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Raymond Arthur Anderson
Apr 22, 2022
Raymond Arthur Anderson, 75, of Meshoppen, passed away surrounded by his loving family at Regional Hospital, Scranton on April 22, 2022. He was born on February 6, 1947 in Tunkhannock and was the son of the late Miles and Beulah VanDeMark Anderson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the Elk Lake Community Church. Ray...
Roberta K. Keiter (Champion)
Apr 2, 2022
Roberta K. Keiter, 74, of Dalton died Saturday April 2, 2022, at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton. She was born in Galion, Ohio on Feb.19, 1948; the daughter of the late John and Lorena “Bink” Baylor Champion.
Roberta was an LPN for many area nursing homes’ a bus driver for Nichols Bus and worked at Wyoming Sand...
William K. Hughes Sr.
Mar 24, 2022
William K. Hughes Sr., 64, of Factoryville died Thursday March 24, 2022, at Regional Hospital of Scranton after a sudden illness.
Born in Scranton on Aug.16, 1957; the son of the late Fred and Dorothy VanAllen Hughes.
Bill graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School in 1975. He worked the past 25 years at Shupp’s Excavating,...
Jack A. Bullock
Mar 21, 2022
Jack A. Bullock, 73, of Tunkhannock died March 21, 2022, at the Allied Skilled Nursing. Born in Meshoppen, son of the late Percy E. and Catherine L. Harvey Bullock.
He was a 1966 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving aboard the USS Enterprise as an airman. He and his...
Randy L. Bedell
Mar 21, 2022
Randy L. Bedell Sr., 56, of Factoryville passed away Monday, March 21, 2022, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 16, 1966, in Goshen, NY, son of the late John L. Bedell Sr. and the late former Bertha Belcher. His loving wife and best friend is the former Kantana (Tammy) Walters....
Marion I Drake
Mar 13, 2022
Marion I. Drake, 88 , of Tunkhannock passed away March 13, 2022 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. She was born on Dec. 31, 1933 in Elmira, Ny, and she was the daughter of the late Collin Goodwin and the late former Helen Walker Goodwin.
Marion attended the Lake Sheridan Bible Chapel, she loved going to yard sales,...
Harvey Nelson Montanye
Mar 10, 2022
Harvey Nelson Montanye,80, of Tunkhannock passed away at The Gardens of Tunkhannock on March 10,2022. Harvey was born in Mill City, PA on December 20,1941. He was the son of the late John Harvey Montanye and the late former Nita Love Bennett. Harvey was married to the late Sandra Montanye who passed away in 2019. Harvey was a graduate of...
Stephen H. Lasco
Mar 9, 2022
Stephen H. Lasco, 73, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home surrounded by his family on March 9, 2022. Stephen was born in Meshoppen on July 14, 1948, and he was the son of the late Stephen Lasco and the former Ruth Heitsman Lasco. Steve was a graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and spend the majority of his life...
Kennard M. Britton
Mar 5, 2022
Kennard M. Britton, 96, of Factoryville died Saturday March 5, 2022, at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was born in Factoryville in Sept. 29, 1925. The son of the late Frank and Eva Freeman Britton. His late wife, Ramona A. Britton, died March 12, 2006.
He graduated from Factoryville High School in 1944 worked as an Electrician...
William Samuel Miner
Mar 3, 2022
William Samuel Miner, 86, of Meshoppen, died March 3, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Hospice in Dunmore. William was born in Fox Hollow on Oct. 27, 1935, son of the late William H. and Elizabeth Grow Miner. He married the former Sandra Ann Gregory on June 24, 1961.
Bill graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1953 and he enlisted...
Cynthia M. Colvin (Goosley)
Mar 2, 2022
Cynthia Marie Colvin 58 died unexpectedly on March 2 nd 2022. She was born on Dec. 31 st, 1963, in Taylor Pennsylvania. Daughter of Dolores Goosley (Fialko) and Robert Goosley. Cindy resided in West Nicholson with her husband, daughter, and beloved pets.
She attended Riverside High School and graduated in 1981. Cindy met the love of her...
Merle R. Harvey
Mar 1, 2022
Merle R. Harvey, 86 of Tunkhannock, PA passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
He was predeceased by his parents, Ross and Elnora Harvey; loving wife of 57 years, Elizabeth (Betty); and brother, Laverne.
Merle is survived by his sister, Joyce Vought from Owego, his children, Timothy (Ruth)...
Alice E. Pensak (Snyder)
Feb 27, 2022
Alice E. Pensak, 70, of Factoryville, passed away on the farm surrounded by everything that she loved on Sunday, February 27, 2022. She was the widow of Carl H. Pensak, Sr. who passed away on October 4, 2015.
She was born on August 28, 1951, the daughter of the late Harold Snyder, Sr. and Margaret Cassidy Snyder....
William H. Moore Iii "Rusty"
Feb 26, 2022
William H. Moore III (Rusty), 70, died Feb.26, 2022 at his home in Forkston Twp. Born in Sellersville on June 8, 1951, the son of the late William H. and Charlotte Wilson Petrick Moore Jr.
He served our country as a corporal in USMC from April 1969 to April 1972. He worked at what was Decker Lumber...
Jeffrey N. Wilbur Sr.
Feb 14, 2022
Jeffrey N. Wilbur Sr., 80, of Benton Twp. died Monday Feb. 14, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Dalton on Aug. 23, 1941, the son of the late Norman and Irene Clark Wilbur. His wife the late Joyce M. Wilbur died May 6, 2021.
Jeff was a 1958 graduate of Lackawanna Trail...
Laura Layaou Watkins
Feb 9, 2022
Laura Layaou Watkins, 71, passed away Feb. 9, 2022 at Geisinger C.M.C, Scranton. Laura was born November 21, 1950. She is the daughter of the late Jack and Dorothy Giberson Layaou.
Laura was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School, Bradford Beauty Academy and Keystone Beauty School. She was a hair stylist for many years in the...
Eleanor R. White
Feb 8, 2022
Eleanor R. White 92 of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully Tuesday morning February 8,2022 at home in her favorite chair.
Born in Harding on May 5, 1929 she was the Daughter of the Late Kenneth and Eleanor{Swartwood} Hoover.
Eleanor worked at Rowker Manufacturing in Tunkhannock, before becoming a stay at home mom.
She had...
Frank (Mike) Coliskey
Feb 2, 2022
Frank Michael Coliskey (Mike), 81, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday Feb.2, 2022 after a brief illness at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Tunkhannock on June 7, 1940; the son of the late John P. and Mary Miller Coliskey.
Mike Graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School 1958. Served his country serving in the U.S. Army. He was a...
Deborah J. Moser (Dungey)
Feb 1, 2022
Deborah J. Dungey Moser, 70, of Tunkhannock died Tuesday Feb. 1, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Kingston on Jan. 16, 1952 the daughter of the late Alvin and Virginia Roden Dungey.
Deb graduated from Wyoming Valley West High School and attended Immaculata University near West Chester, PA. She worked as a controller in the...
Logan Christian Jennings
Jan 31, 2022
Logan Christian Jennings, 19, of Falls, died after an automobile accident in Susquehanna Co. on Jan. 31, 2022. He was born in Scranton on July 8, 2002; son of Christopher M. and Christa Smith Jennings of Falls.
He graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 2020 and received a Certificate of Specialization in welding from Luzerne County...
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