Obituaries
Christine A. Place
Jan 15, 2012
Christine A. Place, 92 of Tunkhannock went home to the Lord Sunday. January 15, 2012. Christine was born in Lemon Twp., Wyoming County on September 29, 1919, daughter of the late Harold and Mary L. Kolip Dix. Christine grew up on a farm in Lemon Twp., was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1937. She loved to knit,...
Madaline M Keeble
Jan 8, 2012
Madaline M. Keeble of Tunkhannock died Sunday evening in the Tunkhannock Methodist Manor in Tunkhannock. She was born in Meshoppen on April 20, 1924 daughter of the late Clarence and Susan Ellis Lee. She was a 1942 graduate of Towanda High School and prior to her retirement she had been employed for 38 years at the Endicott Shoe Company in...
Audrey Welch
Jan 2, 2012
Audrey Shaffer Welch of Hobbs Road Tunkhannock passed away on Monday, January 2 in the Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She was born in Shaffer Hollow Eaton Township on April 5, 1929 daughter of the late William and Katie Cleveland Shaffer. She was a 1946 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was preceded in death by brothers Frank and Homer Shaffer,...
Kevin Lee Eugene Malcom
Dec 28, 2011
Kevin Lee Eugene Malcom of Meshoppen, PA died suddenly, Wednesday December 28, 2011. He was born on November 27, 1984, son of Avis L. Malcom Jr. of Lebanon, PA and Cheryl Cook Stewart of Meshoppen, PA. Kevin was a graduate of Elk Lake High School Class of 2003 and was a self-employed contractor striving to build his own business, Exterior...
Charles St. Clair
Dec 28, 2011
Charles âChuckâ R. St. Clair of Tunkhannock died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Chuck was born in Eatonville, Wyoming County on January 4, 1926 son of the late Lester and Muriel Titman St. Clair. Prior to his retirement he was employed at the Proctor and Gamble plant in Mehoopany for over 18 years. After Chuckâs...
Thomas Bellucci
Dec 26, 2011
Thomas Bellucci of Factoryville formerly of Sparta, NJ died Monday evening in Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. Tom was born in Jersey City, NJ on July 28, 1944 son of the late Thomas and Helen DeCresci Bellucci. He was a graduate of St. Michaelâs High School and received a BS in Business Administration from Pace University. Prior to his Retirement...
Betty Wikoski
Dec 26, 2011
Betty Dymond Wikoski, 84 of Tunkhannock died Monday evening at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Born on September 5, 1927 daughter of the late Floyd and Madge Brown Dymond. She worked as a seamstress in several different dress factories in the area. She was a member of the church of Nativity B.V.M. in Tunkhannock and the Tunkhannock Moose Lodge....
James D. Pugh
Dec 21, 2011
James D. Pugh of Washington Park, Tunkhannock died at his home on Wednesday December 21, 2011. He was born in Edwardsville on June 19, 1939 son of the late James D. and Dorothy Elsie Broomfield Pugh. Jim was a graduate of Edwardsville high School class of 1957. He was a Navy Veteran of 20 years serving in Naval Aviation as...
Robert G. Whitlock
Dec 20, 2011
Robert âTugâ Whitlock Sr. of Jenningsville died unexpectedly Tuesday December 20, 2011 in Geisinger Wyoming Valley. He was born in Exeter, Pa. on March 31, 1936 son of the late Lawrence and Irene Matthews Whitlock. Tug worked for his Uncle Russell (Huck) Whitlock in the family greenhouses before moving on to various construction jobs in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania....
Dory J. Evans
Dec 15, 2011
Dory J. Evans, of Bridge Street, Tunkhannock, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 15th. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Kim Dymond-Evans, and daughter and grandson, Sheri Evans Dailey and Damian Dailey. He is also survived by his niece and goddaughter, Raven Evans. Dory was born August 16th, 1951 in Trenton, NJ, the son of...
Francis Scranta
Dec 11, 2011
Francis M. Scranta, Jr. of Thurston Hollow Tunkhannock died at his home on Sunday December 11, 2011. He was born in Meshoppen on June 13, 1950 son of Evelyn Giberson Scranta of Tunkhannock and the late Francis M. Scranta Sr. He had been employed as an automobile mechanic for 45 years working for LL Richardson in Dallas and retiring from...
Sarah L. Greubel
Dec 2, 2011
Sarah Lenore Greubel, 92 of Tunkhannock passed away at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock December 2, 2011. She was born January 19, 1919 on the family farm in Millville to the late Thomas and Leota Moser McKenna. Lenore moved to Dunellen, NJ as a young girl where she met and married her husband, Eugene in 1944. They moved to...
Maria Gombos
Nov 30, 2011
Maria Gombos of Wyalusing passed away at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre on Wednesday November 30th. She was born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia May 31, 1942 daughter of Istvan and Maria Kadar. She was an avid bowler, enjoyed cooking baking and had a green thumb for gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Gombos. Surviving is a son...
John J. King
Nov 23, 2011
John âJackâ J. King of Centermoreland passed away peacefully on Wednesday Nov 23rd at the Gino Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. Jack was born in Pittston on June 29, 1932 son of the Late John and Catherine Donnelly King. Jack was a graduate of the Jenkins Township High School class of 1950. He lettered in football, basketball, and baseball and...
William P. Evans
Nov 21, 2011
William P. Evans of Osterhout Road Tunkhannock died at his home on Monday November 21, 2011. He was born in Wilkes Barre on November 18, 1975 son of Pamela Cortese of Scranton and the Late William W. Evans. Bill was a 1994 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School and received an Associate Degree from Lackawanna Jr. College. He enjoyed weight...
Roberta L. Buzzerd
Nov 21, 2011
Roberta L. Buzzerd, RN, formerly of Phoenixville and East Lemon, died Monday, November 21, 2011 in Ocala, FL surrounded by family. She was born in Philadelphia on November 17, 1938, daughter of the late Dr. Emrys W. and J. Frances Spare Andrews. Roberta was a 1956 graduate of Phoenixville High School and received her RN degree from the Philadelphia College...
Dorothy Rogers
Nov 17, 2011
Dorothy E. Rogers formerly of Nicholson died on Thursday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock were she had been a guest for some Time. Dorothy was born in Tunkhannock on October 30, 1929 daughter of the late Edson and Matilda Engleman Manning. She was a graduate of Mehoopany High School. Dorothy was preceded in death by her first husband...
Peter Rupsky
Nov 17, 2011
Peter Rupsky, of Falls, passed away November 17, 2011. Born in Duryea on December 2, 1918, he was the son of the late John and Agnes Herman Rupsky. Peter was raised in Falls, PA and after graduation from high school, moved to New York City where he worked in a laundry. During World War II, he was drafted into the...
Jean Welch
Nov 13, 2011
Jean Welch, of Tunkhannock, passed away November 13, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Born in Centermoreland in 1929, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Helen Stanley Goble. She was preceded in death by her sisters Helen Foglia and Ella Mikulski, a sister-in-law Loretta Goble, and a nephew David Goble. Jean is survived by her...
Evelyn K. Comstock
Nov 6, 2011
Evelyn Kiesinger Comstock of Mehoopany passed away November 6th at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Born January 15, 1926, on Golden Hill in Laceyville, she was the daughter of Corey and Ruth Smith Kiesinger. Evelyn worked with her late husband Howard for many years in their business, Comstockâs Garage, in Mehoopany. She also worked for the USPS in Mehoopany and...