Obituaries

Oct 4, 2018

Thelma “Chick” Mathews, 73, of Tunkhannock died Thursday October 4, 2018 at home surrounded by her family. She is survived by her loving husband John W. Mathews and would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary this month.

Born March 19, 1945 in Bristol, PA she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Thelma Moyer Audsley. A graduate of Bensalem High...

Oct 3, 2018

Mary Emily Naylor, 82, of Springville, passed away October 3, 2018 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald Naylor.

Born January 10, 1936 she was the daughter of the late Gerald and Roxannah Little Kraus. She was a graduate of Monroe High School, NY.

Mary attended Forkston United Methodist Church, she enjoyed...

Oct 2, 2018

Walter J. Zola, 86, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, October 2, 2018 at Allied Services Hospice Center, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Theresa Russell Zola.

Born June 12, 1932 in Plymouth, he was the son of the late Walter and Julia (Naylor) Zola.

Walter was a graduate of Plymouth High School,...

Oct 1, 2018

Sep 27, 2018

Neil Jay Smith, 67, of Tunkhannock Township died September 27, 2018 at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia Ann.

Born February 3, 1951 he was the son of the Howard C. and Carolyn Werley Smith.

A graduate of Northern Leigh Neil enjoyed gardening and bird watching.

Neil is survived by daughter; Sylinda Smith and companion Joel Charron of...

Sep 25, 2018

Susan L. Kamarauskas, 69, of Montrose died September 25, 2018 at The Gardens, Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 29 years Stephen Kamarauskas.

Born February 26, 1949 she was the daughter of the late Charles and Doris Ives Wiggins. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and worked for Endless Mountain Health Systems until her retirement.

In addition to...

Sep 24, 2018

Owen Spencer Henning, 76, of Laceyville went to be with his lord after a battle with cancer on September 24, 2018. He is survived by his wife of 52 years Janice Meyer Henning.

Born in Kingston, PA on August 25, 1942 he was the son of the late Frank Owen and Naome Vastine Henning of Mehoopany.

Owen was a graduate of Tunkhannock...

Sep 19, 2018

Janet Mosier Dempsey, 87, of Tunkhannock died September 19, 2018 at the United Methodist Home, Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Robert James Dempsey, Jr.

Born on November 6, 1930 she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Pauline Capwell Mosier.

Janet was a member of Tunkhannock Presbyterian Church and graduated from Wyalusing High School,...

Aug 26, 2018

Ann Marie Altenhain 69, of Tunkhannock died Saturday, August 25th at the Gardens in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 46 years Richard F. Altenhain.

She was born in Scranton on January 20, 1949, daughter of the late Carl and Lusetta Bohr Lesh.

Ann Marie was a member of the Church of Nativity BVM, enjoyed traveling and spending time with...

Aug 23, 2018

Richard “Dick” Sands, 64, of Tunkhannock died on August 23 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital after open heart surgery. He was preceded in death by his wife of 13 years Karen A. Jacobsen Sands on January 23, 2018.

He was born on January 7, 1954 at Tyler Hospital, Meshoppen, son of the late Harold W. Sands and Elizabeth M. White Sands.

After...

Aug 21, 2018

William “Bill” Severcool, Sr.

William “Bill” Severcool, Sr., 82, of Forkston died Tuesday August 21, 2018 at home, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years Madge “Joy” Hollister Severcool.

Born in Springville, PA on November 4, 1935 he was the son of the late Charles and Flossie Severcool and step father, Robert Stone.

Bill was a...

Aug 17, 2018

Paula Knapp (Jensen) died peacefully at home on August 17th in Tunkhannock, PA at the age of 70. Paula is survived by her husband of 50 years, Thomas G. Knapp, Sr; son, Thomas G. Knapp, Jr (Tommy) of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, who is married to Michele Verdi-Knapp and their two children Zane and Bryce; daughter, Theresa Knapp (Terri) of Reston,...

Aug 17, 2018

Levi C. Underhill of Nicholson died Friday evening in the Gardens in Tunkhannock. 

He was born in Springville on March 11, 1940, son of the late Levi C. and Helen Ellis Underhill. He worked as a laborer at several local businesses, recently working on his sister Evelyn Polovitch’s farm in Nicholson.

Surviving are sons, David of Factoryville and Gary of West Nicholson; daughter, Janet...

Aug 17, 2018

Dana D. Carichner of Tunkhannock died Friday August 17, 2018.

He was born in Tunkhannock on August 6, 1986. Son of the late Frances M. Madill Carichner and Dean E. Carichner and step son of Jackie Merchant Carichner of Tunkhannock.

All his life Dana enjoyed working with the trees in the forests. He currently was employed by Shalata Land Clearing in Mehoopany....

Aug 9, 2018

Jean E. Best 92, of Wyoming formally of Harding, died Thursday August 9th at the Highland Manor in Exeter. She was proceeded in death by her husband of 37 years Raymond Best.

She was born on June 23, 1926 daughter of the late Dana and Elva Remley Miner.

She was the owner of Jean’s Beauty Shoppe in Harding and worked for Miners...

Aug 7, 2018

Aug 6, 2018

Kenneth A.Sands, lovingly known as Tiny, of North Eaton Road, Tunkhannock, passed away Monday, August 6, 2018 at GCMC.  Ken was born in Osterhout, PA, March 29, 1958, son of the late Harold W. Sands and Elizabeth M. (White) Sands.  Ken was preceded in death by his sister-in-law, Karen Anne Sands.

Tiny was a member of the TAHS class of 1976....

Aug 4, 2018

Lola M. Remington of Tunkhannock died Saturday in The Gardens, assisted living facility, in Tunkhannock were she had been a guest since December 2015.

She was born in Laceyville on July 24, 1924 daughter of the late James Arthur and Florence Brown Tinna. She had worked at various local restaurants, worked at a McGregor factory in Newton NJ for a number...

Aug 4, 2018

Ronald A. Wertman of Tunkhannock died Saturday, August 4, 2018 in Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. He was born in Montclair, NJ son of the late Norman O. and Myra Klaus Wertman.

Ron was a 1953 graduate of Bloomfield, NJ High School, 1957 graduate of Wheaton College with BS in Business and Economics.  After college Ron was inducted into...

Jul 30, 2018

Rachel D. Kishbach passed away peacefully in her sleep at The Gardens in Wilkes Barre, Pa. on Monday, July 30th.

Born on November 27, 1927, “Rae” as she was known to family and friends, was born to Welsh immigrants George and Sarah D. Davis from Cardiff, Wales. The family settled in Wilkes Barre, Pa. raising Rae and her two sisters.

She graduated...