Obituaries

Ethel Kidd

Jan 14, 2023

Ethel M. Kidd, 85, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023 at River View Nursing Home.

Born in Vernon, PA on April 2, 1937. She is the daughter of the late Joseph and Cloe Evans Faux.

She was a 1955 graduate of Tunkhannock High School. She and her husband owned and operated Fauxs Inn at Harvey's Lake for...

Arthur Griffis

Jan 10, 2023

Arthur Walter Griffis, 80, of Tunkhannock passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn Ruff Griffis.

Born in Montrose on October 12, 1942, he is the son of the late Walter and Madeline Davis Griffis.

Art was a 1961 graduate of Elk Lake High School and worked at Procter...

Gordon Mattocks

Jan 10, 2023

Gordon Louis Mattocks, 76, of Meshoppen passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at his home. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Joyce Ellsworth Mattocks.

Born in Philadelphia on July 26, 1946. He is the son of the late Gerald, Sr. and Clara Lucille Clark Mattocks.

He is a member of the Russell Hill United Methodist Church. He...

Edward White

Jan 9, 2023

Edward Joseph White, 90, of Tunkhannock passed away Monday, January 9, 2023 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He is survived by his companion of 40 years, Connie McClymont-Tressler.

Born in Shennandoah, Pa. on April 17, 1932. He was the son of the late Joseph and Michalina (Siemaszko) Whitecavage.

He was a 1951 graduate of J.W. Cooper High School, now Shenandoah...

Robert Lewis

Jan 4, 2023

Robert S. Lewis, 66, of Eaton Township passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton.

Born in San Diego, CA on March 31, 1956. He was the son of the late Kenneth and Janice Llewellyn Lewis of Tunkhannock.

Rob was a 1974 graduate of Wyoming Seminary and Millersville University in 1979. He joined the United States...

Joycelyn Ross

Jan 3, 2023

Joycelyn N. Ross, 92, of Tunkhannock, passed away at her home, Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

She was born in Vernon, PA on November 3, 1930, daughter of Frances and Herbert Rogers.

She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, class of 1947. She was married to Jack J. Ross (deceased). Joycelyn raised her family of six children in the borough...

Robert Daniels

Jan 3, 2023

Robert C. Daniels, 80, of Tunkhannock passed away on Tuesday January 3, 2023 at Mountain View Nursing Home, Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lavona Dietrich Daniels.

Born in Pittston on July 20, 1942 he is the son of the late Carlton "Huck" and Ella Bowman Daniels.

Bob and his wife are members of the Tunkhannock...

Debbie Cahoon

Jan 2, 2023

Debbie Cahoon, 57, of Tunkhannock passed away Monday, January 2, 2023, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Ryan Cahoon.

Born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on December 5, 1965. She is the daughter of John Martinez and Mary Autry Terry.

She delivered newspaper for the Times Leader and Citizens Voice. She was devoted...

LaRue Cron

Dec 28, 2022

LaRue Cron, 74, of Mehoopany passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center after a short illness. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mary Sherwood Cron.

Born in Scranton on January 10, 1948 he is the son of the late Oliver and Marion LaRue Cron.

LaRue was a very hard worker, he...

Kay Tunnicliff

Dec 28, 2022

Kay Rose Tunnicliff, 61, of Mildred, PA passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Sevelon L. Tunnicliff.

Born on June 18, 1961, she is the daughter of the late Howard and Evelyn Kiesinger Comstock.

Kay graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1979. She was a mother to...

Cara Coolbaugh

Dec 26, 2022

Cara Ann Coolbaugh, 58, of Tunkhannock passed away on Monday December 26, 2022 at her home.

Born in Tunkhannock on December 1, 1964 she is the daughter of the late, Wendell and Joann Klimas Coolbaugh. Cara was a 1982 graduate of the Tunkhannock School District.

She loved traveling and visiting the Thousand Islands and Canton, NY. Cara enjoyed going to...

Norman Keen

Dec 19, 2022

Norman L. Keen, 84, of Eaton Twp. passed away on Monday December 19, 2022 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Marion E. Wood Keen one week prior on December 12.

Born on November 19, 1938 he is the son of the late Millard and Isabelle Keen Lowyn.

He was a...

Fern Boyce

Dec 16, 2022

Fern Boyce, 75, of Tunkhannock passed away Friday, December 16, 2022, at Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Robert Boyce.

"On Friday, December 16, at 11:35 AM, my wife and helpmate of 44 years, decided, her life should end. Fern Violet Boyce, the youngest of 5 children, born to Raymond and Violet...

Joan Zalewski

Dec 14, 2022

Joan M. Zalewski, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully December 14, 2022, at the age of 81, after a short illness.

She was born October 27th, 1941, in Mehoopany, Pa, the daughter of the late Edmund and Marian Reeser Fenton.

She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Ronald Zalewski, and by brothers, Richard, Ralph, Dusty, John, and Jack; sisters,...

Charles Buffington

Dec 12, 2022

Charles Andrew Buffington "Buff", 82, of Tunkhannock passed away Monday December 12, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Linda Goldsmith Buffington.

Born in Sayre, PA on April 17, 1940 he is the son of the late Charles and Martha Cook Buffington.

Charles was a 1958 graduate of Susquehanna High...

Marion Keen

Dec 12, 2022

Marion Elizabeth Keen, 84, of Eaton Twp. passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Norman Keen.

Born on January 4, 1938, she is the daughter of the late James and Myrtle Wood.

She was a member of the Tunkhannock Presbyterian Church. She loved fishing, cooking and...

Willard Fassett

Dec 9, 2022

Willard E. Fassett, 70, of Meshoppen passed away Friday, December 9, 2022 in Palm Harbor, FL. He is survived by his wife, Tina Fassett.

Born on March 27, 1952, he is the adopted son of the late Robert Fassett and survived by his mother Violet Fassett.

Willard Fassett worked on a farm during his younger years and was an extraordinary...

Ann Weeks

Dec 5, 2022

Ann S. Weeks, 86, of Tunkhannock passed away and was Promoted to Glory on Monday December 5, 2022 at Guardian Healthcare, Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reverend C. Emory Weeks in 2005.

Born in Troy, NY on December 17, 1935 she is the daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Martin Bass.

She was a 1954...

Lynne Delano

Dec 1, 2022

Lynne L. Delano, 73, of Meshoppen passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania with family by her side. She is survived by her Loving husband of 54 years, George Delano.

Born on November 24, 1949, she is the daughter of the late Wilbur and Agnes Brummett Smith. Lynne graduated from Neshaminy High...

Dianne Shelly

Nov 30, 2022

Dianne Banta Shelly, 79, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on November 30, 2022, after a tremendous battle with multiple illnesses, including Covid. 

Dianne was born at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston on June 23, 1943. She attended Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, MD, graduating in 1960. She went on...