Obituaries
Debra Ann Sherwood
Apr 16, 2013
Debra Ann Sherwood of Hunter Lane, Factoryville died Tuesday April 16th in the Hospice Unit of Geisinger South in Wilkes-Barre. She was born in Meshoppen on January 13, 1957 daughter of the late Clarence and Margaret Henry Hallock and Step Daughter of Patricia Allen of Canton. Debra attended Tunkhannock High School and worked as a clerk in Bricks Market in...
Paul A. Kinney
Apr 15, 2013
Paul A. Kinney Paul A. Kinney of Scranton died Monday April 15 in the Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was born in Scranton on May 25, 1954 son of the late Kenneth and Betty Harris Kinney Sr. He was preceded in death by brothers John Kinney, James Kinney, Randy Kinney Sr., and Carl Kinney. Surviving are brothers Kenneth Kinney Jr.,...
Sarah E. Howell
Apr 14, 2013
Sarah E. Howell of Tunkhannock died Sunday April 14th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Northmoreland Twp Wyoming County on December 12, 1918, daughter of the late George and Minnie Weaver Hicks Crone. She was a member of the Osterhout Bible Church, the Wyoming County Senior Citizens, and the Childrens Evangelist Fellowship of Wyoming County....
Thomas M Owens
Apr 12, 2013
Thomas M. Owens Senior Chief Petty Officer USN Retired Tom Owens 74 died peacefully on April 12th surrounded by his loving family in Community Medical Center in Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Judy Dickinson Owens. They based their marriage on love, compassion and trust. He was the son of the late J. Philip and Helen...
Clara L. Edwards
Apr 11, 2013
Clara L. Edwards 101 of Tunkhannock formerly of Scranton and Dalton died Thursday evening at the Golden Living center in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by her husband Francis Edwards. She was born in Scranton on March 6, 1912 daughter of the late Louis and Hattie Hilwig Kline. She was a graduate of the Scranton Public Schools and the...
Robert F. Gillis
Mar 28, 2013
Robert F. Gillis of Lake St, Tunkhannock passed away at home on Thursday, March 28, 2013. He was born in Jenkins Twp., Luzerne County on June 4, 1934, son of the late Edward and Frances Sankus Gillis. Bob was a graduate of Duryea High School class of 1952 and attended Penn State University. He was a Navy Veteran of the...
Sandra Marie Ide
Mar 27, 2013
Sandra Marie Ide of Ide Lane Meshoppen passed away at her home on Wednesday March 27th She was born in South Burlington VT on March 9th 1962 daughter of the late Norino C. and Shirley J. Robinson Dattilio. She was a 1980 graduate of South Burlington High School and received a BS and Masters from Springfield College in Massachusetts. She...
Norman Dymond
Mar 26, 2013
Norman Dymond of Schooley Ave., Exeter, died Tuesday, March 26th in the Kingston Commons, Kingston. He was born on February 8, 1936 son of the late Fred E. and Marion B. Cook Dymond. Norman attended Tunkhannock High School and early in his career was employed by the Gunite Corporation. He was an accomplished masonry contractor and his work can be...
Shizue Mohring
Mar 24, 2013
Shizue Mohring of Goble Hill Road, Tunkhannock died at her home on Sunday March 24, 2013. She was born in Nagasaki, Japan on January 2, 1928. During WW2 she served as a registered nurse. She held several ceremonial licensees in the Japanizes traditions including License T Ceremonial, Flower Arrangement and Beautician. Surviving is her companion of 40 years Timothy Perron,...
Judith Ann Cole
Mar 22, 2013
Judith Ann Cole of Clearwater, Florida formerly of Syracuse NY and Tunkhannock died Friday March 22, 2013 in Sun Coast Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park, Fla. She was born in Syracuse, NY on October 17, 1946 and was raised by Doris Sherman. Judy served alongside her husband for 47 years in various ministries including 9 years at the Assembly of...
William Trembath
Mar 21, 2013
William Robert Trembath, 71, died March 21, 2013. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Bill lived most of his younger years in Tunkhannock. For most of his adult years, he resided at Selinsgrove Center, Selinsgrove, where he died unexpectedly in his sleep. A true survivor, Bill was one of the first babies to survive the effects of parental RH incompatibility. Although transfusions from...
Patrick J. Waardenburg
Mar 19, 2013
Patrick J. Waardenburg 43, of Forkston Twp died Tuesday evening March 19. He is survived by his wife of 16 years Angie Krause Waardenburg. He was born in Ridgewood New Jersey on January 6 1970 son of John Waardenburg, of Bradenton, Florida and the late Linda Ross Waardenburg. Pat was a 1988 graduate of the Tunkhannock high School he was...
Mabel V. Evans
Mar 12, 2013
Mabel V. Evans Grams, 89, went to eternal rest on March 12, 2013, one day before her 90th birthday, at home in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania from complications due to mesothelioma. Mabel was born March 13, 1923 to parents John Lockett and Gertrude VanVoser, and was a resident of Newtown, Pennsylvania prior to retiring to her home in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. She was...
Lois A. Payne
Mar 8, 2013
Lois A. Payne of Lake Winola died Friday March 8th in Abington Manor Clarks Summit. She was born in East Benton on October 26, 1922 daughter of the late Frederick and Minnie Norton Payne. Lois was employed for over 36 years at Pope and Talbot plant in Ransom and for several years she worked on the family Dairy Farm. A...
Wilber Smith
Mar 6, 2013
Wilbur H. Smith, 92, of Auburn Twp. Susquehanna Co. formerly of Jackson, New Jersey and Daytona Beach, Fla. died Wednesday March 6th in the Golden Living Care Center in Tunkhannock. Wilbur was born in Cornwell Heights, Pa. on December 3, 1920 son of the late Wilbur H. and Jane Morrison Smith Sr. He was a graduate of Bensalem High School...
Barbara A. Richter
Mar 1, 2013
Barbara A. Richter of Lovelton died Friday at her home. She was born in Fox Hollow Windham Twp., on July 14, 1945 daughter of the late Clyde and Helen Keithline Farr. Barb and her late husband Charles Thomas Richter were the owners of the Tomb Stone Inn in Lovelton for over 36 years. She attended the Mehoopany United Methodist Church...
Theodore Ronald Remetz
Feb 26, 2013
Theodore R. Remetz of Pine Ridge Road, Northmoreland Twp. died at his residence on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. He was born in Luzerne on September 25, 1939 son of the late Frederick and Agnes Ponganis Remetz. Ted was a 1957 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, for several years he was a milk tester for Aldovin Dairy. He retired from the...
Barbara J. Yurksza
Feb 25, 2013
Barbara J. Yurksza of Remington Road, Tunkhannock passed away at the Regional Hospital in Scranton shortly after admission on Monday. She was born in Meshoppen on January 12, 1952 daughter of Clarence and Gertrude Garnet DeWolfe. She was a 1970 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed as a clerk at Weiss in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death...
Leonard Pallis
Feb 24, 2013
Leonard J. Pallis Sr., 92, a resident of Tunkhannock Methodist Home died on Sunday, February 24th. Len was born Hanover Township on January 3, 1921 son of the Late Joseph and Edna Pallis. He was a graduate of Hanover High School and a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers College. He served proudly during World War II. Len graduated from Eckles...
Charles E. Klimas
Feb 22, 2013
Charles Edward Klimas, Jr., 65 of Tunkhannock, passed away February 22, 2013 at Regional Hospital Hospice Care in Scranton after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Crandall Klimas. Ed was born on July 26th, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Charles and Emma Craig Klimas, Sr. He graduated from Tunkhannock High...