Obituaries
Peggy J. Whipple
Jul 4, 2008
Peggy J. Whipple of Tunkhannock died Friday at the Golden Living Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock. She was born in Williamsport in 1933, daughter of the late P. Eugene and Gladys Jacobs Martin. She was a graduate of Williamsport High School class of 1951. Prior to her retirement she worked as a laborer and Union President at GTE in Williamsport....
Lucille A. Cresko
Jun 26, 2008
Lucille A Cresko of Springville died Thursday June 26, 2008. She was the daughter of the late William L. and Cecilia A. Lupinsky. Surviving are her husband Joseph V. Cresko; children Joseph W. Cresko and his wife Lori Scott; William A. Cresko and his wife Cristin Hulslander; James E. Cresko and his wife Rachel Hickoff. Also surviving are a brother...
Ruth M Brown
Jun 21, 2008
Ruth M. Brown of Springville formerly of Carbondale died Saturday in the Endless Mountains Health System in Montrose. She was born in Carbondale on January 6, 1920 daughter of the late William and Marguerite Reagner Rosler. She was a graduate of Carbondale High School class of 1938. A member of the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock. She was...
Lena Grassadonia
Jun 16, 2008
Lena Grassadonia, 100, of Lake Winola, died Monday at the Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband Anthony Grassadonia, and her granddaughter Alicia Ann Heffler. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. The funeral service will be held Friday, June 20, at 9:00 am from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, Inc., 73 West...
Brandon D. Murray
Jun 6, 2008
Brandon D. Murray, 19 of Stark road Tunkhannock, died Friday evening from injures suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Lemon Creek Road in Washington Twp., Wyoming County. He was born February 7, 1989 in Tunkhannock son of Timothy Murray of Pennsylvania and Shalene Beck of Tunkhannock. He was a 2008 graduate of Tunkhannock High School. His future plans were...
Britney Giberson
Jun 6, 2008
Britney K. Giberson Britney K. Giberson , 17 of Tunkhannock died Friday evening from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Lemon Creek Road in Washington Twp. Wyoming County. She was born in Wilkes Barre on June 21, 1990 daughter of Harold Giberson of Tunkhannock and Tammera McCormick Giberson of Tunkhannock. Step Father Thomas Corker Jr. of Factoryville, Step...
Britney K. Giberson
Jun 6, 2008
Britney K. Giberson Britney K. Giberson , 17 of Tunkhannock died Friday evening from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Lemon Creek Road in Washington Twp. Wyoming County. She was born in Wilkes Barre on June 21, 1990 daughter of Harold Giberson of Tunkhannock and Tammera McCormick Giberson of Tunkhannock. Step Father Thomas Corker Jr. of Factoryville, Step...
Emma B. Watkins
Jun 1, 2008
Emma Belle Watkins, 94 years young, of 25 Avery St., Susquehanna Apartments, Tunkhannock died unexpectedly on June 1, 2008 in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. âMomâ as she was commonly referred by all was born in Hop Bottom on December 21, 1913 daughter of the late Laverne and Bertha Urbach Lord. She was preceded in death by her first husband...
Charles C. Kerlin
May 30, 2008
Charles C. Kerlin Charles C. Kerlin of Falls died Friday evening in the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 64 years Dorothy Hunter Kerlin. He was born in Chestertown, Pa. on August 15, 1913 son of the late Edgar and Sara Miller Kerlin. He was a graduate of Berkley Springs High School Class of 1931....
Aaron Pringle Witko
May 29, 2008
Aaron J. Pringle Witko Aaron J. Pringle Witko of Tunkhannock died in Edwardsville on Thursday. He was born in Tunkhannock on September 7, 1988 son of Harry J. Witko and Deborah Pringle of Tunkhannock. He was a 2007 graduate of Coughlin High School and was employed by Jil Cleaning Service of Mt. Pocono. Surviving is a half brother Harry James...
Carl E. Gingher
May 28, 2008
Carl E. Gingher Jr., 82, of Tunkhannock, died Wednesday at Tyler Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He and his wife, Marge, would have celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on August 12th. Born in Scranton on September 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Carl E. Gingher Sr. and Mary Cook Gingher. He attended North Scranton High School...
Catherine Shoemaker
May 26, 2008
Catherine Shoemaker of Tunkhannock, PA., formerly of Mountain Lake Rd., Belvedere, N.J died Monday May 26, 2008 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA. She was born in Columbia, NJ, on December 30, 1916, daughter of the late Cornelius and Anna Kinney Swayze. She was a member of the Buttzville, United Methodist Church, Buttzville, PA. She worked as a school cook...
Josephine Kane Griffin
May 25, 2008
Josephine âJoâ Kane Griffin 95 of Tunkhannock formerly of Towanda died Sunday at Annâs Grove Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock after an illness surrounded by her loving Family. She was the widow of William E. Griffin, Sr. who predeceased in death in June of 1999. She was born in South Waverly on June 29, 1912 daughter of the late John...
Elbert L. Dornblazer
May 22, 2008
Elbert Leonard Dornblazer of Centermoreland took his final journey into rest on Thursday, May 22, 2008 while he slept. He was preceded in death by his wife Lois Sickler. Elbert was born in Centermoreland in his childhood home on April 16, 1914. He was the son of the late Woodward L. and Grace A. Weaver Dornblazer. Before his retirement, he...
Wendi L Moyer
May 16, 2008
Wendi L. Moyer of Church Road Tunkhannock, died Friday, May 16, 2008, at Tyler Memorial Hospital Tunkhannock. She was born in West Grove, Pennsylvania on January 30, 1958 daughter of the late John J. and Jane Winifred Shivery Hackman Beyer and step-daughter of Donald Beyer. She was a 1975 graduate of Solanco High School, Quarryville, Pennsylvania. She had been employed...
Rose Ann Zona
May 8, 2008
Rose Ann Zona of Maple St., Factoryville formerly of East Lemon died Thursday evening at her home with her daughters at her side after a courageous battle with âLou Gehrigâs Diseaseâ. She was born in Olyphant on February 2, 1931 daughter of the late Michael and Mary Hudak Sofranko. She was a graduate of Olyphant High School and prior to...
Thomas E. Sands
May 7, 2008
Thomas E. Sands, of Dallas, died Wednesday, May 7, at the Allied Skilled Unit in Clarks Summit, Pa. from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on January 11, 2008. Born in Wilkes-Barre on February 10, 1964, he was the son of Robert and Dorothy Keithline Sands, of Dallas, Pa. He was a 1982 graduate of Dallas High School and...
Joseph K. Pecellak
May 1, 2008
Joseph K. Pecellak Joseph K Pecellak of Meshoppen died Thursday evening May 1, 2008 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Donna Parr Pecellak. He was born May 8, 1950 in Franklin, NJ son of Joseph P. and Mary Ando Pecellak. He worked for Kane Warehouse in Tunkhannock where he was a...
Donald M. Shedaker
Apr 13, 2008
Donald M. Shedaker 69, of Mehoopany and formally of Riverside, NJ died Sunday, April 13 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayer, PA. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Sandra Osgood Shedaker. He was born January 26, 1939 in Mount Holly, NJ son of the late Elton and Caroline Pacevich Shedaker. He was a member of the New...
William Dayton Shelly
Apr 11, 2008
Dr. W. Dayton Shelly, of Tunkhannock, died Friday at home. His wife of 42 years is Dianne Banta Shelly, Tunkhannock. Born Feb. 17, 1943, in Abington, son of Dr. Robert M. Shelly, Palm Coast, Fla.; and the late Florence L. Shelly, Dr. Shelly was a graduate of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; and Temple Medical College, Philadelphia. He graduated with Alpha...