Obituaries
John J. King
Nov 23, 2011
John “Jack†J. King of Centermoreland passed away peacefully on Wednesday Nov 23rd at the Gino Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. Jack was born in Pittston on June 29, 1932 son of the Late John and Catherine Donnelly King. Jack was a graduate of the Jenkins Township High School class of 1950. He lettered in football, basketball, and baseball and...
William P. Evans
Nov 21, 2011
William P. Evans of Osterhout Road Tunkhannock died at his home on Monday November 21, 2011. He was born in Wilkes Barre on November 18, 1975 son of Pamela Cortese of Scranton and the Late William W. Evans. Bill was a 1994 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School and received an Associate Degree from Lackawanna Jr. College. He enjoyed weight...
Roberta L. Buzzerd
Nov 21, 2011
Roberta L. Buzzerd, RN, formerly of Phoenixville and East Lemon, died Monday, November 21, 2011 in Ocala, FL surrounded by family. She was born in Philadelphia on November 17, 1938, daughter of the late Dr. Emrys W. and J. Frances Spare Andrews. Roberta was a 1956 graduate of Phoenixville High School and received her RN degree from the Philadelphia College...
Dorothy Rogers
Nov 17, 2011
Dorothy E. Rogers formerly of Nicholson died on Thursday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock were she had been a guest for some Time. Dorothy was born in Tunkhannock on October 30, 1929 daughter of the late Edson and Matilda Engleman Manning. She was a graduate of Mehoopany High School. Dorothy was preceded in death by her first husband...
Peter Rupsky
Nov 17, 2011
Peter Rupsky, of Falls, passed away November 17, 2011. Born in Duryea on December 2, 1918, he was the son of the late John and Agnes Herman Rupsky. Peter was raised in Falls, PA and after graduation from high school, moved to New York City where he worked in a laundry. During World War II, he was drafted into the...
Jean Welch
Nov 13, 2011
Jean Welch, of Tunkhannock, passed away November 13, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Born in Centermoreland in 1929, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Helen Stanley Goble. She was preceded in death by her sisters Helen Foglia and Ella Mikulski, a sister-in-law Loretta Goble, and a nephew David Goble. Jean is survived by her...
Evelyn K. Comstock
Nov 6, 2011
Evelyn Kiesinger Comstock of Mehoopany passed away November 6th at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Born January 15, 1926, on Golden Hill in Laceyville, she was the daughter of Corey and Ruth Smith Kiesinger. Evelyn worked with her late husband Howard for many years in their business, Comstock’s Garage, in Mehoopany. She also worked for the USPS in Mehoopany and...
Raymond L. Sands
Nov 3, 2011
Raymond L. Sands of Mehoopany died Thursday at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. He was born in Mehoopany on August 18, 1931 son of the late Gilbert R. and Ruth French Sands. Raymond was a 1948 graduate of Mehoopany High School and had been employed by Sproul Construction in Scranton as a truck driver for over 31 years. Raymond...
Margaret Ross Roberts
Oct 29, 2011
Margaret Ross Roberts, 98, of Tunkhannock, died Saturday in the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph Ross, whom she married in 1928, and her second husband, Carlton "Bill" Roberts. Margaret was born in Tunkhannock, on April 22, 1913, daughter of the late Abraham and Laura Reynolds Matthews. Margaret's life was...
Mary Lou Clark
Oct 27, 2011
Mary Lou Clark of Springville died Thursday in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Her husband of 15 years is Gerald "Mark" Clark. Born in Meshoppen on June 2, 1963, she was the daughter of the late John and Valeda I. Stang Boner. She attended Elk Lake High School and was employed at Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Also surviving are two sons,...
Leonard W. Vincenti
Oct 23, 2011
Dr. Leonard W. Vincenti of West St. Tunkhannock died peacefully on Sunday in the Golden Living Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock. Born in Glen Lyon on August 2, 1932, he was a son of the late Celestino and Olga Ottaviani Vincenti. Dr. Vincenti was a graduate of Newport Twp. H.S., received a B.S from Elizabethtown University, and completed his education...
Gladys Jones Yarasavage
Oct 19, 2011
Gladys Jones Yarasavage 88, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday morning at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 61 years Edward Yarasavage. Gladys was born in Osterhout on July 18, 1923 daughter of the late Garfield and Ina Inman Jones. She was a graduate of the Falls -Overfield High School class of 1941. After high school...
Helen C. Forte
Oct 16, 2011
Helen C. Forte of Tunkhannock died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at her home. She was born in Hazelton on December 1, 1917 daughter of the late Zigmont and Valeria Kubitsky Letowt. Helen was a graduate of Hazelton High School and the Hazelton General Hospital School of Nursing. Prior to her retirement she was employed by Clark Summit State hospital for...
Nancy B. Shepulski
Oct 12, 2011
Nancy B. Shepulski of Whites Ferry Rd, Falls died Wednesday evening in the Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on July 27, 1950 daughter of the late John and Elizabeth McGinley Dunbar. Nancy was a graduate of Myers High School class of 1968 and a member of St Mary’s of the Lake Catholic Church. In 1988...
Frederick Getz
Oct 1, 2011
Frederick M. Getz Sr. of Forksville formerly of Tunkhannock died Saturday evening, October 1st, in the Highland Care Center in Laporte. Fred was born in Wilkes-Barre on April 9, 1932 son of the late Jack and Anna Mae Chesney Getz. He had been employed by Central Penn Construction, Latona Trucking and Excavation and retired from TRL Trucking as an over...
Robert G. Leiser
Sep 27, 2011
Robert G. (Doc) Leiser of Ethel Park Lane, Tunkhannock died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in Grandview MO. He was born in Binghamton, NY on February 7, 1950 son of the late John and Marian Rose Carlin Leiser. He had been employed at the Procter and Gamble Plant in Mehoopany for 26 years and currently at the Pump and Pantry on...
Lois A. Talcott
Sep 26, 2011
Lois A. Talcott of Stark Rd Tunkhannock passed away on Monday September 26th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She born in Endicott NY on October 9, 1933 daughter of the late DeWilton and Cecelia Kochmer Sweet. She was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and prior to her retirement she was employed as a secretary for the...
Caroline Hayden Kelch
Sep 26, 2011
Caroline Heydon Kelch of Lake Winola passed away on Monday September 26th at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock where she had been a guest for some time. She was born in Noxen on February 18, 1921 daughter of the late John M. and Ella V. Traver Dimmick. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a Linotype operator for...
Leland Robert Riker
Sep 24, 2011
Leland Robert Riker, 80 of Tunkhannock died Saturday at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Lee was born in Scranton on June 13, 1931 son of the late Leland J. and Beulah E. Trine Riker. Lee was a graduate of Hartford High School class of 1949 and was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict serving with the Signal Corp. He...
Marilyn D. Logan
Sep 21, 2011
Marilyn Logan of Digger Drive, Tunkhannock, died Wednesday at home. Born January 16, 1936 in Newton Ransom, she was a daughter of the late Albert Lucker and Bertha Lucker Lytle. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, John Logan. Marilyn graduated from Newton Ramson High School class of 1953 and worked as a Transportation Driver for the N.E.I.U....
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