Obituaries
Geoffrey David-Josef Cota-Bayley
Apr 2, 2021
Geoffrey David-Josef Cota-Bayley, 37, of Tunkhannock passed away unexpectedly April 2, 2021. He is survived by his partner of 10 years Richard “Perry” Lyons. Born in Sacramento, California and having grown up primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, he is the son of Margaret (Peg) Boucher-Murphy and Barbara Jane Bayley. Geoffrey was an active participant in LARPS, an avid...
Thomas R. Zalewski, Sr.
Mar 30, 2021
Thomas R. Zalewski, Sr. 74, of Tunkhannock passed away March 30, 2021 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Linda A. Mock Zalewski in 2016. Born in Wilkes-Barre on May 11, 1946, he was the son of the late Harold and Maryon Harvey Grow of Tunkhannock and the late William and Jean...
Byron B. Gummoe
Mar 10, 2021
Byron B. Gummoe Jr., 90 formerly of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday March 10, 2021 at his home. He is survived by his wife Frances Myers Gummoe. Born in Clifford on September 26, 1930. He was the son of the late Byron and Mary Chapman Gummoe. He was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. He served his country in...
Sean C. Murphy
Mar 8, 2021
On Monday March 8, 2021, Sean C. Murphy, beloved son and brother, passed away at his home at the age of 44. Born on April 13, 1977, he was the son of Eugene Murphy and Linda Getz Murphy. Sean was a 1995 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School where he was very active on the soccer team. He then went...
Mary E. Robinson
Mar 7, 2021
Mary E. Robinson “Liz”, 61, of Mehoopany passed away Sunday March 7, 2021 at her home. She is survived by her companion of 12 years Ronald Vendetti. Born in Cedartown, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Charles L. and Patricia A. Dauksis Price. She was a gradate of the Tunkhannock School District and was active in the Black...
David B. Holdredge
Mar 6, 2021
David Brian Holdredge (Dave), 46, Tunkhannock, PA, passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2021 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Dave was born in Kingston, PA to parents Donald Richard Holdredge and Sharen Lee Holdredge on January 20, 1975. He is a graduate of the Dallas Area High School. Dave went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Education from...
Colleen Zdaniewicz
Mar 6, 2021
Colleen Zdaniewicz, 57, of Falls, passed away on March 6th 2021 in Scranton after fighting a five and a half year battle with cancer. Colleen was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to John and Dorothy Jenkins on May 4th 1963. She graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1981. Colleen and her husband, Ben, worked on their family farm for over...
Ernestine Sickler
Mar 2, 2021
Ernestine Sickler, 88, formally of Falls, passed away Tuesday March 2, 2021 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Larry Sickler, in 2008. Born in Thomasville, GA on March 17, 1932 she was the daughter of the late Paul and Bertha Mae Eddings Bryan. She was a member of the West Falls...
Susan Ann Donahue
Feb 24, 2021
Susan Ann Donahue, age 73, of Smyrna, Georgia passed away February 24, 2021. Funeral Service will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will be held in Pennsylvania. Susan Ann Donahue nee Scent was born to Bess and Francis Scent on October 17, 1947 and...
Bertha Bedell
Feb 19, 2021
Bertha Bedell, 77, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away Friday, February 19, 2021 at General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Bedell Sr in 2012. She was born December 25, 1943, in Sussex, N.J. and a daughter of the late Zenas Raymond and Alma Belcher. She was preceded in death by brothers; Freeman, Donald,...
Audrey Davidson
Feb 19, 2021
Audrey Ana Davidson, 34, Trucksville passed away February 19, 2021 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She is survived by her loving husband Joseph Davidson, III. Born in Nicholson on October 19, 1986 she was the daughter of Joseph and Connie Clark Johnson. She was a graduate of Mountain View Jr/Sr High School where she quickly gained popularity, as her beauty...
Patricia A. Carr
Feb 10, 2021
Patricia A. Carr, 65, of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday February 10, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center from complications from ALS. She is survived by her husband of almost 45 years, Paul E. Carr, Sr. They married May 22nd 1976. Born in Philadelphia on November 20, 1955 she is the daughter of the late Gerald C. and Margaret M....
Doris M. Stang
Feb 3, 2021
Doris M. Stang, 89, of Meshoppen passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at the Tunkhannock United Methodist Homes. She was preceded in death by her husband, William M. Stang, Jr. in 2016. Born in Dimock on December 22, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Bessie Ace Sherwood. Doris was a member of the Lemon United Methodist...
Carol Schwartztrauber
Jan 29, 2021
Carol Schwartztrauber, 77, of Tunkhannock, passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas W. Schwartztrauber, in 2003. Born in Scranton on Jan. 9, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Magnotta Grant. She graduated from Scranton Central High School and attended...
Julie Moe
Jan 27, 2021
Julie Ann Moe, 62, of Tunkhannock passed away January 27, 2021 at Moses Taylor Hospital. She is survived by her companion of 21 years Paul Harvey. Born in Montrose she was the daughter of the late David and Phoebe McManin Stanton. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughters Jemlyne and Ejai Moe; brother, David Stanton; sister,...
Jessie L. Barber
Jan 24, 2021
Jessie L. Barber, 86, of Mehoopany passed away Sunday January 24, 2021 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband Harry T. Barber in 2003. Born in Tunkhannock on June 8, 1934 she was the daughter of the late William and Virginia Cook Shiffer. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, crocheting, and playing cards...
Eleanor Abelow
Jan 20, 2021
Slightly past 9 PM, on January 20, 2021, a bright light lost its glow! Eleanor Abelow had taken her last breath. The monitor in her room in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital said: "tranquility". Eleanor, aged 87, had passed from non-Covid related pneumonia. Eleanor was beautiful, smart, well educated, kind, gentle, compassionate and loving. Her husband Joe said he knew these things...
Lucy Hamilton Monninger
Jan 17, 2021
Lucy Hamilton Monninger died on January 17, 2021 in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Born in Maryland on November 18, 1937, Lucy was the daughter of the late Clarence and Hazel Eckman Hamilton. She grew up in Harford County, Maryland and was a nursing home administrator in the Baltimore area for 28 years, retiring in July 1998 to join her husband at Lake...
Shawnna L. Hug
Jan 16, 2021
Shawnna L. Hug, 53, of Lake Winola passed away Saturday January 16, 2021 at her home. She is survived by her husband of 32 years Tony F. Hug. Born in Maysville, KY on May 22, 1967 she was the daughter of the late Earle and Sandra Lee Harris Brigner. Shawnna was a graduate of Orresville High School, Ohio and served...
Daniel Pope
Jan 14, 2021
Daniel L. Pope of Tunkhannock, PA passed away on January 14, 2021 at Tyler Memorial Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Dan was born in Buffalo, NY on March 4, 1931, son of John and Esther (Johnson) Pope of Oakfield, NY. He was a 1948 graduate of Oakfield High School. He then entered the School of Architecture at Cornell...