Obituaries

Dorothy L. Davis

Dorothy L. Davis

Jan 6, 2016

Dorothy L. Davis, 53, of Clifford Township, PA, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at home. Born December 22, 1962 in Carbondale, PA, she is the daughter of Gayle Whitbeck Davis of Clifford Township and the late Russell Davis. Dorothy was a 1981 graduate of Mountain View High School, Kingsley, PA and worked at Gress Poultry, Scranton, PA, Scranton Lace Company...

William D. Fickes

William D. Fickes

Jan 5, 2016

William David Fickes, 77, of Gibson Township, PA, died Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at home. Born November 22, 1938 in Utica, NY, he was the son of the late Daniel and Elfrieda Williams Fickes. Bill was a former resident of Union, New Jersey and prior to his retirement, he had been employed by the State of New Jersey as a...

Donna K. Sona

Donna K. Sona

Jan 2, 2016

Donna K. Sona, 54, of Dickson City, PA, died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at home. Born December 26, 1961 in Fredonia, NY, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Shirley Barrett Johnson. Donna was a 1979 graduate of Conestoga High School, Marlton, NJ and worked at Specialty Records in Olyphant, PA for 15 years. She recently worked at...

Craig W. Cummings

Craig W. Cummings

Dec 31, 2015

Craig W. Cummings, 47, of Wilkes Barre, PA, died peacefully New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes Barre, surrounded by his family and friends from complications due to a brain tumor. His partner of 19 years is Robert Karmonick of Wilkes-Barre. They were married August 22, 2015. Born July 3, 1968 in Carbondale, PA, he...

John A. Serafini

John A. Serafini

Dec 27, 2015

John Anthony Serafini, 84, of Smithtown, NY, died peacefully on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Huntington Hospital, Huntington, NY, surrounded by his family. Born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, loving husband of 58 years to the late Joanne (DeLuca) Serafini and son of the late Anna (Mussari) and Tullio Serafini, John was a 1949 graduate of Saint Rose High School. He served...

John Patrick Hotchkiss

John Patrick Hotchkiss

Dec 23, 2015

John Patrick Hotchkiss, 82, Laceyville, PA, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born April 10, 1933 in Wilkes Barre, PA, he was the son of the late John Gerald and Anne Elizabeth Watters Hotchkiss. Prior to his retirement, he spent his career with the Department of the Army. The funeral will...

Betty M. Werner

Betty M. Werner

Dec 21, 2015

Betty M. Werner, 84, of Gouldsboro, PA, died Monday, December 21, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA. She was the wife of Donald J. Werner, MD., who died on December 9, 1998. Born December 25, 1930 in March, England, she was the daughter of the late John and Elsie Norman West. Betty was raised and educated in Cambridge, England. At...

Nancy L. Klinger

Nancy L. Klinger

Dec 14, 2015

Nancy L. Klinger, 70, a resident of Creekside Health and Rehab Center, Carbondale, PA, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA, after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Alexander A. Klinger of Carbondale. Born September 3, 1945 in Port Jervis, NY, she was the daughter of the late Emmett and Julia Colicchio McDowell. Nancy was...

Sean R. Rogenkamp

Sean R. Rogenkamp

Dec 11, 2015

Sean R. Rogenkamp, 30, of Harford Township, PA, died Friday, December 11, 2015 at home. Born December 11, 1985 in Queens, NY, he is the son of Diane Blank Rogenkamp of Harford Township and the late Roger C. Rogenkamp, who died May 12, 2015. Sean is a 2003 graduate of Mountain View High School, Kingsley, PA. His greatest joy was...

Barbara L. Prymock

Barbara L. Prymock

Dec 8, 2015

Barbara L. Prymock, 53, of Carbondale, PA, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Geisinger CMC, Scranton, PA, after a brief battle with cancer. She is survived by her longtime companion, Steve Cyganick. Born in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Art Sweet and the late Betty Siebold Spicer. She was also the step daughter of the late...

Rose Ference

Rose Ference

Dec 6, 2015

Rose Ference, 90, of Jamesville, NY and formerly of Salem Road, Carbondale, PA, died Sunday, December 6, 2015 at her home. She was the wife of the late Frank Ference, who died April 2, 2014. Born March 9, 1925 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Hilary and Mary Kuzmich Krenitsky. Rose worked as a typist at...

Cindy Sue White

Cindy Sue White

Nov 30, 2015

Cindy Sue White, 56, of Matamoras, PA, died Monday, November 30, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. A private memorial service was held at the convenience of the family. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to the Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA. Final Resting Place Sunlight Crematory, LLC. 628 Nanticoke Street Hanover...

Robert D. Keen

Robert D. Keen

Nov 29, 2015

Robert D. Keen, 82, of Jackson Township, PA, died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at the Barnes-Kasson Hospital, Susquehanna, PA, following a short battle with cancer. His wife of 55 years is the former Trudy Jones. Born October 1, 1933 in East Benton, PA, he was the son of the late George Carlton Keen and Myrtle Hunt Geisshart. Robert was a...

Annabelle Hope Strelecki

Annabelle Hope Strelecki

Nov 23, 2015

Annabelle Strelecki, 16, of Clifford Township, PA, died Monday, November 23, 2015 at home. Born February 6, 1999 in Susquehanna, PA, she was the daughter of Sunshine Nesevich Mickiewicz of Clifford Township, PA and the late Thomas Strelecki, Jr. She is the step daughter of Leon Mickiewicz of Clifford Township, PA. Annabelle was a junior at Mountain View High School...

Mary Ann Milo

Mary Ann Milo

Nov 23, 2015

Mary Ann Milo, 44, of Carbondale Township, PA, died Monday, November 23, 2015 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born December 29, 1970 in Carbondale, PA, she is survived by her parents James and Ann McDermott Milo of Carbondale Township, PA. Mary Ann was a 1988 graduate of Lakeland High School and a 1992 graduate of Marywood University, Scranton, where...

Brody Creed Phillips

Brody Creed Phillips

Nov 18, 2015

Baby Brody Creed Phillips, son of Austin Michael and Keeli Jordan Phillips of Wilmar, Arkansas, died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Graveside services were held at the Wilmar Cemetery, Wilmar, Arkansas, under the direction of Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home, Inc., Monticello, Arkansas. Local arrangements were entrusted to the Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home...

John A. 'Jack' Passiment

John A. 'Jack' Passiment

Nov 18, 2015

John A. "Jack" Passiment, 74, of Carbondale, PA., died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. He wife is the former Margaret Kelsch. They were married 52 years on November 9th. Born April 24, 1941 in Carbondale, he was the son of the late John and Mary Mahon Passiment. Jack was a graduate of the Benjamin Franklin...

Diane Grabowski

Diane Grabowski

Nov 16, 2015

Diane Grabowski, 67, of Jermyn, PA, died Monday morning, November 16, 2015 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. Born September 14, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Jean Kulick Grabowski. Diane was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale and enjoyed music. For many years she had resided and...

Harriet J. Snow

Harriet J. Snow

Nov 16, 2015

Harriet J. Snow, 65, of Carbondale, PA and formerly of Hop Bottom, PA, died Monday, November 16, 2015 at the Forest City Nursing Center, Forest City, PA. She was the wife of the late Joseph D. Snow. Born September 13, 1950 in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Alberta Mosher Canfield. Harriet was a member of...

Helen Louise Brown

Helen Louise Brown

Nov 15, 2015

Helen Louise Brown, 96, formerly of Scranton, PA, died Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Dunmore Health Care Center, Dunmore, PA. She was the wife of the late Joseph M. Brown who died in 2000. They were married 64 years prior to his passing. Born June 21, 1919 in Bonne Terre, MO, she was the daughter of the late John...