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Stanley Timinski Sr. - 11/08/2009
Stanley J. Timinski Sr., 71, of Exeter Township, died November 6, 2009, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

John A. Telesz - 11/08/2009
John A. Telesz, Old Forge, died November 5, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Grace Watson Telesz.

Josephine J. Taroli - 11/08/2009
Josephine J. Taroli, 91, of Old Forge, died November 5, 2009, in the Taylor Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Her husband, Edward Taroli, died in 2000.

Dolores M. Putera - 11/08/2009
Dolores M. Yatsko Putera, a resident at Lakeside Nursing Center, Harveys Lake for the past five years, died November 5, 2009.

Theodore M. Grohoski - 11/08/2009
Theodore M. “Ted” Grohoski, 82, died October 15, 2009, surrounded by family.

Louise Manganiello - 11/08/2009
Louise Manganiello, 94, of West Pittston, died October 26, 2009.

Margaret Hudzinski - 11/08/2009
Margaret Hudzinski, 73, of Dupont, died November 3, 2009, in Wesley Village, Pittston.

James J. Giamas - 11/08/2009
James J. Giamas, 80, of Laflin, died November 2, 2009, in the Inpatient Unit of Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Stephanie V. Agati - 11/08/2009
Stephanie V. Agati, 92, of West Pittston, died November 3, 2009, in Mercy Center, Dallas. She was the widow of Anthony R. Agati Sr., who passed away in May 1990 after 50 years of marriage.

Stella F. Mieczkowski - 11/08/2009
Stella F. Mieczkowski, age 99, of Old Forge, died November 2, 2009, at home. She was preceded in death in 1975 by her husband, Stanley Mieczkowski.

Vincent D. Mazzitelli - 11/08/2009
Vincent D. Mazzitelli, 81, of Rose Hill, KS, and formerly Old Forge, died November 2, 2009, in the Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, KS. His wife of 53 years, the former Rose Marie Callis, died on July 17, 2004.

Andrew J. Kurilla - 11/08/2009
Andrew J. Kurilla, 76, of Exeter, died November 2, 2009, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Plains Township.

Chester Koshinski - 11/08/2009
Chester Koshinski, 82, of Pittston, died Nov. 4, 2009, at the General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.

Mary L. Buckley - 11/08/2009
Mary Louise Buckley, 80, of Pittston Township, died November 1, 2009, at home surrounded by her family.

Rosalie Bone - 11/08/2009
Rosalie Bone, 71, of Exeter, died October 30, 2009, surrounded by her family at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Edward R. Sobuta - 11/08/2009
Edward Raymond Sobuta, 81, Old Forge, died November 4, 2009, at home.

Josephine M. Saporito - 11/08/2009
Josephine Marie Saporito, 74, died November 3, 2009 at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, after enduring the damaging effects of diabetes for several years. She was a longtime resident of Forty Fort and the wife of Raymond Sapori ...

Walter J. Rauch - 11/08/2009
Walter J. Rauch, 93, formerly of Forty Fort, died November 2, 2009 at Guardian Elder Care Center, Nanticoke.

Mae G. Monroe - 11/08/2009
Mae G. Monroe, 75, formerly of West Pittston, died November 1, 2009, at the Valley Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Plains Township.

Stella Lippi - 11/08/2009
Stella Lippi, 92, formerly of Exeter, died November 2, 2009, at the Highland Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Exeter.

David J. Hudack - 11/08/2009
David J. Hudack, age 49, of Wilkes-Barre, died November 3, 2009, at Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Joseph Sirochman - 11/01/2009
Joseph Sirochman, a resident at the Partridge Tippett Nursing Home of Wesley Village in Pittston, died Oct. 29, 2009, after a short illness.

Emma J. Antal - 11/01/2009
Emma J. (Knecht) Antal, 72, a resident Manor Care, Kingston and formerly of Suscon died October 29, 2009 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was the wife of Eugene Antal, Pittston.

Marilyn Ann Schevets - 11/01/2009
Marilyn Ann Schevets, 81, of West Pittston, died October 28, 2009, at her home with her family by her side. She fought a noble and courageous battle for 4 years against pulmonary fibrosis.

Stella T. Pienta - 11/01/2009
Stella T. Pienta, a lifelong resident of Hopkins Street, Plains Township, died October 26, 2009 at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township, where she had been a resident for several months.

Antonietta V. Mazzarella - 11/01/2009
Antonietta Vittoria Villano Mazzarella, 88, of Wyoming, died October 29, 2009 at the Christiana Care Hospital in Newark, DE surrounded by her family.

Jean E. Lovell - 11/01/2009
Jean E. Lovell, formerly of Pittston, died October 29, 2009 in Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol.

Stephanie Schiefer - 11/01/2009
Stephanie (Yarashus) Schiefer , 45, of Harding, died October 24, 2009, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Margaret S. Knorr - 11/01/2009
Margaret S. Knorr, 92, Wyoming, died October 23, 2009 in the Hospice Care of the VNA Inpatient Unit Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Sandra J. Howell - 11/01/2009
Sandra June (Ash) Howell, 61, formerly of Avoca, died September 23, 2009, in Tampa, FL, after a long, hard-fought and courageous battle with cancer.

Gene Dziak - 11/01/2009
Gene "Zeke" Dziak, 77, of Falls, died October 24, 2009 at home. He was married to the former Shirley Henry. They celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on February 20.

Ernest Burke, Jr. - 11/01/2009
Ernest Burke Jr., 43, of Wapwallopen, died October 26, 2009 in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Clement J. Russavage - 11/01/2009
Clement J. Russavage, 78, of Duryea, died October 22, 2009 at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg.

Frank Roszko - 11/01/2009
Frank Roszko, 89, formerly of Dupont, died October 26, 2009, at the Taylor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Louise Manganiello - 11/01/2009
Louise Manganiello, 94, of West Pittston, died October 26, 2009.

Richard F. Lampert III - 11/01/2009
Richard F. Lampert III, 56, of Wyoming, died October 25, 2009 in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Josephine Benkoski - 11/01/2009
Josephine Benkoski, 78, of Exeter, died October 22, 2009, at Hospice of the VNA, Wilkes-Barre.

Leonard E. Stone, Jr. - 11/01/2009
Leonard E. Stone Jr. of Pittston died October 28, 2009.

Kathy C. Shermanski - 11/01/2009
Kathy Collins Shermanski , 49, of Jermyn, died October 26, 2009, at the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. She is survived by her husband, Walter.

Michael J. Shannon - 11/01/2009
Michael J. Shannon, of Yatesville, died October 24, 2009, in Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, surrounded by his loving family.

Mary A. Scaccia - 11/01/2009
Mary A. Scaccia, 84, a resident of the Taylor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly of Old Forge, died October 21, 2009.

Rosemary C. Kline - 11/01/2009
Rosemary Christine Kline, 63, of Shickshinny, died October 26, 2009, as a result of an automobile accident.

George A. Batey - 10/25/2009
George A. Batey, 95, of Wyoming, died October 19, 2009.

Clement J. Russavage - 10/25/2009
Mr. Clement J. Russavage, 78, of Duryea passed away Thursday at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg.

Francis L. Pineno - 10/25/2009
Francis Louis "Frank" Pineno, 82, Selinsgrove, died October 22, 2009 due to post-operative complications while a patient in Sunbury Community Hospital. His wife of 58 years is the former Mariam Ruth Davis.

Gail L. Craig - 10/25/2009
Gail L. (Mosteller) Craig, 62, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, and most recently a resident of Port Orange, FL, died October 20, 2009, at Kindred Hospital Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre.

Mary M. Colonna - 10/25/2009
Mary M. Colonna, 80, of Exeter, and a former resident of Piscataway, NJ, died October 20, 2009, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Marguerite A. Ciali - 10/25/2009
Marguerite A. Ciali, 90, of Pittston, died October 16, 2009, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

David A. Stankoski - 10/25/2009
David A. Stankoski, 48, died October 21, 2009 in Highland Manor, Exeter.

Sandra J. Howell - 10/25/2009
Sandra June (Ash) Howell, 61, formerly of Avoca, died September 23, 2009 in Tampa, FL after a long, hard-fought and courageous battle with cancer.

Shelia C. Heffers - 10/25/2009
Sheila C. Heffers, 70, of Pittston, died October 18, 2009, at home.

Joseph H. Emma, Sr. - 10/25/2009
Joseph John Emma Sr., 63, of Pittston, died October 20, 2009 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Plains Township.

Donna P. Copp - 10/25/2009
Donna Pritchard Copp, 59, of Hughestown, died October 17, 2009, at Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Douglas K. Bowman - 10/25/2009
Douglas K. Bowman, 52, of Laceyville, died October 20, 2009 at the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore after an illness.

Eulie K. Wickwire - 10/25/2009
Eulie Kay Rinebold Wickwire, L.P.N., 47, of Laceyville RR 1, Tuscarora Township, died October 20, 2009, at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock.

Glenn E. Stoss - 10/25/2009
Glenn E. Stoss, 43, of Pittston, died October 18, 2009, at home.

Andrew F. Selensky, Jr. - 10/25/2009
Andrew "Andy" F. Selensky, Jr., 78, of West Wyoming, died October 17, 2009, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. His wife is the former Rosemarie Repak. They celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on April 19, 2009.

Mary A. Melone - 10/25/2009
Mary A. Melone, 97, of Mountain Top, died Sept. 23, 2009 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Jean B. Rudd - 10/18/2009
Jean Butera Rudd, 79, died October 16, 2009 at the Sunrise Assisted Living home in Paoli after her long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Melinda Gelli - 10/18/2009
Melinda Gelli, 96, a resident of Meyers Manor, Wesley Village, and formerly of Exeter, died October 14, 2009 at Mercy Hospice, Scranton.

Stanley S. Kanarr - 10/18/2009
Stanley S. Kanarr, 58, of Mount Lookout, Exeter, died on October 14, 2009, at his home.

James T. Franklin, Jr. - 10/18/2009
James T. Franklin Jr., 69, of Pittston, died October 14, 2009.

Herman J. DeStefano - 10/18/2009
Herman J. DeStefano, age 81, of McDonough, GA died October 13, 2009.

Robert L. Burke - 10/18/2009
Robert L. Burke, 64, of Dupont, died October 15, 2009 at home. He and his wife, Claire McGroarty Burke, celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on June 18.

John Angeli - 10/18/2009
John Angeli, 92, of Old Forge, died October 10, 2009, at the Mountain View Care Center, Scranton. He was the husband of the late Rose Marsico Angeli, who died in 2004.

Jane M. Finan - 10/18/2009
Jane M. Finan, 82, formerly of Pittston, died peacefully on October 12, 2009, in Wesley Village, Jenkins Township, surrounded by her family. Her husband, Martin J. Finan, passed away in 1992.

Joseph F. Dupre - 10/18/2009
Joseph F. Dupre, 81, of the North End section of Wilkes-Barre, died October 12, 2009, surrounded by his loving family in the Little Flower Manor, where he had resided the past two months. He and his wife, the former Rosemary A. Mu ...

Carrie Ciali - 10/18/2009
Carrie (Schifano) Ciali, of Pittston, died October 16, 2009, at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospice. Her husband Carl Ciali died in 2005

Dawn Lee Barber - 10/18/2009
Dawn Lee Barber, 51, of Harveys Lake, died October 12, 2009, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, after a brief illness.

Harry F. Plisko, Jr. - 10/18/2009
Harry F. Plisko Jr., 61, of Kingston, formerly of Scranton, died October 10, 2009, at Hampton House, Hanover Township.

Anna K. Piragas - 10/18/2009
Anna Kaper Piragas, 97, formerly of Brooks Estates and a resident of Wesley Village for the past year and a half, died October 12, 2009, at the facility.

Mary M. Hopkins - 10/18/2009
Mary M. Hopkins, 94, of Pittston Township, died October 12, 2009, in Wesley Village, Jenkins Township, surrounded by her family.

James Cebula - 10/18/2009
James Cebula, 67, Cincinnati, OH, died October 9, 2009.

Ted J. Anderson - 10/18/2009
Ted J. Anderson, of Swoyersville, died October 11, 2009 surrounded by his loving family in the Hospice Care of the VNA Inpatient Unit Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Mark A. Stashak - 10/18/2009
Mark Alan Stashak, 53, of Nanticoke, died October 9, 2009 at his home.

Patricia J. Smith - 10/18/2009
Patricia J. Smith of West Pittston died October 11, 2009 in Hospice of the VNA, Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Walter D. Roberts, Jr. - 10/18/2009
Walter D. Roberts Jr., 82, of Wyoming, died October 10, 2009, following a valiant battle with kidney failure.

Margaret C. O’Reilly - 10/18/2009
Margaret C. O’Reilly, 65, formerly of City Island, NY, and West Point, NY, died at her home in West Pittston, on October 9, 2009.

John W. Hilstolsky - 10/11/2009
John W. Hilstolsky, 78, of Carverton, died October 4, 2009 in the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.

Matilda Francis - 10/11/2009
Matilda (Vogelbacher) Francis, 87, of Avoca, passed away Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, at Mercy Hospice, Scranton.

James P. DiLorenzo - 10/11/2009
James P. Di Lorenzo of Exeter, died October 3, 2009, at Highland Manor in Exeter. His spouse, Doris Silverston Di Lorenzo, died on July 31, 2009.

Regina M. Cather - 10/11/2009
Regina M. "Jean" Cather, of Dallas, died October 6, 2009, in Kindred Care Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.

Charles A. Bosak - 10/11/2009
Charles A. Bosak, 66, of Wilkes-Barre, died October 6, 2009.

Gwendolyn Albright - 10/11/2009
Gwendolyn Albright, of West Pittston, died October 7, 2009, in Highland Manor Nursing Center, Exeter.

Thomas W. Monk - 10/11/2009
Thomas W. Monk, formerly of Hughestown, and Fairbanks, AK, died September 24, 2009 in Elkader, IA of brain cancer. He was the son of the late Clyde and Mildred “Trudy” Monk.

James A. McCann - 10/11/2009
James Arthur McCann, of Scranton and formerly of West Pittston, died September 30, 2009, at the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton.

Angeline Manganiello - 10/11/2009
Angeline Manganiello, 99, died October 4, 2009, at Riverstreet Manor, Wilkes-Barre, three weeks shy of her 100th birthday.

Theodore Malopolski - 10/11/2009
Theodore Malopolski, 88, of Duryea, died October 3, 2009, at his home.

Rita M. Loftus - 10/11/2009
Rita M. (Shea) Loftus, Pittston, died October 6, 2009. She was the wife of the late Robert A. Loftus Sr. They were happily married for 64 years.

Joseph D. Infantino - 10/11/2009
Joseph D. Infantino, 55, Pittston, died on October 3, 2009, surrounded by his loving family.

Anna H. White - 10/11/2009
Anna Healey White, 91, formerly of Old Forge, died October 6, 2009, after a brief stay at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore.

Helen Trakimas - 10/11/2009
Helen Trakimas, 91, a resident of Golden Care Living Center in Scranton and formerly of Old Forge, died October 4, 2009.

Frances M. Steidinger - 10/11/2009
Frances M. Steidinger, 83, of Beaumont, died October 6, 2009, in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Liam C. Schulze - 10/11/2009
Liam Christopher Schulze, born January 2, 2008, earned his angel wings at 20 months of age on September 9, 2009.

William F. Phillips - 10/11/2009
William F. Phillips, 81, of Pittston, died October 4, 2009, in his home.

Theodore P. Kania - 10/11/2009
Theodore P. “Teddy” Kania, 90, of Avoca, died October 4, 2009, at Golden Living Nursing Home, Scranton.

Minnie U. Demech - 10/11/2009
Minnie Uritz Demech, 92, died October 7, 2009, peacefully in Wesley Village, Jenkins Township. She was the widow of Fred Demech, who died in April 1997. They were married 59 years.

Frederick A. Schulze, Sr. - 10/11/2009
Another member of America’s Greatest Generation passed to his final resting place. On Oct. 7, 2009, Frederick A. Schulze Sr., of Carverton, passed away at home. He was 87.

Robert J. Faber, Sr. - 10/11/2009
Robert J. Faber Sr., 72, of Pittston Township, died Oct. 7, 2009, in Hospice of the VNA at Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre, surrounded by his loving family.

Kathryn Wrazien - 10/04/2009
Kathryn “Kay” Golomb Wrazien, of Dupont, died October 2, 2009, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Plains Twp.