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Ralph P Boehmer

May 9, 2023

Ralph P. Boehmer, Sr., 80, of Salem Township passed away on May 9, 2023 at home after an illness. Born June 17, 1942 he was son of the late Ralph Henry and Constance Hubert Boehmer and was educated in Philadelphia public schools. Ralph leaves be...

Grace C Barrow

May 8, 2023

Grace C. Barrow, Greentown, formerly of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away Monday at home after being stricken ill.  She was the widow of Kal barrow who passed away in 2022.   The couple had been married for 60 years. Born 1936 in Queens, New York, G...
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Tina Cox

May 4, 2023

Tina M. Cox, Lake Ariel , passed away May 4 in the Kingston nursing and rehabilitation center after an illness. Born  in Carbondale she was the daughter of the late Freida Swingle Cox and Franklin Cox . She was educated in the North Pocono schoo...
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Donna M. Cronkite

May 2, 2023

Donna M. Cronkite, 69, of Lake Ariel passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at Wayne Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Earl and Elma June Hollister Shaffer, Jr., she was a graduate of North Pocono ...

James Edley

April 30, 2023

James Edley, 93 (1929-2023) of Honesdale, passed away early Sunday morning in the Ellen Memorial Health Care Center after an illness.   His wife was the former Elvina Mae Conover who passed away in 2012.   Born in Perth Amboy, NJ, he was...

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Dr. Donald Edwin Madden

April 28, 2023

Dr. Donald Edwin Madden, age 95, took his final rest on Friday, April 28, 2023, in Norwell, Massachusetts. Donald E. Madden was born in Greene Twp., Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Regina Madden. In 1941 he and his family moved to New Jersey. He gradu...
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Biagio Bob Fezza

April 26, 2023

Biagio “Bob” A. Fezza, 82 of The Hideout, passed away Wednesday, April 26th at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. He leaves behind his  companion of 33 years  Lucille Koehler. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late H...

Marion Caruso

April 23, 2023

Marion Caruso, Moscow, passed away late Sunday night in the Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton after an illness. Born April 25, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the only daughter of the late Frank and Millie Sirianni Caruso.  Marion attend...
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Gary Clemo

April 14, 2023

Gary S Clemo, 68, Waymart, was stricken ill unexpectedly at the home of his daughter on the morning of April 14. Born 1955 in Homesdale, he was the son of the late Herald and Mary Rendos Clemo. He attended Johnson Technical Institute and was a mem...

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John George Martinkovitch, Jr.

April 12, 2023

John George Martinkovitch, Jr., 87 of Ledgedale, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife, sons, and daughter-in-law, on April 12, 2023. He was born February 27, 1936, to John and Mary Zilla Martinkovitch of Throop, PA. John graduated from ...
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Patricia Louise Caruth

April 8, 2023

Patricia Louise Caruth, 89 of Sterling, passed away Saturday morning at home surrounded by family and her loving husband of 66 years, James Albert Caruth. Born in Scranton, Patricia was the daughter of the late George and Vivian Hood – Hughes. She...

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Ronald G. Davis

April 7, 2023

Ronald G. Davis, 78 of Lake Ariel, passed away April 7th at his home. His loving wife of 57 years is the former Maxine Sherwood. Born in Hancock, NY, he was the son of the late Lester and Christine Lenore Morton – Davis. He was a graduate of Lake ...
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Audrey Hayslett

April 7, 2023

Audrey Ann Hayslett, Roanoke, Virginia, passed away early April 7, 2023 in the Brandon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Roanoke, Virginia after an illness. She formerly lived in The Hideout. She was the widow of Arthur M. MacDonnell. Bor...
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Jane Macdonald Clauss

April 5, 2023

Jane Paula Macdonald Clauss, 92, of Lake Ariel, Pa., passed away April 5, 2023, at her home in Lake Ariel surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Born in Honesdale, Pa., at Wayne Memorial Hospital on March 15, 1931, in w...

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Lee R. Butler

April 4, 2023

Lee R. Butler, Newfoundland, passed away Early Tuesday morning in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after a long illness. His wife of 39 years is Andrea Wargo. Born 1948 in Scranton he was the son of the late Robert and Gladys Frick Butler. He was a...

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Daniel M. Medrano, Sr.

March 20, 2023

Daniel M. Medrano, Sr., 81 of Bushkill, passed away Monday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center following an illness. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Jo Ann Lisauskas – Medrano. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France, ...
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Colleen Stevens

March 17, 2023

Colleen Dawn Stevens, 40, of Scranton, PA, died March 17, 2023 at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia after an illness. Born May 30, 1982, she was the daughter of Margaret (Winwood) Stevens and the late Burton Stevens.  Colleen was a gra...
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Patti A. Schreck

March 13, 2023

Patricia Schreck, 68, of Lake Ariel, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 13, 2023 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Beloved wife of 48 years to Gary Schreck, daughter of the late Katherine (Kate Altmose) and Raymond (Rip) Swi...
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David A. Berger

March 8, 2023

David A. Berger, Hamlin, went home to be with his Lord and Savior quietly at home on Wednesday afternoon. His wife of 49 years is the former Lorraine Jackson. Born in 1953 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Ronald Berger, Sr and Annabelle Bla...
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Warren L. Jaggars

March 6, 2023

Warren L. Jaggars, Sr., 78 of South Canaan, passed away peacefully Monday evening at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale after a short illness. His loving wife of 38 years is the former Linda Bakay. Born in Lake Ariel, he was the son of the late Me...
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Sarah P. Marsh

March 3, 2023

Sarah P. Marsh (99) of Hamlin, PA, passed away on Friday, March 3, at home.  Born in Phillipsburg, NJ in 1923, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Mary (Duffy) Shafer. Sarah went to grammar school at Saints Philip and James School in Phill...

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John D. Hinton

February 27, 2023

John D. Hinton, a lifelong resident of Metuchen, NJ, died peacefully on February 27, 2023, at home in Lake Ariel, with his wife at his side. John was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the son of the late John D. Hinton and Jeanne Delaney Hinton. ...
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Roberta Anna Schafer Hollister

February 25, 2023

Roberta Anna Schafer Hollister, 88 of Lake Ariel, went home to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully in her sleep on Saturday morning at home following an illness. Her husband of 65 years, Bruce Horace Hollister passed away July 24, 2019. The couple...
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Jennie Lamberton

February 21, 2023

Jennie Lamberton, 54 of South Canaan went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on February 21, 2023 at home. Her loving husband is Timothy J Lamberton. The couple was married on May 27, 1989. Born May 26, 1968 in South Amboy, New Jersey...
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Edward Holevinski, Sr.

February 20, 2023

Edward Holevinski, Sr. of Jefferson Township, died peacefully at home on February 20th.   Born in 1930 to the late Anthony and Marry Sarnoski – Holevinski, Ed was a local farm boy who met the Love of his life, Florence “Bobbi” Ognosky in elem...

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