Obituaries
Guy M. Lovetro
Jun 14, 2017
Guy M. Lovetro, 53, of Albrightsville, PA, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at home. Funeral services were conducted by Molinari-Cassieri Funeral Directors, Inc., Brooklyn, NY. Interment, St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.
Antoinette F. Chiarelli
Jun 13, 2017
Antoinette F. Chiarelli, 86, of Howard Beach, NY, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Scranton, PA. The funeral was held from James Romanelli-Stephen Funeral Home, 89-01 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY. Interment, St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale,...
Bernard 'Bernie' Scalzo
Jun 11, 2017
Bernard "Bernie" Scalzo, 72, of Mayfield, PA, died Sunday, June 11, 2017 at home. He is survived by his wife the former Rita Davis. Born May 2, 1945 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Matilda Monachino Scalzo. Prior to retirement, he had been employed as a welder for Acker Drill Company in Clarks Summit...
John Bencivenga
Jun 8, 2017
John Bencivenga, 51, of Equinunk, PA, died Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. Born November 23, 1965 in West Islip, NY, he operated a landscaping business in Bay Shore, New York called Italian Stallion Lawn Service, a division of The Sod Father. He was also associated with his brother at Hancock Auto Sales, Hancock, NY,...
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...
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