Obituaries
Ralph E. Coates
Feb 8, 2018
Ralph E. Coates, 75, of Mehoopany, passed away Thursday, February 8th, at Geisinger CMC in Scranton. Born February 8, 1943, he was the son of the late Frank D. and Dorothy Wynings Coates.
Ralph was a 1960 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and received an Associate’s degree from Lackawanna Jr. College in 1962. He served as a Sergeant in the USAF...
Harold Donald Rought
Feb 8, 2018
Harold Donald Rought
Harold “Donnie” Rought, 79 of Centermorland, went to be with his Lord on February 8, 2018 after a brief illness. He was born on August 28, 1938 to Harold and Lois Race Rought. He grew up in Mill City and was a 1956 graduate of Tunkhannock High School.
He worked for Allied Bendix Co. in South Montrose for a...
Marjorie M. Adams
Jan 26, 2018
Marjorie Jean McGrew Adams, 95, Of Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 26, 2018.
Born in Bruceton Mills, WV, on October 19, 1922. She is the daughter of the late Warren and Althea Haines McGrew. Marge married the late B. Clifford Adams in 1950. Marge and Cliff moved to Pennsylvania leaving her career as...
Dawn E. Sickler
Jan 26, 2018
Dawn E. Sickler, 71 of Thurston Hollow died surrounded by her family on Friday January 26th at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 47 years Robert Sickler.
She was born in Scranton on July 7, 1946 daughter of the late William and Marion Colley Bodine.
She was a graduate of the Benton High School, in Fleetville, PA,
She Co-Owned...
Ricky T. Herman
Jan 24, 2018
Ricky T. Herman, 54, of Tunkhannock, passed on January 24th at home. Born June 24, 1963 he was the son of Thomas Herman and the late Marjorie Gruver Herman.
Ricky was a 1982 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and worked at several different occupations. He was best known for his talent with cars. Ricky loved his family and friends and was...
Karen Anne Sands
Jan 23, 2018
Karen Anne Sands, 60 of Tunkhannock died Tuesday January 23rd from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. She is survived by her husband of 13 years, Richard “Dick” Sands.
Born in Staten Island, New York on October 4, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Alford and Anne Seaman Jacobsen. She also was raised in Honesdale, PA.
Karen graduated from...
Edward A. Cerep
Jan 10, 2018
Edward A. Cerep
Edward A. Cerep of Tunkhannock died at his home on Wednesday January 10th, 2018. He was born in Baltimore on July 1, 1954 son of the late Edward J. and Henriette Cerep.
He was a graduate of West Side High School class of 1971. A Navy veteran working in the area of communications. Prior to his retirement he was...
Donna G. Malandri
Jan 7, 2018
Donna G. Malandri, of Olyphant died Sunday January 7th at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 27 years Thomas Malandri.
She was born in Englewood, New Jersey daughter of the late Donald and Barbara Boggiano Pfaff.
She was a member of the church of Nativity BVM and Tunkhannock.
She is survived by her son Thomas, Jr., daughters Samantha, and...
Hewitt Hutchinson
Jan 4, 2018
Hewitt Hutchinson died Thursday January 4, 2018 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Joan Clunk Hutchinson.
Hewitt was born in Trenton, New Jersey on November 30, 1943 son of the late Drs. Robert Cranford and Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson.
He served in the United States Army 101 first airborne division and was preceded in death by...
Ruth A. Kukucka
Jan 1, 2018
Ruth A. Kukucka of Tunkhannock died Monday, January 1st in The Gardens in Tunkhannock. She was born on Shupp Hill in Tunkhannock on August 3, 1942 daughter of the late Hiram and Evangeline McKennas Ford.
Ruth was a 1960 graduate of Tunkhannock High School having worked for Commonwealth Telephone Company as an operator in Tunkhannock. She retired from JR Hallmark in...
Theresa Rose Schorr
Dec 25, 2017
Theresa Rose Schorr 84, of Tunkhannock died Monday December 25th at the Meadow View Nursing Home in Montrose. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Schorr. She was born on October 9, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio daughter of the late Rose Pacewicz.
She was a 1952 graduate of the Forest City High School, a member of the Tunkhannock United...
Lillian I. Rayno
Dec 25, 2017
Lillian I. Rayno 88, of Mill City died Monday, December 25th at Regional Hospital in Scranton. Born in Mill City, PA she was the daughter of the late James Lesslie and Mildred Huffsmith Jacques.
She was a 1947 Graduate of the Falls Overfield School, and was a member of the lake Winola United Methodist Church serving as a, church board member...
Ida Mae Cleveland
Dec 21, 2017
Ida Mae Cleveland
On December 21, 2017, Ida Mae Cleveland peacefully left this earth to be reunited with her soulmate of 67 years, Louis Arjay Cleveland. Born on November 11, 1928 to the late Albert and Emma Monk, Ida spent much of her life raising her 6 beautiful children. When asked how she managed to raise 6 kids, she would often...
Jack Corker Jr.
Dec 18, 2017
Jack Corker Jr., 47 died December 18, 2017 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, in Scranton, PA. He was born on September 13, 1970 Son of Rosemary Fox Cocker, of Tunkhannock, and the late Jack Corker Sr.
He was a 1988 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School, he was an avid fan of NASCAR, riding quads, playing darts, kayaking, camping with his...
Sara J. Pownall
Dec 17, 2017
Sara Jane (Sally) Pownall, 74, of Tunkhannock Township, PA passed away on December 18, 2017.
Sally was born in Wilkes Barre, PA on January 13, 1943. She was preceded in death by her father Joseph Pownall, and her mother Jean (Horlacher) Pownall. She was blind from birth and also had developmental disabilities. Sally attended Perkins Institute for the Blind in Cape Cod, Massachusetts for kindergarten and first...
Kenneth W. Evans
Dec 17, 2017
Kenneth W Evans passed away on December 17, 2017, surrounded by family. He was 95 years old. Ken is survived by his wife of 68 years, Lee (nee Urganus) Evans, daughter Suzanne and her husband Craig, daughter and caregiver Connie and her husband Dennis, son Kenneth and his wife Pam, son Chris and his wife Kathy. Ken is also survived...
Robert B. Gorham
Dec 16, 2017
Robert Benning Gorham’s Final Post Time was on Saturday morning December 16, 2017. He was married to the late Louise Ann “Louann” Clark, Mill City, PA, for 49 years prior to her death in 2015.
A resident of Mill City, PA for the past 49 years, his friends all called him Bob or Bobby. Born January 12, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY...
David W. Wilcox
Dec 15, 2017
David W. Wilcox, 70, of Tunkhannock died Friday, December 15th at Geisinger CMC in Scranton, PA. He is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years, Virginia Branning Wilcox.
He was born on December 9, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, son of the late Edgar and Florence Shook Wilcox.
He graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School, Class of 1965, worked for Airline Petroleum and...
Sharon I. Zeunen
Dec 14, 2017
Sharon Phinney Zeunen 71, of Tunkhannock died Thursday December 14, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband Butch Zeunen.
Sharon was born on November 3, 1946 in Luzerne County PA. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Neva Santee Phinney. She was a graduate of the Tunkhannock Area High School and was a trained cosmetologist. She spent...
Donald L. Clark
Dec 10, 2017
Donald L. “Don” Clark of Tunkhannock died Sunday, December 10, 2017 in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was born in Tunkhannock on December 4, 1947 son of the late Leo and Elsie M. White Clark.
Don was a 1965 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and 20 years he worked as a Boiler Maker for local NTL. He was...