5 Messages

John E. Dizek

June 27, 2017

John Dizek, an accomplished musician, passed away Tuesday evening at his daughter's Jefferson's Twp. home at the age of 68, after a long and courageous battle with illness. His wife of 34 years of marriage, Lucy Weber Dizek, survi...

Donald (Donny) John Sweeney

June 25, 2017

Donald John Sweeney, 55, a lifelong resident of Scranton, died Sunday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center after a sudden illness. Born on August 20, 1961, son of the late John J., Jr. and Alice Coyle Sweeney, Don...
3 Messages

Shirley P. Quick

June 24, 2017

Shirley Quick, age 77, of Moosic and formerly of Old Forge, passed away Saturday morning at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit in Dunmore, after an illness. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Albert Qui...
4 Messages

Helen O'Dell

June 24, 2017

Helen O'Dell, age 94, a lifelong resident of Old Forge, passed away Saturday evening at her son's home in Pittston Twp., after an illness. Her beloved husband, the late Eugene J. O'dell, Sr., died on February 4, 1974. ...
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Richard (Rich) James Johnson, Sr.

June 23, 2017

Richard (Rich) James Johnson, Sr., age 48, of West Scranton, died Friday evening in the Intensive Care Unit of Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, after an unexpected illness. He is survived by his loving wife and best...
7 Messages

Andrew Michael Marianelli

June 20, 2017

Andrew Michael Marianelli, infant son of Jonathan and Julianne Hunisch Marianelli of the Greenwood Section of Moosic, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. Although no longer physically with those wh...
6 Messages

Joseph Leonard

June 19, 2017

Joseph S. “Poncho” Leonard, 63, of Scranton, died Monday evening surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by the love of his life for twenty-two-and-a-half years, Terry Wachholz. Born April 9, 1954, in Scran...
1 Message

Bernice Pugliano

June 19, 2017

Bernice Pugliano, age 94, a resident of The Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania and formerly of Old Forge, passed away Monday, June 19th. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Furey Pugliano, on June 8, 2014. ...
13 Messages

Marianne Cwalina

June 17, 2017

Marianne Cwalina, age 65, of Allentown, and formerly of Old Forge, died Saturday evening at Lehigh Valley Medical Center in Allentown. Born in Old Forge on June 28, 1951, and daughter of the late Stanley and Helen Grzyboski Cw...
4 Messages

Rita Sharon Nemeth

June 15, 2017

Rita Sharon Nemeth, age 58, of Scranton, died Thursday morning at home. Born on July 27, 1958 and raised in New Foundland, she was the daughter of the late Harry and G. Rita Hoover. Residing in Scranton for nearly three decades as she raised her chil...

Barbara J. Strope

June 15, 2017

Services have been scheduled for Barbara J. Strope, 62, of Scranton, who died June 15th at Riverside Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Taylor. A graveside blessing will be Wednesday at 10AM at Marcy Cemetery in Duryea. Arrangements are u...

Servie Theodore Squirlock

June 14, 2017

Servie Theodore Squirlock, age 89, of Old Forge, passed away Wednesday morning at the Gino Merli Veteran Center in Scranton. He was preceded in death on April 17, 2013 by his beloved wife of 58 years, Sophie Welc Squirlock. Born on January 25, 1928, ...

Rose Marie Miller

June 13, 2017

Rose Marie Miller, age 93, an 11-year resident of West Scranton and formerly of Bayonne, New Jersey, passed away Tuesday at Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was preceded in death in 1996 by her beloved husband of 52 years, Clarence Mill...
2 Messages

Harold (Jerry) & June Coyne

June 10, 2017

Services have been scheduled for Scranton natives, wife June Moran Coyne who passed away on July 12, 2014, and husband Harold J. (Jerry) Coyne, Jr., who passed away on October 28, 2016. Mass of Christian Burials were held for each at Sacred Heart Cat...
2 Messages

Richard Eugene Molnar, Jr.

June 9, 2017

Richard Eugene Molnar, Jr., age 55, of West Scranton, passed away Friday evening. Born on April 12, 1962, son of Richard Molnar, Sr. of Scranton and the late Marilyn Burnett Molnar, he formerly worked for Vermont Manufacturing. An avid fisherman and...

Ronald E. Kocak

June 9, 2017

Ronald E. Kocak, age 81, of Friendsville, died Tuesday, May 9th, at home. Born in Endicott, New York, on May 4, 1936, and son of the late Margaret and John Kocak, Ronald proudly served his country in the United States Army. Prior to his retirement, ...

Christine Ruth Pitta

June 7, 2017

Christine Ruth Pitta, 67, of Old Forge, died Wednesday evening at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton. Born Dec. 16, 1949, in Old Forge, she was the daughter of Theodore Christy Jr., Roaring Brook Twp., and the late Ruth James Christy. A gra...
2 Messages

Anna W. Bonifacio

June 3, 2017

Anna W. Bonifacio, 87, of Scranton, died Saturday morning in the inpatient unit of Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lorenzo P. Bonifacio, Jr., on August 28, 1985. Born January 28, 1930 in Brooklyn, New Y...

Patricia Jane Thomas

June 3, 2017

Patricia Jane Thomas, 74, of Old Forge, died Saturday morning at Moses Taylor Hospital after being stricken ill at home. Born Jan. 17, 1943, in Taylor, she was the daughter of the late John "Jack" and Kathryn Duffy Thomas. Patricia was a graduate of...
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Maureen A. McHugh

May 27, 2017

Maureen A. McHugh, 57, of Scranton passed away Saturday morning at Geisinger-Community Medical Center after a courageous 9-year battle with cancer. Her husband of 28 years is Edward W. McHugh. Born September 21, 1959 in Scranton, she was the daughte...

Roland K. Smith

May 24, 2017

Roland K. Smith, 83, of Tobyhanna and a Korean War Veteran, died Tuesday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, after an illness. Private arrangements for burial at Fairview Memorial Park in Elmhurst Twp. is under the care of the Thomas P. Kearney ...

James Patrick Philbin, Jr.

May 24, 2017

James Patrick Philbin, Jr., age 88, a lifelong Scranton resident, passed away peacefully Wednesday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Ann Gaven Philbin. Born on March 13, 1929, James was the son...

Patrick W. Lockett

May 23, 2017

Patrick W. Lockett, age 71, of Moosic, passed away Tuesday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit, Dunmore, after an illness. Born in Bath Avon, England, on September 16, 1945, son of the late William and Kathleen Burns Lockett, Patrick was a ...
2 Messages

Megan Marie White

May 23, 2017

Megan Marie White, age 31, of Bethlehem and formerly of Scranton, passed away Tuesday morning. Born on August 28, 1985, she was the daughter of Shelly White and Frank Pometti. Megan enjoyed playing softball in her youth and was both a graduate and Ho...

Pearl Wojcik

May 21, 2017

Pearl Wojcik, a lifelong resident of West Scranton, passed away Sunday morning on her 96th birthday. Born on May 21, 1921, Pearl was the daughter of the late Alexander and Helen Kowalski Wojcik. Possessing a tremendous work ethic throughout her life,...