Obits

John Wood

April 10, 2017

John “Big Bad John” Wood, Honesdale, died Monday unexpectedly while riding his tractor at home Born 1928 in Welcome Lake, PA he was the son of the late John A and Augustive Browser Wood.  John worked as a coal miner, in the excavating busines...

Edith Ruth Alt Clausson

April 2, 2017

Edith Ruth Alt April 2, 2017 Edith Ruth Alt, 99, of Madisonville, died Sunday at Allied Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an illness. Her husband was the late Howard L. Alt, Sr. Born in Beaver Falls, Pa, daughter of the lat...

Mary D. Penwarden Aleckna

April 1, 2017

Mary D. Penwarden, of Honesdale, died Saturday at home following an illness. Her husband of 26 is Daniel Penwarden. Born in Scranton, Pa, daughter of the late James T. and Nancy Loomis Aleckna. Mary enjoyed camping and Ponadrosa Pines Campgroun...

Judy F. Schneider Warfield

March 24, 2017

Judy F. Schneider of Lake Ariel died Friday March 24th at Briarwood Manor in Newfoundland following an illness. Her husband was the late Tyrone W. Schneider who died in 2010. Born in Honesdale, daughter of the late Francis and Stella Miszler Warfi...

Ronald Joseph Barillo

March 17, 2017

Ronald Joseph Barillo Sr.,of Milford and Lake Ariel, passed away unexpectedly Friday March 17,2017 at Wayne Memorial Hospital after being stricken ill at home. Born in 1937 in Brooklyn, NY He was the son of Helen Malecky Barillo Lake Ariel and the...

Jeffrey A. Rosengrant

March 15, 2017

Jeffrey A. Rosengrant of Englewood, FL died Wednesday at Englewood Hospital, Englewood, FL. His wife is the former Merlena Quinlan. Born in Scranton, son of Jeffrey A. and Beatrice Zelenski Rosengrant of Lake Ariel, he was a graduate of Western Wa...

Frederic L. White

March 14, 2017

Frederic L. White of the Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Tuesday morning at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness. His wife of 44 years is the former Barbara Ann Lyon. Born in Pleasant Valley, NY, son of the late Louis and Almyra Horto...

George W. Sharp, Sr.

March 13, 2017

George W. Sharp, Sr, Hawley, died March 13th in the Wayne Memorial Hospital.   His wife, the former Maryann Matusik, preceded him in death. Born 1939 in Philadelphia he was the son of the late George David Sharp, Jr and Mildred Sharp. George li...

Louis Michael Raimo

March 12, 2017

Louis Michael Raimo, Lake Ariel, died March 12 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born 1983 in Mineola, NY he was the son of Louis J. and his wife Joanne of Massapequa, NY and Frances Beyer Raimo and her life partner Charles Gioe of...

John J. Vill

March 12, 2017

John J. Vill of Lake Ariel died Sunday evening in Geisinger CMC following a valiant battle with lung cancer. He was 80 years old. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Charles and Julia Vill. John attended St. Peter’s Prepara...

Irving F. Ritter

March 10, 2017

Irving F. Ritter, Jefferson Twp, died Friday evening in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after an illness.  His wife was the former Arlene Swingle who died in 1987. Born 1924 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Raymond and Mary ...

James J. Daugherty

March 7, 2017

James J. Daugherty of Greentown died Tuesday afternoon at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness. He is survived by his wife the former Karen Buchanin; a daughter Brianna; a brother Dennis; a sister Mary Ellen Williams and her hus...

Joan A. Seeley Evans

February 28, 2017

Joan A. Seeley, South Canaan, died Tuesday in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after an illness. Her husband is Richard Seeley. The couple would have been married 60 years on March 17th. Born 1936 in Scranton she was the daughter of...

Harvey Forget

February 22, 2017

Harvey Forget, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Wednesday evening in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after battling Leukemia for twelve years and Lymphoma since 2013.  His wife of 56 years is the former Genevieve Jill Duffy. Born Dece...

Robert O. Hughes

February 20, 2017

Robert O. Hughes of Lake Ariel died Monday at home. His wife was the former Charlotte Bender who died in 2004. The couple had been married for 58 years. Born in Scranton, son of the late Owen and Alice Ovens Hughes, he was a graduate of the Lake C...

Marjorie J. Chapman Bell

February 14, 2017

Marjorie J. Chapman of the Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Tuesday night at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness. Her husband was the late Jack Chapman. Born in Lake Ariel, PA, daughter of the late Spencer and Jennifer Marshall Bell, ...

Dennis R. Peoples

February 13, 2017

Dennis R. Peoples, 63, of Hawley passed away peacefully at home Monday following an illness. Born in Dubois, PA January 26, 1954, he was the eldest son of Wilmer and Florence DeRalph Peoples. Dennis is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Debb...

Judy Lynne Zaczek Van Sickle

February 12, 2017

Judy Lynne Zaczek of Old Forge, PA, formerly of Whiting, NJ, passed away Sunday, February 12, in the ICU at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. Lynne was a bank teller for Commerce Bank, later TD Bank. Early in her adult life, she had been an offic...

Patricia Ann Roman Ruddy

February 9, 2017

Patricia Ann Roman, age 70 of Lakeville, PA died peacefully surrounded by her loved ones Thursday evening at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ. Known to all as Pat, Patty, Patsy or Gramma she was loved for her infectious laughter and c...

Elsie I. Stevens Beemer

February 6, 2017

Elsie Stevens of Sterling passed Monday evening at home. Her husband was Albert E. Stevens who died in 2007.   Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Asher and Cora Decker Beemer, she worked as a school bus driver for 38 years at Caruth ...