Obituaries

Raymond L. Sands

Raymond L. Sands

Nov 3, 2011

Raymond L. Sands of Mehoopany died Thursday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Mehoopany on August 18, 1931 son of the late Gilbert R. and Ruth French Sands. Raymond was a 1948 graduate of Mehoopany High School and had been employed by Sproul Construction in Scranton as a truck driver for over 31 years. Raymond...

Margaret Ross Roberts

Margaret Ross Roberts

Oct 29, 2011

Margaret Ross Roberts, 98, of Tunkhannock, died Saturday in the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph Ross, whom she married in 1928, and her second husband, Carlton "Bill" Roberts. Margaret was born in Tunkhannock, on April 22, 1913, daughter of the late Abraham and Laura Reynolds Matthews. Margaret's life was...

Mary Lou Clark

Mary Lou Clark

Oct 27, 2011

Mary Lou Clark of Springville died Thursday in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Her husband of 15 years is Gerald "Mark" Clark. Born in Meshoppen on June 2, 1963, she was the daughter of the late John and Valeda I. Stang Boner. She attended Elk Lake High School and was employed at Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Also surviving are two sons,...

Leonard W. Vincenti

Leonard W. Vincenti

Oct 23, 2011

Dr. Leonard W. Vincenti of West St. Tunkhannock died peacefully on Sunday in the Golden Living Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock. Born in Glen Lyon on August 2, 1932, he was a son of the late Celestino and Olga Ottaviani Vincenti. Dr. Vincenti was a graduate of Newport Twp. H.S., received a B.S from Elizabethtown University, and completed his education...

Gladys Jones Yarasavage

Gladys Jones Yarasavage

Oct 19, 2011

Gladys Jones Yarasavage 88, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday morning at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 61 years Edward Yarasavage. Gladys was born in Osterhout on July 18, 1923 daughter of the late Garfield and Ina Inman Jones. She was a graduate of the Falls -Overfield High School class of 1941. After high school...

Helen C. Forte

Helen C. Forte

Oct 16, 2011

Helen C. Forte of Tunkhannock died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at her home. She was born in Hazelton on December 1, 1917 daughter of the late Zigmont and Valeria Kubitsky Letowt. Helen was a graduate of Hazelton High School and the Hazelton General Hospital School of Nursing. Prior to her retirement she was employed by Clark Summit State hospital for...

Nancy B. Shepulski

Nancy B. Shepulski

Oct 12, 2011

Nancy B. Shepulski of Whites Ferry Rd, Falls died Wednesday evening in the Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on July 27, 1950 daughter of the late John and Elizabeth McGinley Dunbar. Nancy was a graduate of Myers High School class of 1968 and a member of St Mary’s of the Lake Catholic Church. In 1988...

Frederick Getz

Frederick Getz

Oct 1, 2011

Frederick M. Getz Sr. of Forksville formerly of Tunkhannock died Saturday evening, October 1st, in the Highland Care Center in Laporte. Fred was born in Wilkes-Barre on April 9, 1932 son of the late Jack and Anna Mae Chesney Getz. He had been employed by Central Penn Construction, Latona Trucking and Excavation and retired from TRL Trucking as an over...

Robert G. Leiser

Robert G. Leiser

Sep 27, 2011

Robert G. (Doc) Leiser of Ethel Park Lane, Tunkhannock died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in Grandview MO. He was born in Binghamton, NY on February 7, 1950 son of the late John and Marian Rose Carlin Leiser. He had been employed at the Procter and Gamble Plant in Mehoopany for 26 years and currently at the Pump and Pantry on...

Lois A. Talcott

Lois A. Talcott

Sep 26, 2011

Lois A. Talcott of Stark Rd Tunkhannock passed away on Monday September 26th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She born in Endicott NY on October 9, 1933 daughter of the late DeWilton and Cecelia Kochmer Sweet. She was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and prior to her retirement she was employed as a secretary for the...

Caroline Hayden Kelch

Caroline Hayden Kelch

Sep 26, 2011

Caroline Heydon Kelch of Lake Winola passed away on Monday September 26th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock where she had been a guest for some time. She was born in Noxen on February 18, 1921 daughter of the late John M. and Ella V. Traver Dimmick. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a Linotype operator for...

Leland Robert Riker

Leland Robert Riker

Sep 24, 2011

Leland Robert Riker, 80 of Tunkhannock died Saturday at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Lee was born in Scranton on June 13, 1931 son of the late Leland J. and Beulah E. Trine Riker. Lee was a graduate of Hartford High School class of 1949 and was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict serving with the Signal Corp. He...

Marilyn D. Logan

Marilyn D. Logan

Sep 21, 2011

Marilyn Logan of Digger Drive, Tunkhannock, died Wednesday at home. Born January 16, 1936 in Newton Ransom, she was a daughter of the late Albert Lucker and Bertha Lucker Lytle. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, John Logan. Marilyn graduated from Newton Ramson High School class of 1953 and worked as a Transportation Driver for the N.E.I.U....

Martha F. Lunger

Martha F. Lunger

Sep 11, 2011

Martha F. Lunger of Tunkhannock died Sunday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Coudersport, Pa. on July 26, 1953 daughter of Murray and Trudy Trunk Fisk of Tunkhannock. Martha was a 1971 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, 1975 graduate of Marywood College receiving a BS in Elementary Education. Prior to her retirement she taught 5th grade...

Casimer F. Remus

Casimer F. Remus

Sep 11, 2011

Casimer F. Remus of Tunkhannock died Sunday at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. He was born in Pittston on September 12, 1920 son of the late Frank and Catherine Remus. He was a 1938 graduate of Pittston High School, an army veteran of WWII, a graduate of The University of Scranton and the Newark College of Engineering, and a member...

Camille Spring

Camille Spring

Sep 9, 2011

Camille R. Spring of Tioga Terrace Apts. died Friday, September 9 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Ashley on January 23, 1937 daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Jacobosky Zardecki. Camille was a 1954 graduate of Ashley High School and prior to her retirement she worked as a sales clerk in several Tunkhannock retail stores....

Gloria Jean Brzoska

Gloria Jean Brzoska

Sep 4, 2011

Gloria Jean Brzoska of Tunkhannock died Sunday September 4, 2011 at her residence. Gloria was born in Wilkes-Barre on September 24, 1951 daughter of the late Jerome and Margaret Stark Shea. She was preceded in death by a son Chester H. Brzoska. Surviving is her husband of 36 years Chester Brzoska, sons Edward Mazur of Oregon, Chester J. Brzoska of...

Melissa C. Javorski

Melissa C. Javorski

Aug 22, 2011

Melissa C. Javorski, 36, of Tunkhannock, passed away Monday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born February 16, 1975 daughter of Ann Marie Kolodziejczak and the late John J. Javorski. Melissa graduated with honors in 1993 from Tunkhannock Area High School and attended LCCC, Penn State (Wilkes-Barre) and Misericordia University when her health allowed....

Sarah E. Keithline

Sarah E. Keithline

Aug 17, 2011

Sarah E. Keithline of McMullian Hill Rd, Tunkhannock, died Wednesday August 17, 2011 at the Golden Living Center Tunkhannock. She was born on Golden Hill, Wyoming County on April 21, 1924, daughter of the late Benjamin and Minnie Mullinex Farr. She was a 1942 Graduate of Laceyville High School and was a member of the Eatonville United Methodist church. She...

Vera F. Davis

Vera F. Davis

Aug 15, 2011

Vera F. Davis formerly of Falls died August 15, 2011 in Community Hospice Care in Dunmore, PA. After moving from Falls she was a resident at the Greenbriar Assisted Living Facility in Dallas and briefly at Tiffany Court in Kingston before being moved to the Hospice Unit of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She was born April 10, 1920 in Falls...