Obituaries
Robert Sacharski
Feb 16, 2010
Robert Sacharski, 82, of Harrison, NY., died Tuesday morning, February 16, 2010 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA. He was the husband of the former Florence Kilanowski. Born September 14, 1927 in Bayonne, NJ., he was the son of the late Walter and Jeanette (Rucinski) Sacharski. Prior to his retirement, he was employed by the City of New York as...
John P. Mcgurrin
Feb 15, 2010
John P. McGurrin, 71, of Union Dale, PA., died Monday evening, February 15, 2010 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born October 6, 1938 in Scranton, PA., he was the son of the late James and Margaret (Reilly) McGurrin. He was a graduate of Holy Rosary High School in Scranton, PA and was of the Catholic faith. He was an...
Thomas F. Benson, Sr.
Feb 14, 2010
Thomas F. Benson, Sr., 74, of Carbondale, PA., died Sunday night, February 14, 2010 at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. He was the husband of the former Jean Ruth Glasser. They were married on April 16, 1955. Born April 2, 1935 in Wilkes Barre, PA., he was the son of the late Thomas and Bertha...
Marilyn Virkitis
Feb 11, 2010
Marilyn Virkitis, 67, of Clifford Township, PA., died unexpectedly Thursday morning, February 11, 2010 at home. She was the wife of Andrew Virkitis. They were married May 12, 1962. Born April 20, 1942 in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late Paul Sealey and the late Mary Best Sealey Panfili. She was a graduate of the Benjamin Franklin...
Fred Molinaro
Feb 9, 2010
Fred Molinaro, 60, of Clarks Summit, PA. and formerly of Carbondale, PA., died Tuesday evening at Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born August 26, 1949 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Fred and Rose (Laguzzi) Molinaro, who owned and operated Molinaro's Caf on Dundaff Street in Carbondale. He attended Benjamin Franklin High School in Carbondale and played...
Eugeniusz Radlinski
Feb 8, 2010
Eugeniusz Radlinski, 68, of Gouldsboro, PA., died Monday morning, February 8, 2010 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA., after a lengthy illness. Born March 5, 1941 in Poland, he was the son of the late Antony and Stanislawa (Cikuj) Radlinski. He had resided in the United States for the past 25 years having lived in Brooklyn and Queens, New York...
Joan M. Kohut
Feb 5, 2010
Joan M. Kohut, age 75, of Simpson, PA., died late Friday evening, February 5, 2010 at the Wayne Woodlands Manor, Waymart, PA. Her husband is Michael Kohut. They were married May 6, 1967. Born November 12, 1934 in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Hart) Pfieffer. She was a member of St. Rose of...
Melda S. Raissis
Feb 4, 2010
Melda S. Raissis, 74, of Mountain Top, PA., died Thursday evening, February 4, 2010 at Smith Health Care Center, Mountain Top. She was the wife of the late Cosmos Raissis who died in 1999. Born February 8, 1935 in Staten Island, NY., she was the daughter of the late Arnold J. and Ranghild (Fogelberg) Schultz. She was a former resident...
C. Rosalie Pennay
Feb 2, 2010
C. Rosalie Pennay, age 85, a resident of the Barnes-Kasson Skilled Nursing Facility, Susquehanna, PA., and formerly of Harford, PA., died Tuesday morning, February 2, 2010 at the nursing facility. She was the wife of the late Robert A. Pennay, who died October 3, 2008. Born September 17, 1924 in Norristown, PA., she was the daughter of the late Elliott...
Ronald D. Allen
Feb 1, 2010
Ronald D. Allen, 57, of Lenoxville, PA., died Monday morning, February 1, 2010 at home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born September 1, 1952 in Carbondale, PA., he is the son of Margaret Williams Allen of Lenoxville and the late Lawrence Allen, who died July 4, 2009. He was a graduate of the Mountain View High School, Kingsley, PA....
Helen Thompson
Jan 31, 2010
Helen Thompson, of Carbondale, PA., died early Sunday morning, January 31, 2010 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA., where she had been a resident for the past 5 years. She was the wife of the late Edward Red Thompson who died March 16, 1996. Born in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late David and...
William R. Tell
Jan 29, 2010
William R. Tell, 91, of Clifford, PA., died Friday afternoon, January 29, 2010 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA. He was the husband of the former Elizabeth J. Rozelle, who died March 27, 2001. Born December 27, 1918 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Julius and Minnie (Scull) Tell. He was a member of the Trinity...
Duane D. Koerner
Jan 29, 2010
Duane D. Koerner, 64, of West Scranton, PA., died Friday night, January 29, 2010 at Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA., from cardio vascular health issues. Born in West Scranton, PA., he was the son of the late Reuben and Hazel Mary (Weidener) Koerner. As a youth he attended the Bethel Baptist Church Sunday School. He was a professional interior and...
Madelyn E. Pettinato
Jan 27, 2010
Madelyn Elizabeth Pettinato, 80, of Carbondale, PA., died Wednesday evening, January 27, 2010 at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA., surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Patrick H. Pettinato. Born July 19, 1929 in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late John and Kathryn Scoblick (Scopeletti) Pollitts...
Niles A. Shaffer
Jan 17, 2010
Niles A. Shaffer, 74, of Waymart, PA., died Sunday afternoon, January 17, 2010 at the Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, PA. He was the husband of the former Dorothy Arnold. They were married June 6, 1953. Born October 30, 1935 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Bennie and Emma (Shaffer) Shaffer. He had been employed as a...
Mary T. Pidgeon
Jan 16, 2010
Mary T. Pidgeon, 87, a resident of the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. and formerly of Carbondale, PA., died Saturday afternoon, January 16, 2010 at the nursing home. Born July 11, 1922 in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of and the last surviving child of the late Thomas and Kathryn (Price) Pidgeon. She was a member of...
Harry F. Falbo
Jan 11, 2010
Harry F. Falbo, age 74, a lifelong resident of Carbondale, PA., died unexpectedly Monday afternoon, January 11, 2009 at Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA. His wife is the former Barbara Molinaro. Born January 9, 1936 in Carbondale, PA., son of the late Carmino and Mary (Sirianni) Falbo. He was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale and served in the...
Salvatore S. Santacroce
Jan 10, 2010
Salvatore S. Santacroce, age 76, of Carbondale, PA. and formerly of Brentwood, NY., died Sunday morning, January 10, 2010 at the Osprey Ridge Health Care Center, Carbondale. He was the husband of the late Joan A. Nelson, who died March 12, 2006. Born September 13, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY., he was the son of the late Sebastian and Concetta (Spatacino)...
Francisco L. Gonzalez
Jan 9, 2010
Francisco L. Gonzalez, 82, of Carbondale, PA., died Saturday morning, January 9, 2010 at the Carbondale Nursing Home, Carbondale. Born in Oriente, Cuba, he was the son of the late Jose and Concepcion Gonzalez. He was a former resident of the Washington Heights section of New York City. Prior to his retirement, he was the owner and operator of an...
Antoinette M. Striefsky
Jan 9, 2010
Antoinette M. Striefsky, 85, of Carbondale, PA., died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at the Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA. She was the wife of the late Leo J. Striefsky, who died September 17, 1987. Born October 1, 1924 in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late Paul and Margaret (Pollitts) Carachilo, Sr. She was a graduate of the...
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