Obituaries

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...

George O'Malley

George O'Malley

Sep 24, 2015

George O'Malley, 50, of Stroudsburg, PA, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA.. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Carbondale, PA.

Celia Mcdonnell

Celia Mcdonnell

Sep 23, 2015

Celia McDonnell, 73, a lifelong resident of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday morning, September 23, 2015 at the Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. She was the wife of the late Patrick J. McDonnell, who died July 19, 2003. They were married August 20, 1960. Born February 19, 1942 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Christopher and Carmella Gentile...

Martin S. Kavetski

Martin S. Kavetski

Sep 15, 2015

Martin S. Kavetski, 47, of Gibson, PA, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Born July 11, 1968 in Susquehanna, PA, he is the son of Sharon Brown Kavetski of Gibson and the late Frank G. Kavetski, III. Martin was an avid fisherman, hunter and all around outdoorsman. He had a great sense of humor and many friends. He worked for...

Doris M. 'Dee' Hayes

Doris M. 'Dee' Hayes

Sep 11, 2015

Doris M. "Dee" Hayes, 89, of Hallstead, PA, died Friday, September 11, 2015 at the Barnes-Kasson Hospital, Susquehanna, PA. She was preceded in death by her first husband Ivan McLaud, second husband Bruce Hayes and companion Glynn C. Shifler. Born September 27, 1925 in Hop Bottom, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Lillian Sweet Wilbur. Dee...

Doris L. O'Brien

Doris L. O'Brien

Sep 6, 2015

Doris L. O'Brien, 86, formerly of Lakewood, NJ and Allied Terrace, Scranton, PA, died Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the Carbondale Nursing Center, Carbondale, PA. She was the wife of the late Kennedy P. O'Brien, who died on February 15, 2014. Born October 14, 1928 in Passaic, NJ, she was the daughter of the late August and Marie Casagrand Rosada....

Walter Zabrowski

Walter Zabrowski

Sep 3, 2015

Walter Zabrowski, Sr., 96, of Greenfield Township, PA, passed away Thursday morning, September 3, 2015 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, PA, following a short illness. He was the husband of the late Rose Hameza, who died May 2, 2013. They would have celebrated 65 years of marriage on June 26, 2013, one month after her passing. Born May...

Lavonne Misner

Lavonne Misner

Sep 2, 2015

LaVonne Misner, 74, of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at home after a brief illness. Born March 22, 1941 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harley and Evelyn Rabinsky Misner. LaVonne was a 1959 graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale and received her associates degree from Penn State University and her bachelors degree...

James E. Correll

James E. Correll

Aug 24, 2015

James E. Correll, 73, of Forest City, PA, died Monday, August 24, 2015 in the emergency room at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, following a lengthy illness. Born December 21, 1941 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Edgar and Marjorie Lloyd Correll. Jim was a 1959 graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale and served in the...