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David John Fenton

David John Fenton

Jan 11, 2016

David John Fenton, 48 of Meshoppen, formerly of Tunkhannock died Jan. 11, 2016. He was born in Tunkhannock on Jan.5, 1968, son of the late John H. and Donna Jean Paylor Fenton.

David graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School in 1985. He was employed at Tree Smith.

David enjoyed drawing, camping, playing jokes, and he...

Dorothy W. Hall (Doll)

Dorothy W. Hall (Doll)

Jan 10, 2016

Dorothy Doll Hall, 91, of Evans Falls, Tunkhannock, died Sunday evening Jan. 10 th at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. She was born in Evans Falls on July 30, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Charles and Beulah Warden Doll. Dorothy was a graduate of the Montrose High School and she graduated from the Mansfield State Teachers...

Elsie L. Hall

Elsie L. Hall

Jan 2, 2016

Elsie L. Hall, 78, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock on Jan. 2, 2016.  She was born in Gibson, Pa on Aug. 1, 1937 and she was raised on the family farm in Laceyville by the late Gideon and Ruth Tyler Brotzman and her sister Harriette Brotzman Bartron.

Elsie attended...

Adam Heitzenroder

Adam Heitzenroder

Dec 28, 2015

Adam Heitzenroder, 63, of Springville, Pa. formerly of East Brunswick, NJ passed away on Dec. 28 th after a long illness at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart. He was born Dec. 20, 1952 to the late Adam and Helen Cottrell Heitzenroder.

After graduating H.S. he learned the carpentry trade, and became a builder. He was a...

Ruth L. Barziloski (Burnett)

Ruth L. Barziloski (Burnett)

Dec 24, 2015

Ruth L. Barziloski, 84, of Tunkhannock, died Thursday Dec. 24, 2015 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born July 29, 1931 in Caseville, MI, she was a daughter of the late George and Josephine (Burnett) Gorski. She later moved to Tunkhannock and attended the Eatonville school. She was a seamstress for over 30 years belonging to the ILGWU. She was a...

Jo Ann Webb

Jo Ann Webb

Dec 21, 2015

Jo Ann Webb, 79, of Mehoopany went to be with her Savior Jesus at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore on Dec. 21, 2015. She was born in Jersey Shore. Pa. on March 25, 1936 and she was the daughter of the late Earl Forsythe Hyde and Mary Frances Moorhead Hyde.

Jo Ann was a 1954...

Wesley Spencer

Wesley Spencer

Dec 14, 2015

Wesley Spencer, 76, of Tunkhannock passed away at his home Monday. He was born in Canton, Pa. on July 15, 1939 and he was the son of the late Clarence and Maud Phipps Spencer. Wesley was a graduate of the Canton High School and he earned a degree from Penn State University in Agronomy. Wesley married the former Anne...

Joshua David Dobrinski

Joshua David Dobrinski

Dec 13, 2015

Joshua David Dobrinski, 28, of Wilkes-Barre passed away at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital Sunday Dec. 13, 2015. He was born in Tunkhannock on March 11, 1987 and he is the son of David and Diane Place Dobrinski.

Joshua enjoyed hunting, 4 wheeling, and going on vacation with his family to the Thousand Islands Canada.

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Mark Adam Petrewski

Mark Adam Petrewski

Dec 12, 2015

Mark Adam Petrewski, 31, of Factoryville, passed Saturday morning at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Born in Tunkhannock on Feb. 2, 1984 and raised in Factoryville. He was the son of Harry and Deborah Naylor Petrewski. He was a 2002 graduate of Lackawanna Trail, 2006 graduate of Slippery Rock University, where he attained his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education...

Phyllis A. Weisenfluh (Burkhardt)

Phyllis A. Weisenfluh (Burkhardt)

Dec 8, 2015

Phyllis A. Weisenfluh, 84, formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday morning (12/8/2015) at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. Born in Wilkes-Barre on April 28, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Florence Rowe Burkhardt. Her husband, the late Robert Owen Weisenfluh, died Oct. 4, 1987. Phyllis graduated from St. Mary’s high school in Wilkes-Barre. She was a member...

Marian E. Shaw (Eustice)

Marian E. Shaw (Eustice)

Nov 30, 2015

Marian E. Shaw, age 91, passed away on November 30 at the Abington Manor, Clarks Summit, Pa., where she had been wonderfully cared for since March, 2014. Marian was born in Tunkhannock on November 18, 1924, and graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1942 with her future husband, Arthur, whom she married in 1946, after his service in World...

William Dunlap

William Dunlap

Nov 27, 2015

F. Dunlap, 90, of Forkston passed away Nov. 27, 2015 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore.  William was born Feb. 20, 1925 in Mehoopany and he was the son of the late Forrest M. and Katharine A. Dunlap.

After graduating high school William enlisted in the Marine Corps and served at Iwo Jima.  When he...

Jean Bell

Jean Bell

Nov 26, 2015

Jean C. Bell, 80, of Wyoming County passed away November 26, 2015 at the Star Hill  Rest Home, Monroe Twp.  Jean was born on March 26, 1935 in Vernon, PA and she was a daughter of the late Herbert Rogers and Frances Rogers Anderson.

In addition to her parents, Jean was preceded in death by her first...

Margaret S. Goodwin (Layaou)

Margaret S. Goodwin (Layaou)

Nov 19, 2015

Margaret S. Layaou Goodwin, of Mehoopany, Pa. passed away November 19, 2015 at the Scranton Regional Hospital.  She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Margaret was born June 28, 1933, in Kingston, Pa. and lived her young life at the family farm on Coppermine Hill, Tunkhannock. She was the daughter of the late Francis B. and...

Vivian Quinn (Treharne)

Vivian Quinn (Treharne)

Nov 17, 2015

Vivian Treharne Quinn, 94, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Golden Living Center on Tuesday evening, November 17, 2015. She was born in the Bronx NY on January 11, 1921. She was the daughter of the late William and Mariannam Bukowski Treharne. She was married for forty three years to the late Walter Scott Quinn, who passed away in...

Alice R. Harding (Allshouse)

Alice R. Harding (Allshouse)

Nov 15, 2015

Alice Ruth Allshouse Harding, 90, of Tunkhannock, passed away November 15 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Donald C. Harding, Jr. Alice was born on December 27, 1924 to the late Clarence B. Allshouse and Florence (Phinney) Allshouse. She lived her childhood in Thurston Hollow on her parents farm. After...

Diane C. Yakoski ( Belet)

Diane C. Yakoski ( Belet)

Nov 7, 2015

Diane C. Yakoski, 69, of Washington Twp. died Nov. 7, 2015 at Celtic Healthcare Wilkes-Barre. Diane was born in Newton NJ. on Sept. 7, 1946, the daughter of the late Edward E. and Fannie E. Weber Belet. Her husband is Joseph Yakoski.

Diane was a graduate of Belvidere High School 1964. She also graduated from the School...

Harry M Layaou

Harry M Layaou

Nov 5, 2015

Harry Malcolm Layaou, Sr. passed away November 5, 2015. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Harry was born February 23, 1936, in Shavertown and lived his young life at the family farm on Coppermine Hill. He was the son of the late Francis B. and Jennie (Decker) Layaou. At the age of 16, he married...

Jason Sabatella

Jason Sabatella

Oct 24, 2015

Jason Anthony Sabatella, 36, passed from this life on October 24, 2015. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Patty Morykon, Tunkhannock, PA and Vincent Sabatella, Cheyenne, WY. He was a loving father to Angelina Rose.

Jason was a graduate of Riverside High School and attended classes at Keiser University in Florida before returning to...

Todd Shaffer

Todd Shaffer

Oct 22, 2015

Todd Shaffer, 56, of Scranton died Oct. 22, 2015. Born in Scranton on April 7, 1959; the son of the late Llewellyn (Willy) L. and Ellen L. Cox Shaffer.

He was a cook for many local restaurants and worked as a florist.

Surviving is a brother Randy of Montgomery Village, MD.

Graveside service...

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