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Brain P. Strazdus - 11/30/2008
Brian P. Strazdus, 65, died suddenly November 27, 2008 in the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Stanley A. Mruk - 11/30/2008
Stanley A. Mruk, 68, of Exeter, died on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Hospice Cat of V.N.A. Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Robert Kowalczyk - 11/30/2008
Robert (Bacon) Kowalczyk, 54, of Harding passed away unexpectedly on November 27, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Glenda Jones - 11/30/2008
Glenda “Rene” Jones, 57, of Forty Fort, died Nov. 26, 2008 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Florence A. Gull - 11/30/2008
Florence A. Gull, 84, Exeter, died Nov. 26, 2008 at Manorcare in Kingston.

Jennie Bovani - 11/30/2008
Jennie Bovani, of West Pittston, died November 28, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Mark Yurko - 11/30/2008
Mark Yurko, 55, of Exeter, died suddenly on November 23, 2008.

Susan Thier - 11/30/2008
Susan Thier, 89, of Kingston, has fallen asleep in the Lord on Thanksgiving, November 27, 2008, at the HCR Manor Care, Kingston, where she was a resident for the last four years.

Leo Mastrucci - 11/30/2008
Leo Mastrucci, of Old Forge, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at Moses Taylor Hospital. He was married to the former Tina Galletti. The couple celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on June 5.

Frank J. Krakosky - 11/30/2008
Frank J. Krakosky, 80, Swoyersville, died November 21, 2008, in the Hospice Inpatient Unit of the Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Linda O. Bright - 11/30/2008
Linda Lea Overman Bright, 58, of Glen Burnie, MD, passed away after a long illness.

John Piemontese - 11/30/2008
John Piemontese, 80, of Scranton and formerly of Old Forge, died November 24, 2008, at the Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was preceded in death on June 16, 2004, by his wife, Ann Marie Rogowski Piemontese.

Josephine A. Paroby - 11/30/2008
Josephine A. Paroby, 91, of Old Forge, died November 24, 2008 at Scranton Health Care. She was married to Stephen C. Paroby, who died in 1990.

Agnes P. Masley - 11/30/2008
Agnes P. Masley, 89, Exeter, died November 25, 2008, at the Valley Crest Nursing Home, Plains Township.

Elizabeth Chaump - 11/30/2008
Elizabeth Chaump, 90, of Pittston, died Sunday, November 23, 2008.

Ann M. Zelonis - 11/30/2008
Ann M. Zelonis (Ma Z), 77, Pittston, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2008, at home, surrounded by her family.

William H. Weida - 11/30/2008
William H. “Uncle Buck” Weida, 80, of the Lee Park section of Hanover Township, died Nov. 25, 2008 at the Hampton House.

John S. Stoss - 11/30/2008
John S. Stoss, 60, of West Pittston, died Nov. 25, 2008 in his home.

Harry N. Schoonover - 11/30/2008
Harry N. Schoonover, 83, formerly of Avoca, died November 25, 2008, in Mercy Hospital, Scranton.

Carol A. Reedy - 11/30/2008
Carol A. (Orth) Reedy, of Pittston, died November 24, 2008, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her spouse, John Reedy, to whom she had been married 43 years.

William Doran - 11/30/2008
William “Billy” Doran, 67, of Avoca, died November 22, 2008, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Mary S. Yaracz - 11/23/2008
Mary S. Yaracz, of Nanticoke died Nov. 19, 2008 evening at the Hampton House Nursing Home, Hanover Township.

Vincent A. Pierson - 11/23/2008
Vincent (Jimmy) A. Pierson, 81, of West Pittston, died November 16, 2008, as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

Peter Klem - 11/23/2008
Peter Klem, 94, of White Haven, died Nov. 16, 2008 in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, in the presence of his loving family.

William P. Weiss - 11/23/2008
William P. Weiss Jr., 68, of Harding, died Nov. 20, 2008 surrounded by his family at Mercy Hospital in Scranton.

Joseph C. Macaravage - 11/23/2008
Joseph C. Macaravage, 76, of Brooks Estates, Jenkins Township, died November 20, 2008 at home, following an illness.

Angelo R. Falcone - 11/23/2008
Angelo R. Falcone, a lifelong resident of Pittston, died November 18, 2008 at the Golden Living Center, Wilkes-Barre.

Katherine T. Collier - 11/23/2008
Katherine T. Collier, 96, Duryea, died Nov. 16, 2008 at Wesley Village, Jenkins Twp.

Dorothy M. Brown - 11/23/2008
Dorothy M. Brown, 90, of Wilkes-Barre, died November 18, 2008, in Davis Manor, Mountain Top.

Joseph J. Berecin - 11/23/2008
Joseph James Berecin, 73 of Plains Twp., died Nov. 17, 2008 in the Inpatient Unit of Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Joseph R. Moughan - 11/23/2008
Joseph R. Moughan, 82, of Ridgeley, WV, formerly of Pittston, died Nov. 19, 2008 at his home surrounded by his family.

Rose Maira - 11/23/2008
Rose (Maira) Maira, of Wyoming, died November 18, 2008, at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.

Beverly Ann Jenkins - 11/23/2008
Beverly Ann Jenkins, 71, resident of Highland Manor Nursing Home, Exeter, died November 15, 2008.

Anna M. Janoski - 11/23/2008
Anna M. Janoski, 79, of Avoca, died November 17, 2008, at Our Lady of the Valley, Roanoke, VA.

Celia Furman - 11/23/2008
Celia Furman, 90, of Mocanaqua, died November 15, 2008 at Guardian Elder Care, Sheatown.

Bernard J. Capizzi - 11/23/2008
Bernard J. Capizzi, of Pittston, died November 14, 2008, in Scranton Health Center.

Joseph Burge - 11/23/2008
Joseph Burge, 84, a resident of Abington Manor and formerly of Dunmore, died November 17, 2008. He was preceded in death by his wife, Caroline Decker Burge.

Harry E. Wolfe - 11/23/2008
Harry E. Wolfe, 74, of Shickshinny, died November 14, 2008 at the Bloomsburg Hospital.

Catherine Williams - 11/23/2008
Catherine (Kitty) Williams, 99, a former resident of Pittston, and Wesley Village, died November 16, 2008, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Larry B. Traver - 11/23/2008
Larry B. Traver, 68, of Bloomsburg, died at his home on November 19, 2008. He was seriously ill since May, 2008.

Florence Pawlowski - 11/23/2008
Florence Pawlowski, 90, of Tunkhannock and formerly of Warrior Run, died Nov. 14, 2008 at Golden Living Nursing Home, Tunkhannock.

Goerge Koban - 11/23/2008
George Koban, 87, died on November 14, 2008, in Pompton Plains, NJ.

Irene M. Ninassi - 11/16/2008
Irene Mattioli Ninassi, 100, a lifetime resident of Exeter, died November 13, 2008 at her daughter’s home in Sylvan Lake, MI.

Eleanor A. Wasileuski - 11/16/2008
Mrs. Eleanor A. Wasileuski, 81, of Duryea died Nov. 14, 2008 at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.

Mary Tuzze - 11/16/2008
Mary Tuzze, a lifelong resident of Pittston, died November 11, 2008, at Unity Hospital in Rochester, NY.

Regina T. Kovalan - 11/16/2008
Regina T. Kovalan, 90, of Duryea, died Nov. 14, 2008 at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.

Charles T. Farrell - 11/16/2008
Charles T. Farrell, 75, of Avoca, died November 12, 2008, at his home.

Mary M. Badyrka - 11/16/2008
Mary M. Sokolowsky Badyrka, of Clarks Summit, died November 8, 2008 at Community Medical Center, Scranton.

Paula Ann Alba - 11/16/2008
Paula Ann Alba, of Hanover Twp., died November 10, 2008 at her home.

Arline M. Bright - 11/16/2008
Arline Mary McBride Bright, 80, Exeter, died November 13, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre.

Anthony Klus - 11/16/2008
Anthony (Tony) Klus, 53, of Plymouth, died November 10, 2008 at the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Carol Ann Foglia - 11/16/2008
Carol Ann Foglia, formerly of Pittston, died with family at her side on Nov. 9, 2008 at Wesley Village.

Alan M. Fischbein, Esq. - 11/16/2008
Alvin Morris Fischbein, Esq., of Pittston, died peacefully, with his family at his side November 10, 2008.

Asa M. Atherholt, Jr. - 11/16/2008
Asa M. Atherholt Jr., 73, of West Wyoming, died November 10, 2008 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Joseph C. Shovlin, Jr. - 11/16/2008
Joseph C. “Bumper” Shovlin, Jr., 77, of Wilkes-Barre, died Nov. 6, 2008 in VNA Hospice, Heritage House.

James L. Schwab - 11/16/2008
James L. Schwab, Gateway Apartments, Edwardsville, and formerly of Wilkes-Barre, died Nov. 9, 2008 at Geisinger Medical Center, Plains Twp.

Benjamin F. Murawski - 11/16/2008
Benjamin F. Murawski, 81, of Port Griffith, died November 8, 2008, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Emily J. McDermott - 11/16/2008
Emily J. McDermott, of West Wyoming, died November 10, 2008, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Anthony F. Magda, Jr. - 11/16/2008
Anthony F. (Tony) Magda Jr., 69, of Dupont, died November 11, 2008 in the General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, following an illness.

Frances A. Yanchis - 11/16/2008
Frances A. Yanchis, 81, Pittston, died Nov. 7, 2008 at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.

Peter F. Sokoloski, Jr. - 11/16/2008
Peter F. Sokoloski Jr., 79, a resident of Edwardsville died Nov. 10, 2008 at home surrounded by his loving family.

Evelyn Krzywicki - 11/16/2008
Evelyn Krzywicki, of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, died Nov. 8, 2008 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

James F. Kelly - 11/16/2008
James F. Kelly, 75, of Suscon, died November 8, 2008 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Plains Township.

Frank C. Youells - 11/16/2008
Frank C. Youells, 59, of Scranton died November 10, 2008 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton.

Charles Roach - 11/16/2008
Charles Edward Roach, 19, Elizabeth City, NC, lost his battle with cancer on Nov. 6, 2008 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Eleanor Resavy - 11/16/2008
Eleanor Resavy, 82, of Old Forge, died Nov. 7, 2008 at Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard.

Lena Pupa - 11/09/2008
Lena Pupa, 81, of Pittston Township, died November 07, 2008 in Kindred Hospital at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.

Gertrude H. Ankenbrand - 11/09/2008
Gertrude H. Ankenbrand, 86, of Pittston died Nov. 6, 2008 in the Mercy Home Health Hospice, Scranton.

Hubert J. Heffers - 11/09/2008
Hubert J. Heffers, 84, of Monument Avenue, Wyoming died Thursday evening in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Helen Berlew - 11/09/2008
Helen Berlew, affectionately know as “Gram,” 95, of Avoca passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Hospice Community Care Dunmore.

Frank N. Rome - 11/09/2008
Frank N. Rome, 68, died June 26, 2008 at Providence Alaska Medical Center of a brain lymphoma.

Gordon P. Maxwell - 11/09/2008
Gordon P. Maxwell, 88, of Pittston Township, died September 30, 2008 while vacationing in Seattle, WA.

Flora E. LaSota - 11/09/2008
Flora E. LaSota died November 3, 2008 at Highland Manor. She was the widow of John F. LaSota, who died in 1994

Florence M. George - 11/09/2008
Florence M. (Pasquarello) George, of Dupont, died Nov. 1, 2008 at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.

Walter Frederick - 11/09/2008
Walter Frederick, 92, of Boyertown, and formerly of Pittston, and Harrison, NJ passed away on November 1, 2008 at his home.

Bernard C. Cigarski - 11/09/2008
Bernard C. Cigarski, 86, of Jackson Township went to be with the Lord, Friday morning. He was born on Jan. 15, 1922, on the family farm in Chase Pa., and spent most of his life farming. He was one of the original farmers for the Farmers’ Market on Public Square, Wilkes-Barre and the Pittston Farmers Market. He was also a staple at the Pittston Tomato Festival.

Kenneth R. Wolfe - 11/09/2008
Kenneth R. Wolfe, 67, of Pittston, died November 2, 2008, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Robert Robshaw, Jr. - 11/09/2008
Robert Robshaw, Jr., 79, of Moosic, died November 3, 2008, under the care of Mercy Hospital’s Hospice Unit in Scranton. He and his wife, Agnes Frost Robshaw, Avoca, had celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary Jan. 9.

Anthony H. Marchese - 11/09/2008
Anthony H. Marchese, 92, of Old Forge, died November 5, 2008 at the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. He served as a sergeant while in the US Army.

David A. Hegedty - 11/09/2008
David A. Hegedty, 63, of Falls, died Nov. 3, 2008 at Mercy Home Health and Hospice at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. His wife is Elizabeth Scaife.

Irene Grella - 11/09/2008
Irene (Lukasik) Grella, 86, Dupont, died November 1, 2008 at VNA Hospice Community Care CMC Hospital, Scranton.

Walter J. Tempalski - 11/09/2008
Walter J. Tempalski, 91, formerly of Plains, died Nov. 3, 2008 at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township, following a lengthy illness.

Eugene V. Pepe - 11/09/2008
Eugene Vincent Pepe, 81, of Exeter, died November 2, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Elwood Menta - 11/09/2008
Elwood Menta, 97, formerly of Plains Township, died November 5, 2008 in the Gino Merli Veterans Center, Scranton.

John B. Meade - 11/09/2008
John B. Meade, 82, of Dunmore, died October 31, 2008 at Mercy Hospital. His wife of 56 years is Ellen Conway Meade.Born June 16, 1926, in Pittston, son of the late Gordon and Katherine Gaffney Meade, he was a 1944 graduate of St. John’s High School, Pittston, and served his country during World War II as an aviator/radioman in the Navy. After graduating from King’s College in 1950, he went on to a distinguished career with the FBI. His 29 years of service brought him to field assignments in the Louisville, KY; Miami, FL; New York City; Newark, NJ, and Philadelphia branches of the FBI. At retirement, he had been promoted to supervisory senior resident agent in the Scranton office. In the decade following his retirement from the bureau, he was appointed director of security at Northeastern Bank and later worked as an investigator for the Department of Defense. He was also member of the Retired Ex-FBI Society and St. Paul’s Church.

Daniel Abrams - 11/09/2008
Daniel Abrams, of West Pittston passed away Friday November 7, 2008 in Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre.

Jess J. Miller, Jr. - 11/02/2008
Jess J. Miller, Jr., of Exeter passed Friday October 31, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Pittston, November 29, 1961, son of the late Jess Sr. and Joyce Chapman Miller.

Barbara Tibel - 11/02/2008
Barbara Tibel, 62, Exeter, died October 30, 2008 at VNA Hospice at the Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Joseph Rosiak - 11/02/2008
Joseph Rosiak, 47, Baltimore, MD, and formerly of Pittston, died October 27, 2008 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, MD.

Mildred McAndrew - 11/02/2008
Mildred McAndrew, Old Bridge, NJ, and formerly of West Wyoming, died Oct.25, 2008.

Frank J. Manganello - 11/02/2008
Frank J. Manganello, 78, of West Pittston, died October 27, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Patrick Kane - 11/02/2008
Patrick Kane, 51, of Pittston, died October 30, 2008 at the Hospice of the VNA Inpatient Unit of the Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Amy Lynn Masher - 09/21/2008
Amy Lynn Masher, 21, Exeter, died September 18, 2008.

Barbara A. Martin - 09/14/2008
Barbara Anne Martin, 59, of Pittston, died September 7, 2008 surrounded by family and friends at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Edward F. Ferrett - 09/21/2008
Edward F. Ferrett, of Old Forge, died September 20. 2008 at Mercy Hospital, He was married to the former Lorraine V. Haynos. The couple celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on May 14.

Elizabeth Wierbowski - 09/21/2008
Elizabeth “Betty” Wierbowski, 80, of West Pittston, died Sept. 19, 2008 surrounded by family at the Hospice Community Care, Dunmore.

Antonio Bertoli - 09/21/2008
Antonio Bertoli, 95, died September 15, 2008 at the Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre. His wife is the former Benvenuta Di Michiel.

Ann Healey - 09/21/2008
Ann Healey, 78, of Pittston Township, died September 19, 2008 at home.

Leonard B. Kaczmarczyk - 09/21/2008
Leonard B. Kaczmarczyk, 79, of Duryea, died Sept. 18, 2008 at the Hospice Community Care, Dunmore.

Judith Karsko - 09/21/2008
Judith Karsko , 58, of Pittston, died September 12, 2008, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.