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George H. Wesley Iii
Jul 19, 2016
George Henry Wesley III, 62 of Wilkes Barre PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 19 th , in the presence of his fiancée, Diana Carpenter.
George was born June 21, 1954 in Clarks Summit, PA to George H. Wesley Jr and Merle Bullock Wesley of Factoryville, PA.
George was preceded in death by his father,...
Richard Darling
Jul 9, 2016
Richard E. Darling, 90, of  Nicholson, passed away at the Golden Living Center Scranton on July 9, 2016. Richard was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Mansfield, Pa. the son of the late Floyd and Lydia Stevens Darling. He was married to the late former Bernice Youells and a graduate from the Rush High School. Richard was in the Army/...
Arnold N. Maconeghy
Jul 5, 2016
Arnold N. Maconeghy, 52, of Factoryville died July 5, 2016 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He was born on Oct. 11 1963 the son of the late Theodore and Eva Mae Rought Maconeghy.
Arnold worked at Proctor and Gamble for 15 years. He enjoyed Hunting and fishing and loved watching the New York Yankees. He...
Frank Eddy Cook
Jul 1, 2016
Frank Eddy Cook, 42, of Nicholson passed away at his home on July 1 st . He was born in Syracuse, NY, on Oct. 24, 1973 and he was the son of the late Earl, Sr. and Katherinea Dyer Cook. Frank worked for almost 20 years at Nivert Steel in Dunmore and was recently self employed . ...
Beverly A. Seamans (Gesek)
Jun 30, 2016
Beverly A. Seamans, 77, of Factoryville died June 30, 2016 at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. Born in Clarks Summit on Sept. 4, 1938; the daughter of the Late Edward A. and Mary Parkton Gesek. She married her husband of 58 years Roger D. Seamans Sr. on May 31, 1958.
Beverly was a 1956 graduate of Lackawanna Trail...
Mary A. Keller (Yarasavage)
Jun 12, 2016
Mary Ann Yarasavage Keller of Tunkhannock died on Sunday June 12. The world is a little less bright tonight.
Born to Adam and Ann Vaskas Yarasavage on June 30, 1949 in Meshoppen, she graduated from Tunkhannock High School, class of 1967, and Lebanon Valley College in 1971 with a B.S. in Medical Technology. After completing an internship...
Robert Enwright
Jun 8, 2016
Robert Enwright, 87, of Tunkhannock died at his home on June 8, 2016. He was born in Fitchburg, Mass on March 23, 1929. He was the son of the late John F. and Irene Poisson Enwright. He was married on Nov. 20, 1954 to the love of his life, the former Hazel Jarvis.
Bob served in the...
Roger Benson
Jun 6, 2016
Roger Alan Benson, 78, of Tunkhannock, died Monday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He and the former Barbara Lazarus were married for 50 years on May 28.
Born in Tunkhannock on May 12, 1938, son of the late Percy D. and Ada Lewis Benson, Roger was a 1956 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and served in...
Lossie Mackey (Coolbaugh)
Jun 2, 2016
Lossie Mackey, 68, of Falls died June 2, 2016 at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Falls on Feb. 23, 1948 the daughter of the late Loren and Evelyn Staff Coolbaugh.
Preceded in death by her husband Robert Mackey;  two brothers Phillip Coolbaugh and Alex Wilson; two sisters Aneida Cina and Paulette Henderson.
Surviving are two...
Brandon M. Moon
Jun 1, 2016
Brandon Matthew Dean Moon, 19, of Tunkhannock, died June 1st, 2016. He was born December 9th, 1996. He is the son of Michael and Angela Marie Moon Moyer. Brandon went to Tunkhannock and was part of the class of 2015.
Brandon had many hobbies throughout his life. He love fishing, swimming and being in nature. He was...
Charles F. Kennedy
May 31, 2016
Charles F. Kennedy, 81, died peacefully Tuesday at Allied Skilled Nursing.  His wife of 58 years is Sally Sanborn Kennedy.  Born in Pendleton, Oregon, on March 19, 1935 he was the son of the late Charles M. and Dorothy Hammond Kennedy.  Raised primarily in Seattle schools, except for two years with his grandparents in Zillah during WWII, he graduated...
Wayne B. Dickinson
May 31, 2016
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Wayne B. Dickinson, 67, of Lemon died on Tuesday May 31. Born on Dec. 9, 1948 in Tunkhannock he was the youngest of five children born to the late Herbert and Leathea (Bennett) Dickinson. Raised in Lemon on the family farm, he was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1966. During his senior year...
Jack A. Carey
May 29, 2016
Jack A. Carey, 55, of Benton Twp. Died unexpectedly May 29, 2016 at his home.  He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Gretchen A Jack. And is the son of the late Jack and Elizabeth Wood Carey.
He was sole proprietor of Northern Exteriors contracting business for 20 plus years. An avid outdoors man, he...
Stella R, Martin
May 27, 2016
Stella R. Martin, 85, of Mountainside, NJ passed away at the CareOne Nursing home on Friday May 27 th .  She was born in Tunkhannock, PA on May 8, 1931 and she was the daughter of the late Anna Pascoe. She was married to Joseph Martin for 20 years. Stella was a Tunkhannock High School graduate and she...
John A. Allison Jr.
May 21, 2016
John Andrew Allison Jr., 70 of Factoryville died on Saturday May 21, 2016 at Allied Skilled Nursing, Scranton. Born in Montgomery, MD on May 13, 1946 the son of the late John Andrew and Virginia Maude Burdette Allison Sr.
He was a Navy Veteran. Before retiring he had worked as a contractor for Sun Building Systems, Taylor. ...
Joan Lyman
May 9, 2016
Joan Elisabeth Hoffman Lyman, born March 6th 1928, passed away on May 9th 2016, due to complications resulting from living in a world with not quite enough bling. She did what she could to eradicate this problem, but after 88 years of valiant effort she deemed it time to move on to more gleaming environs where, no doubt, she...
John Hinkley
May 9, 2016
John A. Hinkley, 71, of Springville, died at his home May 9, 2016. He was born in Montrose on Nov. 12, 1944 and he was the son of the late Robert and Louise Roberts Hinkley. John was a 1962 graduate of the Elk Lake High School and he was married to the former Linda Remington. John was employed for...
Emilie B. Slocum (Lynch)
May 8, 2016
Emilie B. Slocum, 78, of West Abington Twp. Went to be with her Savior on May 8, 2016. Her husband is George Slocum. They had been married for 34 years. Emilie moved to the Dalton area in 1964 with her first husband Kenneth LeClair, Ken was killed died in an auto accident in 1976
Born in Cooperstown...
Anna Anita Dekonty (Alfiere)
Apr 15, 2016
Anna Anita Alfiere De Konty, 98, Simpson Meadows, Downingtown Pennsylvania, formerly of Falls-Lake Winola, Pennsylvania, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016 at Simpson Meadows Methodist home. She was the wife of Michael Maxine De Konty of Falls, Pennsylvania, who passed away at the age of 100 years on December 31, 2009. They had celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary...
Jacqueline M. Strumski
Apr 14, 2016
Jacqueline M. Strumski, 79, of Tunkhannock passed away at the VNA Hospice, Scranton on Apr. 14, 2016. She was born in Vernon, Pa. on Jan. 30, 1937 and she was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Forgash. Jacqueline was a 1955 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and she worked as a seamstress making Jackets. Jacqueline was...
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