Obituaries

Irene V. Sudol

Irene V. Sudol

Aug 18, 2012

Irene V. Sudol of Mountain View Terrace formerly of Glen Lyon died at her home on Saturday. She was born in New Jersey on September 23, 1917 daughter of the late Michael and Katherine Kubasik. Irene was preceded in death by her husband Michael Sudol, brothers Tony Kasik, Frank Kubasik, sisters Sophie Staskiel, Mary Vansant and Julia Butz. Surviving are...

Gabriel W. Callwitts

Gabriel W. Callwitts

Aug 16, 2012

Gabriel W. Callwitts Jr. of Hazel St. Tunkhannock, passed away on Thursday at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. He was born in Throop August 8, 1918 son of the late Gabriel and Lucy Mayers Callwitts Sr. He was a graduate of Coyne Electrical and Television School of Chicago IL and prior to his retirement he repaired numerous televisions retiring from Procter...

Natasha Canfield

Natasha Canfield

Aug 13, 2012

Natasha (Tasha) Marie Canfield, age 17, of 456 Farr Rd., Mehoopany, passed away from injuries sustained as result of an automobile accident on Monday afternoon, August 13, 2012, in Windham Township, Wyoming County. She was born in Sayre on August 28, 1994, daughter of Roger Dale and Sylvia Marie Parks Canfield Jr. of Mehoopany. Natasha had just graduated with the...

Helen W. Lane

Helen W. Lane

Aug 11, 2012

Helen W. Lane of Billings Mill Road Tunkhannock died Saturday evening in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Helen was born in Tunkhannock on February 16, 1932 daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Comstock White. She was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and prior to her retirement she was employed as a waitress at several local restaurants. She...

Maybelle J. Coolbaugh

Maybelle J. Coolbaugh

Aug 9, 2012

Maybelle J. Coolbaugh of Rabbit Hollow Rd., Meshoppen died Thursday in the Community Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was born in Wyoming, Luzerne country on January 7, 1918 daughter of the late Luther and Ethel Knorr Coolbaugh. She was a 1935 graduate of Meshoppen High School and received her Registered Nurses certification from Passaic General Hospital, in NJ. For several...

Jill V. Baldo

Jill V. Baldo

Aug 3, 2012

Jill V. Baldo of Jake Lane Factoryville died Friday evening in the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia. She was born in Meshoppen on May 9, 1965 daughter of Richard Nichols and Linda McLaud Nichols both of Tunkhannock. She attended Tunkhannock Area High School and had been employed by Wayne’s Automotive Collision Service Inc in Tunkhannock as a secretary....

Barbara M. Cortright

Barbara M. Cortright

Aug 2, 2012

Barbara M. Cortright of West St., Tunkhannock, wife of the late Dale F. Cortright, passed away Thursday at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Buffalo, NY on September 28, 1933, daughter of the late Albert P. and Myrtle M. Lyman Miller. She was a graduate of Corning Free Academy Class of 1951. She then attended nursing...

David L. Merrick

David L. Merrick

Jul 31, 2012

David L. Merrick of Meadowood Dr, Tunkhannock, passed away on Tuesday July 31st in INOVA Fairfax Hospital. He was born in Scranton on July 4, 1952, son of Leonard and Marion Sporer Merrick. He was a 1970 graduate of South Catholic High School and attended Keystone College. David began his career in the electronic security industry in 1979 where he...

Mary M. Baldo

Mary M. Baldo

Jul 29, 2012

Mary M. Baldo of Maple Lane Tunkhannock died Sunday in Kindred Hospital Wyoming Valley. She was born in West Wyoming on June 18, 1930 daughter of the late Edward and Carmella DeMarko Furner. Mary was a 1947 graduate of West Wyoming High School. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a cafeteria worker in the Tunkhannock Area School District....

Carlton J. Brown

Carlton J. Brown

Jul 26, 2012

Carlton J. Brown of Creamery Rd Tunkhannock, died Thursday in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. He was born January 23, 1961 in Kingston son of Gerald Brown of Tunkhannock and the late Janet Gay Brown. He was a 1979 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and Valley Forge Christian College and also attended College Misericordia. He served as pastor in...

Johanna Kochan

Johanna Kochan

Jul 25, 2012

Johanna Kochan, 87, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday evening at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years Alex Kochan. Born in Old Forge on September 29, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Hnott Dedula. She is preceded in death by her brother Frank Jr. Johanna is...

Celia Whytashek

Celia Whytashek

Jul 13, 2012

Celia Barnes Whytashek age 99 passed away on July 13, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock where she had been a resident. Celia was born in Marstella, Pa. on November 11, 1912 daughter of Matthew and Aloysa Barnes. She moved to Glen Lyon, Pa. at the age of 14 where she lived until she moved to Tunkhannock in...

Jeffrey Neary

Jeffrey Neary

Jul 6, 2012

Jeffrey Neary of the Scranton area and Tunkhannock died Friday evening in the Hospice Unit of the Community Medical Center in Scranton. Jeffrey was born in Scranton on April 27, 1962 son of the late James and Jean Ruddy Neary. Jeffrey was a resident at St. Joseph’s Center and was the first resident to graduate from the Lackawanna County Vocational...

William J. Dawes

William J. Dawes

Jun 30, 2012

worked at the Bendix Plant for 8 years

Carl R. Meier

Carl R. Meier

Jun 17, 2012

Surrounded by his family, Carl Raymond Meier, 76, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at the Hospice Community Care inpatient unit at the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre campus after a courageous battle with cancer. Carl was born in Hazleton on June 15, 1936 to the late Carl Winters and Elizabeth Jane Meier of White Haven. He was a...

Shirley Stefanko

Shirley Stefanko

Jun 13, 2012

Shirley B. Stefanko Shirley B. Stefanko of Hollow Lane, Tunkhannock died Wednesday June 13 in the Lithia Valley Personal Care Home. She was born in Sugar Hollow, Eaton Twp. on January 18, 1936 daughter of the late Solomon and Evelyn Weed Boice Shirley was a 1954 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and prior to her retirement she worked at the...

May M. Mackey

May M. Mackey

Jun 7, 2012

May M. Mackey May M. Mackey of Mehoopany formerly of North Bergen, NJ , died Thursday evening in the Meadows Nursing Home in Dallas. May was born in Hudson, NJ on May 22, 1914 daughter of the late John and Lena Garibaldi Dwyer. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a secretory typist. She was a member of the...

Fred E. Jackson

Fred E. Jackson

Jun 6, 2012

Fred E. Jackson, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday June 6th at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 28 years Kathleen Ford. He was born October 31, 1948 son of the late George and Alice Blaisure. Fred enjoyed yard sales, fishing and hunting and most of all attending POW WOW’s to celebrate his Native American heritage. He was preceded...

Curtis W. Rozelle

Curtis W. Rozelle

Jun 6, 2012

Curtis W. Rozelle of Tunkhannock, PA went to be with the Lord on June 6, 2012 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA after a brief bout with cancer. Born March 1, 1945 in Whangarei, New Zealand, the son of Edward Curtis Rozelle, a US Marine, and Dulcie May Squires Rozelle. As a war bride, Dulcie brought infant Curtis and...

Chester Wikoski

Chester Wikoski

Jun 4, 2012

Chester Wikoski of Harrison St. Tunkhannock died Monday evening in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Tunkhannock on September 28, 1924 son of the late Walter and Bertha Cibulski Wikoski. Chet was an Army Air Corps veteran of WW2 and for 33 years he had been employed as a welder. He was a member of the...