Obituaries
Norman Vincent Engelhardt
Apr 17, 2017
Norman Vincent Engelhardt, 76, of Bethlehem, PA, died Monday, April 17, 2017 at home. His wife the former Mary Gowan Engelhardt died on July 12, 2011. Born November 13, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Jakober and Candace Apple Engelhardt. He was a graduate of Essex County College, Newark, NJ., and was an Army veteran...
Qualeek T. Miller
Apr 15, 2017
Qualeek T. Miller, 30, of Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. Born January 26, 1987 in Brooklyn, NY, he is the son of Shaniqua Miller of Brooklyn, NY and Dale Weiford and the step son of Keisha Weiford both of Las Vegas, NV. Qualeek Miller had the face of an angel and...
Sharon Scalzo
Apr 14, 2017
Sharon Krok Scalzo, 68, of Carbondale, PA died Friday morning, April 14, 2017 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA. Born August 9, 1948 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Julia Kudrick Krok. Sharon attended Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale. With dignity and grace she battled a long term disability for most of...
Robert H. Kilmer
Apr 14, 2017
Robert H. Kilmer, 92, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday afternoon, April 14, 2017 at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, Scranton, PA, after a lengthy illness. His wife is the former Ann L. Newcomb. This August they would have celebrated 62 years of marriage. Born November 27, 1924 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Cecil and Elizabeth...
Nathaniel O'Neal Mcdonald
Apr 13, 2017
Nathaniel O'Neal McDonald, Jr., 32, of Freehold, NJ, died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold, NJ. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery, Freehold, NJ. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA Funeral...
Oscar Garcia
Apr 12, 2017
Oscar Garcia, 85, a resident of the Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born July 25, 1931 in Santa Rosa, Colombia, he was the son of the late Aurelio and Maria Guevara Garcia. Prior to moving to Carbondale three years ago, he resided in both Queens, New York and...
Marian A. Bean
Apr 11, 2017
Marian A. Bean, 86, of Clifford Township, PA, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at home. She was the widow of John G. Bean, who died on February 11, 2013. Born in Conklin, NY, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Doris Decker Button. Marian enjoyed cooking and baking and was well known for her apple pies and cinnamon...
George H. Stephens
Apr 7, 2017
George H. Stephens, 87, of Greenfield Township, PA and Daytona Beach, FL, died peacefully on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA, with his wife and daughter by his side. His wife of 67 years is the former, Rosemari Healey. Born April 6, 1930 in Lenoxville, PA, he was the son of the late Howard...
Norma I. Vanderlaan
Apr 3, 2017
Norma I. Vanderlaan, 68, of Blakely, PA, died Monday, April 3, 2017 in the emergency room at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, after being stricken ill. Born September 3, 1948 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of Antonia Ruiz Suarez of Florida and the late Emiliano Suarez. She is survived by her loving husband: Robert Vanderlaan; two...
Parma I. Baggetta
Apr 3, 2017
Parma I. Baggetta, 92, of Mayfield, PA, died Monday afternoon, April 3, 2017. She was the wife of Michael Baggetta, who died on January 27, 1990. Born in Mayfield, PA, she was the daughter of the late Augustine and Rose Matte Nicolio. Parma was a 1942 graduate of Mayfield High School and worked as a seamstress for many years at...
Dorothy A. Vernarec
Apr 3, 2017
Dorothy A. "Dottie" Vernarec, 78, of Hawley, PA, died Monday night, April 3, 2017 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA. She was the wife of the late Stephen Vernarec, who died in 1995. Born January 15, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Loretta Johnston Donnelly. Prior to her retirement, Dottie was...
Pastor Jack Parry
Apr 1, 2017
Pastor Jack Parry, 83, of Jessup, PA, died Saturday, April 1, 2017,at his brother, Chuck's home in Peckville, PA. He was the husband of the late Josefa "Maria" Castillo, who died March 25, 2006. Born April 14, 1933 in Blakely, PA, he was the son of the late Robert and Mae McLaughlin Parry. Pastor Jack was a 1951 graduate of...
John V. Begley
Apr 1, 2017
John V. Begley, 81, a resident of Clifford Township, PA, for the past 20 years died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at home. He was the husband of Georgia Demarest Begley. Born March 15, 1936 in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Quinlan Begley. He was a retired detective with the New York Police Department...
Eleanor T. Grutkowski
Mar 26, 2017
Eleanor T. Robinson Grutkowski, died peacefully Sunday afternoon, March 26, 2017 at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carbondale, PA. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Donald Robinson and her second husband, Chester Grutkowski. Born in Dickson City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Stella and Stanley Dombrowski. She was a devoted Catholic and member...
Ernest P. Rowe
Mar 24, 2017
Ernest P. Rowe, 71, of East Stroudsburg, PA, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at The Gardens at Stroud, East Stroudsburg. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Marion G. Wargo
Mar 22, 2017
Marion G. Wargo, 89, of Clifford Township, PA, died Wednesday night, March 22, 2017 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest city, PA. Her husband, Richard "Dick" Wargo, died on January 16, 1996. Born March 19, 1928 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Byron, Sr. and Mary Chapman Gummoe Marion was a graduate of Harford High...
Richard Sona, Sr.
Mar 21, 2017
Richard Sona, Sr. 78, of Carbondale, PA died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Golden Living Center, Scranton, PA. Born June 23, 1938 in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Frederick and Ruth Scolfield Sona. He is survived by his wife: Maryanne Burns Sona; seven children: Ricky, James, Kevin and Shawn Sona, Denise Vaccaro, Sharon Smeriglio and Dawn...
Gertrude W. Kilmer
Mar 17, 2017
Gertrude W. Kilmer, 90, of Crystal Lake, PA, died Friday, March 17, 2017 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA, after a lengthy illness. Born August 18, 1926 in Greenfield Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late Cortland and Blanche Davis Kilmer. Prior to retirement, she had been employed in the local garment industry for over 40...
Raymond J. Colianni
Mar 16, 2017
Raymond J. Colianni, 56, of Mayfield, PA, died Thursday, March 16, 2017 in the emergency room at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. Born September 26, 1960 in Paterson, NJ, he was the son of the late Vincent and Emma Lewis Colianni. Prior to his illness, he had been employed as a truck driver. Ray was also a member of...
Ruth M. Kennedy
Mar 12, 2017
Ruth M. Kennedy, 93, of Kingsley, PA, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. Her husband, John J. Kennedy died on June 8, 2000. Born November 2, 1923 in West Pittston, PA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Elizabeth Neat Atwater. Ruth was a graduate of West Pittston High School...
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