Obituaries
Phyllis A. Colavitti
Jun 14, 2011
Phyllis A. Colavitti of Tunkhannock died Tuesday at Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 58 years Virgil Colavitti. She was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on July 23, 1934, daughter of the late Joseph and Florence Fagan Baenen. Phyllis enjoyed working in her garden planting flowers, quilting, doing crossword puzzles, camping trips with her grandchildren,...
Peter Barletto
Jun 14, 2011
Peter Barletto 86, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his wife Mildred Long Barletto. He was born in Nutley, New Jersey on March 11, 1925 son of the late Joseph and Carmella Christana Barletto. He was a United States Navy Veteran and served in WW II. He was employed...
Augustus Di Stadio
Jun 10, 2011
Well known, local businessman Augustus (Gus) Frank Di Stadio, Sr. 71, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away early Friday morning, June 10, 2011, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was born August 7, 1939, in Mt. Vernon, New York, preceded in death by his parents, Margaret Tucci and Dominic Di Stadio. Gus graduated from Mt. St. Michael Academy, Bronx,...
Marie Meador
Jun 5, 2011
Marie Meador of Tunkhannock, Pa. died Sunday, June 5 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Eckerman, Michigan on March 21, 1924 daughter of the late Arthur Delphus and Ethel Cecelia Hanson Shady. Prior to her retirement she worked as an LPN at the Carpenter Care Center in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by...
Lucille M. Harvey
May 18, 2011
Lucille Harvey, of Whippoorwill Hollow Road, Tunkhannock, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She was born in Beaumont, on November 21, 1919, a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Alice Kunkle Meeker. Lucille was the mother of 13 children and enjoyed working on the farm. She was known for her baking and cooking and...
Milton C. White
May 12, 2011
Milton C. White, 53, of Tunkhannock, died Thursday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. Born on Oct. 28, 1957, in Pittston, son of Milton R. and Eleanor Hoover White of Tunkhannock, he was a 1976 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and he had worked for the Tunkhannock Twp. road crew for the past 30 years. Milton was an avid...
Gertrude White
May 12, 2011
Gertrude E. White, 81, of Tunkhannock, formerly of Centerburg, OH, died Thursday evening at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Born in McElhatten, PA on May 13, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Robert L and Olive Peters Bufford. Prior to her retirement she was a Machine Operator for Ampex, a distributor for Amway, and other multiple jobs....
Norris W. Zeunen
May 11, 2011
Norris “Butch†Zeunen, of Slocum Ave passed away Wednesday, May 11th. Born June 20, 1944 in Berkeley, CA he was the son of the late Jon and Leatha Schkey Zeunen. Butch graduated from Paradise High School in California and attended San Mateo College. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War a member of the American Legion Black Walnut...
Helen M. Evans
May 9, 2011
Helen Mae Trimble Evans of Tunkhannock formerly of Trenton NJ, died Monday evening in Mercy - Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Helen was born in Kingston PA on August 21, 1924 daughter of the late George and Helen Gay Trimble. Helen was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years Dory D. Evans who passed away in 1984. She...
Valeda I. Boner
Apr 27, 2011
Valeda I. Boner, 69, of Wood Rd, Springville Township, died Wednesday, April 27th at Geisinger Medical Center Danville. Born in Meshoppen August 24, 1941 she was the daughter of the late William Milton and Selma Gansereit Stang. Valeda was a member of the Lemon Ladies Aide and Springville Ladies Auxiliary. She loved being with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and...
Robin A. Aiken
Apr 27, 2011
Robin A. Aiken of Stone Crest Lane Tunkhannock died in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock on Wednesday April 27, 2011. Robin was born in Baltimore on May 27, 1953 daughter of Joseph Dymond of Baltimore and the late Mildred Graham Aiken. Surviving is a daughter Taliena R, Gatch and a son Steven C. Gatch. A memorial service will be held...
Kenneth Solomon Teetsel
Apr 25, 2011
Kenneth S. Teetsel Jr, 41, of Noxen passed away at home of natural causes. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on January 5, 1970 son of Kathryn Pond Teetsel and the late Kenneth S. Teetsel Sr. Kenneth was a graduate of Elk Lake High School and was formerly employed by Leggett and Platt in Hanover, PA. He was a member of...
Nicholas E. Barna
Apr 22, 2011
Nicholas (Nick) Barna, Sr. 78 of Punta Gorda, FL and formerly of Tunkhannock and Miners Mills, PA went to be with his daughter and parents in Heaven on April 22, 2011 with his loving and devoted wife and family by his side. He was the husband of Lillian (Radzville) Barna, whom he married on July 31, 1954. Born November 13,...
Leland R. Shupp
Apr 21, 2011
Leland R. "Sunfish" Shupp, of Avery Station Road, Factoryville, passed away Thursday afternoon, April 21, 2011, at Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born on December 22, 1931, in Tunkhannock, a son of the late Leroy and Agnes Shupp. Sunfish was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, a U.S. Army veteran, and, for over 40 years, was employed...
Wheaton D. Fassett
Apr 19, 2011
Wheaton D. Fassett, Jr. of Forkston Township died on Tuesday. He was born in Meshoppen, on June 30, 1959, son of the late Wheaton and Daisy Farr Fassett, Sr. He worked as a Laborer at Donnora Fireworks, Inc. in Forkston Township. He was preceded in death by his brother Mark Fassett who died on February 14, 2011. Surviving are three...
Anne Muckin
Apr 16, 2011
Anne Muckin 81, of Tunkhannock, Pa., formerly of Edison, N.J., died Saturday, April 16, 2011, in the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore, Pa. She was born in Perth Amboy, N.J., on April 18, 1929, a daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Loboda Fircha. Anne was a 1947 graduate of New Brunswick High School, member of the Church of the...
Robert I. Johnson
Apr 8, 2011
Robert I. Johnson of Stoney Mountain Rd Tunkhannock, a guest at Ann’s Grove in Sugar Hollow, died Friday evening at Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Tunkhannock on June 26, 1925 son of the late Frank S. and Marie Donley Johnson. He was a 30 year veteran of the US Army retiring as a Master Sergeant. While...
Michael J. Caruso
Apr 7, 2011
Michael J. Caruso of Keelersburg Rd., Tunkhannock died on Thursday April 7, 2011. He was born in Harrisburg January 30,1977 son of Jean Parente Caruso and companion Perry Coolbaugh and the late John Nicholas Caruso. He was a 1996 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and the Harrison Career Institute of Kingston with a degree in computer technology. He truly loved...
Elizabeth Betty A. King
Apr 3, 2011
Elizabeth “Betty†A. King of Centermoreland passed away peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends. Betty was born in Kingston on August 17th, 1943 daughter of the late Stephen and Marie Goble Yurish. She was a 1961 graduate of West Side Central Catholic and a member of the Church of the Nativity...
Robert Rifenbery
Apr 1, 2011
Robert W. Rifenbery Robert W. Rifenbery of Dougherty Road, Meshoppen died Friday evening surrounded by his loving family in the Hospice Unit of Mercy Hospital Scranton after a courageous battle with cancer. Bob was born in Kingston on August 25, 1944 son of Clara Smith Rifenbery of Beaumont and the late William Rifenbery. He was employed as a carpenter for...
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