Miles and Beulah VanDeMark Anderson. H...
Roberta K. Keiter (Champion)
Roberta K. Keiter, 74, of Dalton died Saturday April 2, 2022, at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton. She was born in Galion, Ohio on Feb.19, 1948; the daughter of the late John and Lorena “Bink” Baylor Champion.
Roberta was an LPN for ma...
William K. Hughes Sr.
William K. Hughes Sr., 64, of Factoryville died Thursday March 24, 2022, at Regional Hospital of Scranton after a sudden illness.
Born in Scranton on Aug.16, 1957; the son of the late Fred and Dorothy VanAllen Hughes.
Bill graduated from Lackawanna...
Jack A. Bullock
Veteran
March 24, 2022
Jack A. Bullock, 73, of Tunkhannock died March 21, 2022, at the Allied Skilled Nursing. Born in Meshoppen, son of the late Percy E. and Catherine L. Harvey Bullock.
He was a 1966 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and a veteran of the Vietn...
Randy L. Bedell
April 2, 2022
Randy L. Bedell Sr., 56, of Factoryville passed away Monday, March 21, 2022, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 16, 1966, in Goshen, NY, son of the late John L. Bedell Sr. and the late former Be...
Marion I Drake
March 16, 2022
Marion I. Drake, 88 , of Tunkhannock passed away March 13, 2022 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. She was born on Dec. 31, 1933 in Elmira, Ny, and she was the daughter of the late Collin Goodwin and the late former Helen Walker Goodwin.
Marion atte...
Harvey Nelson Montanye
Harvey Nelson Montanye,80, of Tunkhannock passed away at The Gardens of Tunkhannock on March 10,2022. Harvey was born in Mill City, PA on December 20,1941. He was the son of the late John Harvey Montanye and the late former Nita Love Bennett. Harvey ...
Stephen H. Lasco
Stephen H. Lasco, 73, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home surrounded by his family on March 9, 2022. Stephen was born in Meshoppen on July 14, 1948, and he was the son of the late Stephen Lasco and the former Ruth Heitsman Lasco.
Steve was a gr...
Kennard M. Britton
March 11, 2022
Kennard M. Britton, 96, of Factoryville died Saturday March 5, 2022, at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was born in Factoryville in Sept. 29, 1925. The son of the late Frank and Eva Freeman Britton. His late wife, Ramona A. Britton, died March 12...
William Samuel Miner
Veteran
March 10, 2022
William Samuel Miner, 86, of Meshoppen, died March 3, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Hospice in Dunmore. William was born in Fox Hollow on Oct. 27, 1935, son of the late William H. and Elizabeth Grow Miner. He married the former Sandra Ann Gregory...
Cynthia M. Colvin (Goosley)
Cynthia Marie Colvin 58 died unexpectedly on March 2nd 2022. She was born on Dec. 31st, 1963, in Taylor Pennsylvania. Daughter of Dolores Goosley (Fialko) and Robert Goosley. Cindy resided in West Nicholson with her husband, daughter, and beloved ...
Merle R. Harvey
Veteran
Merle R. Harvey, 86 of Tunkhannock, PA passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
He was predeceased by his parents, Ross and Elnora Harvey; loving wife of 57 years, Elizabeth (Betty); and brother, Laverne.
Me...
Alice E. Pensak (Snyder)
March 4, 2022
Alice E. Pensak, 70, of Factoryville, passed away on the farm surrounded by everything that she loved on Sunday, February 27, 2022. She was the widow of Carl H. Pensak, Sr. who passed away on October 4, 2015.
She was born on August 28, 1951, the d...
William H. Moore III "Rusty"
Veteran
April 9, 2022
William H. Moore III (Rusty), 70, died Feb.26, 2022 at his home in Forkston Twp. Born in Sellersville on June 8, 1951, the son of the late William H. and Charlotte Wilson Petrick Moore Jr.
He served our country as a corporal in USMC from April 1969 ...
Jeffrey N. Wilbur Sr.
February 18, 2022
Jeffrey N. Wilbur Sr., 80, of Benton Twp. died Monday Feb. 14, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Dalton on Aug. 23, 1941, the son of the late Norman and Irene Clark Wilbur. His wife the late Joyce M. Wilbur died May 6, 2021.
&...
Laura Layaou Watkins
Laura Layaou Watkins, 71, passed away Feb. 9, 2022 at Geisinger C.M.C, Scranton. Laura was born November 21, 1950. She is the daughter of the late Jack and Dorothy Giberson Layaou.
Laura was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School, Bradfo...
Eleanor R. White
February 10, 2022
Eleanor R. White 92 of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully Tuesday morning February 8,2022 at home in her favorite chair.
Born in Harding on May 5, 1929 she was the Daughter of the Late Kenneth and Eleanor{Swartwood} Hoover.
Eleanor worked at Ro...
Frank (Mike) Coliskey
Veteran
Frank Michael Coliskey (Mike), 81, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday Feb.2, 2022 after a brief illness at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Tunkhannock on June 7, 1940; the son of the late John P. and Mary Miller Coliskey.
Mike Graduated...
Deborah J. Moser (Dungey)
Deborah J. Dungey Moser, 70, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday Feb. 1, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Kingston on Jan. 16, 1952 the daughter of the late Alvin and Virginia Roden Dungey.
Deb graduated from Wyoming Valley West Hig...
