Obituaries
Ruth A. Bernatitus
May 3, 2009
Ruth Ayers Bernatitus, 90, of Tunkhannock, passed away on May 3rd at Tyler Memorial Hospital. Born June 13, 1918 in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of William Brisbane and Emma Garfield Jones Stout. Ruth attended school in Wilkes-Barre until the age of 14 when the family moved to Mehoopany. She continued he education there and went on to graduate from...
William L. Hall
May 1, 2009
William L. Hall of Auburn Twp., Meshoppen died Friday in John Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, after a long courageous battle with leukemia. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 28, 1939 son of the late Joseph and Myrtle Lloyd Hall. Bill was a graduate of GAR High School class of 1957 and retired from the Proctor and Gamble Plant...
Elizabeth L. Bowers
Apr 21, 2009
Elizabeth L. Bowers of Quick Road Meshoppen died Tuesday, April 21st at Tyler Memorial Hospital. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on September 16, 1935 daughter of the late Stanley and Marie (Hall) Gorski. Prior to retirement she worked at Shadow Brook Resort for 21 years. She was preceded in death by her husband James and a sister Marie Karasack....
Allen D. Robinson
Apr 18, 2009
Alan D. Robinson of Mehoopany died Saturday in the Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was born in Windham Twp. Wyoming County on February 23, 1932 son of the late Lewis V. and Mary Stevens Robinson. Alan was a 1955 graduate of Mehoopany High School and retired from the Procter and Gamble Plant in Mehoopany. For several years he severed...
Clifford E. Freeman
Apr 13, 2009
Clifford E. Freeman 68, of Factoryville went home to his heavenly father on April 13, 2009. He was born on June 11, 1940 in Hunlock Creek, PA., and was preceded in death by his parents, siblings, and oldest grandson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and will be missed by all who knew him. Surviving is his wife...
Clarence Myers
Apr 10, 2009
Clarence Myers of North Tonawanda, New York died Saturday in the Niagara Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Niagara Falls, New York. He was born in Middletown, NY on January 12, 1926 son of the late Clarence E. and Lavina Goldsmith Meyers. He was formerly of Redfield St., Tunkhannock. Clarence was an Army Veteran and prior to his retirement he was employed...
Carl Clark
Apr 8, 2009
Carl Fredrick “Fred†Clark of Wyoming Ave., Tunkhannock died Thursday at Tyler Memorial hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in North Orwell, Bradford Co., Pa. on January 25, 1922 son of the late Robert and Hazel Wood Clark. Fred was a Marine Corp veteran of the World War II and the Korean Conflict. A graduate of Rome High School and...
Kenneth E. DeGraw
Apr 3, 2009
Kenneth E. DeGraw, 92, of Falls, died Friday afternoon at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Ama Sutton. Born Aug. 27, 1916, in Centermoreland, son of the late John and Effie Weaver DeGraw, he was a member of Centermoreland United Methodist Church, enjoyed hunting and was a scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop...
Helen E. Clayton
Apr 1, 2009
Helen E. Clayton, 95, of Tunkhannock, died on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at the home of her son Nelson C. Clayton, Jr. in Auburn Township. She was born in Scranton on September 23, 1913, daughter of the late Andrew and Eva (Steasina) Delambo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson C. Clayton, Sr. Surviving is her son Nelson...
Francis H. Tilghman
Mar 24, 2009
Francis H. Tilghman of Mehoopany died on Tuesday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born on April 26, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland son of the late Arthur L. and Bertha Mae Lockhart Tilghman. He retired from the United States Army. He served in Vietnam with the 7th Calvary along side of Col. Hal Moore. The story of his...
James P. Ogden
Mar 21, 2009
James Piatt Ogden passed away March 21st at The Springs Nursing Home in St. Petersburg, Fla. Born March 4, 1919, in Tunkhannock, he was the son of the late Joseph and Eulalie Piatt Ogden. Mr. Ogden graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1937. He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston and graduated in 1941 from The University of Pennsylvania, where he...
Robert L. Avery
Mar 18, 2009
Robert L. Avery of Dalton, Overfield Twp., Wyoming County died Wednesday in the Hospice Unit of Community Medical Center, Scranton. He was born in Overfield Twp. on May 1, 1949 son of the late Donald and Gertrude “Freeman†Avery. Robert was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School Class of 1967 and the Johnson Technical School in Scranton. For the past...
Ernest B. Conklin
Mar 16, 2009
Ernest B. Conklin of Tunkhannock died on Monday in the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Campgaw, NJ on September 26, 1931, son of the late Sampson and Lena Montanya Conklin. He was a veteran of the United States Army, served in the Korean War, and was a member of the Franklin Lakes Fire Department for 50...
Martin VanSovitch
Mar 9, 2009
Martin VanSovitch of Stark Road Tunkhannock died March 9th in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Emergency Room. He was born in Olyphant on October 31, 1938 son of the late Louise Beston Baranski and Step son of Frank Baranski. Martin was a Navy Veteran and a graduate of the Culinary School of New York. Prior to moving back to Tunkhannock and opening...
Roger L. Glahn
Mar 7, 2009
Roger Lewis Glahn passed quietly in Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA, on the morning of March 7, 2009. He was 84 years old. Roger was born on July 30, 1924 in Luzerne, PA, the son of William Lewis Glahn and Florence Mae Annear Glahn, and the brother of the late Lora Mae Basciano. He graduated from Luzerne High School (Class...
Victor W. Schaefer
Mar 4, 2009
Victor W. Schaefer, 93, of Tunkhannock, died Wednesday at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. His wife of 65 years is Anne Chaplauske Schaefer, Born July 29, 1915, in Orange County, Calif., son of the late Herman and Lillie Bauer Schaefer, he was an Army veteran. He served for five years and saw action in the Pacific theater of operations during World...
Grace A. LaBar
Mar 3, 2009
Grace A. LaBar, 85, of Tunkhannock, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was born September 6, 1923, in Tunkhannock, daughter of the late Wesley and Minnie (Sands) Miner. Grace worked at GLF in Tunkhannock for many years. She was an accomplished seamstress and a talented baker. She and her late husband, Earl, celebrated...
James J. Bartron
Mar 3, 2009
James J. Bartron, 68, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Kathe Reynolds Bartron. Born in Tunkhannock on Nov. 16, 1940, he was a son of the late John and Helen Byrd Bartron. James enjoyed woodworking, building and repairing clocks. He had a love for birds and fishing...
Lillian P. Kupstas
Feb 28, 2009
Lillian P. Kupstas of Yeager Ave. Dallas died Saturday in the Hospice Unit Geisinger South in Wilkes Barre. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 15, 1923 daughter of the late Henry W. and Mary Agnes McCourt McCusker. She was a graduate of the Girls High School of Boston and was an active member of St. Therese’s Church Shavertown....
Mildred A. Strumski
Feb 24, 2009
Mildred A, Strumski , 69, of Winola View Apartments, Lake Winola died Tuesday at the Community Medical Center, Scranton, after complications following heart surgery. She was born in Dunmore on April 16, 1939 daughter of the late Frank J. and Josephine Stanavitch Galonis. She was a 1957 graduate of Scranton Technical High School. She was a member of St. Mary’s...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss
