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  • Mary Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Zeiss - 11/04/2009
    Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Zeiss, Milwaukee, died Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27, at the Abington Manor Nursing Home.

  • Margaret McLaughlin Sulick - 11/04/2009
    Margaret McLaughlin Sulick, 91, of Fayetteville, N.Y., died Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the home of her daughter. She was the widow of Peter Sulick, who died March 18, 2003. The couple had been married more than 57 years.

  • Mary R. Markowski - 11/04/2009
    Mary R. Markowski, 97, Clarks Summit and formerly of Throop, died Tuesday night, Oct. 27, at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center. She was the widow of Edward Markowski, who died in 1952.

  • Irene Patricia Gale Dingee - 11/04/2009
    Irene Patricia Gale Dingee, 66, of Dalton, died Sunday night, Nov. 1, at Community Medical Center in Scranton following an illness. Her husband is George Peter Dingee. The couple has been married for 46 years.

  • Osee Dann DeWitt - 11/04/2009
    Osee Dann DeWitt II, 84, of Clarks Summit died Oct. 21, at Mid Valley Hospice.

  • Watkin Pierce - 10/28/2009
    Watkin Pierce, 69, Lake Winola, died Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, at Community Medical Center in Scranton. His loving and devoted wife is the former Carmen Vanderveken. They recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

  • William Paul Harrington - 10/28/2009
    William Paul Harrington, 66, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, Oct. 15, in Community Medical Center.

  • John Juice - 10/21/2009
    John Juice, 97, Glenburn died Thursday morning, Oct. 15, at the Abington Manor Nursing Facility. He was the widower of Sarah Juice Deininger, who died in 2006.

  • Clifford L. Holgate - 10/21/2009
    Clifford L. Holgate, Dalton, died Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, at the Community Medical Center. His wife is the former Rose Marie Chesek. The couple celebrated 62 years of marriage.

  • William P. Harrington - 10/21/2009
    William Paul Harrington, 66, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, Oct. 15, in Community Medical Center.

  • Eleanor Marie Schmeig Goodwin - 10/21/2009
    Eleanor Marie Schmeig Goodwin, Clarks Green, died at Mercy Skilled Nursing in Scranton Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 13.

  • Jean Melville - 10/14/2009
    Jean Bichler Melville, of Chinchilla died Saturday morning, Oct. 10, at Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. She was the widow of Belmont P. Melville who died in 1965.

  • Kevin Kennedy - 10/07/2009
    Kevin Kennedy, 52, of Abingdon, Md., and formerly of Scranton, died Sept. 26 in the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Medical Center, Baltimore, after suffering a brain aneurism at home. His wife of 23 years is Karen Anne Maisel ...

  • Eugene Hurst Franks - 10/07/2009
    Eugene Hurst Franks, Clarks Summit, died Friday, Sept. 25, at his home. He was the widower of Delphia Winsett Franks who died in 1986.

  • Thomas Michael Foytack - 10/07/2009
    Thomas Michael Foytack, 56, of Perris, Calif., and formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday, Sept. 25, at home after a valiant battle with colon cancer.

  • Rose Marie Wisti Teufert - 10/07/2009
    Rose Marie Wisti Teufert, 70, Clarks Summit, died Thursday afternoon, Oct .1, in Atlantic City, N.J. Her husband is Charles Teufert.

  • Victor O. Petersen - 09/30/2009
    Victor O. Petersen, of Dalton, died Friday evening, Sept. 25, at Mercy Hospital in Scranton. His wife is the former Adele Baust. The couple had been married for 44 years.

  • Mary Colombo O’Dea - 09/30/2009
    Mary Colombo O’Dea, 80, Clarks Summit and formerly of Dalton, died Sunday morning, Sept. 20, at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center. Dick O’Dea, her husband of 52 years, died November 28, 2000.

  • Tyler M. Kubilus - 09/30/2009
    Tyler M. “Kubes” Kubilus, 15, Dalton died Saturday afternoon, Sept. 26.

  • Bernice F. Pieczynski - 09/27/2009
    Bernice Frew Pieczynski, 78, a lifelong Pittston resident, died September 21, 2009 in the Hospice Unit of the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, following an illness. She was the widow of Edward Pieczynski, her husband of 52 years ...

  • Doris F. Brown - 09/23/2009
    Doris F. Brown, 92, resident of Golden Living care center, Tunkhannock, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday night at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. Her husband was the late Wallace J. Brown, who died in 1994.

  • Olga M. Zaums - 09/16/2009
    Olga Maxine Kuryloski Zaums, 91, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, Sept. 3 in St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home. She was the widow of the late Joseph Zaums, who died Aug. 5, 1993. The couple had been married for more than 53 years.

  • Virginia R. Travis - 09/16/2009
    Virginia R. Travis, Fleetville, died Saturday evening, Sept. 5, at the Abington Manor nursing Facility.

  • Theresa Petula - 09/16/2009
    Theresa Petula, 65, of Factoryville, died on Friday, Sept. 11, at home. She was the wife and life long love of Dr. Girard Petula. Jerry and Theresa recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. They met at the Scranton Dream ...

  • Genevieve Tully Pangonis - 09/16/2009
    Genevieve Tully Pangonis, 78, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday night, September 10 at Allied Skilled Nursing Facility. Her husband was Joseph Pangonis who died March 15, 2008

  • Betty Jane Novack - 09/16/2009
    Betty Jane Novack, Clarks Summit, died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13, at Allied Skilled Nursing after a courageous battle with cancer. Her husband of 21 years is Ronald W. Novack.

  • Joseph H. Schultz - 09/09/2009
    Joseph H. Schultz of Bath, PA, formerly of Chinchilla, died Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg campus. His wife the former Mary F. Armstrong died April 16, 1988.

  • Merle VonStorch - 09/02/2009
    Merle VonStorch of Langhorne, formerly of Justus, died Monday afternoon, August 24, at Statesman Nursing Facility in Levittown. His wife is the former Ceil Taugher.

  • Michael J. McGuinness - 09/02/2009
    Michael J. McGuinness, Clarks Summit, died Tuesday, August 18, at the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife was the former Mary Elizabeth Dunne who died February 6, 2006. The couple had been married for 54 years.

  • Herbert Kishbaugh - 09/02/2009
    Herbert Kishbaugh of Dalton died Friday morning, August 28, at Nanticoke Villa.

  • George Carl Hutchins - 09/02/2009
    George Carl Hutchins, 58, of Fresno, CA. died August 9 at home.

  • Dr. William P. Gruzenski, M.D. - 09/02/2009
    William P. Gruzenski, M.D., 68, of Clarks Green, died Saturday, Aug. 22, in the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center after a brief illness. His wife of 19 years is the former Jocelyn Anne Connors.

  • Theresa A. Antoine - 09/02/2009
    Theresa A. Antoine, Chinchilla, died Wednesday morning, August 26, at the Moses Taylor Hospital.

  • Jane Coslett Russell - 08/26/2009
    Jane Coslett Russell, 83, of Dalton, died Tuesday, August 18, in Community Medical Center. Her husband of more than 64 years, Roy William Russell, died June 26, 2008.

  • Michael J. McGuinness - 08/26/2009
    Michael J. McGuinness, Clarks Summit, died Tuesday, August 18, at the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife was the former Mary Elizabeth Dunne who died February 6, 2006. The couple had been married for 54 years.

  • Dr. William P. Gruzenski, M.D. - 08/26/2009
    William P. Gruzenski, M.D., 68, of Clarks Green, died Saturday, Aug. 22, in the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center after a brief illness. His wife of 19 years is the former Jocelyn Anne Connors.

  • Margaret ‘Peg’ Haver - 08/19/2009
    Margaret “Peg” Haver died peacefully on August 12, at home with family by her side. Peg was a seasoned real-estate agent who enjoyed the many friendships she developed within her profession and with her clients. Her

    Christina Maria Strain - 08/12/2009
    Christina Maria Trento Strain, 36, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday in Hospice Community Care, Dunmore, after a courageous battle with colon cancer. She and her husband, Jack Strain, would have celebrated their 11th wedding anniver ...

  • Joseph G. Houlihan - 08/12/2009
    Joseph G. Houlihan, 88, of Justus, died Wednesday in the Hospice Unit at Mercy Hospital. His wife of 56 years, the former Jane Mackrell, died Sept. 13, 2002.

  • George R. Winters - 07/29/2009
    George R. Winters, 81, of Clarks Summit, died Friday, July 24, in Hospice Community Care, Dunmore.

  • John F. ‘Jack’ Floyd - 07/29/2009
    John F. “Jack” Floyd, 86, of Glenburn, died Thursday, July 23, in the Hospice Unit at Mercy Hospital. He was the husband of the late Viola Bell Demming. The couple had been married for more than 52 years.

  • Edward Archabald - 07/29/2009
    Edward Archabald, widower of Mildred Siglin Archabald, died on July 5, 2009.

  • Jane Star Bostedo O’Dell - 07/22/2009
    Jane Star Bostedo O’Dell, 80, of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday, July 14, in the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. She was the wife of Townsend “Tony” O’Dell. The couple would have celebrated their 61st wedding anniversar ...

  • John Ellis Fenton - 07/22/2009
    John Ellis Fenton, 63, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, July 16, at home. He was the husband of the former Rita Helie. The couple would have celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary on Dec. 28.

  • David Bichler - 07/22/2009
    David Bichler 86, of Dalton, died Wednesday, July 15, at home. He was the husband of the late Virginia Mae Byrd who died in 1986.

  • Annette Ida Evans Jones - 07/15/2009
    Annette Ida Evans Jones, R.N., 83, formerly of Justus, died Sunday, July 5, in VNA Hospice at Community Medical Center. She and her husband, Joseph Jones, would have celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on Sept. 17.

  • Robert Hontz - 07/15/2009
    Robert Hontz, Wilkes-Barre, died Thursday evening, July 9, at the Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre.

  • William Joseph Carey - 07/15/2009
    William Joseph Carey, 54, of Scranton, died Saturday, July 11, at home after a lengthy illness.

  • George A. Sloan - 07/08/2009
    George A. Sloan of Clarks Summit Friday morning, July 3, at Abington Manor Nursing Home. He was the widower of Laura A. Sloan, who died Jan. 8, 2009. The couple was married for 62 years.

  • Martha Morgan Rhodes - 07/08/2009
    Martha Morgan Rhodes “Peg” of Waverly died Thursday, July 2, at the Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Kenneth Anthony Rhodes, who died in 1970.

  • Florence C. Gregus - 07/08/2009
    Florence C. Gregus, Glenburn died Monday morning, July 6, at the Abington Manor Nursing Facility. Her husband was Joseph Gregus.

  • Ann M. Myak Banull - 07/01/2009
    Ann M. Myak Banull, 88, of Clarks Green, died Saturday, June 20 in Green Ridge Health Care Center. She was the widow of Chester W. Banull, who died April 19, 1999. The couple was married more than 60 years.

  • Harold S. Supanek - 06/24/2009
    Harold S. Supanek, 65, of Dryden, NY, died Saturday, June 20, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife of 41 years is the former Lillian Chemchick.

  • Madeline Ivanik O’Donnell - 06/24/2009
    Madeline Ivanik O’Donnell, of Waverly, died Monday, June 15, at home. She was the widow of the late William P. O’Donnell II, who died in 2002.

  • Michael Meixner - 06/24/2009
    Michael Meixner, 53 of Carbondale died Thursday night, June 18, at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore.

  • Michael Meixner - 06/21/2009

  • Joseph B. Tellie Sr. - 06/17/2009
    Joseph B. Tellie Sr., 89, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday, June 7, in Abington Manor, South Abington Twp.

  • Rev. John P. Shepherd - 06/17/2009
    Rev. John P. Shepherd Jr., Clarks Summit, died Friday evening, June 12, after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife is the former Jo Anne Rath. The couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last March 31.

  • Eleanor G. Sheard - 06/17/2009
    Eleanor G. Sheard, 97, E. Benton, died June 9 at the Mercy Hospice Unit. She was the widow of Theodore R. Sheard who died in 1996.

  • John E. Jayson - 06/17/2009
    John E. Jayson, 88 of Gino Merli Veterans Center died Thursday morning, June 11, at the Mercy Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Gilbert who died in 1970.

  • Kenneth S. Cole - 06/17/2009
    Kenneth S. Cole, 62, Greenfield Twp., died Thursday evening, June 11, at his home surrounded by his family. His wife is Gloria Grill Cole.

  • Jean Rose Lucas - 06/17/2009
    Jean Rose Lucas, 93, of Lake Hopatacong, NJ, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Saturday, June 6, in St. Clare’s Hospital, Dover, NJ. She was the widow of Michael J. Lucas, who died in December 1988. The couple had been married for m ...

  • Dr. Caroline Marianne Coffey - 06/10/2009
    Dr. Caroline Marianne Coffey of Ithaca, formerly of Clarks Green died Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

  • Zelma M. Catanzarite - 06/10/2009
    Zelma M. Catanzarite, Indianapolis, IN, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday morning, June 3, at the Mercy Hospice Unit. She was the widow of Frank Catanzarite who

  • Joan Ann McHale - 06/03/2009
    Joan Ann McHale, 69, of Scranton, died Wednesday, May 20, at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center, Blakely.

  • Dorothy D’Amato - 06/03/2009
    Dorothy D’Amato, 88, Clarks Summit, died Wednesday, May 27, at the Mercy Hospital. She was the widow of Joseph J. D’Amato Sr. Who died in May of 2004.

  • Margaret Elizabeth Fife Williams - 05/27/2009
    Margaret Elizabeth Fife Williams, 73, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, in Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia. She was the former wife of Robert E. Williams, who died Feb. 4, 2004.

  • Howard T. Watson Sr. - 05/27/2009
    Howard T. Watson Sr., 94, of Homosassa, FL, died May 21, 2009 at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, FL, after a brief illness.

  • Helen J. Palmer - 05/27/2009
    Helen J. Palmer, 67, of Factoryville died May 19, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer at the Skilled Nursing Facility of Allied Services in Scranton.

  • Anne Doud Hall - 05/27/2009
    Anne Doud Hall was born on January 25, 1919, to the late Harold Doud and Margaret Ives Doud in Clarks Green. She was one of five children. She passed away on May 11, 2009, at the age of 90.

  • Thomas A. Crispino - 05/27/2009
    Thomas A. Crispino, Newton Twp., died after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife is the former Donna M. Rossi the couple would have celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on June 27.

  • Michael Daniel Valese - 05/20/2009
    Michael Daniel Valese, 75, of Dalton, died Wednesday in Hospice Community Care, Dunmore. His wife is the former Margaret Cleveland O’Malley Ross. The couple was married for more than 23 years.

  • Joseph M. Onofrey Jr. - 05/20/2009
    Joseph M. Onofrey Jr., Scranton, died Monday, May 11, at home after a lengthy illness.

  • Marian Banick Mosier - 05/20/2009
    Marian Banick Mosier, 83, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday, May 16, in Green Ridge Health Care Center. She was the wife of Joseph J. Mosier. The couple would have celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on Sept. 1.

  • Stella Buckley Buntz - 05/20/2009
    Stella Buckley Buntz, 94, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday, May 15, in Schuyler Ridge Residential Health Care, Clifton Park, NY. She was the widow of Paul Edward Buntz, who died March 6, 1978. The couple had been married alm ...

  • Cathryn M. Brown - 05/13/2009
    Cathryn M. Brown, 79, Clarks Summit, died Saturday afternoon, May 9, at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center. Her husband is Kieth A. Brown; they celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on September 3.

  • Kenneth Peter Justave - 05/06/2009
    Kenneth Peter Justave, 52, of Scranton, died Monday, April 27, after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife of 20 years, the former Susan Louise Counterman, died July 22, 2004.

  • Paul Belin - 05/06/2009
    Paul Belin, 76, of Union Dale, died Thursday, April 30 in Mercy Hospital.

  • Adam Zawicki Jr. - 04/29/2009
    Adam Zawicki Jr., the Abingtons, died Tuesday morning at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, in Wilkes- Barre.

  • John “Jack” E. Rickaby - 04/29/2009
    John “Jack” Rickaby, 65, RR2 Dalton, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, surrounded by his family. His wife is the former Eileen Dickinson, they celebrated 45 years marriage on August 31, 2008.

  • Harold R. Jordan - 04/29/2009
    Harold R. Jordan, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday morning, April 23, at home. Born in Dunmore, he was the son of the late M. Harold and Bernetta Gettings Jordan.

  • Lawrence E. ‘Bud’ Young Jr. - 04/22/2009
    Lawrence E. “Bud” Young Jr., Clarks Summit, died Monday, April 13, at home surrounded by his family and friends. His wife is the former Linda Weeks. His first wife, the former Katherine Davis, died in 1992.

  • Mary Lou Nolan Shaffner - 04/22/2009
    Mary Lou Nolan Shaffner, 86, of Manlius, NY, died Monday, April 13, 2009. She was the widow of William R. Shaffner, who died in March 1995.

  • Lois A. Farnham Phillips - 04/22/2009
    Services have been set for Lois A. Farnham Phillips of Waverly, who returned to the Lord on Feb. 18, 2009, in the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center.

  • Patricia Carter Sharpe Mulherin - 04/22/2009
    Patricia Carter Sharpe Mulherin, 86, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, April 16, in Abington Manor, South Abington Twp. Her husband of 27 years is Francis Xavier Mulherin. Her first husband, John Sharpe, a Scranton Times employee f ...

  • Edith Grace Griff - 04/22/2009
    Edith Grace Griff died Saturday morning, April 18, at her son’s residence in Mehoopany. She is the widow of Bernard Griff Sr., former president of Troyler Corp., Scranton.

  • Mary Jean Englemier Cass - 04/22/2009
    Mary Jean Englemier Cass, Glenburn Twp., died Friday, April 17, at home after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Her companion of five years is Sam Gabriel.

  • Donald ‘Duffer Don’ Rapp - 04/15/2009
    Donald C. Rapp, son of the late Charles and Marie Rapp, passed away March 31, 2009 at C.M.C Hospice Center, Scranton, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Sally Rapp. They were married April ...

  • Francella Barbara Cawley Jeffrey - 04/15/2009
    Francella Barbara Cawley Jeffrey, 62, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday, April 8, in Community Medical Center. She was the wife of John A. Jeffrey. They would have celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary April 15.

  • Daniel Joseph Fellows - 04/15/2009
    Daniel Joseph Fellows, 87, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday, April 1, in Abington Manor, Clarks Summit. He was the husband of Yolanda Ferrara Fellows. The couple would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 24.

  • James Hutchins - 04/01/2009
    James Hutchins, 56, of Scranton, died Monday, March 23, upon arrival at Moses Taylor Hospital.

  • Genevieve Dey Green - 03/25/2009
    Genevieve Dey Green, of Waverly Heights, Gladwyne, and formerly of Dalton, and Ridgefield, CT, died on Sunday, March 8, 2009. She was the wife of the late Edson Killam Green, Clarence Deering Bailey and Wilbur VanVliet Nungesser.

  • John P. O’Brien - 03/18/2009
    John P. O’Brien, 89, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday, March 11, in the Mountain View Care Center. His wife of 52 years, the former Catherine Rose Dowd, died Oct. 10, 1996.

  • Mary Jane Rushe Lynott - 03/18/2009
    Mary Jane Rushe Lynott, 87, of Scranton, died Saturday, March 7, in Community Medical Center. She was the widow of John Patrick Lynott Jr., who died March 17, 1996. The couple was married for more than 55 years.

  • Anne Culkin Brown - 03/18/2009
    Anne Culkin Brown of Waverly died Monday, March 9, in Mercy Hospital. She was the widow of James O’Reilly Brown, who died March 11, 1992.

  • Willard ‘Billy’ Roy VanFleet Jr. - 02/25/2009
    Willard “Billy” Roy VanFleet Jr., died Saturday afternoon, Feb. 21, being a hero beside his dad. He and his dad lost their lives saving Fleet’s girlfriend and baby girl from drowning in the family pond.

  • Lois A. Phillips - 02/25/2009
    Lois A. Phillips, 86, of Waverly, returned to the Lord, Wednesday, Feb. 23, in the VNA Hospice Unit, at Community Medical Center. She was the widow of the late Byron D. Phillips, who died November 24, 1984.

  • Mark Wayne Keene - 02/25/2009
    Mark Wayne Keene, 55, of Dalton died Saturday, Feb. 21, at home, of a cardiac arrest. He was the husband of the late Wanda Keene, who died in February of 2008.

  • Camden William Showers - 02/18/2009
    Camden William Showers, 17- day -old son of Matthew R. Showers and Rachel Stracham Showers, Falls, died Monday afternoon, Feb. 2, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

  • Beatrice E. Hostrander - 02/18/2009
    Beatrice E. Hostrander, 77, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, Feb. 5, at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. Her husband is Richard J. Hostrander, they were married for 55 years.


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