Obituaries

Wayne Hussong

Wayne Hussong

Mar 31, 2012

Wayne E. Hussong, 81 of Jenningsville, Pennsylvania went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 31, 2012, surrounded by his family and Father Joseph J. Manarchuck. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin he was the son of the late Raymond P. and Clara A.Heisel Hussong. He was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Wyalusing, PA. Wayne...

Meikah Ashlynn-Nicole Gruver

Meikah Ashlynn-Nicole Gruver

Mar 29, 2012

Meikah Ashlynn-Nicole Gruver 2 Months old, went with the angles Thursday March 29 at Geisinger Hospital in Danville. Born on January 27 daughter of Christopher Gruver and Nicole Sands of Meshoppen. She was preceded in death by two cousins Britney Giberson and Antonia Kalacinski. She is survived by her maternal grandparents Tammy Giberson, and Jeremy Whitney, maternal great grandparents Pearl...

Roxana Rowker

Roxana Rowker

Mar 29, 2012

Roxana Rowker of Keelersburg Road, died at her home on Thursday, March 29, 2012. She was born in Punxsutawney, Pa. on April 23, 1951 daughter of the late George and Alvera Knopic. Roxana was employed as a clerk at the Tunkhannock WalMart. She enjoyed the outdoors and time spent with her family and friends. She was preceded in death by...

Eugene S. Milnes

Eugene S. Milnes

Mar 25, 2012

Eugene S. Milnes of Lane Hill Rd, Tunkhannock passed away on Sunday March 25th at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Born in Sayre PA on November 24, 1936 he was a son of the late Stuart and Carmen Green Milnes. Gene was a 1955 graduate of the LaRaysville High School. He was a 20 year veteran of the United States...

Alan C. Layaou

Alan C. Layaou

Mar 23, 2012

Alan C. Layaou of Thurston Hollow Rd Tunkhannock, passed away on Friday March 23rd at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on June 11, 1955 son of Harry M. and Shirley Layaou Sr. of Mehoopany. He was a 1973 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and worked for 30 years as a Boilermaker with the...

Carolyn Jean Corker

Carolyn Jean Corker

Mar 16, 2012

Carolyn “Jean” Corker of Jets Lane Lemon Twp. died at her home on Friday March 16, 2012. She was born in Scranton on May 11, 1946 daughter of the late William and Lois Ruger Wilcox. Carolyn was preceded in death by a brother William Wilcox, sister Carol Ann. Surviving is her husband of 46 years Thomas Sr., sons Thomas Jr....

Helen A. McKeon

Helen A. McKeon

Mar 15, 2012

Helen A. McKeon (nee Nebus) of Springville, PA died March 15, 2012 at home, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Rose Nebus. Helen was born in South Amboy, NJ and resided in Sayreville, NJ for many years before moving to Pennsylvania. She was predeceased by four brothers: Peter, William, Edmund, and Charles Jr...

Michael Bakaysa

Michael Bakaysa

Mar 12, 2012

Michael Bakaysa Jr, of Dallas PA passed away Monday March 12th at the Hospice Unit Geisinger South in Wilkes-Barre. Born in Taylor, PA he was a son of the late Michael and Mary Fedor Bakaysa Sr. Michael was a Navy veteran serving from July 1943- March 1946 having served in WW II and in Okinawa He received Pacific Theater Ribbon...

Mary Chellis

Mary Chellis

Mar 12, 2012

Mary Chellis, 91, of Keelersburg Road, Tunkhannock passed away in Baltimore, Maryland on March 12th. Born on March 1, 1921 in Wilkes Barre, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Frances Rokosz Wiernusz. Mrs. Chellis was a member of the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock and St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock, MD and devoted to her...

Edith F. Wiggins

Edith F. Wiggins

Mar 9, 2012

Edith F. Wiggins of Tunkhannock passed away on March 9, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County on December 28, 1921 daughter of the late Franklin and Eugenia Bunnell Rowe. Edith was a 1939 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and married her high school sweetheart, Howard (Pete) Wiggins, who preceded her...

Robert H. Massaker

Robert H. Massaker

Mar 8, 2012

Robert H. Massaker Robert H. Massaker of Springville passed away on Thursday at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. He was born in Meshoppen on February 24, 1950 son of Robert and Carole Fleming Massaker of Tunkhannock. Bob was a 1968 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a 1975 graduate of Bloomsburg University. While in high school and college Bob...

Dennis H. Smith

Dennis H. Smith

Feb 29, 2012

Dennis H. Smith, of Exeter, died Wednesday February 29th, in the Highland Manor Nursing Home in Exeter. Born in Phoenix, AZ on November 7, 1950, he was a son of the late Charles and Virginia Mason Smith. Dennis worked as a Taxi Driver. Surviving are two sons: Dennis Smith Jr. of Forkston, PA, Richard Smith of Elk Lake, PA, two...

Otto C. Keil

Otto C. Keil

Feb 26, 2012

Otto Charles Keil, Jr of Douglas Hollow Rd, died on Sunday February 26th at home. Otto was born in Washington, DC on July 23, 1918. He was the son of the late Otto C. and Florence Pickett Keil. Raised in Decatur, IL, the oldest of four siblings, two brothers and a sister, he was an Eagle Scout and was active...

John L. Bedell

John L. Bedell

Feb 23, 2012

John L. Bedell Sr. of Factoryville, PA passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley from complications as a result of his battle with cancer. He was 68 years old. He was born September 29, 1943, in Sussex, NJ, son of the late Earl Johnson and the late Madeline Bedell Johnson. He is survived by many loved ones...

Linda Marie Woodyatt

Linda Marie Woodyatt

Feb 21, 2012

Linda Marie Thomason Woodyatt, 52, of Tunkhannock, died Tuesday evening after a fifteen month battle with cancer. The daughter of the late Delmo and Mary Cable Thomason, Linda was born on October 3, 1959, in Ypsilanti, MI, and is survived by her husband John H. Woodyatt, son Waylon Thomason of Bowling Green, OH, brothers Eric and Michael Thomason of Florida,...

Robert J. Vandorick

Robert J. Vandorick

Feb 18, 2012

Robert J. Vandorick, Sr., 87, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Powell Vandorick. They were married over 60 years. Born in Scranton, son of the late John and Teresa Vandorick, he graduated from West Side High School. He completed a tour of duty in...

Sandra L. Stone

Sandra L. Stone

Feb 18, 2012

Sandra L. Stone 65, died Saturday evening at her residence. She is survived by her husband Clifford “Sunny” L. Stone. Sandra was born in Tunkhannock on December 22, 1946 daughter of the late Albert and Mary Harvey Robinson. She was preceded in death by her first husband Richard Vogrin, and Brother John Robinson. She is survived by her sons Richard...

Marguerite Saylor

Marguerite Saylor

Feb 14, 2012

Marguerite Saylor (1928-2012) Marguerite Saylor of Stark Road, Tunkhannock, passed away Tuesday, February 14th at Golden Living Center. Born in Endicott, NY on September 25, 1928, she was the daughter of the late DeWilton and Cecelia Kochmer Sweet. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Merle; daughter, Patricia; sisters Connie Ayers and Lois Talcott; and brother,...

John Paul Antosh

John Paul Antosh

Feb 12, 2012

John Paul Antosh, 82 of Tunkhannock died Sunday evening at Tyler Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 61 years Phyllis Fassett Antosh. John was born in Plains, Pa on February 2, 1930 son of the late John and Mary Wendrovich Wender Antosh. He was a 1947 graduate of Tunkhannock High school where he played football and baseball...

Bruce Alan Casterline

Bruce Alan Casterline

Feb 12, 2012

Bruce Alan Casterline 49 of Tunkhannock died on Sunday at home. He was born in Scranton on October 5, 1962, son of the late Robert and Eleanor Smith Casterline. He is survived by his sister Gwladys Amaya of Henderson, NV. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 am from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St.,...