Obituaries
Leland R. Shupp
Apr 21, 2011
Leland R. "Sunfish" Shupp, of Avery Station Road, Factoryville, passed away Thursday afternoon, April 21, 2011, at Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born on December 22, 1931, in Tunkhannock, a son of the late Leroy and Agnes Shupp. Sunfish was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, a U.S. Army veteran, and, for over 40 years, was employed...
Wheaton D. Fassett
Apr 19, 2011
Wheaton D. Fassett, Jr. of Forkston Township died on Tuesday. He was born in Meshoppen, on June 30, 1959, son of the late Wheaton and Daisy Farr Fassett, Sr. He worked as a Laborer at Donnora Fireworks, Inc. in Forkston Township. He was preceded in death by his brother Mark Fassett who died on February 14, 2011. Surviving are three...
Anne Muckin
Apr 16, 2011
Anne Muckin 81, of Tunkhannock, Pa., formerly of Edison, N.J., died Saturday, April 16, 2011, in the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore, Pa. She was born in Perth Amboy, N.J., on April 18, 1929, a daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Loboda Fircha. Anne was a 1947 graduate of New Brunswick High School, member of the Church of the...
Robert I. Johnson
Apr 8, 2011
Robert I. Johnson of Stoney Mountain Rd Tunkhannock, a guest at Annâs Grove in Sugar Hollow, died Friday evening at Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Tunkhannock on June 26, 1925 son of the late Frank S. and Marie Donley Johnson. He was a 30 year veteran of the US Army retiring as a Master Sergeant. While...
Michael J. Caruso
Apr 7, 2011
Michael J. Caruso of Keelersburg Rd., Tunkhannock died on Thursday April 7, 2011. He was born in Harrisburg January 30,1977 son of Jean Parente Caruso and companion Perry Coolbaugh and the late John Nicholas Caruso. He was a 1996 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and the Harrison Career Institute of Kingston with a degree in computer technology. He truly loved...
Elizabeth Betty A. King
Apr 3, 2011
Elizabeth âBettyâ A. King of Centermoreland passed away peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends. Betty was born in Kingston on August 17th, 1943 daughter of the late Stephen and Marie Goble Yurish. She was a 1961 graduate of West Side Central Catholic and a member of the Church of the Nativity...
Robert Rifenbery
Apr 1, 2011
Robert W. Rifenbery Robert W. Rifenbery of Dougherty Road, Meshoppen died Friday evening surrounded by his loving family in the Hospice Unit of Mercy Hospital Scranton after a courageous battle with cancer. Bob was born in Kingston on August 25, 1944 son of Clara Smith Rifenbery of Beaumont and the late William Rifenbery. He was employed as a carpenter for...
Bertha Holod
Mar 31, 2011
Bertha Stroka Holod, 90, died Thursday, at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was married to Daniel Holod who passed away on March 26, 2011. She was born on March 3, 1921 on the tranquil family farm in Sugar Hollow, and was a daughter of the late William and Victoria Mrockza Stroka. Bertha and Dan married on September 1, 1945....
Letha Trowbridge
Mar 29, 2011
Letha Trowbridge of Tunkhannock died Friday evening in Greenly Personal Care Home in Thurston Hollow, Tunkhannock. She was born in Noxen on November 17, 1921 daughter of the late Henry and Rachel Foote Altemus. She was preceded in death by husband Kenneth Trowbridge. Surviving is a son Kenneth Trowbridge of Lawton, Pa. a sister Idabelle of Georgia, 4 grandchildren and...
Daniel Holod
Mar 26, 2011
Daniel Holod Sr., age 91 of Tunkhannock died Saturday morning in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Dan was born in Scranton on May 2, 1919 son of the late Daniel and Bernice Pacura Holod. He was raised in East Lemon on now what is Henry-Holod Road. Dan was a veteran of WW2 and served in England with the Army...
Margaret A. Walters
Mar 24, 2011
Margaret Lydia Walters, 92, of Tunkhannock, died March 24, 2011 at Mercy Tyler Hospital after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Walters in 1990 and her nephew, Donald Harding, III in 2002. Born July 1, 1918, in Thurston Hollow, She was the daughter of Clarence B. and Florence (Phinney) Allshouse. She was a member...
Fern Kromelbein
Mar 23, 2011
Fern Kromelbein of Tunkhannock formerly of Crestview Court, Athens died Wednesday in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Fern was born in Centermoreland on July 15, 1925 daughter of the late Floyd B. and Ruth Terry Corby. She was a graduate of Beaumont High School class of 1943. Fern and her late husband Harold Lee âBudâ Kromelbein were the owners...
Ruth Smith
Mar 20, 2011
Ruth Titman Kaveney Smith of Harrison St., Tunkhannock died Sunday morning at her home. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 6, 1920 daughter of the late Floyd DeWitt and Sara Billings Titman. Ruth was a 1937 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and received her B.S. in Commercial Education from Bucknell University class of 1941. Ruth was employed by Cadwalader,...
Ronald P. Rozanski
Mar 18, 2011
Ronald P. Rozanski of Bardwell Road, Factoryville, died Friday March 18th at the Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was born August 20, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre son of the late John and Marion Pasternak Rozanski. Ron was a 1965 graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School and was a Navy Veteran serving two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Navy...
Robert H. Penrith
Mar 11, 2011
Robert H. Penrith Sr. went home to the Lord on March 11, 2011, after a brief stay at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Bob was born on February 27, 1935 son of the late Cecil and Emily Penrith. Bob was employed at Bendix Corp. in S. Montrose prior to his retirement. He also worked at Jonah Frameworks, Meshoppen. He was...
Wilmer L. Faux
Mar 4, 2011
Wilmer L. Faux of Vernon, Northmoreland Twp. died at his home Friday afternoon March 4, 2011. He was born in Northmoreland Twp., Wyoming County on May 26, 1942 son of the late Joseph and Cloe Evans Faux. Wilmer was a 1960 graduate of Tunkhannock High Class of 1960 and a Navy Veteran. Prior to his retirement he was employed by...
Charles D. Wilson
Mar 1, 2011
Charles D. Wilson of Tunkhannock, died March 1, 2011 in Tunkhannock. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on May 21, 1976 son of Wayne L. Wilson and Joyce Fisher Wilson. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed as a mechanic for DeNaples in Dunmore. He had a love for all vehicles, fishing, camping. His greatest love was...
Bernard A. Steele
Feb 26, 2011
Bernard A. Steele of Tunkhannock died at home on Saturday morning February 26th. He was born in Nicholson on January 7, 1921 son of the late William and Mildred Gregory Steele. Bernie worked at the Tunkhannock Agway for 31 ½ years retiring as manager. He was a 1939 graduate of Factoryville High School and an Army Air Corps veteran. He...
Sandra L. Smith
Feb 25, 2011
Sandra L. Smith of Mehoopany died Friday February 25, 2011 in the Hospice Unit of Geisinger South in Wilkes-Barre. She was born in Kingston on November 21, 1947 daughter of the late Howard and Betty Louise Evans Boice. Sandra received her GED from Tunkhannock High School in 1986. She was a graduate of Empire Beauty School and was a self...
Michael J. Vadella
Feb 24, 2011
Michael Joseph Vadella Jr. died peacefully on Thursday surrounded by his loving family in the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. Mike was the oldest of six children born July 26, 1923 in Winton Lackawanna County. He was the son of Michael Joseph and Bertha Sershen Vadella. He was a graduate of Winton High School and attended Harrisburg University. He was...