Obituaries

James J. Caffrey, Jr.

James J. Caffrey, Jr.

Feb 17, 2017

James J. Caffrey, Jr., 31, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday, February 17, 2017. Born May 4, 1985 in Carbondale, he is the son of James, Sr. and Karen Merring Caffrey of Carbondale. He was a 2003 graduate of Carbondale Area High School where he played baseball and football. He served in the Army and was currently employed as a machinist...

Joseph Oscar Shay

Joseph Oscar Shay

Feb 8, 2017

Joseph Oscar Shay, 72, Susquehanna, PA, died Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Barnes-Kasson Hospital, Susquehanna, after an illness. He is survived by his wife the former Virginia Hallstead. Born August 18, 1944 in Susquehanna, he was the son of the late Oscar and Gertrude Harding Shay. Joe had been a proud self employed quarryman in the flagstone business for many...

Sarah Gillott

Sarah Gillott

Feb 8, 2017

Sarah Gillott, 69, of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA, after a lengthy illness. Born February 12, 1947 in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Patrick J., Sr. and Mary Talarico Gillott. She was a 1965 graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale, and was senior class president and also graduated...

Frank Valentine

Frank Valentine

Feb 8, 2017

Francis Charles "Boss Man" "Land Lord" Valentine, of Lenox, PA and Cocoa, FL, passed away with his family at his side at Wuesthoff Hospice in Rockledge, FL, on February 8, 2017 from complications with COPD. Born May 27, 1933 in Eynon, son of the late Francis Charles Valentine and Nellie Puza Valentine. Frank was a veteran of the Air Force...

Keith Joel Thompson

Keith Joel Thompson

Feb 8, 2017

Keith Joel Thompson 02/24/1964 - 02/08/2017 You are the love of my life and my best friend. I will cherish all our memories and love you forever. Keith (Keeter) Thompson was one in a million. He was an incredibly loving husband, father, step-father grand-father and God-father. He was the best brother and uncle. His many friends were considered his family....

Lea M. Andrews

Lea M. Andrews

Feb 8, 2017

Lea M. Andrews, 81, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. Her husband the late Michael J. Andrews, Sr. died on March 1, 2007. Born November 14, 1935 in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Margaret Tigglebeck Cox. Lea worked at Supermarket Service, Dunmore, PA, where...

Robert C. Ransom

Robert C. Ransom

Feb 5, 2017

Robert C. Ransom, 78, of Lenoxville, PA, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 at his daughter's home in Clifford Township, PA. Born May 13, 1938 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Robert R. and Agnes I. Becker Ransom. Robert worked as a farmer on the family farm in Lenoxville. He enjoyed living on the farm and wildlife....

John E. Wolff

John E. Wolff

Feb 2, 2017

John E. Wolff, 67, of Carbondale, PA, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 at home. Born July 19, 1949 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Edward and Judith Miller Wolff. He was a graduate of Scott Township High School and was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He had been a longtime employee at Thomson Consumer...

Jay E. Molyneaux

Jay E. Molyneaux

Jan 31, 2017

Jay E. Molyneaux, born July 7th, 1949 in Candor, New York, died January 31, 2017 after a battle with cancer. Jay, a pastor of forty-six years, served churches in Buffalo, NY; White Cloud, KS; Bakersburg, PA; Montrose, PA; Bloomsburg, PA; Dalton, PA; and Clifford, PA. Jay is also widely known with farmers in Pennsylvania and New York for dehorning cattle,...

Mary Ellen Enke

Mary Ellen Enke

Jan 29, 2017

Mary Ellen Enke, 50, of Pottsville, PA, died Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. PA. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.

Wesley C. 'Stub' Stephens

Wesley C. 'Stub' Stephens

Jan 25, 2017

Wesley "Stub" Stephens, 87, of Lenoxville, PA, and Daytona Beach, FL, died Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the Forest City Nursing and Rehab Center, following a brief, courageous battle with brain cancer. He was married for 65 years to his wife, Lois Snyder Stephens. Born in Chinchilla, PA, on December 2, 1929, he was the son of the late, Ross...

Denise D. Doherty

Denise D. Doherty

Jan 17, 2017

Denise D. Doherty, 49, of Carbondale, PA, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born May 27, 1967 in Paterson, NJ, she was the daughter of Mabel Benson Hendricks of Carbondale and the late Dennis Doherty. She was employed as a certified nurses aid at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She is survived by two children:...

Ann Gray

Ann Gray

Jan 16, 2017

Ann Malinchak Gray, 88, Greenfield Township, PA, died Monday, January 16, 2017 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Born November 8, 1928 in Jessup, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Catherine Kutchmanich Malinchak. Ann was educated in Dickson City public schools and prior to her retirement, had been employed by St. Joseph's Center in Scranton, as...

Royal Phillips

Royal Phillips

Jan 16, 2017

Royal Phillips, infant daughter of Roy and Nicola Reynolds Phillips, of Carbondale, PA, died Monday, January 16, 2017 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, PA. She is survived by one sister: Samantha Campbell of Jamaica; one brother: Robert Heslop of Carbondale, PA; maternal grandfather: Everton Stork of Jamaica; maternal grandmother: Marcia Smith of Mayfield, PA; paternal grandmother: Delores Suttles of Jermyn,...

Frank J. Kubus

Frank J. Kubus

Jan 14, 2017

Frank J. Kubus, 59, of Clifford Township, PA, formerly of Farview Street, Carbondale, PA, died Saturday night, January 14, 2017 at Wayne Memorial Hospital Hospice, Honesdale, PA. Born April 2, 1957 in Carbondale, PA, he is the son of Rose Marie Nardi Kubus of Forest City, PA, and the late Frank Kubus. Frank had been employed for many years as...

Steven S. Tomsey

Steven S. Tomsey

Jan 12, 2017

Steven S. Tomsey, 64, of Honesdale, PA and formerly of New Jersey, died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at home. Cremation arrangement were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.

James B. Rugar

James B. Rugar

Jan 11, 2017

James B. Rugar, 43, formerly of Scranton, PA, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon, PA. Born April 15, 1973 in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Richard Rugar, Sr. and the late Deborah Dimick Rugar. He is survived by four brothers: Richard Rugar, Jr. of Peckville, PA, Robert Rugar of Taylor,...

Henry L. Nagle

Henry L. Nagle

Jan 1, 2017

Henry L. Nagle, Sr., 72, of Simpson, PA, died unexpectedly on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at home. Born October 18, 1944 in Kingston, PA, he was the son of the late Thomas and Ruth King Nagle. Henry was a 1962 graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale, PA, and was a veteran of the Vietnam War having served in the...

Cynthia A. Screen-Aguilar

Cynthia A. Screen-Aguilar

Jan 1, 2017

Cynthia A. Screen-Aguilar, 59, of East Stroudsburg, PA, died Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Hospice House, East Stroudsburg. Funeral services were held in Brooklyn, NY under the direction of Guarino Funeral Home, Inc., 9222 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Interment, Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY. Local arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services,...

John Clifford 'Cliff' White

John Clifford 'Cliff' White

Dec 31, 2016

John Clifford "Cliff" White, 73, of Clifford Township, PA, passed away on December 31st 2016 at his home, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his precious wife Karen Alice White, who died October 1, 2011. Born July 30, 1943 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Rupert and Rhoena Sprague White....