Obituaries
Robert Sands
Apr 24, 2010
Robert Sands Robert Sands of Country Village, Dallas died Saturday in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Falls on August 6, 1939 son of the late Emerson and Annabelle Durling Sands Sr. .Prior to his retirement he was employed by Airport Sand and Gravel in Duryea for 40 years. Bob also worked as a self employed...
Harry Alvin Pilcher
Apr 22, 2010
Harry Alvin Pilcher Harry Alvin Pilcher 86, of Tunkhannock died Thursday April 22 at the Golden living center in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Elaine N. Tallada Pilcher, born on February 11, 1924 son of the late Harry A. and Ruth Baldwin Pilcher. He was a veteran of the United States army serving in WW...
Richard D. Cleveland
Apr 17, 2010
Richard D. Cleveland of Tunkhannock died on Saturday April 17th at home. He was born in Tunkhannock on June 10, 1919, son of the late Edward and Tamar Ayres Cleveland. He was an Army veteran and a 1938 graduate of Tunkhannock High School. He was employed at Gays True Value for over 50 years in the sporting goods department and...
Joy A. Singer
Apr 10, 2010
Joy Singer, 68, of Springville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, April 10, 2010 after a long illness. Born in Kingston, PA on March 4, 1942, she was the daughter of Warren Weaver âBarneyâ Singer II and Naomi Larish Singer. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and Keystone College. She retired...
Damon A. Young
Apr 5, 2010
Damon Allen Young, 59, of Center Moreland, passed away at home on Monday, April 5, 2010 as a result of Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA). Damon was born in Kingston, PA on June 19, 1950 to L. Myrl (Steele) Young and the late Kenneth A. Young. He graduated from Dallas Senior High School in 1968. He continued his education at West...
Gloria G. Wiltsie
Apr 4, 2010
Gloria G. âBridgetâ Wiltsie, 69 of Tunkhannock passed away at home Sunday April 4, 2010. Born on January 23, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Irene Goble of Tunkhannock. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a member of the United Methodist Church Russell Hill. Surviving are her husband Herbert, son Timothy of Harveyâs...
Roseanne Simmons
Apr 4, 2010
Roseanne Simmons of Tunkhannock a guest at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock passed away on Sunday, April 4th. She was born in Morristown NJ on September 7, 1927 daughter of the late Michael and Theresa Kungle Toth. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a bookkeeper in retail sales. She was preceded in death by her husband Morton...
Shawn Michael Dowd
Apr 2, 2010
Shawn Michael Dowd, of Lake Winola, died at Lake Winola on Friday, April 2, 2010. He was born in Tunkhannock, on May 25, 1980, a son of Michelle Jette of Lake Winola and Casey Dowd of Scranton. He was a 1998 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed by Winola Industries in Lake Winola. He was preceded in death...
Thomas Richards
Apr 2, 2010
Thomas Richards, Sr., 80, of Port Crane, N.Y. and previously of Binghamton, N.Y., passed away peacefully on Friday, April 2, 2010 while listening to the sweet sounds of his bluegrass music. He was preceded in death by his wife of 29 years, Olitha Riley, who died in 1980. Born in Scranton, Pa., on October 6, 1929, he was a son...
Ryan Gary Miller
Apr 2, 2010
Ryan Gary Miller, of Marion Street, Tunkhannock, died Friday, April 2, at his residence. He was born March 20, 1985, in Tampa, Florida, son of Gary A. Miller and stepson of Linda Christy Miller, of Tunkhannock, and son of the late Colleen Conway. He was a 2003 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed at various jobs as a...
Eleanor R. Visneski
Mar 25, 2010
Eleanor R. (Ellie) Visneski of Lancaster formerly of Maple Lane Tunkhannock passed away Thursday evening at Oak Leaf Manor North in Lancaster. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 22, 1932 daughter of Margaret Matthews Ross Roberts of Tunkhannock and the late Joseph Ross. Ellie was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a member of the Church of...
Michael Morykon
Mar 24, 2010
Michael Morykon, 86, of Factoryville died Wednesday, March 24th at the Golden Living Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife Josephine Drost Morykon. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on March 21, 1924 son of the late John and Anna Lohiosky Morykon. He is preceded in death by his sister Mary Tirtirsky. He is survived by his...
Salvatore C. Scaturro
Mar 19, 2010
Salvatore Scaturro of Tunkhannock, formerly of Centre Island, LI, NY, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 19, 2010. Born in Brooklyn, New York on September 10, 1929, he was the son of the late Michael and Catherine Ciaccio Scaturro. Salvatore was a graduate of John Adams High School and an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. Prior...
Frank C. Williams
Mar 12, 2010
Frank C. Williams, 84, of Springville, died on Friday March 12th at home. He is preceded in death by his wife of 29 years Mary E. Williams who passed away in October 2009 and by his first wife of 29 years Carol M. Williams. He was born June 9, 1925, son of the late Leon and Alice Williams. Frank was...
Joyce Ann Mesh
Mar 6, 2010
Joyce Ann Wisneski Mesh of Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, Ca. died at her home on March 6, 2010. She was born in Jersey City, NJ on June 2, 1960 daughter of Rosemary Daignault Wisneski Hall of Bradenton, Fla. and the late William Wisneski. Surviving is a daughter Lisa Richardson of Tunkhannock and Dade City, Fla., brother William Wisneski of Columbia,...
Joseph Van Fleet
Mar 6, 2010
Joseph (Joby) O. Van Fleet, 71, of Meshoppen, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010, surrounded by his loving wife and children at Mercy Hospital in Scranton. He is survived by his wife Kimberly Barna. He and his wife celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on May 22, 2010. Born Feb. 7, 1939 in Newton, NJ, he was the son of...
Mary Elizabeth Bluhm
Mar 1, 2010
Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Bluhm, 57, of Tunkhannock, died Monday, March 1 at Tyler Memorial Hospital after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband Gary Allen Bluhm, She and her husband celebrated their 40th anniversary on August 27, 2009. Born December 11, 1952 in Meshoppen, she was the daughter of Frank A. and the late...
Miriam L. Musser
Feb 28, 2010
Miriam L. Musser, 66, of 6 Hickory Drive, Tunkhannock, PA, died on Sunday afternoon, February 28, 2010 at Geisinger of Wyoming Valley Medical Center, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her husband, Bob, of 45 years. Born in Caernarvon Township, PA, she was the daughter of Lester and Maggie Good, both deceased. She retired as...
Agnes Ambrutis
Feb 28, 2010
Agnes Dorothy Ambrutis, 92, of Tunkhannock, died Saturday, February 27 at Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband of sixty four years Frank (Fritz) A. Ambrutis, Sr.. Born January 8, 1918, in Wilkes Barre, PA She was the daughter of late William and Victoria Moker Stroka. She was a member the church...
Stanley Jay Farr
Feb 26, 2010
On February 26th, Stanley Jay Farr, age 70, died at Mercy Hospice, Scranton, PA, after a long illness. Born May 19, 1939 in Mehoopany, PA he was the son of Stanley S. and Elizabeth Lee Farr. He grew up in Trucksville, PA and was educated at Kingston Township High School. When Stanley joined the Air Force in 1956, he traveled...