Obituaries

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...

Andrew Moncak

Andrew Moncak

Nov 9, 2015

Andrew Moncak, 97, of Scott Township, PA, died Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehab Center, Carbondale, PA. He was the husband of the former Agnes Tomassoni, who died in 1992. Born June 14, 1918 in Jessup, PA, he was the son of the late Michael and Elizabeth Moncak. He is survived by two daughters: Andrea Mancus...

Anthony J. Miller

Anthony J. Miller

Nov 7, 2015

Anthony J. Miller, Jr., 79, of Cherry Ridge, PA, died Saturday morning, November 7, 2015 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, PA. He was the husband of the former Irene F. Staple, who died August 20, 2010. Born July 21, 1936 in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Anthony, Sr. and Katherine Wachtler Miller. In his younger...

Carol Ann Canfield

Carol Ann Canfield

Nov 6, 2015

Carol Ann Canfield, 70, of South Gibson, PA., died Friday, November 6, 2015 at home after a brief battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Richard Canfield. Born April 14, 1945 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Hedwig Jean Nowakowski Zimowski. Carol had been employed as a dress maker...

Daniel R. Walton

Daniel R. Walton

Nov 6, 2015

Daniel R. Walton, 52, Nicholson, PA, died Friday, November 6, 2015 at home. Born August 10, 1963 in Allentown, PA, he was the son of the late Donald and Carolyn Sabinski Walton. He was a former resident of Allentown and he enjoyed working on cars. He is survived by one son: Jesse Walton of Allentown, PA; one sister: Donna Troxell...

Florence A. Thomas

Florence A. Thomas

Nov 2, 2015

Florence A. Thomas, 98, formerly of Crystal Lake, PA and a resident of Carbondale, PA, died Monday evening, November 2, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA. Born October 10, 1917 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Mark and Mary Torino Thomas. Florence was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale and worked as a machine...

Patricia E. 'Pat' Brown

Patricia E. 'Pat' Brown

Oct 27, 2015

Patricia E. "Pat" Brown, 62, of Harford, PA, passed away suddenly of stage four lung cancer and metastasis to the spine with her family by her side on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Laurence J. Brown, Jr. They were married on February 28, 1970. Born September 9,...

Rosella Mae Tomaine

Rosella Mae Tomaine

Oct 19, 2015

Rosella Mae Tomaine, 87, of Carbondale, PA, died Monday, October 19, 2015 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA, after a brief illness. She was the wife of Joseph "Whitey" Tomaine who died October 10, 1973. Born May 7, 1928 in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late James and Jennie Parise Mancuso. Rosella was a graduate of...

Rose Cretella

Rose Cretella

Oct 11, 2015

Rose Cretella, 84, of Hackettstown, NJ, died Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Spring Village at Pocono, East Stroudsburg, PA. Funeral services were held Friday, October 16, 2015 from James Romanelli-Stephen Funeral Home, Inc., 89-01 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY. Interment, Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY. Local arrangements were entrusted to the Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and...

Dolores H. Kashetta

Dolores H. Kashetta

Oct 9, 2015

Dolores H. Kashetta, 81, of Oakwood Terrace, Moosic, PA, died Friday, October 9, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA. She was the wife of Frank J. Kashetta, who died May 20, 1994. Born May 3, 1934 in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Petronella Aponik Matuszewski. Dolores was a 1952 graduate of Dickson City High...

Beverly Jean Recker

Beverly Jean Recker

Oct 7, 2015

Beverly Jean Recker, 69, Simpsonville, SC, formerly of West Clifford and Carbondale, PA, died on October 7, 2015. Born in Elmhurst, Queens, NY, daughter of the late Walter and Stella Evanishyn Klaptosky, she is a graduate of St. Michael's High School, Brooklyn, NY. She was employed at St. Joseph's Hospital and the Carbondale Nursing Home, Carbondale, PA, in a variety...

Jeffrey E. Bartlebaugh

Jeffrey E. Bartlebaugh

Sep 27, 2015

Jeffrey Edward Scott Bartlebaugh, 36, of Waymart, PA, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 at home. His wife of 14 years is the former Jennifer Jaggars. Born January 13, 1979 in Scranton, PA, son of Thomas Bartlebaugh of Tennessee and Jennie Cottrell of Plains, PA. Jeff was a member and treasurer to Church to the Nations, Waymart. He worked as a...

Patrick A. Cianflone

Patrick A. Cianflone

Sep 26, 2015

Patrick A. Cianflone, 67, of Clifford Township, PA, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 after a sudden illness. His wife of 45 years is Shirley Cianflone. Born in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Margaret Obzud Cianflone of Simpson. Pat graduated from Fell Township High School in June of 1965 and enlisted in the Marine Corps...