Obituaries
George Franko VMD
Dec 28, 2008
George A. Franko VMD George A. Franko VMD of Nicholson died Sunday in the Mercy Hospital Hospice Unit in Scranton. He was born in Duryea on February 7, 1931 son of the late George C. and Anna Evancho Franko. He was a graduate of Falls Overfield High School class of 1949, Penn State University class of 1954 and a 1956...
Agnes A. Condeelis
Dec 27, 2008
Enjoyed traveling, especially to Atlantic City Graduated from Scranton Tech at International Corespondence School Worked at St. Mike's Hoban Heights for 16 years as a house mother Family enjoyed cinnimon bisques and molasses cookies Family loved cooking and baking
Harold Boice
Dec 24, 2008
Harold âCarlâ Boice, 79 of Drost Boice Lane, Tunkhannock (Sugar Hollow) died Wednesday December 24, 2008 at home. He was born in Tunkhannock on July 31, 1929 son of the late Solomon and Evelyn Weed Boice. He was a 1947 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was an Army Veteran and member of VFW Post 396. Prior to his retirement...
Alice E. Wilbur
Dec 22, 2008
Alice E. Wilbur of Jenningsville passed away at her home Monday evening December 22. She was born in Duryea on January 27, 1923 daughter of the late John and Stella Sobeski Pawloski. She was a 1941 graduate of Duryea High School and after graduating from the Father Bakerâs School of Nursing in Lackawanna New York in 1943 was employed by...
Alice Mae Decker
Dec 12, 2008
Alice Mae Decker Alice Mae Decker of Tunkhannock a guest at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock died Friday in the Golden Living Center. She was born in Lawton on February 26, 1921 daughter of the late Howard and Ruth Yonker Pickett. She was a graduate of Rush High School Class of 1940 and attended the Russell Hill United Methodist...
Jane C. Davis
Dec 3, 2008
Jane C. Davis of Maple Lane, Tunkahnnock died Wednesday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. She was born November 12, 1921 in Kingston, daughter of the late Russell and Jane Evans Case. She was a 1937 graduate of Dallas Township High School and had been employed by Commonwealth Telephone Co. in Dallas, The Citizens National Bank in Tunkhannock and retired...
Ernest C. Winnie
Nov 28, 2008
Ernest C. Winnie of Bartron Rd, Tunkhannock, died Friday at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was Born in Meshoppen on June 21, 1918 son of the late Penn and Laura Canfield Winnie. He attended the Meshoppen schools and was a Master Sergeant in the Army serving in Pearl Harbor during the invasion by the Japanese. He was employed as...
Emily Shishlo
Nov 23, 2008
Emily Gibbons Shishlo of Fairview Rd Lake Winola died on Sunday at the home of her daughter Emily Ann Turriziani of Wilkes-Barre Twp.. She was born in Scranton on February 14, 1920 daughter of the late Michael and Bertha Warnero Gibbons. She was a graduate Scranton Central High School and the Powell School of Business. Prior to her retirement she...
Kathryn J. Monsey
Nov 22, 2008
Kathryn J. Monsey of Jenkins Road Tunkhannock died Saturday at her home. She was born on Russell Hill Wyoming County on July 30, 1934 daughter of the late George and Stella Winnie Jenkins. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1952 and prior to her retirement she was employed as a secretary. She was preceded in death...
Aldona Talcott
Nov 10, 2008
Aldona Ruth Talcott of Tunkhannock died Saturday in the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Her husband of 65 years, Daniel, died on March 21. Born in Scranton on April 21, 1925, daughter of the late John and Agnes Yanaushaskaus Falett, Ruth was an accomplished farmer's wife working alongside her husband. She worked for more...
Rosa Kubilus
Nov 7, 2008
Rosa Bettio Kubilus of Factoryville, formerly of Dickson City died Friday in the Lackawanna County Health Care Center in Peckville. She was born in Augsburg, Germany on April 22, 1929 daughter of the late Anton and Maria Sailer Bettio Prior to her retirement she was active in the Lackawanna County 4-H program and when her children were younger she served...
Mary Jane Longenecker
Nov 7, 2008
Mary Longenecker, of Springville formerly of Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa. died Friday evening in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born on November 3, 1919 daughter of the late Carson E. and Maude Hoaster Stover. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl Meyer Longenecker, surviving is a son Robert of York, Pa., daughter Sherry Macialek of Springville,...
Berlin Russo
Nov 4, 2008
Berlin Russo Sr. Berlin Russo Sr. of Springville RD died Tuesday in the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Newark, NJ on February 16, 1922 son of the late John and Antoinette Russo. Prior to his retirement he was employed as a Construction Worker and was a member of the Springville United Methodist Church. He was preceded...
Andrea L. Allen
Nov 2, 2008
Andrea L. Allen Andrea L. Allen 31, of Meshoppen, PA died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at her residence after a long courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband Gregory D. Allen Jr. Andrea was born in Bossier City, Louisiana on September 23, 1977 daughter of Howard W. Comstock, of Laceyville, PA and Arneta Mason Wayman, of Hobart,...
Mary-Jean Turner
Oct 31, 2008
Mary-Jean Alice (Lilly) Turner of Tunkhannock, formerly of Wellsboro, died Friday October 31, 2008 at home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Francis C. Turner. She was born in Saegertown, PA on January 9, 1926 daughter of the late Samuel B. Lilly and Opal Jane Writer Lilly. She was...
Dennis E. Sands
Oct 9, 2008
Dennis E. Sands of Tunkhannock, died Thursday October 9 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen in May 1949 son of Gerald and Annabelle Lunger Sands. He graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1967 and from the University of Miami, Fl in 1971 with a B.S. in Business Administration. He was a manager of...
Richard G. Pacanda
Oct 9, 2008
Richard G. Pacanda of Factoryville died at home on Thursday, October 9, 2008. He was born in Kingston, NY in April 25, 1941 son of Carrie Zimmermann and the late Frank Watkins who passed away in 1985. He worked as a truck driver at Huey Trucking in Tunkhannock where he was known to his friends as âLead Footâ. After his...
Harry C. Hibbert
Sep 27, 2008
Harry C. Hibbert of Eaton Terrace Tunkhannock, died Saturday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Chicago, Ill. on January 20, 1915 son of the late Alexander T. and Freda Johnson Hibbert. After his high school graduation he joined the Reserves and worked as an instructor for the ATF and FBI as a sharp shooter expert. He...
Lois Plushanski
Sep 25, 2008
Lois Roller Plushanski 81 of Fieldcrest Drive, Tunkhannock died Thursday morning, Sept. 25, 2008, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 59 years Henry Plushanski. She was born in Somerville, N.J., on May 26, 1927, daughter of the late Louis and Victoria Bulka Roller. She was a 1945 graduate of the Somerville High...
Robert H. Evans
Sep 24, 2008
Robert H. Evans 76, of Falls died Wednesday September 24 at Mercy Hospital Scranton. He is survived by his wife Abbie Smith Evans. He was born on June 3, 1932 son of the late Richard and Ruth Mitchell Evans. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed the outdoors. He is preceded in death by his sister Laura Evans...


