Obituaries
Margaret Kresge
Dec 12, 2016
Margaret Kresge (better known as Peggy), 87, of Lake Winola, peacefully passed away amongst her loving family in her home on Monday December 12th . She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, of 56 years the late Arland Kresge. Born at Lake Winola, daughter of the late Leon and Clara Stevens, she graduated from Falls-Overfield High Schools. She...
Florence B. Cortese
Dec 9, 2016
Florence B. Cortese, 93, of Tunkhannock died Friday December 9, 2016 at Tyler Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Wilkes-Barre Township on September 12, 1923. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Levandowski. Prior to her retirement she had been employed by Henry’s Drug Store and Rexall Drug Store in Tunkhannock, she attended the church of the Nativity...
Betty J Dymond
Dec 5, 2016
Betty J. Dymond 68, of Tunkhannock died on Monday December 5th at Regional Hospital in Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Fred Dymond. She was born in Kingston on April 25, 1948 daughter of the late Betty June Wilkie and Step Father Robert Hallock. She was preceded in death by her sister Shirley Hallock....
Carol E. Mayeski
Nov 18, 2016
Carol E. Mayeski of Tunkhannock passed away on Friday November 18, 2016 at The Pines in Clarks Summit. She was born in Forty Fort on April 29, 1943. Daughter of the late William and Alice Johnston Kishbaugh. She was a 1951 graduate of Forty Fort High School. Surviving is her husband of 51 years, Leo Mayeski. Sons and daughter-in-laws, Leo...
David Paul Strumski
Nov 14, 2016
It is with deep sadness that the family of David Paul Strumski announce his passing in the early hours of November 14th. David was born in Tunkhannock Pa in 1943, the third of four children born to Francis Strumski Sr and Rose Thomas Strumski. David was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School in 1962. He was active in school athletics...
Debra M. Redmond
Nov 12, 2016
Debra M. Redmond 63, of Tunkhannock died Saturday November 12th at her residence. Born in Johnson City New York, daughter of the late John and Harriet Weaver Redmond. She was a 1971 graduate of the Tunkhannock Area High School, and worked as a Nurses Aid. She was the member of the Mill City Assembly of God Church. Funeral Services will...
Carl Smith
Nov 9, 2016
Carl William Smith, Sr. made his final journey home on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Always an active, energetic fellow, Carl never fully recovered from a lawn tractor accident on September 4th. Born on April, 10, 1926, Carl was raised on his family’s dairy farm near Beaumont. The son of the late Charles and Jennie Hess Smith, he was educated in...
Jeffrey Thomas Rowe
Nov 2, 2016
Jeffrey Thomas Rowe of Duryea died suddenly November 2, 2016. He was the son of Elmer and Judy Earl Rowe of Tunkhannock. He is survived by his children and several family members. Funeral services will be held Saturday November 5, 2016 at 3pm from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc. 73 W. Tioga St. Tunkhannock, PA. With Pastor Lori Robinson presiding....
Arthur A. Johnson
Oct 24, 2016
Arthur Andrew Johnson Sr., 68, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 24th. He was born on November 29, 1947 in Scranton, son of Rosella Yurksza Johnson and the late Arthur E. Johnson. Arthur grew up in Tunkhannock and graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1966. Art worked at the Endicott Johnson Shoe factory in Tunkhannock for 23...
Elsie F Sherburne
Oct 23, 2016
Elsie Florence Sherburne, 92, of Tunkhannock was called home on Sunday October 23rd at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born January 30, 1924 in Rose Valley, PA, she was the daughter of the late Earl Lee and Ruth Rosalie Given Sefton and later the step-daughter of James Earl Smith. Elsie graduated high school as a co-valedictorian in Rural Valley, PA. She worked...
Frederick Burton Wademan
Oct 19, 2016
Frederick B. Wademan died October 19th, 2016 at Celtic Hospice of Wilkes-Barre. Fred was the son of the late Willard and Bernice Wademan. He spent countless hours watching Penn State football games and Nascar. Fred enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his new granddaughter Sadie, in his free time he would love to sit on the porch and enjoy...
Mason Saxon Wilson
Oct 16, 2016
Mason Saxon Wilson of Tunkhannock passed away October 16, 2016 at his home. He was the son of the late Robert and Mary Fisher Wilson. Husband of 21 years to Thelma Shook Born on May 6, 1921, he was a dairy farmer, a member of the Eastern Milk Producers, and Adolivn Dairy. He was also a member of the Tunkhannock...
Fred K. Howells
Oct 14, 2016
Fred K. Howells of Tunkhannock, died on Friday October 14th, 2016 in Tunkhannock. He was Born in Scranton on April 28, 1941 son of the late Fred and Marion Howey Howells. Fred was a 1959 graduate of Scranton Technical High School where he lettered in Football and Baseball and was an Army Veteran. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and riding his...
William Milton Stang
Oct 14, 2016
William Milton Stang Jr., of Meshoppen, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in the Tunkhannock United Methodist Home. He was born in Newark, N.J., on July 27, 1929, son of the late William M. Selma Ganserit Stang. Milton was a 1945 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and attended Temple University. He was employed by various area construction companies, retiring from the...
Larry N. Failing
Oct 13, 2016
Larry Nelson Failing, 42, was called home on October 12, 2016. He was born on February 12, 1974. He was taken unexpectedly at his residence in Key West Florida, where he had lived for the past eight years. He was a 1992 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School, where he learned his love of photography and developing his own films....
Frank Duncan Tomlinson
Oct 12, 2016
Frank D. Tomlinson of Dallas, PA passed away October 12, 2016 peacefully, surrounded by his family. He celebrated his 99th birthday in September. Frank was married to the late Dorothea White Tomlinson. Before moving to the mountains, Frank and Dorothea raised their family in Levittown, PA, where he built his house on the hill of Levittown Parkway. Frank was born...
Rose M. Cumens
Oct 10, 2016
Rose M. Cumens, 83 of Tunkhannock, passed away on Monday, October 10th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was the widow of Robert E. Cumens, who preceded her in death in 2012. Born June 25, 1933 in Vassar, Mich., she is the daughter of the late Louis and Anna Vargo Molnar. Rose was a graduate of Scotts High...
Priscilla Carey
Oct 9, 2016
Priscilla Carey of Springville died on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. She was born August 3, 1949 in Montrose, PA daughter of Irene Wademan Carey of Springville and the late Ray Carey. After graduating from Elk Lake High School, class of 1967, Priscilla began a long and far-reaching career in education where she...
Brian Corby
Oct 7, 2016
Floyd Brian Corby of Evans Falls died at his home on Saturday, October 8th. He was born in Tunkhannock on June 16, 1968 son of Jeanette Dymond Corby of Tunkhannock and the late Floyd L. Corby Jr. Brian had been employed as a laborer for various construction companies. Surviving is a son Michael Corby of Tunkhannock, brother’s Bradley F. Corby...
William J. Taylor
Oct 2, 2016
William J. Taylor of Meshoppen died October 2, 2016 at his residence. He was born on November 17, 1944, in Berwick, PA, son of the late John Miner and Arlene Cragle Taylor. William “Bill” was employed by Proctor & Gamble for more than 32 years. After retirement he was employed by Ronco for 7 years, continuing his work at P&G....
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