Obituaries
George E. Jurista
May 4, 2022
George E. Jurista, 99, of Tunkhannock passed away on Wednesday May 4, 2022 at the Gardens of Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his first wife Ruth and second wife Lillian. Born in Eatonville, PA on March 30, 1923 he was the son of the late Edward and Mary Gajdica Jurista. He was a member of the Nativity of...
Albert Greene Slocum
Apr 26, 2022
Albert Greene “Charlie” Slocum, Jr., 79, of Chesapeake, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Born in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Albert G. Slocum, Sr. and Frances Jean Slocum. Charlie retired from the U.S. Navy, after 28.5 years of honorable service as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. He later retired as a Sergeant with the Virginia Beach...
Mary Ellen S. Carpenetti
Apr 22, 2022
Mary Ellen S. Carpenetti, 71, of Factoryville passed away on Friday April 22, 2022 at Allied Hospice, Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Charles J. Carpenetti. Born in Tunkhannock on October 1, 1950 she is the daughter of the late Frank, Sr. and Rose Thomas Strumski. Mary Ellen was a 1968 graduate of Tunkhannock School District....
George F. Mason, Jr.
Apr 18, 2022
George F. Mason Jr. (Butch), 71, of Falls passed away on Monday April 18, 2022 after a brief courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Donna M. Panek. Born in Brooklyn, NY he was the son of the late George Sr. and Mary Ryder Mason. George was a 1970 graduate of Abington Heights High...
Donald J. Vogrin
Apr 16, 2022
Donald J. Vogrin, 81, of Tunkhannock passed away on Saturday April 16, 2022 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lola in 2015. Born in Luzerne County, PA he was the son of the late Alvin and Alice Shiffer Vogrin. Donald proudly served in the United States Army. He was a heavy equipment operator...
Stephen A. Borgeson
Apr 16, 2022
Stephen A. Borgeson, 55, of Monroe Township passed away on Saturday April 16, 2022 at his home. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Denise Borgeson. Born in Honesdale, PA, he is survived by his loving parents, James R. and Carole Day Borgeson. He was a 1985 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School; Pocono school of taxidermy, then...
Roger A. Gregory
Apr 8, 2022
Roger A. Gregory, 64, of Meshoppen passed away on Friday April 8, 2022 at home from complications of cancer. He is survived by his companion of sixteen years, Margie Lane. Born in Scranton, PA he was the son of the late Leeroy, Jr. and Norma Mason Gregory. He worked for Fisher Stove, Torches, and twenty years for PennDOT prior to...
Brenda Lee Gibson
Apr 8, 2022
Brenda Gibson, 62, loving wife, mother, sister, and grammy of Monroe Township passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. She is survived by her husband of twenty-nine years, Larry Gibson. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Martha Newhard Leindecker. She enjoyed doing crafts, camping with her family, Elvis...
Bonnie Rae Archer
Apr 7, 2022
Bonnie Rae Archer, 81, of Tunkhannock passed away on Thursday April 7, 2022 at Allied Hospice Center, Scranton after a battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Walter Smith in 1969 and half brothers, Cliff Rice of Medford Oregon and Jack Rice of Williamsport. Born in Great Bend PA, she was the daughter of the...
Sandra Lee Faux
Apr 2, 2022
Sandra Lee Faux, 80, of Tunkhannock passed away on April 2, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Faux on March 19, 2014. Born in Meshoppen on February 19, 1942 she was the daughter of the late Emerson Jack and Charlotte Antoinette Sands Montross. She was a member of the Eatonville United Methodist Church and a long-time...
Marian Marabell
Apr 2, 2022
Marian Marabell, 87, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away on April 2, 2022 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph M. Marabell in October 1976. Born in Tunkhannock on March 27, 1935 she was the daughter of the late Sherwood and Ethel Vedra Sheffler. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock Highschool, a...
Frank D. Gates
Mar 31, 2022
Frank D. Gates, 82, of Mehoopany passed away on Thursday March 31, 2022 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Karen Adams Gates. Born in Mehoopany Township on January 29, 1940 he is the son of the late Dorrance and Helen Jennings Gates. He was a 1957 graduate of Tunkhannock High...
Constance Morgan Scanlon
Mar 27, 2022
Constance Morgan Scanlon, a longtime resident of Tunkhannock, passed away at Regional Hospital of Scranton with her daughter by her side on Sunday March 27, 2022, at the age of 84 from pancreatic cancer. Born in Kingston, PA on August 10, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Philip John Morgan and Elizabeth Flanders Morgan. Constance graduated from...
Mary Dean Minckler
Mar 27, 2022
Mary Dean Minckler, 69 of Tunkhannock passed away on March 27, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Leonard Edward Minckler. Born in Meshoppen, PA on March 26, 1953. She is the daughter of Peggy Louise Gramley and the late David Thomas MacCreary. She was a 1971 graduate of Tunkhannock...
David W. Schoenwetter
Mar 26, 2022
David W. Schoenwetter, 75, died on Saturday March 26, 2022 at Aventura at Creekside Nursing Home, Carbondale, where he was a resident since January 2020. He was born in Kingston on March 1, 1947 to the late Jack and Delores (Rosnick) Schoenwetter. He was raised in Luzerne, graduated from Luzerne High School in 1965, and from LCC in 1969. Dave...
Jeanette I Corby
Mar 25, 2022
Jeanette I. Corby, 86, of Monroe Township, passed away peacefully at her home in her favorite chair on March 25, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Floyd L. Corby, Jr. in 1998. Born in Noxen on July 11, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Ruth Thompson Dymond. Her family moved...
Joseph Anthony Bolin
Mar 23, 2022
Joseph Anthony Bolin (formerly Bolinski) passed away on March 23, 2022 in Scranton, PA. Joe was born Dec 21, 1968 in Edwardsville, PA to the late Joanne and Joseph Bolinski. Although he resided for many years in Factoryville operating Bolin General Contracting and was formerly active in the Kiwanis and Masons, he had moved out of the area in 2011...
Maxine Smales
Mar 20, 2022
Maxine Blanche Smales, 98, of Tunkhannock passed away on Sunday March 20, 2022 at the United Methodist Homes, Tunkhannock, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband Bobby Raymond Smales in 1996. Born in Johnson City, NY on March 10, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Guy E. and Elizabeth Peters Stevens. She was a 1941 graduate...
Helene Louise Spoor
Mar 11, 2022
Helene Louise Spoor, 79, of Hallstead, PA passed away on March 11, 2022 at UHS Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY. She was preceded in death by her husband James Spoor in 2012. Born in South Gibson, PA on September 23, 1942 she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Enda Muzzy. She was a member of the First...
James Robert Locker
Mar 10, 2022
James Robert Locker, Sr., 86, of Tunkhannock passed away on March 10, 2022 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He is survived by his wife Barbara A. McDonald Locker. Born in Scranton, PA he was the son of the late Edward and Thelma Lintott Locker. Jim was a Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War 1st Marine...
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