Obituaries
Joseph M. Carden
Dec 29, 2020
Joseph M. Carden, 81, of Carbondale, PA, died Tuesday afternoon, December 29, 2020 at Wilkes Barre General Hospital, after an illness. Born November 22, 1939 in Carbondale, he was the son of the late Joseph P. Carden and Lillian Westgate Carden Arnold. Joe was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale, and was a former employee of the Gentex...
Willi H. Reuss
Dec 29, 2020
Willi H. Reuss, 86, of Harford, PA, died Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Barnes-Kasson Skilled Nursing Facility, Susquehanna, PA. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Shifler-Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Clifford, PA.
Mark A. Smith
Dec 28, 2020
Mark Allen Smith, 55, of Simpson, PA, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 28, 2020 at home of natural causes. Born February 18, 1965 in Washington, DC, he is the son of Carol Gibbs Bennett and Sandy J. Smith. As a child and young adult, Mark enjoyed many activities from skateboarding to riding dirt bikes especially with his best friends, Charlie,...
Elizabeth A. 'Betty' Lopes
Dec 25, 2020
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Lopes, 95, of Clifford, PA, died Friday morning, December 25, 2020 at the Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center, Sturges, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Lopes, Sr. on June 28, 1996. Born February 21, 1925 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Stanley J. and Helen Van Driesen Nolan....
Erlind Cakoni
Dec 24, 2020
Erlind Cakoni, 23, of Brooklyn, NY, died Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono, East Stroudsburg, PA, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Interment took place in the Tirana Cemetery, Tirana, Albania. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA
Arthur J. Demuysere
Dec 24, 2020
Arthur J. Demuysere, 76, of Olyphant, PA, died Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Allied Services Hospice, Scranton, PA. Born March 15, 1944 in Lawrence, MA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Rita Dube Demuysere. Art was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and had been employed as a salesman prior to his retirement. He was a...
James E. Farrant
Dec 23, 2020
James E. Farrant, III. 77, of Ringwood, NJ, died Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at his secondary residence in Dingman Township, PA. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Kenneth W. Walters
Dec 22, 2020
Kenneth Wayne Walters, of Lenoxville, PA, died Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at his home after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, the former June DaVall. They were married on May 7, 1966. He was the son of the late Marvin and Flossie Oakley Walters. He resided most of his life in Lenoxville, was a member of the...
Rev. John J. Kulavich
Dec 19, 2020
The Rev. John J. Kulavich, former chaplain at Mercy Center, Dallas, died Dec. 19, 2020, at the Suburban Community Hospital, Norristown. The Rev. Kulavich, son of the late John J. and Catherine (Colacino) Kulavich, was born in Carbondale on Jan. 28, 1952. Father received his early education in the Waymart public school system. He continued his education at the University...
Paul Sheypuk
Dec 17, 2020
Paul Sheypuk, 77, of Benton Township, PA, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 17, 2020 after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife the former, Diane Mroczka. They were married on July 20, 1979. He was the son of the late Peter and Mary Gregorski Sheypuk, and was a lifelong resident of Benton Township. Paul resided...
Edith M. 'Edie' Miller
Dec 13, 2020
Edith "Edie" Miller, 58, of Carbondale, PA, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, after a brief illness. Born August 28, 1962 in Springfield, IL, she was the daughter of the late Billy and Ima Jean Speaks Cummings. She attended Lanphier High School and eventually relocated to Carbondale, where she was previously employed at A.J.'s Bar-N-Grill and...
Beverly Cunningham
Dec 5, 2020
Beverly Cunningham, 92, of Swan Lake, NY., died Saturday, December 5, 2020 at home. Cremation arrangements were entusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Ellen T. 'Terry' Krantz
Dec 3, 2020
Ellen T. "Terry" Krantz, 79, of Carbondale, PA, died December 3, 2020 at home after a brief illness. Born March 6, 1941 in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Ferdinand and Natalie Goode Krantz. Terry had been raised by and resided with her two late aunts, Mary Krantz, a former Carbondale public school educator and Gertrude Krantz, a...
John C. Russell
Dec 2, 2020
John C. Russell, 61, of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his wife, Deborah Maus Russell on November 24, 2015. There were no known survivors. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Betty Jean Kase
Nov 29, 2020
Betty Jean Kase, 78, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Allied Services Hospice, Scranton, PA, after a two-month battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Gerald Kase. Born January 15,1942 in Halstead, PA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Sodan and the late Beulah Conklin Frey. She was also...
Richard A. Newton
Nov 26, 2020
Richard A. Newton, 76, of Olyphant, PA, died Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2020 at Allied Services Hospice, Scranton, PA. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Shirley Price. Born June 21, 1944 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Frank and Nellie Thomas Newton and had been a longtime employee of Pawnee Pants,...
William N. Lee
Nov 23, 2020
William N. Lee, Sr., of Newton Lake, PA, died Monday, November 23, 2020 at home after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 48 years the former, Ann Marie DeLacy. Born August 21, 1952 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late James and Louise Reynolds Lee. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served during...
Ann Marie Peters
Nov 22, 2020
Ann Marie Theresa Vadella Peters, 71, of Carbondale, PA, died Sunday, November 22, 2020, of glioblastoma. She was married to Alan Peters in 1988. Born in Carbondale on October 4, 1949 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Patrick E. and Arlene A. Swegel Vadella. She is survived by her three children: Lonnie Hunter and...
Clifton H. Wademan
Nov 21, 2020
Clifton Herbert Wademan, 92, of Apalachin, NY, died Saturday morning, November 21, 2020 at Elderwood at Waverly Skilled Nursing, Waverly, NY. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, the former Maxine Lydia Holzman on January 31, 2020. Born March 13, 1928 in Thompson, PA, he was the son of the late Clayton and Clara Hobbs Wademan....
Adelaide S. 'Scottie' Atkinson
Nov 21, 2020
Adelaide "Scottie" Atkinson, 80, of Lenox Township, PA, died Saturday morning, November 21, 2020 at home. She was preceded in death by her husband, John "Jack" Atkinson on April 21, 2006. Born August 20, 1940 in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Dickson Welles and Adelaide Blydenburg Welles and was a graduate of Lackawanna Trail High...
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