Obituaries
Jeffrey Thomas Rowe
Nov 2, 2016
Jeffrey Thomas Rowe of Duryea died suddenly November 2, 2016. He was the son of Elmer and Judy Earl Rowe of Tunkhannock. He is survived by his children and several family members. Funeral services will be held Saturday November 5, 2016 at 3pm from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc. 73 W. Tioga St. Tunkhannock, PA. With Pastor Lori Robinson presiding....
Arthur A. Johnson
Oct 24, 2016
Arthur Andrew Johnson Sr., 68, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 24th. He was born on November 29, 1947 in Scranton, son of Rosella Yurksza Johnson and the late Arthur E. Johnson. Arthur grew up in Tunkhannock and graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1966. Art worked at the Endicott Johnson Shoe factory in Tunkhannock for 23...
Elsie F Sherburne
Oct 23, 2016
Elsie Florence Sherburne, 92, of Tunkhannock was called home on Sunday October 23rd at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born January 30, 1924 in Rose Valley, PA, she was the daughter of the late Earl Lee and Ruth Rosalie Given Sefton and later the step-daughter of James Earl Smith. Elsie graduated high school as a co-valedictorian in Rural Valley, PA. She worked...
Frederick Burton Wademan
Oct 19, 2016
Frederick B. Wademan died October 19th, 2016 at Celtic Hospice of Wilkes-Barre. Fred was the son of the late Willard and Bernice Wademan. He spent countless hours watching Penn State football games and Nascar. Fred enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his new granddaughter Sadie, in his free time he would love to sit on the porch and enjoy...
Mason Saxon Wilson
Oct 16, 2016
Mason Saxon Wilson of Tunkhannock passed away October 16, 2016 at his home. He was the son of the late Robert and Mary Fisher Wilson. Husband of 21 years to Thelma Shook Born on May 6, 1921, he was a dairy farmer, a member of the Eastern Milk Producers, and Adolivn Dairy. He was also a member of the Tunkhannock...
Fred K. Howells
Oct 14, 2016
Fred K. Howells of Tunkhannock, died on Friday October 14th, 2016 in Tunkhannock. He was Born in Scranton on April 28, 1941 son of the late Fred and Marion Howey Howells. Fred was a 1959 graduate of Scranton Technical High School where he lettered in Football and Baseball and was an Army Veteran. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and riding his...
William Milton Stang
Oct 14, 2016
William Milton Stang Jr., of Meshoppen, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in the Tunkhannock United Methodist Home. He was born in Newark, N.J., on July 27, 1929, son of the late William M. Selma Ganserit Stang. Milton was a 1945 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and attended Temple University. He was employed by various area construction companies, retiring from the...
Larry N. Failing
Oct 13, 2016
Larry Nelson Failing, 42, was called home on October 12, 2016. He was born on February 12, 1974. He was taken unexpectedly at his residence in Key West Florida, where he had lived for the past eight years. He was a 1992 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School, where he learned his love of photography and developing his own films....
Frank Duncan Tomlinson
Oct 12, 2016
Frank D. Tomlinson of Dallas, PA passed away October 12, 2016 peacefully, surrounded by his family. He celebrated his 99th birthday in September. Frank was married to the late Dorothea White Tomlinson. Before moving to the mountains, Frank and Dorothea raised their family in Levittown, PA, where he built his house on the hill of Levittown Parkway. Frank was born...
Rose M. Cumens
Oct 10, 2016
Rose M. Cumens, 83 of Tunkhannock, passed away on Monday, October 10th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was the widow of Robert E. Cumens, who preceded her in death in 2012. Born June 25, 1933 in Vassar, Mich., she is the daughter of the late Louis and Anna Vargo Molnar. Rose was a graduate of Scotts High...
Priscilla Carey
Oct 9, 2016
Priscilla Carey of Springville died on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. She was born August 3, 1949 in Montrose, PA daughter of Irene Wademan Carey of Springville and the late Ray Carey. After graduating from Elk Lake High School, class of 1967, Priscilla began a long and far-reaching career in education where she...
Brian Corby
Oct 7, 2016
Floyd Brian Corby of Evans Falls died at his home on Saturday, October 8th. He was born in Tunkhannock on June 16, 1968 son of Jeanette Dymond Corby of Tunkhannock and the late Floyd L. Corby Jr. Brian had been employed as a laborer for various construction companies. Surviving is a son Michael Corby of Tunkhannock, brother’s Bradley F. Corby...
William J. Taylor
Oct 2, 2016
William J. Taylor of Meshoppen died October 2, 2016 at his residence. He was born on November 17, 1944, in Berwick, PA, son of the late John Miner and Arlene Cragle Taylor. William “Bill” was employed by Proctor & Gamble for more than 32 years. After retirement he was employed by Ronco for 7 years, continuing his work at P&G....
Donald L. Cook
Oct 1, 2016
Donald L. Cook 86, of Tunkhannock died October 1st at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Leona E. Traver Cook. He was born in Eatonville on May 20, 1930 son of the late Ray and Hazel Wilsey Cook. Donald was employed by American Asphalt where he worked as a heavy equipment...
James K. Strunk
Sep 29, 2016
James K. Strunk Jr. of Tunkhannock died Thursday shortly after admission at Regional Hospital in Scranton. He was born in Scranton on April 26, 1942 son of the late James K. and Ruth Wagner Strunk. Jim was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1959. He served with the Navy in the Naval Air Corp. For many years he...
Ruth M. Greenley
Sep 29, 2016
Ruth M. Greenley, of Tunkhannock, died at her home on Thursday, September 29th. She was born in Dallas on February 1, 1924, daughter of the late Floyd B. and Ruth Maude Terry Corby. Prior to her retirement, she was a housewife and farmer alongside her husband of 70 years, Roy R. Greenley, achieving the “Dairy of Distinction” award. She loved...
Kathleen Koerner
Sep 25, 2016
Kathaleen M. Koerner of Tunkhannock died Friday September 25th in the Tunkhannock United Methodist Home. She was born in Tunkhannock on January 26, 1921 daughter of the late Allison and Emily Mosier. She was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years Elwood B. Koerner who died on May...
John R. Odgers
Sep 24, 2016
John R. Odgers, 87, Tunkhannock, PA, known as “Jack” to his family and friends, died peacefully at home the morning of September 24, 2016. He was surrounded by his children and loved ones. Jack was born on April 26, 1929, in Moosic, PA. He is a graduate of Moosic High School. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed...
Charles A. Holton
Sep 23, 2016
Charles Aaron Holton, 55, of Tunkhannock died Friday September 23, 2016. He was born in Meshoppen, PA on September 16, 1961, son of the late Richard H. and Elizabeth Larkin Holton. He was a 1979 graduate of the Tunkhannock Area High School. As a baseball fan, Charlie dedicated many hours to the Tunkhannock Baseball Association – umpiring games, assisting in...
Jean M Mislevy
Sep 23, 2016
Jean M. Mislevy of Tunkhannock died Friday September 23rd at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Bradford County on March 29, 1925 daughter of the late William and Virginia Cook Shiffer. Prior to her retirement she worked for over 20 years at Bocar Manufacturing in Tunkhannock. She was a member of the Eatonville United Methodist Church,...
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