Obituaries
Lyle A. Durland
Mar 5, 2015
Lyle Allan Durland, 63, passed away peacefully on Thursday March 5, 2015 at Silver Stream Center in Springhouse, PA. Lyle was born on March 15, 1951 in Falls, PA and then later lived in Philadelphia. He was pre-deceased by brothers Tom and Girard, as well as their parents Delmar and Gertrude Durland. Lyle is survived by his loving children, daughters...
Sally A. Leiser
Mar 1, 2015
Sally A. Leiser 67 of Tunkhannock, Pa. died Sunday March 1st at the Golden Living Center in Wilkes-Barre. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Leiser. She was born in Wilkes-Barre Twp. on February 13, 1948 daughter of the late Edward and Margret Maloney Pius. She was a1965 graduate of Wilkes-Barre Twp., High School. She worked at Penn...
Ruth D. Button
Feb 23, 2015
Ruth D. Button of Germantown, Maryland went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 23, 2015 at the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland. She was preceded in death by her husband of seventy-nine years, Ronald O. Button, and her brother, Guy Davies. Ruth was born on July 12, 1914 in Lynn, Pennsylvania daughter of the late...
John J Pasternak
Feb 22, 2015
John J. Pasternak 79, of Lake Carey died Sunday February 22, 2015, at Sacred Heart Hospice in Dunmore. He is survived by his wife of 37 years Gloria Wagenhoffer Haran Pasternak. John was born in Wilkes-Barre Township on August 4, 1935, son of the late John Bernard and Mary Hedwig Papciak Pasternak. John graduated from Wilkes-Barre Township High School in...
Patricia J. Gillis
Feb 16, 2015
TUNKHANNOCK — Patricia Joyce Novak Gillis, 73, of Tunkhannock, passed away at home, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 29, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Novak. Over the years Patricia was employed at the Wyoming County Courthouse, Bennie's Nursery and the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. Family members will...
Frederick J. Kintner
Feb 13, 2015
Frederick “Fred” J. Kintner 90 of Mehoopany died Friday evening at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Mehoopany on September 12, 1924, son of the late Fred J. and Lucy Bloom Kintner. He was a devoted husband to his wife of 68 years, Jeanne Furman Kintner. She was the love of...
Kenneth R. Wintermute
Feb 12, 2015
Kenneth R. Wintermute, 82, of Mehoopany died Thursday, February 12th at the VNA Hospice in Scranton. He was born in Forkston, PA on February 10, 1933 son of the late Roy and Beatrice Decker Wintermute. He retired from Penelec after 40 years. He was a member of the Tunkhannock Ambulance Association, Towanda Ambulance Association, Antique Truck Club, The Franklin Lodge...
Elizabeth M. Sickler
Feb 11, 2015
Elizabeth M. Sickler, of Tunkhannock went home to be with the Lord Wednesday February 11, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her husband of seventy years Harold C. Sickler. Elizabeth was born on March 20, 1926 in Eaton Township daughter of the late Sidney and Nellie Allshouse Greenley. She was a lady...
Bernice McCain
Feb 9, 2015
Bernice McCain of Tunkhannock died Monday in Geisinger Wyoming Valley. She was born in Arizona on June 22, 1916. During her life time she worked on the family farm. Bernice was extremely active in the Missionary program of Tunkhannock Pilgrim Holiness Church and taught Sunday school for a number of years. Prior to her retirement she worked as a seamstress...
Paula M. Zenger
Feb 5, 2015
Paula Custer Zenger passed away peacefully on February 5th surrounded by her loving family after a long fight with cancer. Born in Kingston on June 27, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Norma Becker Custer. Paula graduated from Tunkhannock High School class of 1965 and lived in Tunkhannock all her life. Prior to her retirement she...
Richard M. Dixon
Feb 3, 2015
Richard M. Dixon Richard M. Dixon 87 of Tunkhannock died early Tuesday morning in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Tunkhannock on November 4, 1928. He and his late wife Mary lived and worked in New Jersey moving back to Tunkhannock after his retirement in 1989. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. Prior...
Suzanne F. Robinson
Feb 2, 2015
.Suzanne Robinson Suzanne Robinson passed away at home surrounded by her family which meant everything to her. She was born in Tunkhannock and also lived in Arizona, Colorado and Virginia. While in Arizona she ran an interactive murder mystery theater company, and came back to Pennsylvania to start another in the Poconos. She really loved to entertain and make people...
Charles Fargo
Jan 30, 2015
Charles Stanley Fargo Jr. 87, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully at home on Friday January 30 with his family. Born in Tunkhannock, on November 5, 1927 son of the late Charles Sr. and Beatrice Puterbaugh Fargo. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Shiffer Fargo. Stan, was a Navy Veteran of World War II and also a...
Francis J. Wildonger
Jan 24, 2015
Francis J. Wildonger 52, of Tunkhannock died Saturday January 24th after several battles with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 27 years Eva Gombos Wildonger. He was born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1962 son of Marie Schloesser Wildonger, of Tunkhannock and the late James Wildonger. He was preceded in death by his sister Debbie and son Francis....
Denise Lohmann
Jan 20, 2015
Denise Lohmann of Tunkhannock died Tuesday in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Newark, NJ on November 11, 1960 daughter of the late Thomas Hill and Ramona Burke Hill Urbanis. Denise was a 1978 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and had worked at the Flagship in Atlantic City and at Epicurean Delight in Falls. She was preceded in...
Robert W. Place
Jan 17, 2015
Robert W. Place, 74, of Meshoppen, passed away on January 17, 2015. He was the youngest son of the late John Easton and Bessie Sullivan Place. Robert graduated from Tunkhannock High School and attended Penn State University after winning the county scholarship. He then served in the Air Force. He worked for many years in Chicago as a computer programmer...
Catherine M. Hutch
Jan 16, 2015
Catherine M. Hutch Catherine M. Hutch of Tunkhannock died Friday evening at the Golden Livening Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on November 5, 1930 daughter of the late Stanley and Margaret Williams Stefanski. She was a member of the Tunkhannock Moose Lodge and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Tunkhannock. Preceding her in death was her Husband Harry...
Mary C. Kuffa
Jan 13, 2015
Mary C. (Jurista) Kuffa Mary Catherine Kuffa, 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 after a short stay at Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. She was born April 1, 1919 in Laflin, PA, one of ten children of the late Edward and Mary Gajdica Jurista. Her early life was spent growing up on their dairy farm in Eatonville,...
Charles S. Ferguson
Jan 6, 2015
Charles S. Ferguson 98, formally of Lake Carey, died Tuesday January 6 at Wesley Village in Pittston. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Elizabeth Frank. He was born on February 20, 1916 in Kingston son of the late Robert and Ester Wood Ferguson. A humble man of great character, he lived his life doing for others and...
Betty Furman
Jan 1, 2015
Betty Lou Furman of Wesley Village, Pittston Pa joined the heavenly chorus on January 1, 2015. Betty Lou was born in 1928 in Newport, Pa to the late Charles Daniel and Elsie Hutzley Henry. She moved to Mehoopany Pa with her parents and siblings in 1938 and graduated from Mehoopany High School in 1946. On January 10, 1947 she married...
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