Obituaries
Jennifer M. Murley, RN
Aug 23, 2021
Jennifer Michelle Trauger Murley died suddenly on Monday August 23, 2021 at home. Born on July 16, 1975, in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of Russell and Dorothy Noreika Trauger. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School, Lock Haven University, and Misericordia University. After receiving her RN, she worked in various area nursing homes and most recently...
Shirley Severcool
Aug 22, 2021
Shirley Severcool, 90, of Tunkhannock passed away on Sunday August 22, 2021 at the United Methodist Home, Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her first husband Arthur Smith in 1983 and second husband Thomas Severcool in 2015. Born in Lemon Township, PA on September 30, 1930 she was the daughter of the late Otto and Mae Avery Harvey. She...
Leola Steele
Aug 18, 2021
Leola Steele, 92, of Tunkhannock passed away on Wednesday August 18, 2021 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 73 Years Herbert Steele. Born in Lemon Township on April 1, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Claude and Anna Titus Brown. She was a 1947 graduate of Tunkhannock School District and was a...
Wilard Durling
Aug 18, 2021
Willard W. Durling, 80, of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday August 18, 2021 at Geisinger Community Medical Center. He is survived by his loving wife Hazel M. White. Born on September 12, 1940 in Englewood, NJ he was the son of the late Frank and Elizabeth Darsaro Durling. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending his time outdoors camping and four wheeling....
Ruth B. Bancala
Aug 18, 2021
Ruth B. Bancala, 74, of Falls went to be with her heavenly Father on August 18, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family after her strong six-year battle with a brain tumor. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years Bolis Bancala. Born in York County, PA she was the daughter of the late Reverend Paul and...
Neil Williams
Aug 16, 2021
Neil Rhodes Williams, 82, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away on Monday, August 16th at Wilkes Barre General Hospital. Neil was born in Wilkes Barre, PA on April 2nd, 1939, and was the middle son to Garfield and Mary Williams. After high school, Neil went on to earn a teaching degree from Glassboro State College (now named Rowan University), in New...
Robert H. Goble
Aug 16, 2021
Robert H. Goble Jr., 60, of Tunkhannock passed away Monday August 16, 2021 at his home. Born in Meshoppen on March 24, 1961. He was the son of the late Robert Sr. and Loretta E. Ball Goble. Robert was an avid fisherman and took light every time he saw his daughter and especially his grandson. He is survived by his...
Allen E. Wells
Jul 24, 2021
Allen E. Wells, 59, of Tunkhannock passed away on July 24, 2021 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. Born in October 27, 1961 he was the son of the late Ralph and Virginia Barber Wells. Allen enjoyed hunting and fishing as well as tending to his garden and cooking. He is survived by his sons, Matthew and Alan Wells; brothers, Terry,...
George P. Skumanick, Jr.
Jul 22, 2021
Attorney George P. Skumanick, Jr., 60, of Tunkhannock passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021, at home. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Kimberly G. Kriebel Skumanick. Born on June 27, 1961, in Johnson City, NY, he was the oldest son of the late George P., Sr., and Shirley Miller Skumanick. He was a 1979 graduate of Tunkhannock...
Joseph G. Nice
Jul 21, 2021
Joseph George Nice, son of George and Mary of Edwardsville, PA was born on November 19, 1922. He passed away peacefully at Christiana Hospital, Newark Delaware on July 21, 2021at the age of 98. Joe graduated from Edwardsville high school in 1941. He joined the Navy during World War II in 1943. He spent 3 years on a troop transport...
Coleen M. Burridge
Jul 20, 2021
Coleen M. Burridge, 51, of Tunkhannock passed away on Tuesday July 20, 2021 at her home. Born in Montrose on July 13, 1970 she is the daughter of Ray and Karen Shoemaker Brotzman. She was a 1988 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren. Coleen enjoyed vacations to Ocean City Maryland with her...
Donald T. Mills
Jul 19, 2021
Donald (Tilford) Mills passed away peacefully, in the early morning, on Monday, July 19th, 2021. He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey to the late Martha (Casner) Mills & Frederick Mills on September 7th, 1929. He attended High School in Lebanon, New Jersey and Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington, New Jersey, and afterwards entered and served in the United...
Barbara D. Potuck
Jul 17, 2021
Barbara Potuck, 60, of Mehoopany passed away Saturday July 17, 2021 at Allied Hospice Center, Scranton after a long and courageous fight with cancer. She was the loving wife of Frank Potuck and proud mother of two children. Born in Meshoppen on October 20, 1960, she was the daughter of the late Carleton Henning and is survived by her mother...
Helen M. Talarico
Jul 12, 2021
Helen M. Talarico, 90, of Tunkhannock passed away July 12, 2021 at home surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband of 71 years Anthony “Tony” Talarico. Born in Sherburne, NY on August 1, 1930 she was the daughter of the late Domit and Rose Saber Merhib. She and her husband managed a real estate company in Tunkhannock,...
Joseph Cresko
Jul 10, 2021
Joseph V. Cresko, Jr., 86, of Springville passed away July 10, 2021 at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife Lucille A. Cresko in 2008. Born in Kingston on April 11, 1935 he was the son of the late Joseph, Sr. and Mary Klass Cresko. For nearly four decades, Joe mentored numerous young men to the highest...
Donald H. Goble
Jul 8, 2021
Donald H. Goble, 86, of Monroe Twp. passed away on July 8, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. He was preceded in death by his wife Eleanor Hayner Goble in 2015. Born in Monroe Twp. on August 14, 1934 he was the son of the late Timothy and Irene Goble. Don was an accomplished excavator operator and worked for 63...
James R. Corrigan
Jul 6, 2021
James R. Corrigan, 78, of Tunkhannock passed away on July 6, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 51 years Elizabeth A. Wilson Corrigan. Born in Bristol, PA on October 7, 1942 he was the son of the late John and Dorothy Levers Corrigan. He was a 1962 graduate of Bristol High...
James B. Kreinberg
Jun 21, 2021
James B. Kreinberg, Jr. 47 of Tunkhannock passed away on Monday June 21, 2021 at his home. Born in Scranton on June 16, 1974 he survived by his parents, James B., Sr. and Ann Marie Rosengrant. In addition to his parents, he is survived by sister, Melissa Kreinberg; nephew, Jacob Kreinberg, nieces, Terra and Makayla Kreinberg; aunts, Karen Reed, Debbie...
Fred Amos Fowler
Jun 20, 2021
Fred Amos Fowler, 59, of Tunkhannock passed away Sunday June 20, 2021 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife of 30 years Doreen L. Karschner Fowler. Born in Montrose on July 13 1961 he was the son of the late Don R. Fowler and survived by Ruth Ann Hollister Fowler. In addition to his wife Fred...
Freda E. Coolbaugh
Jun 16, 2021
Freda E. Coolbaugh, 83, of Tunkhannock passed away June 16, 2021 at Residential Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. She was preceded in death by her husband Merten Coolbaugh in 2007. Born in Sweet Valley, PA she was the daughter of the late Fred and Lizzie Piatt Kittle. She was the sister of Allen, Harold, and Robert. Freda and her husband Mert celebrated 39...
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