Obituaries
Heather K. Atkinson
Jun 6, 2017
Heather K. Atkinson, of Lenoxville, PA, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at home after a long illness. Born in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of Scottie Atkinson of Lenoxville and the late Jack Atkinson. Heather was a graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School and attended Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. She loved movies and music, acted in...
Sylvia J. Andrews
Jun 2, 2017
Sylvia J. Andrews, 69, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday, June 2, 2017 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA. She is survived by her husband, George Andrews. Born December 21, 1947 in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester and Helen Paulik Jezercak. Sylvia was a graduate of Honesdale High School and while raising her family she...
Wayne Kenneth O'Brien
May 31, 2017
Wayne Kenneth O'Brien, 71, Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at home after a lengthy illness. Born April 17, 1946 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Walter and Roberta Mawry O'Brien. He was a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, NY and had resided in Carbondale for the past seven months. He was a retired union painter...
Joseph J. Muia
May 24, 2017
Joseph J. Muia, 81, of Childs, PA, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 60 years the former Judy Vadala. Born July 7, 1935 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Patrick and Victoria Chrastina Muia. Joe was a veteran of the...
Daniel J. Miller
May 24, 2017
Daniel J. Miller, 65, of Clifford Township, PA, died Wednesday morning, May 24, 2017 at his home from injuries suffered during a fire. Born July 10, 1951 in Ridley Park, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Marie Andrien Miller. Dan had been employed as a counselor at Serenity Lodge in Nicholson, PA. He was an avid...
Helen S. Gorel
May 22, 2017
Helen S. Gorel, 75, of Whites Crossing, PA, died Monday, May 22, 2017 at home after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Gorel. Born in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Antoinette Delosky Sefchick. Helen was raised in Simpson, PA, and was a graduate of Fell High School. She had been...
William R. 'Bill' Mitchell
May 20, 2017
William R. "Bill" Mitchell, 72, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, surrounded by his family. Bill will be lovingly remembered by the love of his life, his "Warden" and wife of 31 years, the former Connie Demers. Their relationship was based on mutual support and deep love for each other, and was...
Marion H. Little
May 19, 2017
Marion Hartley Little, 89, of Baylor's Lake, Fleetville, PA, died Friday, May 19, 2017 at home. She was the wife of the late James H. Little, Sr., who died September 17, 1998. Born April 15, 1928 in Lenoxville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harold V., Sr. and Olwen Argust Hartley. Marion was a graduate of Penn State...
Ted A. Wells
May 18, 2017
Ted A. Wells, 64, of Harford, PA, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at home after an illness. Born October 1, 1952 in Carbondale, PA, he is the son of Donald and Jeanne Arnold Wells of Lakewood, CO and formerly of Lenoxville, PA. Ted was the owner and operator of the Clifford Hotel since 1990. Prior to operating the hotel, he...
William R. 'Bill' Machell
May 17, 2017
William R. Machell, 75, of Clifford, PA, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home after a brief illness. Born September 25, 1941 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Albert "Pat" and Rachel Bowen Machell. Bill was a graduate of Mountain View High School and served in the Air Force from 1959 to 1963. He had been...
Kevin J. Benedict
May 12, 2017
Kevin J. Benedict, 56, of Nicholson, PA, died Friday, May 12, 2017 at home. He was the husband of the late Debbie Kilmer Benedict. Born in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late George Benedict and Margaret Luczak Benedict Liples. Kevin was raised in the Nicholson area with his mother and step father, the late Robert Liples. He...
Debra L. Benedict
May 12, 2017
Debbie Kilmer Benedict, 57, of Nicholson, PA, died Friday, May 12, 2017 at home. She was the wife of the late Kevin J. Benedict. Born in Tunkhannock, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frederick, Sr. and Vernice Escott Kilmer. She was the owner of Debbles Tanning and Sauna in Nicholson. Debbie was an avid lover of nature, and...
Frances M. Johnson
May 10, 2017
Frances Kenyon Johnson, 79, of Clifford, PA, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Born April 24, 1938 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Rachel Bowen Machell. She was a lifelong member of the Clifford Baptist Church where she faithfully served as pianist, Sunday school teacher and church clerk. She began her career as a secretary...
Sharon A. Rosar
May 5, 2017
Sharon A. Rosar, 70, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday, May 5, 2017 at home. Her husband of 32 years was Joseph A. Rosar, who died on March 25, 2010. Born June 16, 1946 in Carbondale, PA, she is the daughter of Madlyn Morcom Decker of Carbondale and the late Harley W. Decker, Jr. Sharon was a loving wife, mother, daughter...
Anna Dasilva
May 4, 2017
Anna DaSilva, 64, of Wilkes Barre, PA, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Funeral services were held Monday, May 8, 2017 from Brooklyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 2380 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Robert N. Ritzco
May 2, 2017
Robert N. Ritzco, formerly of Dickson City, PA, died Tuesday evening, May 2, 2017 at the home of his step daughter. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bernadine Licwinko Ritzco, and his second wife, Mary Ann Harkenreader Ritzco. Born in Peckville, PA, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Anna Efcavitch Ritzco. He is survived...
Kathryn Fosegan
Apr 29, 2017
Kathryn O'Connor Fosegan, 79, of Brackney, PA, died Saturday, April 29, 2017 at home. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Diana Stratton
Apr 22, 2017
Diana Stratton, 55, of Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, April 22, 2017 at home. Born April 29, 1961 in Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Ada Middleditch Glennon. Prior to her disability, she had been employed as a nurses aid and she was a veteran of the Navy. She is survived by one daughter: Stephanie Cummings...
Robert R. Warholic
Apr 21, 2017
Robert R. Warholic, 89, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. He is survived by his wife of 66 years the former Mary R. Tolerico. Born in Sturges, PA, he was the son of the late John and Elizabeth Capri Warholic, and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Bob had...
Vernice I. Kilmer
Apr 19, 2017
Vernice I. Kilmer, 81, of Nicholson, PA, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at The Gardens at Tunkhannock, Tunkhannock ,PA. She was the wife of Fred T. Kilmer, Sr., who died on May 17, 2015. Born in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Susan White Escott. Vernice was a Christian woman who was generous and always...
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