Obituaries
Martha J. Migliori
Sep 13, 2015
Martha J. Fuller Migliori, 86, of Falls, died Sunday, September 13th. She was born in Olyphant, PA on February 22, 1929 daughter of the late Theodore and Bernice Slocum Fuller. Martha enjoyed playing cards and Yahtzee especially with her grandchildren and the weekly Tuesday Afternoon Club. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters; Dora Gumaer, Viola...
Reverend John Casey
Sep 13, 2015
Reverend John William Casey 95, Pastor Emeritus of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Tunkhannock, and a resident of St. Luke's Villa, Wilkes-Barre died on September 13, 2015. Father Casey, son of the late John W. Casey, Sr., and Mary O’Boyle Casey, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 15, 1920. He was a graduate of Saint...
Boyd H. Strickland
Sep 12, 2015
Boyd H. Strickland, of Nicholson, died at his home on Saturday September 12th. He was born in Springville on August 26, 1922, son of the late Raymond Boyd and Alberta Stark Bunnel Strickland. He was a self-employed dairy farmer all his life and during his farming career went to Russia to give seminars on agriculture and dairy farming. He was...
Esther C. Twordusky
Sep 12, 2015
Esther C. Twordusky, 101, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was born June 23, 1914, in Scranton, a daughter of the late Floyd and Johanna Smith. Esther worked in the Grove Silk Mill, Scranton, and Bocar Manufacturing, Tunkhannock, for many years. During World War II she worked in a factory making...
Virginia Penrith
Sep 8, 2015
Virginia Penrith, 81, of Keiserville, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at her residence in Keiserville. Born on August 16, 1934 in Greenslanding, PA she was the daughter of the late Dana and Amelia Gable Depew. She was a faithful member of the Biblical Baptist Church, Meshoppen, for over...
Diane L. Green
Sep 4, 2015
Diane L. Green of Tunkhannock died at her home on Friday September 4th. She was born in Asbury Park NJ on November 23, 1942 daughter of the late William and Lillian Policastra Savage. She was a 1960 graduate of Asbury Park High School. A loving wife, mother and grandmother and her grandsons meant the world to her. Surviving is her...
Irene Kohnke Strickland
Sep 2, 2015
Irene Kohnke Strickland of Nicholson formerly of Montrose and Las Cruces, New Mexico died on Wednesday in Hospice of the Scared Heart in Dunmore. Irene was born in Binghamton on December 14, 1923 daughter of the late Bruce and Lena Kinney Squire. She was a graduate of Springville High School Class of 1940 and a graduate of Wyoming Seminary. Prior...
Edward S. Walker
Sep 1, 2015
Edward S. Walker of Tunkhannock, passed away on September 1, 2015 at home. Born in Meshoppen on May 19th 1953 he was a son of the late Ralph and Josephine Kostantewicz Walker. Ed was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and was a retired laborer, having worked in several industries in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Ed enjoyed the outdoors along with...
Dorothy B. Antone
Aug 31, 2015
Dorothy B. Antone, 96, of Tunkhannock passed away on August 31st at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Nanticoke in 1918 and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Harriette Weinwright Mix. Prior to her retirement Dorothy was self-employed as a hairdresser. She is survived by a son David Raymond and wife Joan Antone of...
John Joseph Baker
Aug 28, 2015
John Joseph Baker 23, of Lake Worth Florida and Forkston, PA died Friday August 28th in Delray Beach Florida. He was born on December 29, 1991 in Tunkhannock, PA son of John G. Baker of Forkston and Liz Madill DeWolfe, of Forkston. He was a 2010 graduate of the Tunkhannock Area High School. Growing up like any kid JJ loved...
Marlene A. Johnson
Aug 28, 2015
Marlene A. Johnson, age 78, of Tunkhannock died Friday, August 28, 2015 at Regional Hospital of Scranton, PA. Born May 30, 1937 in Binghamton, NY she is the daughter of the late Manley and Irene (Larobe) English. Our loving, caring, compassionate Marlene has earned her pair of angel wings. Prior to her retirement she was employed by Procter & Gamble...
Regina R. Salsman
Aug 23, 2015
Jean Salsman of Mehoopany, formerly of Auburn Center, passed away August 23, 2015 at Meadowview Senior Living Center in Montrose. She was surrounded by her loved ones. She was preceded in death by her husband David Salsman Sr. She was born on November 28, 1945 in Springville PA daughter of the late father Walter Evans and mother Ruby Robinson. Through...
Emily M. Barnes
Aug 23, 2015
Emily M. Lane Barnes, 92, returned to the Lord in the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2015, surrounded by family in the Intensive Care Unit of Guthrie in Sayre, PA. Emily was born to Lillian and Clarence Lane on December 29, 1922, the eleventh of twelve children. Growing up in the depression, Emily developed a love of family and a...
Anastasia Stage
Aug 17, 2015
Anastasia Stage, 81, of Lake Winola died Aug. 17 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore PA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Martin Stage, Jr. Born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Spyros and Arlene (Packard) Patsakos. She moved to Glendale when she was 14 years old and attended Falls-Overfield School. Anastasia worked...
Lola M. Vogrin
Aug 12, 2015
Lola M. Vogrin Lola M. Vogrin of Tunkhannock died at her home on Wednesday August 12th. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on June 28, 1941 daughter of the late Leland and Verna Brunges Gay. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1959 and for over 26 years she was employed in the garment industry in Wyoming County...
Albert C. Miller
Aug 4, 2015
Albert C. Miller Jr., 47, of Lake Carey, Tunkhannock Twp. passed away August 4th at Regional Hospital in Scranton. Albert grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and was a graduate of GAR Memorial High School. He was employed for 19 years at Procter and Gamble in Mehoopany as a team leader. Albert was a member of the Lake Carey Sportsman’s Club...
Gladys L. Stark
Aug 1, 2015
Life Legacy Gladys Leona Stark, formerly of Tunkhannock, died on August 1st in Shalimar, FL. She was born in Orange on February 22, 1933, a daughter of the late Horton Corey Bell and Mabel (Dymond) Bell. She graduated as a salutatorian from College Misericordia where she received her teaching degree. She taught English in the Tunkhannock Area School District which...
Ruth A. Hug
Jul 25, 2015
Ruth A. Hug of Lake Winola died Saturday in Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert R. Hug on September 20, 2008. Born in Mill City on April 26, 1937 daughter of the late Rayburn and Anna Stage O’Dell. She graduated Falls Overfield High School and worked as a beautician for 10 years and...
Timothy Rought
Jul 24, 2015
Timothy Rought, 55, of Northmoreland Township died Friday, July 24th at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Timothy was born in Kingston, PA on March 17, 1960 son of Harold D. and Gloria Schoonover Rought. Timothy was a 1978 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and was employed by Proctor and Gamble in Mehoopany. In addition to his parents he is...
Jeanne K. Nichols
Jul 22, 2015
Jeanne Sayre Nichols Jeanne Kathleen Sayre Nichols of Meshoppen passed into Jesus’ arms on July 22, 2015, in her home with her husband Shannon Nichols by her side. She was born May 5, 1949 in The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, a daughter of Orland Frederick Sayre and Dorothy Grace Hamson Sayre of Tunkhannock Jeanne had battled several physical ailments...
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