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Anna Pensak
Jul 3, 2015
Anna E. Pensak, 94, died Friday evening at Lithia Valley Manor. She was born on Sept 21, 1920 to Julius and Amelia Rudat Pensak in Scranton. The fourth of twelve children. Anna grew-up on her parent’s farm and graduated from Brooklyn High School in 1938. After graduating from high school she worked first for Mr. and Mrs. Robinson near...
Antoinette Spangle
Jul 1, 2015
Antoinette “Grandma Nettie” Spangle passed away July 2, 2015 after a brief illness. She was 91 years old. She was one of two siblings born to Louis and Antoinette Devic in Pittsburgh on October 26, 1924. Antoinette left behind a legacy of music, art, and faith. She and her husband, William Spangle, built five homes from the ground up...
Helen M. Crowther (Hood)
Jun 26, 2015
Helen Margaret (Peggy) Crowther, 102, resident of Allied Skilled Nursing, died June 26, 2015. Born in Philadelphia Pa, June 4, 1913, she was the daughter of Percival DeLap Hood and Helen Barthold Hood. She graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1931 and married David Beaver Crowther who died in 1980. She lived in the Philadelphia area for most...
Helen E. Maginley (Parmelee)
Jun 26, 2015
Helen E. Maginley Succumbed June 26, 2015. Born May 25, 1932 in Binghamton, NY; the daughter of the late George and Edith Parmelee Helen attended Windsor High School, Windsor, NY. Helen was the former wife of the late Richard Maginley, Sr., they were married 56 years. Surviving are her children, Richard, Jr., David, Rory, Sr. and his wife Janice,...
Cathy A. Walker (Scavazzo)
Jun 21, 2015
Cathy A. Walker, 55, of Tunkhannock died at her home on Sunday. She was born in Scranton on July 27th 1959. She was the daughter of Vincent J. Scavazzo and his wife Catherine of Tunkhannock and her mother the late former Dorothy Martin. Cathy graduated From Tunkhannock Area High School and she enjoyed Cooking and Knitting. She was preceded...
Theresa Webb (Belcher)
Jun 2, 2015
Theresa Webb, 70, of Tunkhannock passed away at the Golden Living Center Tuesday evening. Theresa was born Feb. 7th 1945 in Sussex, Nj, the daughter of the late Zenas Raymond Belcher and Alama Belcher. Theresa was employed at the Wyoming County courthouse as a maintenance worker. She enjoyed painting, drawing and planting her vegetable, flower gardens and loved spending...
Robert G. Naylor
May 27, 2015
Robert George Naylor, 93, of Benton Twp. died Wednesday, May 27th at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Benton Twp. on March 12th 1922, he was the son of the late Ralph and Rhoda Green Naylor. His wife, of 69 years, is the former Audrey Mae Butler; Robert affectionately called her “Bunny”.
He was a...
Mary Canavan (Thomas)
May 26, 2015
Mary Thomas Seamans Canavan, 82, of Factoryville died Tuesday at Geisinger C.M.C Hospital, Scranton. Born in Nicholson on Dec. 23rd 1932; the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Conrad Thomas. Mary retired as a manager of Forest Lake Country Club in Hawley. Member of the V.F.W. post 7069 Ladies Auxiliary since 1974. She was a 7 year participant...
Hildreth Kanon
May 20, 2015
Hildreth Marie Kanon, 90, died on May 20, 1915 in Tunkhannock. Born in Idetown, Pa., and a graduate of Lehman Twp High School, she spent many years in Nanticoke and then Laceyville before moving to Tunkhannock. Wife of the late Albert Kanon, she is survived by three sons, Joseph of New York City, John of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thomas...
Miriam Oliver (Monie)
May 20, 2015
Miriam Monie Oliver, 89, of Glenburn died Wednesday. Surviving are her husband, James A. Oliver Sr.; and her children, James A. Oliver Jr., Ross C. Oliver and Jane C. Oliver. Arrangements by Anthony P. Litwin Jr. Funeral Homes Inc., Factoryville.
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Elizabeth June
May 19, 2015
Elizabeth Claire June of White Haven Center passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
Born in Mehoopany, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Collins June.
Surviving are sisters, Marilyn Chamberlin, Lakeland, FL; Shirley Honeywell, Lakewood, Colorado; Linda June Traver, Monroe Twp.; brothers, Elwood June, Glen Burnie, MD; Gary June, Nicholson; Timothy...
Ralph Sikos
May 8, 2015
Ralph Sikos, 75, of Clermont, FL formerly of Lake Winola died Friday in Clermont, FL. Born in Factoryville on Dec. 12th 1939, the son of the late Charles Sikos and Ruth Gardner Sikos Rayno. His wife is the former Linda English. A graduate of Falls-Overfield High School. Ralph (Butch) had a long career at P&G retiring at 57 after...
Doris J. Warnken (Gideon)
May 6, 2015
Doris Josephine (Jo) Warnken, Naples, FL
Jo Warnken(97) passed away May 6, 2015 surrounded by family at Avow Hospice in Naples.
Jo was born March 15, 1918 in Emmett, Kansas, to C.T. and Anna Gideon.
Following graduation from business school, Jo was employed by Kansas State University during World War II when she...
Jennifer A. Ronca (Millard)
Apr 26, 2015
Jennifer A. Ronca, 38, of Tunkhannock died suddenly on Sunday. Born in New Haven, CT on Oct. 2nd 1976, the daughter Cynthia Bennett Pintha and her husband John of Nicholson and John Millard of Lincolnton, NC. She married her husband Michael Ronca on July 21st 2001. She was a 1994 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School. She was a...
Mildred H. Zick (Pensak)
Apr 25, 2015
Mildred H. Zick, 96, of Factoryville died Saturday at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Scranton on April 12, 1919 the daughter of the late Julius and Amelia Rudat Pensak. Her husband the late Adam A. Zick died October 9th 1991. Mildred enjoyed Gardening, crocheting and canning. She is preceded in death by two sisters Emma...
Joseph Thomas Davidson
Apr 23, 2015
Joseph Thomas Davidson, 33, of Lemon passed away at his home Thursday. He was born on Jan. 17, 1982 in Tunkhannock. He was the son of the late Robert Samuel Davidson and the former Christine E. Clark. Joey was self-employed as an Information Technology Specialist. He could fix, redesign or re-program any type of electronic equipment. He also enjoyed wood...
Mary Ayers (Pasmeg)
Apr 15, 2015
Mary Ayers, 98, of Glenburn passed away Wednesday at Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, Scranton where she resided the past ten years. She was born in Jessup on Aug. 19, 1916 the daughter of the late Charles and Theresa Ereele Pasmeg. She was the widow of Phillip Johns and Roger G. Ayers. She was a lifelong resident of the...
William H. Seamans
Apr 10, 2015
William H. Seamans, of Factoryville, died 12 days shy of his 100th birthday. He was born in Factoryville, son of the late Harry and Vera Taylor Seamans. He and his wife, Clementina “Tina”, celebrated their 56th anniversary, October 3, 2014. He graduated from Manlius Military Academy in New York, Keystone College, and William and Mary College in Virginia, where...
Richard Sonius
Apr 10, 2015
Richard Sonius, 45, of Nicholson passed away Friday Apr. 10 th at the Geisinger Medical center Danville.
He was born Aug. 25, 1968 in New York City and he was the son of the late Robert and Geraldine Lambert Sonius.
Richard worked as an Electrical Technician for Scranton Grinder for many years.
He...
Gladys Ann Trauger
Apr 2, 2015
Gladys Ann Trauger, 92, of Lake Winola passed away at the VNA Hospice, Scranton on Thursday. She was born Mar. 4, 1923 in Falls and she was the daughter of the late Jack and Ethel Lewis Clark. She was a graduate of the Falls-Overfield School and furthered her education at the Lackawanna Junior College. Gladys was married to Harold...
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