Obituaries

Ivan Talavera

Ivan Talavera

Nov 28, 2008

Ivan Talavera, Jr., 25, of Allentown, PA., died Friday evening, November 28, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Quakertown, PA., from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born July 25, 1983 in Brooklyn, NY., he was the son of Ivan and Olga (Tineo) Talavera, Sr., of Allentown, PA.He was employed as a sales manager for Best Buy in Montgomeryville, PA. and...

Peter Marcho

Peter Marcho

Nov 21, 2008

Peter Marcho, 82, of Royal and Clifford, PA., died Friday morning, November 21, 2008 at home after a battle with cancer. He was the husband of the former Ina Wysosky. They were married November 1, 1952. Born March 7, 1926 in Olyphant, PA., he was the son of the late Metro and Anna Yanek Marcho. He was a barber for...

Robert F. Woody

Robert F. Woody

Nov 21, 2008

Robert F. Woody, 79, formerly of Fallbrook Street, Carbondale, PA., died Friday night, November 21, 2008 at the Taylor Nursing Home, Taylor, PA. He was the husband of the former Frances Fritzi Vadala who died September 3, 2000. Born September 24, 1929 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Henry and Margarite Rowland Woody.He was a retired...

William P. Burdick

William P. Burdick

Nov 20, 2008

William P. Burdick, 78, of Sayre, PA., and formerly of Carbondale, PA., died Thursday morning, November 20, 2008 at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre. Born January 24, 1930 in Waymart, PA., he was the son of the late Benjamin and Ruth Kizer Burdick.Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a Security Guard for the Morristown High School in New...

Santo Bilotta

Santo Bilotta

Nov 20, 2008

Santo Smiler Bilotta, 94, formerly of 42nd Street, Carbondale, PA., died Thursday night, November 20, 2008 at the Wayne Woodlands Manor, Waymart, PA. after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of the former Rose Tolerico. They had been married 57 years.Born March 19, 1914 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Serafine and Justine Bilotta. He...

C. P. Szymanosky

C. P. Szymanosky

Nov 17, 2008

Chester P. Szymanosky, Sr., 81, of Lakewood, PA., died Monday Morning, November 17, 2008 at home. He was the husband of the former Carol Metzger. Born in Scranton, PA., he was the son of the late John and Mary (Lozenski) Szymanosky. He was a retired truck driver and a mechanic for Krempasky Equipment, Honesdale, PA.He is survived by two sons:...

Anna C. Best

Anna C. Best

Nov 16, 2008

Anna C. Best, age 80, a resident of the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. and formerly of Childs, PA., died early Sunday morning, November 16, 2008 at the nursing home. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Best, who died July 5, 1990 and Angelo Tolerico, who died February 24, 2002. Born February 12, 1928 in...

Christly Aristide

Christly Aristide

Oct 30, 2008

Christly Aristide, age 19, of Brooklyn, NY., died Thursday night, October 30, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre, PA., from injuries sustained in a homicide. Born June 24, 1989 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Beauvio and Marie (Magalie) Aristide of Brooklyn, NY. The funeral was held Saturday, November 15, 2008 from the Brooklyn Funeral Home Cremation Service (Molinari Funeral Directors),...

Jonathan M. Granick

Jonathan M. Granick

Oct 26, 2008

Jonathan M. Granick, 35, of Lenoxville, PA., died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at home. Born December 21, 1972 in Tunkhannock, PA., he was the son of John A. Granick of Union Dale, PA. and Linda L. Decker McGlone of Philadelphia, PA. He was a graduate of the Mountain View High School Class of 1991 and Johnson Technical School. He was...

Thomas J. Mcbride

Thomas J. Mcbride

Oct 25, 2008

Thomas J. McBride, Jr., 87, of Forest City, PA. and formerly of Dundaff, PA., died Saturday night, October 25, 2008 at the Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. He was the husband of the former Virginia Elliff. They were married August 15, 1943. Born March 4, 1921 in Pawtucket, RI., he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Agnes...

Joan A. Meade

Joan A. Meade

Oct 24, 2008

Joan A. Meade, 72, of Clifford Township, PA., died Friday morning, October 24, 2008 at the Millville Health Center, Millville, PA. She was the wife of the late George Meade, who died October 24, 2004. Born January 1, 1936 in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late Michael J. and Ella Romaine (Snyder) Mihalick. She was a graduate...

Glynn C. Shifler

Glynn C. Shifler

Oct 21, 2008

Glynn C. Shifler, 85, of Kingsley, PA., died Tuesday morning, October 21, 2008 at Barnes-Kasson Skilled Nursing Facility, Susquehanna, PA., after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of the former Lois J. Ogborne, who died 1986. Born and raised in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Oliver H. and Florence (Reynolds) Shifler.He was a graduate of...

John J. Catanzaro

John J. Catanzaro

Oct 18, 2008

John J. Catanzaro, age 58, a lifelong resident of Carbondale, PA., died Saturday, October 18, 2008, at the Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, PA. His wife of 34 years is the former Deborah Keenan. Born June 15, 1950 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Anthony, Sr., and Mary (Cerra) Catanzaro. He was a 1970 graduate of...

Shea John O'Brien

Shea John O'Brien

Oct 14, 2008

Shea John O'Brien, two week old infant son of Amy Prymock and John Charles O'Brien, II. of Carbondale, PA., died Tuesday morning, October 14, 2008 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. He is survived by one sister: Halie Miller and one brother: John Charles O'Brien, III., both of Peckville, PA.; maternal grandmother: Barbara Sweet; maternal grandfather: Charles Prymock both...

Faye L. Decker

Faye L. Decker

Oct 14, 2008

Faye L. Decker, 75, of Lenoxville, PA., died Tuesday morning, October 14, 2008 at home after a long illness. She was the wife of Verdon Decker. Born and raised in Hop Bottom, PA., she was the daughter of the late Vernon W. and Helen (Herron) Hallstead. She was a member of the Lenoxville United Methodist Church, Lenoxville and was a...

Eva Wierzbicki

Eva Wierzbicki

Oct 13, 2008

Eva Wierzbicki, 89, of Greenfield Township, PA., died Monday Morning, October 13, 2008 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City PA. She was the wife of the late Stanley Wierzbicki who died March 11, 1979. Born December 17, 1918 in Peckville, PA., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rose Kura. She was a member of Corpus...

Margaret A. Moran

Margaret A. Moran

Oct 11, 2008

Margaret A. (Carachilo) Moran, age 58, a lifetime resident of Carbondale, PA., died Saturday afternoon, October 11, 2008 at the Mercy Hospice Inpatient Unit, Scranton, PA., after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Jerome T. Moran who died May 27, 1992. Born October 11, 1950 in Carbondale, PA., she is the daughter of Joseph...

Anna Manzer

Anna Manzer

Oct 10, 2008

Anna Clark Manzer, 93, of South Gibson, PA., died early Friday, October 10, 2008 at home. She was the wife of the late Jefferson A. Jeff Manzer who died September 12, 2004. They had been married for 63 years. Together, they prepared three children for life, love and faith with God and Christ as their anchor. Born May 20, 1915...

John E. Snyder

John E. Snyder

Oct 5, 2008

John E. Fuzzy Snyder, Jr., age 74, of Lenoxville, PA., died early Sunday morning, October 5, 2008 at the Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA., due to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) complications. His wife of 51 years is the former Nancy Correll. Born October 31, 1933 in Uniondale, PA., he was the son of the late John, Sr. and Inez (Yarns)...

Robert A. Pennay

Robert A. Pennay

Oct 3, 2008

Robert A. Pennay, 78, of Kingsley, PA., died Friday morning, October 3, 2008 at the Barnes Kasson Skilled Nursing Facility, Susquehanna, PA. He was the husband of the former Rosalie Buchanan. Born October 14, 1929 in Harford, PA., he was the son of the late Miles and Bertha (Anderson) Pennay. He was a member of the South Gibson United Methodist...