Obituaries
Gifford Leroy Sands
Oct 27, 2014
Gifford Leroy Sands Gifford (Giff) Leroy Sands, 83, of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Monday, October 27, 2014 passed away at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Ruby Carpenter Sands. Born February 12, 1931 in Sayre, PA son of the late Mildred Harding and Earl Sands. Giff graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1948...
Clarence G. Baltrusaitis
Oct 25, 2014
Clarence G. Baltrusaitis, Sr. Clarence G. Baltrusaitis, Sr., 82, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully Saturday evening at Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born on July 31, 1932 son of the late William and Freida Ungureit Baltrusaitis. Clarence was known throughout the community as a loving husband and father, and a friend to all who knew him. He attended...
Frank T. Ross
Oct 24, 2014
Frank T. Ross Jr. Frank T. Ross Jr. of Tunkhannock, Pa. died Friday October 24, 2014 in Tyler Memorial Hospital after a brief stay. He was born in Scranton on August 2, 1935 to Frank T. and Mary R. Regan Ross. Frank was brought up in the Roman Catholic Faith and received his early education in parochial schools. Frank was...
Valeda A Frantz
Oct 22, 2014
Valeda A. Frantz Valeda A. Frantz of Dallas died on Wednesday October 22, 2014 in the Lakeside Nursing Home. Born, May 16, 1922 in Dallas Twp. Daughter of the late Clarence and Lula Bell Knorr Frantz. Graduate of Dallas Twp. High School class of 1944. Prior to her retirement she worked in numerous homes as a house keeper. Surviving is...
Kenneth & Janice Lewis
Oct 15, 2014
Kenneth and Janice Lewis, of Tunkhannock died tragically in a motor vehicle accident on Wednesday, October 15, In Monroe Twp. Kenneth 84 was born in Plymouth on July 25, 1930 son of the late Harold and Helen Jones Lewis. Janice Llewllyn Lewis 84 was born in Wilkes-Barre on February 1, 1930 daughter of the late Harold and Beatrice Hill Llewllyn....
Electa Jean Rundell
Oct 14, 2014
Electa Jean Rundell of Tunkhannock died Tuesday in Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. She was born in Tunkhannock on July 15, 1932 daughter of the late John S. and Elizabeth Mary Hill Carter. A 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, member of the Mehoopany Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for 4 and 5 year olds for...
David Comly
Sep 28, 2014
David Comly, 74, of Springville Twp. died unexpectedly on Sunday September 28th at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Jeanne MacMillan Comly. He was born in Philadelphia on April 22, 1940, son of the late John and Alice Starkey Comly. David served in the United States Air Force and was Mathematics teacher...
Lynn Y. Clark
Sep 28, 2014
Lynn Y. Clark of the White Haven Center, died on Sunday September 28th in the White Haven Center. She was born in Meshoppen on April 5, 1954, daughter of the late Fred and Donna Navle Clark. Most recently and for many years, Lynn lived at the White Haven Center in White Haven, PA. She was described as determined and willful...
John Joseph Mikush
Sep 23, 2014
John J. Mikush, 83, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on September 23, 2014. Jack is survived by his wife, Dottie Mikush, with whom he recently celebrated his 56th wedding anniversary. Jack was born February 8, 1931 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Son of the late John and Helen Mikush. Jack served his country honorably during...
Glenn Bohlander
Sep 19, 2014
Glenn William Bohlander, 49, of Scranton Pennsylvania, passed from this world to heaven on September 18, 2014. Glenn was born on April 10, 1965 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Glenn lived a full life despite his affliction with Muscular Dystrophy. Glenn was a 16 year resident of Allied Skilled Nursing Center, in Scranton where he lived a life surrounded by a...
Harold C. Sickler
Sep 19, 2014
Harold C. Sickler, 90 of Tunkhannock Went home to be with the Lord Friday September 19 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Greenley Sickler; they would have celebrated seventy years of marriage on September 23rd. He was born on Corby Hill Eaton Twp., on August 5, 1924 son of the late Chester...
Betty F. Simmons
Sep 15, 2014
Betty Simmons of Tunkhannock, formerly of Kingston, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 15th at home. Born in Kingston on July 22, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Ethel Harding Partington. She was a life Member of VFW Auxiliary #283, Kingston and the Immanuel Baptist Church in Edwardsville. Betty will be greatly...
Ann D. Zeibig
Sep 13, 2014
Mrs. Ann Zeibig of Tunkhannock passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Regional Hospital, Scranton. Born February 20, 1934 in Brooklyn NY. She was a daughter of John and Bertha DeWald Summers. She was a loving wife to Ronald Zeibig, a loving mother to Laura Frisvold, Susan Gaynor, and Ron and Angela Zeibig. She was dedicated to her...
Dorothy M. Sands
Sep 12, 2014
Dorothy M. Sands of Falls, died on Friday, September 12th. She was born in Kingston on October 3, 1945, daughter of the late Roland and Mary Milbrodt Keithline. She was employed by Nesbitt and Wilkes-Barre General Hospitals as a housekeeper and retired from Penguin Group (Book Shipper) USA after 11 years of service. Dorothy was a member of the Back...
Margurite Cook
Sep 3, 2014
Marguerite “Maggie” Cook Marguerite “Maggie” Mae Cook, formerly of Tunkhannock peacefully went home to spend eternity with her Lord on Monday September 3, 2014. Maggie was the widow of Francis Cook and beloved mother of Beverly Ann and John Mark Cook. Throughout her life, Maggie relied on the strength, comfort, and joy of serving her Lord at the Bowman’s Creek...
Frederick M. Drake
Aug 31, 2014
Frederick M. Drake of Tunkhannock died Sunday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born on Buffalo, NY on March 16, 1944 son of the Frederick M. and Alma Nelson Drake. Fred was a 1962 graduate of Dallas High School and an Air Force Veteran. For several years he was employed by the United States Post Office servicing in...
Pamela J. Schoonover
Aug 25, 2014
Pamela J. Schoonover of Tunkhannock died in Geisinger Wyoming Valley on Monday August 25. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on January 10, 1949 daughter of the late John and Julie George Nixon. She was preceded in death by a daughter Jennifer Boston. Surviving are sons Frank and Brian of Tunkhannock, Michael of Minersville, brothers Jack and David Nixon, sister Kathy...
Robert A. Takacs
Aug 25, 2014
Robert A. “Ratsy” Takacs of Nicholson died Monday August 25th due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident early in the day. He was born in Perth Amboy, NJ on August 22, 1974 son of Ronald and wife Carolyn Takacs of Lovelton and Donna Lee Lindh Ardito and Husband Jack of Georgetown, SC. Robert graduated from Tunkhannock High School in...
John Kobylski
Aug 24, 2014
John A. Kobylski Sr. 91, of Tunkhannock died Sunday August 24th at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 51 years Cecelia Wiernusz Kobylski. He was born in Kingston on March 8, 1923 son of the late Michael and Antoinette Holka Kobylski. He was a graduate of Kingston High School. He then served for the US Army in...
Ira J. Wittig
Aug 21, 2014
Ira J. Wittig, of Tunkhannock died Thursday evening, August 21st, in the Sacred Heart Hospice Unit in Dunmore. Born in Wilkes-Barre March 5, 1941 he was the son of the late George and Mildred Smith Whittig. He was a 1961 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was an avid firefighter serving many local fire departments, and having fought his first...
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