Obituaries
Melvin S. Bush
Dec 22, 2019
Melvin S. Bush, 80, of Tunkhannock passed away Sunday December 22, 2019 at his home. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years Dolores Gregory Bush. Born in Nanticoke on August 5, 1939 he was the son of the late Samuel and Anna Chabala Bush. He was a member of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church,...
Deborah A. Lewis
Dec 15, 2019
Deborah Lewis, 72, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 15 surrounded by her family while in the care of Regional Hospital in Scranton.
Debbie was born April 20, 1947 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and was the daughter of the late Andrew and Margaret (Partilla) Mihoch.
She was a member of Tunkhannock Area graduating class of 1965. In earlier years Debbie was employed...
Daniel L. Reynolds
Dec 14, 2019
Daniel L. Reynolds, 60, of Mehoopany died December 14, 2019 at his residence. He is survived by his wife Karen E. Patton Reynolds.
Born in Scranton on September 28, 1959 he was the son of the late Floyd and Della Thompson Reynolds.
Dan was a 1977 graduate of Tunkhannock Area and served his country in the United States Air Force.
He was an...
Marshall A. Walburn
Dec 14, 2019
Marshall A. Walburn, 70, of Mehoopany went to be with the Lord Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Allied Skilled Nursing Scranton, PA. Marshall was born on May 15, 1949 in Shamokin, PA, son of Leon and Shirley (Clark) Walburn. Marshall graduated from Shamokin Area High School; in 1967. He went on to attend Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. On July...
Ronald J. Takacs
Dec 14, 2019
Ronald J. Takacs, 72, of Lovelton died December 14, 2019 at his residence. He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn Reul Takacs.
Born in Perth Amboy New Jersey on June 3, 1947 he was the son of the late Robert S. and Jane Lesko Takacs.
Ron served his country in the United States Air Force and is a member of the...
Jerome A. Lencoski
Dec 14, 2019
Jerome A. Lencoski, 76, of Tunkhannock passed away unexpectedly after a short battle with cancer on Saturday December 14, 2019 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Judith Miller Lencoski.
Born in Wilkes-Barre on September 10, 1943 he was the son of the late Jerome D. and Margaret A. Tomaskovic Lencoski. He was a...
Anne M. Schooley
Dec 13, 2019
Anne Mae Walton Schooley, 86, of Noxen, PA., formerly Tunkhannock PA. peacefully passed away on December 13, 2019 surrounded by loving family.
Anne retired in 1997 and proudly worked in administration at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock for over 30 years.
Anne was born in Clarks Summit PA. on December 27, 1932, the daughter of Arthur W. and Dora Walton. She is...
Sidney DeBoer
Dec 11, 2019
Sidney 'Bud" DeBoer, 83, of Tunkhannock, died December 11, 2019, peacefully at home with his loving family at his bedside.
Born on October 13, 1936 in the town of Grou, province of Frieslan, the Netherlands, he immigrated to America with his parents Homer DeBoer and Alice DeGroot DeBoer, and Brother John DeBoer, September, 1950 and resided in Chester, NJ. They then...
Helen Getek
Dec 9, 2019
Helen Franko Getek of Falls died on Monday, December 9th in Mercy Center in Dallas. She was born on February 21, 1930 in Falls Twp., Wyoming County, daughter of the late John and Ann Dempsky Franko.
After raising her family, she worked for several years for Topps Manufacturing in Duryea. She attended the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock and...
Joseph Mislevy
Dec 5, 2019
Joseph Mislevy, 76, of Lake Winola died December 5, 2019, at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He is survived by his loving wife Linda Walsh Mislevy of 54 years.
Born in Scranton on May 6, 1943, he was the son of the late Alexander and Julia Macijowsky Mislevy.
In addition to his wife he is survived by daughter, Kimberly Mislevy Fernandez and husband...
Sally A. Mingos
Dec 5, 2019
Sally Ann Mingos (Werkheiser), 68, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away surrounded by family on December 5, 2019 at Allied Services Hospice Center in Scranton, PA. She was born in 1951 in Northhampton, PA to Norman and the late Evelyn Werkheiser.
Sally graduated with honors from Lock Haven State College in 1973 and had a fulfilling career teaching special education for 33...
Nicholas Kordilla
Dec 3, 2019
Nicholas Kordilla of Tunkhannock passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Clarks Summit Senior Living, Clarks Summit, PA. He was born in Nesquehoning, PA on October 31, 1926 and was the son of late Nicholas and Ella Starry Kordilla.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and received an Honorable Discharge. He was a graduate of...
Dorothy B. Dimmick
Dec 1, 2019
Our beloved mother, Dorothy B. Dimmick 90, of Tunkhannock went to be with her Loving Savior, December 1, 2019 in the Star Hill Nursing Home, Monroe Township, with her daughters at her bedside. She was preceded in death by her husband, of 47 years, John S. Dimmick.
Born in Dallas, PA on December 22, 1928 she was the daughter of the...
Michaeline H. Wiernusz
Nov 30, 2019
Michaeline H. Wiernusz, 84, of Tunkhannock died Saturday, November 30, 2019 at her home.
Born in Dickson City in 1935 she was the daughter of the late Henry and Michaeline (Soter) Skibitski.
Michaeline was united in marriage to Leonard Wiernusz in 1958. To Michaeline and Leonard were born: Martin L. Wiernusz DVM, Ossian, IA. Matthew Wiernusz (Linda), Collegeville, PA. Melissa Henn, Tunkhannock,...
Dianne M. Sheridan,
Nov 27, 2019
Dianne M. Sheridan, 75, of Dalton, PA passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at Elm Terrace Gardens in Lansdale, PA with family by her side. Born February 24, 1944 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Anne (Hornick) Conforti. She graduated from St. Ann’s High School in 1961, from Penn State University in 1965 and later...
Richard G. Stevens
Nov 26, 2019
Richard G. Stevens, 76, of Mehoopany died Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years Patricia Stevens in October.
Born in Meshoppen on March 31, 1943 he was the son of the late Richard B. Stevens and survived by his mother Evelyn Hayden Stevens. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock...
Donald F. Weitz
Nov 12, 2019
Donald F. Weitz, 59, of Meshoppen, passed away November 12, 2019 at Mountain City Nursing Home and Rehabilitation, Hazel Twp.
Born in Somerville, NJ on September 12, 1960 he was the son of the late Howard Weitz, Sr. and survived by Irene Korf Weitz.
Donald is also survived by his son, Donald Jr, USAF, of Fort Walton Beach, FL and his wife...
Sherry A. Kenia
Oct 29, 2019
Sherry A. Kenia, 54, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday at the Jefferson Medical Center, Philadelphia. She is survived by her husband of 28 years, William Kenia. Born in Wilkes-Barre on September 30, 1965 she was the daughter of Nancy Wallace Doroskiewicz of Edwardsville and the late Stephen Doroskiewicz.
She was a 1983 graduate of West Side Technical School, and was employed as...
Ronald H. Zeibig
Oct 28, 2019
Ronald H. Zeibig, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Monday October 28, 2019 in the Greenridge Care Center, Scranton, PA. He was born in Queens NY May 1, 1933 son of Gustav and Helen Zeibig.
He was an army veteran and had been employed at Tobyhanna Army Depot and several other corporations as an electrical engineer. While living in Long Island he...
Jean Gardecki
Oct 28, 2019
Jean Chodnicki Gardecki, 77, formerly of Tunkhannock, passed away Monday, October 28, 2019 at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dallas, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Gardecki.
Born on June 25, 1942 in Luzerne county, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Irene (Shukwit) Chodnicki. Jean was a graduate of Pittston High School. ...
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