Obituaries

Clifton Milo Oakley

Clifton Milo Oakley

Feb 22, 2014

Clifton Milo Oakley, 83, of Clifford Township, PA, died Saturday morning, February 22, 2014 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. His wife was the former Rosa Lydia Echeandia who died on December 14, 2013. They were married for 60 years. Born April 24, 1930 in Gibson, PA, he was the son of the late Freeman and Minnie Lovelace Oakley. He...

Terri Diane Woolsey

Terri Diane Woolsey

Feb 20, 2014

Terri Diane Woolsey, age 57, of Peckville, PA, died Thursday morning, February 20, 2014 at Regional Hospital, Scranton. She was the wife for 30 years of Roger Woolsey. Born March 1, 1956 in Mangham, LA, she was the daughter of the late Jasper and Willie Powell Conley. A graduate of NLU and a member of the West Monroe Methodist Church,...

Mary Catherine Mcdermott

Mary Catherine Mcdermott

Feb 15, 2014

Mary Catherine McDermott, a lifelong resident of Carbondale Township, PA, died Saturday evening, February 15, 2014 at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carbondale, PA. Born in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late William T., Sr. and Margaret W. (Neary) McDermott. Mary Catherine was a graduate of St. Rose High School, Carbondale and worked as a secretary...

Kennedy P. O'Brien

Kennedy P. O'Brien

Feb 15, 2014

Kennedy P. O'Brien, 79, a resident of the Carbondale Nursing Rehab Center, Carbondale, PA, died Saturday morning, February 15, 2014 at the Nursing Home. He was the husband of the former Doris L. Rosada. They were married on May 30, 1964. Born July 18, 1934 in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Thomas and Grace Ann...

Ann M. Nelson

Ann M. Nelson

Feb 14, 2014

Ann M. Nelson, 89, of Carbondale, PA, died Friday afternoon, February 14, 2014 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. She was preceded in death by her first husband Walter Hodgins and her second husband Harry Nelson, who died March 6. 1996. Born April 21, 1924 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and...

Rosemary Perri

Rosemary Perri

Feb 12, 2014

Rosemary Perri, 77, of Carbondale, died Wednesday morning, February 12, 2014 at home. She was the wife of Anthony Perri who died on February 8, 1965. Born February 9, 1937 in Carbondale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Jennie Cassaro Rocco. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Carbondale and a former...

Marion R. Sterling

Marion R. Sterling

Feb 11, 2014

Marion R. Sterling, age 88, formerly of Forty Fort, PA and Trucksville, PA, transitioned into eternal life on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Mountain Top Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center, Mountain Top, PA. At the time of her passing, Marion was under the care of Sacred Heart Hospice. Born in Ashley, PA, Marion was a daughter of the late...

Robert P. Keohan

Robert P. Keohan

Feb 6, 2014

Robert P. Keohan, age 71, of Simpson, PA and New York City, NY, died early Thursday morning, February 6, 2014 at the Forest City Nursing Home, Forest City, PA. Born May 15, 1942 in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Joseph and Kathryn (McDonald) Keohan. Robert was a fork lift operator for many years before...

James M. Mihalick

James M. Mihalick

Feb 5, 2014

James M. Mihalick, 73, of Harford, PA, died Wednesday morning, February 5, 2014 at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, after a lengthy illness. Born September 6, 1940 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Michael and Ella Snyder Mihalick. He was a graduate of Harford High School and was a Navy veteran having served during the...

Charlene E. Rosiak

Charlene E. Rosiak

Feb 5, 2014

Charlene E. DeWolfe Rosiak, 70, of resident of Nashville, GA for the past four years and formerly of Lake Carey, PA, died Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, GA, after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Charles B. Rosiak who died on May 7, 2009. Born September 19, 1943 in Nicholson, PA, she was...

Hector Montalvo

Hector Montalvo

Feb 3, 2014

Hector Montalvo, age 69, of Carbondale, PA, died Monday afternoon, February 3, 2014 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA. He was the husband of the late Dolores Dorsch. Born January 8, 1945 in Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Angelo and Isabelle Gary-Garcia Montalvo. Hector was an Army veteran serving in the Vietnam...

Jean M. Frisbie

Jean M. Frisbie

Jan 21, 2014

Jean M. Frisbie, of Carbondale, PA, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Wayne Woodland Manor, Waymart, PA, where she had been a resident. Jean was the widow of Norman Pete Frisbie who died June 24, 1993. They had been married for 53 years. Born in Simpson, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Antoinette Augustolnik...

Walter J. Wagner

Walter J. Wagner

Jan 18, 2014

Walter J. Wagner, Jr., 79, of Newton Lake, PA and Carbondale, PA, died Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Commonwealth Hospice at Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA, after a lengthy illness with MDS. He was the husband of the former Annette Sexton who died on June 8, 2010. They were married for 56 years. Born in Carbondale, PA, he was the son...

Mary K. Campbell

Mary K. Campbell

Jan 14, 2014

Mary K. Campbell, 90, of Wyalusing, PA., died Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Inspira Medical Center, Elmer, NJ, after a lengthy illness. Born August 28, 1923 in Warren, PA, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Blitza Vishinsky. Prior to her retirement, she had been employed at the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in Johnson City, NY for...

Anthony C. Nicolio

Anthony C. Nicolio

Jan 11, 2014

Anthony C. Humphrey Nicolio, 87, a lifelong resident of Mayfield, PA, died Saturday morning, January 11, 2014 at the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger-CMC Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born December 6, 1926 in Mayfield, PA, he was the son of the late Augustine and Rose (Matte) Nicolio. Anthony graduated from Mayfield High School and served in the United States Army. He...

John M. Nielsen

John M. Nielsen

Jan 10, 2014

John M. Nielsen, 84, of Simpson, PA, died Friday, January 10, 2014 at home. He was the husband of the late Jeanette L. Nielsen who died on July 22, 1986. Born July 1, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Alexander and Grace Thorn Nielsen. He was a former resident of Brooklyn, New York and was...

Charles A. Scavo

Charles A. Scavo

Jan 2, 2014

Charles A. Scavo, 78, of Carbondale, PA, died Thursday evening, January 2, 2014 upon arrival at the Mid Valley Hospital, Peckville, PA. He was the husband of the former Gloria Gillott. The recently celebrated 50 years of marriage on October 26th. Born March 23, 1935 in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Anthony and Anna Balzano Scavo....

Eugene J. Domaracki

Eugene J. Domaracki

Dec 19, 2013

Eugene J. Domaracki, 69, of Greenfield Township, PA, died Thursday morning, December 19, 2013 at home after a year long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 12 years the former Jane Miller. He was preceded in death by his first wife the former Helena Pastewski who died on June 22, 1992. Born February 13, 1944 in...

Michael P. Pachuta

Michael P. Pachuta

Dec 18, 2013

Michael P. Pachuta, age 58, of Kingsley, PA, died Wednesday morning, December 18, 2013 at the Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born March 9, 1955 in Columbus, OH, he was the son of the late Michael Richard and Bonnie Ellen Pachuta. Michael worked as a carney for the carnival and traveled all over the United States. He also drove bus while...

Rosa Lydia Oakley

Rosa Lydia Oakley

Dec 14, 2013

Rosa Lydia Oakley, 92, of Clifford Township, PA, died Saturday evening, December 14, 2013 at the Celtic Hospice, Dunmore, PA. She was the wife of Clifton Milo Oakley. They were married for 60 years. Born January 17, 1921 in Catano, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Manuel Montero Campos and Virginia Echeandia. Prior to her retirement, she...