Obituaries

Agatha Engler

Agatha Engler

Jun 28, 2023

Agatha Engler, 93, of Scranton passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at Gino J. Merli Veterans Center.

Born on July 15, 1929, she is the daughter of the late William and Marcella Auksoraitis Baranauskas. She graduated from Mt. Sianal Hospital in Philadelphia. She was a nurse during the Korean War.

She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Jimmy Palla,...

Roy Prevost

Roy Prevost

Jun 25, 2023

Roy E. Prevost, 60, of Tunkhannock passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023 at home surrounded by his family. He is preceded in death by his wife of 24 years, Bonnie Altemus Prevost.

Born on August 26, 1962, he is the son of the late Judson and Esther Jones Prevost. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1980...

Craig Head

Craig Head

Jun 20, 2023

Craig C. Head, 91, of Meshoppen passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at Sayre Healthcare. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Bette Head.

Born on December 25, 1931 in Kearny, New Jersey, he is the son of the late William F. and Ethyl (Krough) Head.

He was a 1950 graduate of Kearny High School and joined the...

Joan White

Joan White

Jun 19, 2023

Joan E. White, 82, of Tunkhannock passed away Monday, June 19, 2023 at Allied Services, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy White.

Born on April 3, 1941, she is the daughter of the late Robert and Luella Glover.

Joan graduated from Susquehanna High School. She was an accomplished seamstress and crocheter. Her loving nature was evident...

Henry Marlatt

Henry Marlatt

Jun 12, 2023

Henry Marlatt, 88, of Tunkhannock passed away Monday, June 12, 2023 at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly A. Marlatt.

Born in Hackettstown, NJ on May 21, 1935 he is the son of the late Kenneth and Muryl Taylor Marlatt.

Henry was a graduate of the Ridley Park High School Class of 1952. Upon graduation,...

Genevieve Shemanski

Genevieve Shemanski

Jun 10, 2023

Genevieve M. Shemanski, 81, of Factoryville passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, John Shemanski.

Born on August 30, 1941, she is the daughter of the late John and Bernice Buberniak.

Genevieve was a kind-hearted woman with a lovely smile and bright eyes. She enjoyed life...

Amber Hunsinger

Amber Hunsinger

May 30, 2023

Amber Morgan Hunsinger, 20, of Monroe Township along with her soon expected baby girl passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

Born in Tunkhannock on February 14, 2003 she is the daughter of the late Mark Hunsinger and survived by her mother Elizabeth Hunsberger Hunsinger.

Amber graduated from Tunkhannock High School in the class of 2021 and went on to...

Phyllis Adams

Phyllis Adams

May 30, 2023

Phyllis Adams, 82, of Mehoopany passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at The Gardens, Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Eugene Adams, Sr.

Born in Wilkes-Barre on September 3, 1940 she is the daughter of the late Godfred and Elizabeth May Perschau.

Graduating from G.A.R class of 1958, she learned the values of hard work and...

Loretta Ayers

Loretta Ayers

May 13, 2023

Loretta Ayers, 92, of Tunkhannock passed away Saturday, May 13, 2023 at The Gardens, Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Howard Culver and second husband, Joseph Ayers.

Born on August 17, 1930 in Tunkhannock, she is the daughter of the late Joseph Ross and Margaret Matthews Roberts, and step-father, Carlton (Bill) Roberts.

Loretta was not only...

David Bell

David Bell

May 10, 2023

David Walter Bell, 83, of Tunkhannock passed away May 10, 2023, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Linda Charlton Bell.

Born on May 7, 1940, he is the son of the late Walter and Frances Jones Bell.

David was a graduate of Hop Bottom High School in 1958....

Eleanor Roberts

Eleanor Roberts

May 5, 2023

Eleanor Roberts, 95, of Nicholson passed away Friday, May 5, 2023 at The Gardens, Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Theodore Roberts. 

Born on December 20, 1927 in Scranton, she is the daughter of the late Guy and Freida Johnson Barnes. 

Eleanor was a graduate of Dalton High School and then began her career at Bendix,...

Henry Plushanski

Henry Plushanski

May 3, 2023

Henry Plushanski, 97, of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at The Gardens, Scranton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Roller Plushanski in 2008.

Born in Glen Gardner, NJ on November 25, 1925, he was the son of the late Alexander and Teskla Sikorsky Plushanski.

He was a graduate of Hampton High School and married his...

Rose Marie Shartle

Rose Marie Shartle

May 1, 2023

Rose Marie Johnson Shartle, 84, left her pain and suffering behind on the morning of May 1, 2023 when she departed this world to be with her Maker, her loving husband, and her parents again. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Shartle in 2010.

She was born at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre in 1938, the first...

David Allen Rought

David Allen Rought

Apr 29, 2023

David Allen Rought, 61, of Tunkhannock passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023 at home surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Tammy Rought.

Born on January 16, 1962 in Kingston, he was the son of the late Donald and Gloria Schoonover Rought.

David was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School, class of...

Madeline Anne Daniels

Madeline Anne Daniels

Apr 28, 2023

Madeline Anne Daniels, 23, of Tunkhannock passed away Friday, April 28, 2023 in South Carolina.

Born in Tunkhannock on August 10, 1999 she is the daughter of Baron and Rebecca White Daniels.  

Madeline was always free-spirited and determined to live life on her terms. She cared about people and loved making them happy. Despite suffering from her debilitating disease,...

Helen Taylor

Helen Taylor

Apr 26, 2023

Helen A. Taylor (Peg), 81, of Monroe Twp., passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at Allied Services Hospice. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald R. Taylor, Sr.

Born in Tunkhannock on September 16, 1941. She is the daughter of the late Harry and Alice Luce Hadsall.

She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School. She was co-owner...

Mary Strunk

Mary Strunk

Apr 11, 2023

Mary Lois Strunk, 93, of Tunkhannock passed away on April 11, 2023 at United Methodist Homes Wesley Village Campus. She was preceded in death by her husband David Henry Strunk in 1982.

Born in Elmira, NY on January 1, 1930 she is the daughter of the late Marion and Evelyn Smith Warters.

Mary graduated from Mansfield College with her bachelor's...

Millard VanDerMark

Millard VanDerMark

Apr 5, 2023

Millard J. VanDerMark, 72, of Monroe Twp. passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at VA Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sharon VanDerMark in 2017.

Born in Newton, NJ on May 4, 1950. He is the son of the late Robert and Aili Korhonan VanDerMark.

He served his country in the United States Navy. He...

William Green

William Green

Apr 1, 2023

William E. Green, 89, of Tunkhannock passed away Saturday April 1, 2023 at Community Medical Center, Scranton. He is survived by his wife Doris Frantz Green.

Born in Ransom on August 22, 1933 he is the son of the late John and Evelyn Rosencrance Green.

William worked at Bartrons John Deere Supply for many years and retired from Procter and...

Evelyn Sherman

Evelyn Sherman

Mar 22, 2023

Evelyn Mae Sherman, 92, of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at her home. Born in Kingston on April 30, 1930, the daughter of the late Thomas and Emorene Miller Smith.

Evelyn was a devoted mother to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Loved by all, Evelyn was a member of Evans Falls United Methodist Church, and in her...