Obituaries
Roger L. Slocum
Jan 22, 2020
Roger L. Slocum, 55, of Forest City, PA, died Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, after an illness. Born August 27, 1964 in Susquehanna, PA, he is the son of Phyllis Towner Slocum of Kingsley, PA, and Gayle Slocum of Waymart, PA. Roger was a 1982 graduate of the Forest City High School and had been employed...
Catherine Discenza
Jan 22, 2020
Catherine Ann Discenza, 68, of Albrightsville, PA, died Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Funeral services were held Monday, January 27, 2020 from James Romanelli-Stephen Funeral Home, 89-01 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park, NY. Interment, Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, NY. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale,...
Lois J. Dombrosky
Jan 18, 2020
Lois J. Dombrosky, 88, a lifelong resident of Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at home. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Dombrosky who died January 24, 2008. They were married 59 years. Born August 28, 1931 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Willis and Lucy Veril Stevens. Lois worked numerous odd...
Victor A. Campisi
Jan 17, 2020
Victor A. Campisi, 76, of Carbondale, PA, and formerly of Long Island, NY, died Friday, January 17, 2020 at home. Funeral services were held from James Funeral Home, 540 Broadway, Massapequa, NY. Local arrangement were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Dewey W. Engroff
Jan 11, 2020
Dewey W. Engroff, Sr., 52, of Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, January 11, 2020 at home. He is survived by his wife, the former Dawn Houdershieldt. Born January 1, 1968 in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Dewey B. and Elizabeth Hughes Engroff. Aww Dewey was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather and will be deeply missed....
Brian W. Wertman
Jan 10, 2020
Brian W. Wertman, 48, of Carbondale, PA, and formerly of Lenox Township, PA, died Friday, January 10, 2020 at home. Born April 6, 1971 in Scranton, PA, he is the son of Marilyn Wertman Tarlton of York, PA, and the late Charles W. Ross, Jr. Brian had been previously employed at Simplex Industries in Scranton, PA, and as an escort...
Sammy Rudick
Jan 8, 2020
Sammy Rudick, 87, of Kingsley, PA, died Wednesday afternoon, January 8, 2020 at Barnes-Kasson Hospital, Susquehanna, PA, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Joan Drabik. Born November 2, 1932 in South Gibson, PA, he was the son of the late Wasil and Dora Kozlowska Rudick. Sammy was a veteran of the...
Margie M. Drobnicki
Jan 8, 2020
Margie M. Drobnicki, 62, of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. She is survived by her husband, Robert Drobnicki. Born in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Art and Betty Jean Siebold Sweet, and the step daughter of the late Jean Marie Sweet. Margie's life revolved around her family, especially...
Verdon C. Decker
Jan 6, 2020
Verdon C. Decker, 90, of Lenoxville, PA, died Monday morning, January 6, 2020 at home. He was preceded in death by the love of his life, the former Faye L. Hallstead, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage at the time of her death on October 14, 2008. Born on February 28, 1929 in Glenwood, PA, he was the...
Marilou B. Ficarra
Jan 4, 2020
Marilou Bonacuse Ficarra, 82, of Foster City, CA, died Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Sunrise Assisted Living, San Mateo, CA. She was the wife of John T. Ficarra. Born January 19, 1937 in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Cacossa Bonacuse. Private interment took place on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at...
Ann Marie Laguzzi
Jan 1, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Ann Marie Laguzzi announces her passing in the early morning hours of New Years Day on Wednesday, at the Allied Skilled Nursing Center, Scranton, where she had been a resident since this past July. Ann was born February 6, 1935 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Patrick...
Theresa E. Slick
Dec 27, 2019
Theresa E. Slick, 89, a lifelong resident of Carbondale, PA, died Friday evening, December 27, 2019 at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest J. Slick in 1993. Born February 20, 1930 in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Rogus Molinaro. Theresa was a 1948 graduate of Benjamin...
Mehmet Ali Akturan
Dec 22, 2019
Mehmet Ali Akturan, 76, of Bethlehem, PA, died Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA. Funeral services and interment were held at Karabaglar Cemetery, Izmir, Turkey. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Charles Eichenbaum
Dec 19, 2019
Charles Alan Eichenbaum, 75, of Carbondale, PA, died Thursday morning, December 19, 2019 at Allied Services Hospice, Scranton, PA. Born March 27, 1944 in New Haven, CT, he was the son of the late Al and Helen Drazen Eichenbaum. Chuck was a graduate of William A. Wirt High School, Gary, Indiana, and served in the Army during the Vietnam War....
Helen Tamulevicius
Dec 17, 2019
Helen Tamulevicius, 100, of Waymart, PA and formerly of Marlboro, NJ, died Tuesday morning, December 17, 2019 at Wayne Woodlands Manor, Waymart, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Vincent Tamulevicius on October 14, 1987. Born September 15, 1919 in Harrison , NJ, she was the daughter of the late Benedict and Mary Evanowska Milinska. She was...
John F. Mikloiche
Dec 7, 2019
John F. Mikloiche, 77, a lifelong resident of Dundaff, PA, died Saturday, December 7, 2019 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA, after a battle with cancer. His wife is the former Myra Mikulak of Browndale, PA. Born March 8, 1942 in Dundaff, PA, he was the son of the late Steve and Eva Parker Mikloiche. John was...
Marianne Colarossi
Dec 5, 2019
Marianne McDonnell Colarossi, 64, a lifelong resident of Scranton, PA, died Thursday, December 5, 2019, at the Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center, Blakely, PA. She was the wife of the late Michael P. Colarossi. Born May 23, 1955 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Jeanne McCormick McDonnell. Marianne was a graduate of Scranton Central High...
Robert J. Bean
Dec 4, 2019
Robert J. "Bobby" Bean, 63, of Kingsley, PA, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at home. He is survived by his wife the former, Karin Wydeen. Born August 26, 1956 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late John G. Bean and Marian A. Button Bean. He is survived by three daughters: Robin Bean, Sheila Durso and...
John Byrne
Dec 3, 2019
John Byrne, 81, of Carbondale, PA, passed into eternal life on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at home under the care of his daughter, Debby. Born February 25, 1938 in Newark, NJ, he was the son of immigrant parents, the late John and Mary (nee Shanagher) Byrne. He was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Carbondale, PA, and...
Gail A. Cain
Dec 2, 2019
Gail A. Cain, 83, of Carbondale, PA, died Monday, December 2, 2019 at Carbondale Nursing Center, Carbondale, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard P. Cain on November 17, 2000. Born May 28, 1936 in Union Dale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ivan Milton Barney and Sarah Corrine Adams Barney Beader. Gail was very...
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