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Thomas Alan Hemmerly

Thomas Alan Hemmerly

Nov 19, 2019

Thomas Alan Hemmerly, 73, of Factoryville passed away at the CMC hospital on Nov. 19, 2019.  He was born in Jersey City, NJ on April 2, 1946. He was the son of the late Kenneth and Gladys Beggs Hemmerly.  He was married to the late former Louise Worthington Hemmerly until her passing in 2009.

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Mary Ann Valentine

Mary Ann Valentine

Nov 15, 2019

Mary Ann Valentine, 87, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Abington Manor on Friday Nov. 15th, 2019 surrounded by her loving son, daughter, and son-in-law. Mary was born in Dickson City on July 14, 1932 and she was the daughter of the late John and Marie Duddek. Mary was married to the late William Valentine who passed in 2008....

Andrew B. Lukasewicz

Andrew B. Lukasewicz

Nov 8, 2019

Andrew B. Lukasewicz Jr., of Factoryville, passed away Friday morning, at Riverside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Taylor. Born March 14, 1955, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Andrew B. and Barbara Clark Lukasewicz, of Factoryville.

He attended Lackawanna Trail High School. Andrew enjoyed bowling, reading, hunting, golf and most of all, spending time with...

Jeanne M. Tyler (Kline)

Jeanne M. Tyler (Kline)

Nov 7, 2019

Jeanne M. Tyler, 63, of Montrose passed away at her home surrounded by her family.  Jeanne was born in Binghamton, NY on Aug. 16, 1956 and she was the daughter of the late Richard and Dorothy Klein Kaufman.  She was married to Jeffery Tyler for 44 years.

Jeanne was employed as a produce clerk at...

Bertha Benton

Bertha Benton

Oct 23, 2019

Bertha (Bertie) M. Benton, 93, of Tunkhannock passed away on Oct. 23, 2019 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock.  She was born in Fleetville on May 3, 1926 and she was the daughter of the late Martin and Bertha Rolens Stuble.  Bertha married the late Richard Benton on Dec. 29, 1994, and Richard passed away on July 27, 2018.

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Jean M. Brick (Gallagher)

Jean M. Brick (Gallagher)

Oct 16, 2019

Jean M. Brick, 91, of Factoryville, passed peacefully Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at The Gardens, Tunkhannock. She was born in Philadelphia on March 19, 1928, daughter of the late John and Mildred Schoppe Gallagher. Jean is predeceased by her beloved husband George; they would have celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary November 24th .

Jean and George moved...

Theodore (Ted) A. Miller

Theodore (Ted) A. Miller

Oct 15, 2019

Theodore (Ted) A. Miller Sr. passed away peacefully at his Lake Winola home on October 15, 2019. Ted was born on November 4, 1929 and was the son of Ted and Helen Bender Miller. He grew up in Scranton and spent most of his childhood summers at the family cottage on Lake Winola. He attended Scranton public schools, excelling...

David W. Hopkins

David W. Hopkins

Oct 14, 2019

David W. Hopkins Sr., 78, of Dalton died Oct.14, 2019. Born in Scranton on Nov. 27, 1940, he was the son of the late Russell and Bessie Metcalf Hopkins. His wife is the former Theresa Altieri. Dave graduated Clarks Summit High School in 1958 before serving our country as a Navy Seabee. He opened Dalton Garage in 1973 and...

Brigitte Hoff

Brigitte Hoff

Oct 11, 2019

Brigitte Hoff, 72, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 11, 2019 after a long, protracted battle with cancer. Winning many battles along her 18 year journey, she will be remembered for her determination and will to fight. She is at rest now and deservedly, pain free. Brigitte was born on December 4, 1946 in Geesthacht, Germany to...

Grace Vago

Grace Vago

Oct 8, 2019

Grace Vago, 97, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully October 8 at Tyler Hospital with her

daughters at her side. She was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, John Vago who

passed away on July 18, 2018

Born in Mill City on August 23,1922, she was the daughter of Elmer and...

Richard H. Driscole

Richard H. Driscole

Sep 21, 2019

Richard Hayden Driscole Jr., 58, of Falls, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Allied Services Hospice Center after his long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born September 10, 1961 to the late Richard and Mary (Wilverding) Driscole, grew up in Factoryville, graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School and settled in Falls with his beloved...

Robert Edwin Brown

Robert Edwin Brown

Sep 15, 2019

Robert Edwin Brown passed away at the age of 83 on Sunday, September 15, 2019 surrounded by his entire family. Bob was born in 1936 to Albert and Lurrene Brown, grew up in Fair Lawn, NJ, and moved his family to Hop Bottom, PA in 1970. Later in life Bob moved to Dimock, PA, and later, resided in Tunkhannock,...

Evelyn Doris Sands (Shellhamer )

Evelyn Doris Sands (Shellhamer )

Aug 31, 2019

Evelyn Doris Shellhamer Sands

Aug 31, 2019

Evey Sands, 94, passed away at Allied

Services Hospice Center late Saturday afternoon,

Aug 31st surrounded by family. She was born on

April 5, 1925 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. A neighbor

in Plymouth, Mary Jones Williams, would...

Michael Dziak Jr.

Michael Dziak Jr.

Aug 30, 2019

Michael Dziak Jr., 92, of Falls died at the Regional Hospital of Scranton on Friday Aug. 30. He was born in Falls on Jan. 7, 1927; the son of the late Michael and Pauline Franko Dziak Sr. He was a 1945 graduate of Falls-Overfield High School, graduated from East Stroudsburg State College with a Bachelor’s Science degree, Master’s degree...

Thomas Orval Ward

Thomas Orval Ward

Aug 17, 2019

Thomas Orval Ward, Sr.,73, , of Tunkhannock passed away at his home Saturday evening. He was born in Springville on March 8, 1946, and he was the son of the late Clifford and Ruth Foot Ward. He was married to the late former Helen Smith for 47 years.  Thomas was employed at the Scranton Corrugated Box Company as a supervisor. ...

Helen Correll (Arnold)

Helen Correll (Arnold)

Aug 10, 2019

Helen Correll, age 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday August 10th at the Gardens of Tunkhannock. Born in Tamaqua on July 11, 1927 she was the daughter of the late Bertram Arnold and Elsie (Arnold) Miller.

Helen graduated Tamaqua High School in 1945 and worked as a manager at Jamesway Shoe Dept. for 20 years. She was...

Michael H. Brown Sr.

Michael H. Brown Sr.

Aug 3, 2019

Michael H. Brown Sr. (The Bull), 60, of Scranton died Saturday morning at Geisinger C.M.C, Scranton. Born in Elizabeth, NJ on Dec. 23, 1958; the son of the late Ronald M. and Dorothy A. Venskytis Brown.

He was a 1977 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School. Worked as a jack-of-all-trades and a master carpenter for many of...

Catherine M. Mitchell

Catherine M. Mitchell

Jul 26, 2019

Catherine M. Mitchell, 81, of Tunkhannock died Friday morning at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. Born in Meshoppen on May 29, 1938, the daughter of the late William and Helen Fallett Mitchell.

Catherine is a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and Keystone Junior College. Catherine received her degree as a medical secretary from Keystone junior college and she...

Mary Irene Schubert (Geis )

Mary Irene Schubert (Geis )

Jul 18, 2019

Mary Irene Geis Schubert, 79, passed away on July 18, 2019 at Gino J. Merli’s Veterans Center in Scranton, PA after a five year courageous struggle of the after effects of three strokes she endured. She shared 51 years of marriage with her late husband, Francis “Frank” K. Schubert.

Born in Pittsburgh PA, she was the daughter of the...

Albert “A.J.” J. Chuck Jr.

Albert “A.J.” J. Chuck Jr.

Jul 13, 2019

Albert J. “A.J.” Chuck Jr., 57, of Factoryville died Saturday morning at Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia from his battle with Leukemia. Born in Scranton on Dec. 24, 1961; the son of Albert and Nancy Rosmanek Chuck Sr. of Kingsley. A.J. has been married for 31 years to the former Lori Dolechek, married on Sept. 12, 1987. A.J. graduated from Abington...

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