Obituaries
Thomas O'Neal
Apr 23, 2012
Tom O’Neil of Northmoreland township passed away on April 23, 2012 at Robert Packer Hospital. Tom was born in McKeesport PA on April 2, 1943. He was a retired History teacher who taught at McKeesport High School and later at Notre Dame Prep School in Niles, ILL. He was a two-term McKeesport Councilman. Tom was a Custer scholar consulting on...
Grace Ann Rought
Apr 19, 2012
Grace Ann Rought, 75, of Maple Drive, Overfield Township, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at home. Born August 8, 1936 she was the daughter of the late Edmond and Marion Reeser Fenton. Prior to her retirement, she was a seamstress for Triple Trouser in Scranton. Grace enjoyed playing bingo, cards, and cooking. She loved being with her family and...
Florence M. Cavanaugh
Apr 11, 2012
Florence M. Cavanaugh of Tunkhannock formerly of Dunmore died Wednesday afternoon in the East Mountain Golden Living Care Center. She was born in Hazelton on January 7, 1926 daughter of the late Samuel and Florence Hughes Hinkle. Prior to her retirement she was employed by the Manhattan Shirt Co. in Scranton and for 40 years she worked as a presser...
Frank A. Schoonover
Apr 4, 2012
Frank A. Schoonover of Centermoreland, Pa died Wednesday, April 4 at his residence. He was born on May 4, 1947 son of the late Stacey and Francis Sayre Schoonover. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. He was employed by PennDOT for 22 years until his retirement. He was an avid deer...
Wayne Hussong
Mar 31, 2012
Wayne E. Hussong, 81 of Jenningsville, Pennsylvania went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 31, 2012, surrounded by his family and Father Joseph J. Manarchuck. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin he was the son of the late Raymond P. and Clara A.Heisel Hussong. He was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Wyalusing, PA. Wayne...
Meikah Ashlynn-Nicole Gruver
Mar 29, 2012
Meikah Ashlynn-Nicole Gruver 2 Months old, went with the angles Thursday March 29 at Geisinger Hospital in Danville. Born on January 27 daughter of Christopher Gruver and Nicole Sands of Meshoppen. She was preceded in death by two cousins Britney Giberson and Antonia Kalacinski. She is survived by her maternal grandparents Tammy Giberson, and Jeremy Whitney, maternal great grandparents Pearl...
Roxana Rowker
Mar 29, 2012
Roxana Rowker of Keelersburg Road, died at her home on Thursday, March 29, 2012. She was born in Punxsutawney, Pa. on April 23, 1951 daughter of the late George and Alvera Knopic. Roxana was employed as a clerk at the Tunkhannock WalMart. She enjoyed the outdoors and time spent with her family and friends. She was preceded in death by...
Eugene S. Milnes
Mar 25, 2012
Eugene S. Milnes of Lane Hill Rd, Tunkhannock passed away on Sunday March 25th at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Born in Sayre PA on November 24, 1936 he was a son of the late Stuart and Carmen Green Milnes. Gene was a 1955 graduate of the LaRaysville High School. He was a 20 year veteran of the United States...
Alan C. Layaou
Mar 23, 2012
Alan C. Layaou of Thurston Hollow Rd Tunkhannock, passed away on Friday March 23rd at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on June 11, 1955 son of Harry M. and Shirley Layaou Sr. of Mehoopany. He was a 1973 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and worked for 30 years as a Boilermaker with the...
Carolyn Jean Corker
Mar 16, 2012
Carolyn “Jean†Corker of Jets Lane Lemon Twp. died at her home on Friday March 16, 2012. She was born in Scranton on May 11, 1946 daughter of the late William and Lois Ruger Wilcox. Carolyn was preceded in death by a brother William Wilcox, sister Carol Ann. Surviving is her husband of 46 years Thomas Sr., sons Thomas Jr....
Helen A. McKeon
Mar 15, 2012
Helen A. McKeon (nee Nebus) of Springville, PA died March 15, 2012 at home, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Rose Nebus. Helen was born in South Amboy, NJ and resided in Sayreville, NJ for many years before moving to Pennsylvania. She was predeceased by four brothers: Peter, William, Edmund, and Charles Jr...
Michael Bakaysa
Mar 12, 2012
Michael Bakaysa Jr, of Dallas PA passed away Monday March 12th at the Hospice Unit Geisinger South in Wilkes-Barre. Born in Taylor, PA he was a son of the late Michael and Mary Fedor Bakaysa Sr. Michael was a Navy veteran serving from July 1943- March 1946 having served in WW II and in Okinawa He received Pacific Theater Ribbon...
Mary Chellis
Mar 12, 2012
Mary Chellis, 91, of Keelersburg Road, Tunkhannock passed away in Baltimore, Maryland on March 12th. Born on March 1, 1921 in Wilkes Barre, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Frances Rokosz Wiernusz. Mrs. Chellis was a member of the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock and St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock, MD and devoted to her...
Edith F. Wiggins
Mar 9, 2012
Edith F. Wiggins of Tunkhannock passed away on March 9, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County on December 28, 1921 daughter of the late Franklin and Eugenia Bunnell Rowe. Edith was a 1939 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and married her high school sweetheart, Howard (Pete) Wiggins, who preceded her...
Robert H. Massaker
Mar 8, 2012
Robert H. Massaker Robert H. Massaker of Springville passed away on Thursday at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. He was born in Meshoppen on February 24, 1950 son of Robert and Carole Fleming Massaker of Tunkhannock. Bob was a 1968 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a 1975 graduate of Bloomsburg University. While in high school and college Bob...
Dennis H. Smith
Feb 29, 2012
Dennis H. Smith, of Exeter, died Wednesday February 29th, in the Highland Manor Nursing Home in Exeter. Born in Phoenix, AZ on November 7, 1950, he was a son of the late Charles and Virginia Mason Smith. Dennis worked as a Taxi Driver. Surviving are two sons: Dennis Smith Jr. of Forkston, PA, Richard Smith of Elk Lake, PA, two...
Otto C. Keil
Feb 26, 2012
Otto Charles Keil, Jr of Douglas Hollow Rd, died on Sunday February 26th at home. Otto was born in Washington, DC on July 23, 1918. He was the son of the late Otto C. and Florence Pickett Keil. Raised in Decatur, IL, the oldest of four siblings, two brothers and a sister, he was an Eagle Scout and was active...
John L. Bedell
Feb 23, 2012
John L. Bedell Sr. of Factoryville, PA passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley from complications as a result of his battle with cancer. He was 68 years old. He was born September 29, 1943, in Sussex, NJ, son of the late Earl Johnson and the late Madeline Bedell Johnson. He is survived by many loved ones...
Linda Marie Woodyatt
Feb 21, 2012
Linda Marie Thomason Woodyatt, 52, of Tunkhannock, died Tuesday evening after a fifteen month battle with cancer. The daughter of the late Delmo and Mary Cable Thomason, Linda was born on October 3, 1959, in Ypsilanti, MI, and is survived by her husband John H. Woodyatt, son Waylon Thomason of Bowling Green, OH, brothers Eric and Michael Thomason of Florida,...
Robert J. Vandorick
Feb 18, 2012
Robert J. Vandorick, Sr., 87, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Powell Vandorick. They were married over 60 years. Born in Scranton, son of the late John and Teresa Vandorick, he graduated from West Side High School. He completed a tour of duty in...
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