Obituaries

Nov 24, 2022

Sandra Keene, LPN, 72, of Harford, PA, died Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2022 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Robert Keene. They were married September 21, 1979.

Born March 26, 1950 in South Gibson, PA, she was the daughter of the late Boyd A. and Alverna Tuttle...

Nov 18, 2022

Serafine A. "Sar" Tolerico, 65, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday morning, November 18, 2022 surrounded by his loving family at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA, after a lengthy battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He is survived by his wife, the former Karen A. Littman. They were married on December 31, 1998.

Born May 7, 1957...

Nov 16, 2022

Mary A. Donnelly Whitaker, 85, of Harford Township, PA, died Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, after a sudden illness. She is survived by her beloved husband of 65 years, Roger E. Whitaker, Sr.

Born December 31, 1936 in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late James Francis Donnelly, Sr....

Nov 15, 2022

Janet Ruth Blickens Taylor, 94, of Ridgewood, NJ, died Tuesday morning, November 15, 2022 at Oakland Rehab and Healthcare Center, Oakland, NJ.

Born May 2, 1928 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Fuller E. Blickens, a prominent Carbondale and Clarks Summit funeral director and the late Rosella Siedler Blickens.

She was...

Nov 12, 2022

Jennifer A. Cox, 38, of Scranton, PA, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at home.

Born February 20, 1984 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of JoAnn Rowe Rivers of Carbondale, PA, and the step daughter of Gary Knapp of Carbondale, PA.

Jennifer was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School, Carbondale, and...

Nov 5, 2022

Robert J. Mlinar, 87, of Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Commonwealth Health Wilkes Barre General Hospital, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Lois A. Germano.

Born July 22, 1935 in Forest City, PA, he was the son of the late Jack and Mary Orasin Mlinar....

Nov 2, 2022

Anne E. McDonough Lawler, 74, of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, November 2, 2022 during brief stay at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Martin F. Lawler, retired superintendent of the Carbondale Area School District. They were married on August 21, 1971.

Born May 15, 1948...

Oct 27, 2022

Nancy A. Kuzminski, 84, formerly of Honesdale, PA, and Queens, NY, died Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Aventura at Creekside, Carbondale, PA. She was the wife of the late Albert Kuzminski.

Born November 2, 1937 in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Anna Robertson Pawson.

She is survived by two...

Oct 25, 2022

Brenda L. Nesevich, 61, of Harford Township, PA, died Tuesday, October 24, 2022 at home, after declining health. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Andrew M. Nesevich.

Born February 11, 1961 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Carol Nonnenberg Hollenbeck.

Brenda had previously worked at the...

Oct 17, 2022

Attorney James W. Murphy, III., 76, of Wilkes Barre, PA, died Monday, October 17, 2022 at home.

Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.

Oct 15, 2022

Grace J. Costello, 92, formerly of Harford, PA, died Saturday, October 15, 2022 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Earl Costello.

Born October 28, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late William and Priscilla Gough Albert.

She is survived...

Oct 15, 2022

Alexander "Randy" Tomain, 52, of Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, October 15, 2022 at home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born November 14, 1969 in Scranton, PA, he is the son of Ellen Moylan Tomain of Roach, MO, and the late Dennis E. Tomain.

Randy had been a self-employed mason and...

Oct 13, 2022

Joseph W. Farrell, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at his home in Waymart, PA.

He was born on June 12, 1927 to Clement and Isabelle (Carden) Farrell in Carbondale, PA. Raised on the West Side of Carbondale, during the heart of The Great Depression in a strong Irish-Catholic family, he had nothing but fond...

Oct 7, 2022

Kenneth E. Knapp, 66, of Herrick Center, PA, died Friday, October 7, 2022 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City, shortly upon arrival. He is survived by his wife, the former Ruthann Anderson. They were married on September 3, 1977

Born August 6, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Theodore and Hazel Allen Knapp....

Oct 7, 2022

John E. Ross III, (Johnny, Boom, Cone, Boomhower, John E.), age 34, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

Born in Tampa, Florida, he spent most of his life at Crystal Lake, Pa. He was a 2006 graduate of Lakeland High School where he played football, and a 2010 Bachelors of Education graduate of Florida Gulf...

Oct 7, 2022

Stephen Yankovich, Sr., 75, of Clifford Township, PA, died Friday, October 7, 2022 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. He is survived by his wife, Carol Ann (Wood) Yankovich. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 29, 2022.

Born December 13, 1946 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Stephen and Justine...

Oct 6, 2022

Karen E. King, 67, of Nicholson, PA, died Thursday, October 6, 2022 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA.

Born May 1, 1955 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Roberta Jean Davis Barr.

Karen attended Lakeland High School and worked for over 20 years at Gress Poultry, Inc., Scranton, PA. She...

Oct 4, 2022

Alexander A. Klinger, 87, of Lakeville, PA, died Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, after an illness. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Nancy L. McDowell on December 14, 2015.

Born May 16, 1935 in Paterson, NJ, he was the son of the late Frederick and Jennie Smith Klinger.

Oct 3, 2022

Stephen "Eagle" Romaniak, 74, of Carbondale, PA, died Monday, October 3, 2022 at home.

He was the son of the late Paul Romaniak and the late Jane Brownell Perhne.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and retired from Cross Engineering in Carbondale. He was a member of the Moxie Club in Carbondale,...

Oct 1, 2022

Richard Buchanan, Jr., 62, of Clifford, PA, died Saturday, October 1, 2022 at home.

Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Shifler-Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Clifford, PA.