Obituaries

Emma Jean Scudder

Emma Jean Scudder

Mar 29, 2017

Emma Jean Space Scudder, 89, of Tunkhannock, went to be with the lord the evening of March 29, 2017 surrounded by her family at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born June 17, 1927 she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Jane Space. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Donald Scudder Sr. She...

Ronald W. Zalewski

Ronald W. Zalewski

Mar 23, 2017

Ronald W. Zalewski 76, of Tunkhannock died March 23rd at Tyler Hospital. He is survived by his wife Joan Fenton. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on February 27, 1941 son of the late William and Maryon Harvey Zalewski. He is survived by his sons Jake, of Pittston, Tim, and Jamie, of Vernon, daughters Tammy Gavek, of Laceyville, Amy Cegelka, of...

David E. Weaver

David E. Weaver

Mar 23, 2017

Dave E. Weaver II 61, of Jenningsville died Thursday March 23 at his residence. He is survived by his wife Sue Nonnemacher Weaver. Dave was born in Meshoppen on April 25, 1955 son of Joyce Williams Weaver, of Tunkhannock and the late Dave Weaver Sr. He was a graduate of the Wyalusing Valley High School, and worked as a Lineman...

Raymond H. Blizzard

Raymond H. Blizzard

Mar 21, 2017

Raymond H. Blizzard, 92, of Tunkhannock passed away Tuesday March 21, 2017 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife of 25 years Geraldine Williams. Born July 25, 1926 he was the son of the late Raymond H. and Nettie Evans Blizzard. He enjoyed working on vehicles and being a mechanic, but mostly he was a...

Peter Robert Chapla

Peter Robert Chapla

Mar 18, 2017

Peter Robert Chapla 92, died March 18th at the Gardens in Tunkhannock. He was born in Lackawanna County on June 21, 1924 son of the late Peter and Mary Paloskey Chapla. He was a World War II Veteran of the United States Army. He is survived by sons Peter W. and William, Brother Joseph, and one granddaughter. Interment will be...

Anna  Bartels

Anna Bartels

Mar 10, 2017

Anna May Way Bartels, 99 of Tunkhannock died Friday March 10, 2017 at the Gardens in Tunkhannock. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware on June 8, 1917, daughter of the late Louis and Anna Louise Lightcap Way. She was a member of the Springville Baptist Church, a loving mother, and grandmother who enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family....

Sidney Neal Eccles

Sidney Neal Eccles

Feb 24, 2017

Sidney Neal Eccles 82, of Dalton died February 24th at the Abington Manor in Clark Summit. He is survived by his wife Carol McLaughlin Eccles. He was born on April 13, 1934 son of the late George Thomas and Ida May Schoeneweis . He is a retired veteran of the United States Army serving in Korea and Vietnam. He was...

Audrey Hyde Lockhart

Audrey Hyde Lockhart

Feb 24, 2017

Audrey Hyde Lockhart, 84, of Dallas passed away on February 24th at Celtic Hospice Wilkes-Barre. Born on 4/22/1932 in Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of the late John R. and Sarah Cleaver Hyde. Audrey was a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Dallas, PA. Mrs. Lockhart was active in her church serving as a deacon for several years and...

Peter J. Brozusky

Peter J. Brozusky

Feb 22, 2017

Peter J. Brozusky Jr. of Tunkhannock, died February 22nd at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born on July 6, 1934 in Kingston, he was a son of the late Peter J. and Anna Yasenchak Brozusky. He was married to Mary Ann Magda Brozusky of Larksville and Edwardsville, PA. They would have celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary of March...

Glenn J. Ayre

Glenn J. Ayre

Feb 22, 2017

Glenn J. Ayre, 92, passed away Wednesday February 22, 2017 at Tyler Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. His wife of 69 years, the former Joan Rodgers, passed away in January of 2016 Born in Tunkhannock, the son of the late James and Charlotte Cleveland Ayre he was a 1942 graduate of Tunkhannock and served in the army as quarter...

Leila  Rice

Leila Rice

Feb 20, 2017

Leila LaBar Staley Rice, born Jan. 7, 1924, died on February 20 2017 at the age of 93. She was born in Lafayette, N.J., daughter of Sutton LaBar and Josephine Staley. She was a resident of the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock at the time of her death. She enjoyed reading and befriending fellow residents at the Golden Living and Tunkhannock...

Doris Irene Fischer

Doris Irene Fischer

Feb 19, 2017

Doris Irene Fischer, 95, died February 19th at the Allied Skilled Nursing Center in Scranton, PA, she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Fischer. She was born on April 11, 1921 daughter of the late Thomas and Beulah Christman Phillips. She was preceded in death by her daughter Joyce Fischer, twin brother Donald, brothers Sterling, Wilbert, Phillip and...

Logan Richard Belcher

Logan Richard Belcher

Feb 17, 2017

Logan Richard Belcher of Laceyville died Friday evening in a house fire at his home in Laceyville. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 1, 2011 son of Larry Belcher of Kingsley and Melissa Murphy and step son of Shane Fryer of Laceyville. He was preceded in death by Maternal Grandfather James Murphy and Paternal Grandfather Joseph Fryer. Surviving is...

Rosa Anna Schaefer

Rosa Anna Schaefer

Feb 17, 2017

Rosa Anna Schaefer of Tunkhannock died at the home of her caregiver and daughter Esther Chellis on Friday February 17, 2017. She was born in the Czech Republic on October 17, 1922. Rosa and her late husband Karl Schaefer where the owners of RK furs from 1968 until their retirement in 1996. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother and...

Elizabeth V. Harvey

Elizabeth V. Harvey

Feb 15, 2017

Elizabeth V. Posten Harvey, 98, of Montrose died January 15th in the Endless Mountains Hospital Montrose. Born in Washington Township Tunkhannock, on September 10, 1918 she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Ethel Rogers Clayton. Prior to her retirement, she worked for various dress factories in Tunkhannock and Meshoppen. She was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church...

Valera V. Roberts

Valera V. Roberts

Feb 10, 2017

Valera V. (Phillips) Roberts of Blakely Borough passed away unexpectedly Friday February 10, 2017 while traveling in Plains Township, PA. Born June 7, 1931 in Newton Township, Lackawanna County she was the daughter of the late Peter and late Mary Tranowicz (Filipkowski) Phillips. She was a graduate of the Newton High School, class of 1949. She was a retired seamstress...

Eben H. Harvey

Eben H. Harvey

Feb 8, 2017

Eben H. Harvey Jr., of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday February 8, 2017 at Wilkes – Barre General Hospital. Son of the late Eben and Margaret Randall Harvey. He was born November 14, 1943 in Hackettstown, NJ. He was predeceased by his brother Ronald, and Grandchild Elizabeth Wilson. Surviving is son; Howard. Daughters; Cindy, Wendi, and Trudi. Sister; Carol. 8 grandchildren...

Barbara  Chapman

Barbara Chapman

Feb 3, 2017

Barbara Chapman of Tunkhannock died Friday February 3, 2017. She was born in Farmingdale, NY on November 10, 1950, daughter of Robert Chapman of Farmingdale and the late Margaret Carmody Chapman. Barbara was a graduate of Farmingdale High School Class of 1968. Prior to her retirement, she had been employed by the Tunkhannock Area School District for over twenty years....

Mabel E. Hadsall

Mabel E. Hadsall

Feb 1, 2017

Mabel Elizabeth Hadsall of Tunkhannock died on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at her residence, Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Daughter of the late Charles and Beatrice Puterbaugh Fargo, she was born in Tunkhannock on February 10, 1924. Mabel was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School Class of 1942, and a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. She worked for...

Randy J. Woodruff

Randy J. Woodruff

Feb 1, 2017

Randy J. Woodruff "Woody", 47, of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday February 1, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Born October 11, 1969. He is the son of Clifford Woodruff Jr. of Laceyville and Barbara Harvey of Michigan. He enjoyed playing golf, hunting, and especially spending time with his family. He was a member of the Moose Lodge 1276,...