Obituaries

Frances I. Opeil

Frances I. Opeil

Jul 17, 2015

Frances Imbalzano Opeil, 87, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday, July 17, 2015 at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehab Center, Carbondale. She was the wife of Edward W. Opeil, who died on December 5, 1996. Born in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Natale and Maria Tancredi Imbalzano. Fraye was a graduate of the Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale...

Albert D. Verboys

Albert D. Verboys

Jul 9, 2015

Albert D. Verboys, 65, of Union Dale, PA, died Thursday morning, July 9, 2015 at Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born April 25, 1950 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of Eleanor Andzulis Verboys of Union Dale and the late Frank Robert Verboys. Albert was a graduate of Forest City High School and attended Ascension of Our...

Richard G. 'Dick' Julia

Richard G. 'Dick' Julia

Jul 7, 2015

Richard G. "Dick" Julia, 86, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Tuesday morning, July 7, 2015 at the Old Orchard Health Care Center, Easton, PA, after a lengthy illness. His wife of 62 years is the former Betty Mazza. Born February 4, 1929 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late John and Helen Molinaro Julia. Dick was an...

Peter J. D'Aula

Peter J. D'Aula

Jul 5, 2015

Peter J. D'Aula, 82, of Carbondale, PA, died Sunday, July 5, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA. He is survived by his longtime companion, Gail Nygard of Carbondale, PA. Born March 8, 1933 in New York, NY, he was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and had resided in Brooklyn, New York for many years, where he worked in...

Angelo R. Gerace

Angelo R. Gerace

Jul 4, 2015

Angelo R. Gerace, 94, of Brooklyn, NY, died Saturday, July 4, 2015 at Bensonhurst Center of Rehabilitation, Brooklyn, NY. He was the husband of the former Rose Mazza, a Carbondale, PA, native. Born July 6, 1920 in Italy, he was the son of the late Frank and Santa Fragomeni Gerace. He was a Veteran of World War II having served...

Steven J. Woody

Steven J. Woody

Jul 3, 2015

Steven Joseph Woody, 39, Carbondale, PA, died Friday, July 3, 2015 at home. Born November 10, 1975 in Carbondale, he is the son of Joseph Woody, Sr. and Naomi Muchal Woody both of Simpson, PA. Steven had been employed by United Cerebral Palsy and worked in a group home where he enjoyed working with the residents. Steven was a loving...

Mildred L. Gilroy

Mildred L. Gilroy

Jul 1, 2015

Mildred L. Gilroy, 88, of Carbondale, PA, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William J. Broderick in 1983 and her second husband, Paul B. Gilroy in 2000. Born in Carbondale, PA., she was the daughter of the late John W. and Bernetta Murphy...

Helen B. Masters

Helen B. Masters

Jun 28, 2015

Helen B. Masters, 81, of Dunmore, PA, died Sunday at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. She was the wife of the late Curwood E. Masters. Born October 3, 1933 in Bloomsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Walter Lloyd Bomboy and the Florence Myrtle Grove Bomboy. She served in the Navy during the Korean War having been stationed at...

Harry E. Williams, Jr.

Harry E. Williams, Jr.

Jun 26, 2015

Harry E. Williams, Jr., 84, a lifelong resident of Clifford Township, PA, died Friday, June 26, 2015 at home after a lengthy illness. His wife of 54 years is the former Ellen Tracy. Born in Clifford, he was the son of the late Harry, Sr. and Anna Butler Williams. Harry was a 1948 graduate of Harford High School, Harford, PA...

Darlene Tuttle

Darlene Tuttle

Jun 25, 2015

Darlene Tuttle, 59, of Honesdale, PA, died Thursday, June 25, 2015 at home after a lengthy illness. Born April 3, 1956 in Honesdale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Delores Bass Dunn. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to the Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc, Carbondale, PA.

Rose M. Rushen

Rose M. Rushen

Jun 24, 2015

Rose M. Rushen, 81, of Blakeslee, PA and formerly of Toms River, NJ, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at home. She was the wife of George Rushen, who died in 1999. Born in Sussex, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Isabell Lewis Gunderman. Rose was a loving and caring mother and grandmother who always put her...

Leona Ann Grebausky

Leona Ann Grebausky

Jun 23, 2015

Leona Florian Grebausky, 92, of Carbondale, PA, died on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA. She was the wife of Alex Grebausky who died in 1979. Born in Mayfield, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Pado Florian. Leona was a lifelong resident of Carbondale, attended its public schools and was a member...

Angelo Perri

Angelo Perri

Jun 15, 2015

Angelo Perri, 51, of Carbondale, PA, died Monday afternoon, June 15, 2015 at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born March 9, 1964 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Anthony and Rose Mary Rocco Perri. Angelo was a graduate of Carbondale Area High School and a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Carbondale. For 35 years...

Eleanor Churchill

Eleanor Churchill

Jun 14, 2015

Eleanor Churchill, 93, of Clifford, PA, died Sunday night, June 14, 2015 at VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA, after a brief illness. She was the wife of Ralph William "Bill" Churchill, who died on May 14, 1994. Born October 29, 1921 in Lenoxville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert R. and Ruth Horton Ross. Eleanor was a graduate...

Harry W. Lyon

Harry W. Lyon

Jun 13, 2015

Harry W. Lyon, 52, of Jessup, PA, died Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. Born May 4, 1963 in Forest City, PA, he was the son of the late Albert, Sr. and Myrtle "Millie" Bradley Lyon He had been employed as a maintenance man for Jessup Family Housing, Jessup, PA. Harry was an avid bicycle...

Rosemarie Moriarity

Rosemarie Moriarity

Jun 11, 2015

Rosemarie Moriarity, 85, a resident of Scott Township, PA since 1993 died Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Moriarity. Born on February 7, 1930 in Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Henrietta Reinhardt Brembs. Rosemarie was raised in the Bronx and...

Elizabeth L. Nash

Elizabeth L. Nash

Jun 9, 2015

Elizabeth L. Nash, 71, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at home after an extended illness. Born in Camden, NJ, she was the daughter of the late George and Louise Dunn Wilkinson. Elizabeth was a former resident of New Jersey where she and her husband were partners in their real estate consulting and evaluation business. The family...

James Frank Kenyon

James Frank Kenyon

Jun 6, 2015

James Frank Kenyon, 78, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Saturday morning, June 6, 2015 at the VNA Hospice, Scranton, PA. Born April 8, 1937 in Peckville, PA, he was the son of the late Jesse and Vivian James Kenyon. Jim was a 1955 graduate of Harford High School and owned and operated Kenyon's Body Shop, Clifford, PA, for over fifty...

Darrell Miller

Darrell Miller

Jun 4, 2015

Darrell Miller, 46, of Carbondale, PA and formerly of Jersey City, NJ, died Thursday, June 4, 2015 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, PA. He is survived by his wife, Maria Miller. Born September 12, 1968 in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Leroy and Shirley Bails Miller. He is survived by his siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts...

Tamara 'Tammy' Gorel

Tamara 'Tammy' Gorel

Jun 3, 2015

Tammy Gorel, 41, of Chesapeake, VA and formerly of Carbondale, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at home. Born February 23, 1974 in Carbondale, PA, daughter of Joseph and Helen Sefchick Gorel of Carbondale. Tammy was a graduate of Lakeland High School, attended Keystone College in La Plume, PA and graduated from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. She had been employed as...