Obituaries

Elizabeth M. Sickler

Elizabeth M. Sickler

Feb 11, 2015

Elizabeth M. Sickler, of Tunkhannock went home to be with the Lord Wednesday February 11, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her husband of seventy years Harold C. Sickler. Elizabeth was born on March 20, 1926 in Eaton Township daughter of the late Sidney and Nellie Allshouse Greenley. She was a lady...

Bernice McCain

Bernice McCain

Feb 9, 2015

Bernice McCain of Tunkhannock died Monday in Geisinger Wyoming Valley. She was born in Arizona on June 22, 1916. During her life time she worked on the family farm. Bernice was extremely active in the Missionary program of Tunkhannock Pilgrim Holiness Church and taught Sunday school for a number of years. Prior to her retirement she worked as a seamstress...

Paula M. Zenger

Paula M. Zenger

Feb 5, 2015

Paula Custer Zenger passed away peacefully on February 5th surrounded by her loving family after a long fight with cancer. Born in Kingston on June 27, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Norma Becker Custer. Paula graduated from Tunkhannock High School class of 1965 and lived in Tunkhannock all her life. Prior to her retirement she...

Richard M. Dixon

Richard M. Dixon

Feb 3, 2015

Richard M. Dixon Richard M. Dixon 87 of Tunkhannock died early Tuesday morning in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Tunkhannock on November 4, 1928. He and his late wife Mary lived and worked in New Jersey moving back to Tunkhannock after his retirement in 1989. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. Prior...

Suzanne F. Robinson

Suzanne F. Robinson

Feb 2, 2015

.Suzanne Robinson Suzanne Robinson passed away at home surrounded by her family which meant everything to her. She was born in Tunkhannock and also lived in Arizona, Colorado and Virginia. While in Arizona she ran an interactive murder mystery theater company, and came back to Pennsylvania to start another in the Poconos. She really loved to entertain and make people...

Charles Fargo

Charles Fargo

Jan 30, 2015

Charles Stanley Fargo Jr. 87, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully at home on Friday January 30 with his family. Born in Tunkhannock, on November 5, 1927 son of the late Charles Sr. and Beatrice Puterbaugh Fargo. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Shiffer Fargo. Stan, was a Navy Veteran of World War II and also a...

Francis J. Wildonger

Francis J. Wildonger

Jan 24, 2015

Francis J. Wildonger 52, of Tunkhannock died Saturday January 24th after several battles with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 27 years Eva Gombos Wildonger. He was born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1962 son of Marie Schloesser Wildonger, of Tunkhannock and the late James Wildonger. He was preceded in death by his sister Debbie and son Francis....

Denise Lohmann

Denise Lohmann

Jan 20, 2015

Denise Lohmann of Tunkhannock died Tuesday in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Newark, NJ on November 11, 1960 daughter of the late Thomas Hill and Ramona Burke Hill Urbanis. Denise was a 1978 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and had worked at the Flagship in Atlantic City and at Epicurean Delight in Falls. She was preceded in...

Robert W. Place

Robert W. Place

Jan 17, 2015

Robert W. Place, 74, of Meshoppen, passed away on January 17, 2015. He was the youngest son of the late John Easton and Bessie Sullivan Place. Robert graduated from Tunkhannock High School and attended Penn State University after winning the county scholarship. He then served in the Air Force. He worked for many years in Chicago as a computer programmer...

Catherine M. Hutch

Catherine M. Hutch

Jan 16, 2015

Catherine M. Hutch Catherine M. Hutch of Tunkhannock died Friday evening at the Golden Livening Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on November 5, 1930 daughter of the late Stanley and Margaret Williams Stefanski. She was a member of the Tunkhannock Moose Lodge and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Tunkhannock. Preceding her in death was her Husband Harry...

Mary C. Kuffa

Mary C. Kuffa

Jan 13, 2015

Mary C. (Jurista) Kuffa Mary Catherine Kuffa, 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 after a short stay at Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. She was born April 1, 1919 in Laflin, PA, one of ten children of the late Edward and Mary Gajdica Jurista. Her early life was spent growing up on their dairy farm in Eatonville,...

Charles S. Ferguson

Charles S. Ferguson

Jan 6, 2015

Charles S. Ferguson 98, formally of Lake Carey, died Tuesday January 6 at Wesley Village in Pittston. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Elizabeth Frank. He was born on February 20, 1916 in Kingston son of the late Robert and Ester Wood Ferguson. A humble man of great character, he lived his life doing for others and...

Betty Furman

Betty Furman

Jan 1, 2015

Betty Lou Furman of Wesley Village, Pittston Pa joined the heavenly chorus on January 1, 2015. Betty Lou was born in 1928 in Newport, Pa to the late Charles Daniel and Elsie Hutzley Henry. She moved to Mehoopany Pa with her parents and siblings in 1938 and graduated from Mehoopany High School in 1946. On January 10, 1947 she married...

Barbara A. Bogdan

Barbara A. Bogdan

Jan 1, 2015

Barbara A. Bogdan of Tunkhannock died January 1st in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on January 1, 1942 daughter of the late Oliver and Cora Pritchard Murray. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a House mom at St. Michaels School for boys in Hoban Heights for over 35 years. Preceding her in death...

Robert H. Hahn

Robert H. Hahn

Dec 21, 2014

Robert H. Hahn Jr. of Tunkhannock died Sunday in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Kingston on June 17, 1930 son of the late Robert H. and Ruth Weed Hahn. Bob as he was liked to be called was a 1948 graduate of Tunkhannock High School. He served in the US Army from 1949 to 1953...

Alice A. Yale

Alice A. Yale

Dec 16, 2014

Alice A. Yale, 89, of Russell Hill passed away on December 16, 2014. Born June 21, 1925, Alice was the daughter of the late Michael and Felixa Evanitsky Supeck. She was a member of the Tunkhannock Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Since 1954 she zealously shared her hope for the future under God's Kingdom with everyone she met. An avid quilter,...

Stanley C. Hedrick

Stanley C. Hedrick

Dec 10, 2014

Stanley C. Hedrick, of Bardwell, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Born on April 13, 1944 in Helen Furnace, PA he was the son of the late Walter and Bernadette (Watkins) Hedrick. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, DeDe Cigna Hedrick. Stanley was a graduate of North Clarion High School in 1962. During his time in...

Joseph Colacicco

Joseph Colacicco

Dec 9, 2014

Joseph A. Colacicco (58), Mehoopany, PA (and formally Lake Carey, PA), lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday night, December 9, 2014. Born on November 18, 1956 in Scranton, PA he was a son of Mary Costanzi Colacicco and the late Angelo Colacicco. Joe retired from Proctor & Gamble to pursue his love of hunting and fishing. The family would...

Richard Ernest Hahn

Richard Ernest Hahn

Nov 24, 2014

Richard Ernest Hahn Jr. Richard E. Hahn Jr. of Mehoopany died at his home on Monday November 24, 2014. He was born in Tunkhannock on February 21, 1970 son of the late Richard E. Hahn and son Margaret Tyler Hahn Faux and step son of Roy Faux of Mehoopany. For many years Richard worked for the URS in Tunkhannock. Proceeding...

Paulette Tamm

Paulette Tamm

Nov 12, 2014

Paulette Sue Tamm Paulette Sue. Tamm of Mountain Top, Pa. formerly of Ferndale area of Johnstown, Pa. passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. She was born in Johnstown, Pa. on October 13, 1956 and is the daughter of the late Donald P. and Adrien Bush Wendell. Paulette was a graduate of Altoona High School, class of...