Obituaries

December 24, 2016

Stanley T. Christopher of Honesdale, died Tuesday at home following an illness. His wife of 52 years is the former Patricia Racht. Born in Hollisterville, son of the late Stanley and Stella Walako Christopher, he was a member of the congregation o...

December 15, 2016

Joan M. O’Hora, R.N. of Mt. Cobb died Sunday at home. Her husband was the late Martin J. O’Hora who died in 2002. Born in Ledgedale, daughter of the late Anthony and Elizabeth Gerrity Christopher, she was a Registered Nurse who worked at Merc...

December 9, 2016

Douglas R. Schneider of Lake Ariel died Sunday evening at Geisinger Community Medical Center following a brief illness. His wife was the former Ruth VanSickle who died in 2012. Born in Lake Ariel, son of the late William and Hazel Frisbie Schneide...

December 7, 2016

Michelle S. Beavers - Frey of Lake Ariel died Friday at home. Her husband was the late Kyle Frey who died in 2009. Born in Scranton, Pa daughter of Raymond and Doris Beavers Barber of Lake Ariel, she was a graduate of Western Wayne High School. She ...

David W. Merring, Lake Ariel, died Wednesday at home after being stricken ill.   His wife of  37 years is the former Mary M. Dolph. Born 1960 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Donald and Kathryn “Jane” Chapman Merring.   He was educat...

Dennis G. Stein passed away unexpectedly on November 25, 2016 in Lake Ariel, PA. Services and interment will be held in private at the convenience of the family in New Jersey....

December 2, 2016

Charles O. Jopp, 78, the Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Thursday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after an illness. His wife of 54 years is the former Marilyn Welter Jopp. Born September 4, 1938 in Teaneck, NJ., he was the son of the late ...

April 22, 2017

Miriam Louise Olver was born on July 16, 1941, in Kingston, Pennsylvania, to Herbert and Grace Olver; both have preceded her in death. Miriam died on November 23, 2016, at her home in Indianapolis, IN. Miriam was the first born of five children. ...

Georgette B. Larsen of Tafton died Tuesday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Unit following an illness. Her husband is Axel Larsen. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Walter and Vera Latch. Also surviving are a son Robert Larsen...

November 25, 2016

Susan Lynn Fahrenbach of Lake Ariel died Monday. Her husband of 32 years is John Fahrenbach. Born in Smithtown, NY, daughter of the late Frank and Doreen Pentoney McCaffrey, she was a teacher at Clear Run Intermediate School in the Pocono Mountain...

November 20, 2016

Burton E. Hemmler, 83, of Hollisterville, passed away Thursday evening at the Hospice of the Scared Heart Inpatient Unit surrounded by his family.  His wife is the former Doris Frisbie.  The couple had just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary...

November 12, 2016

Delores “Dolly” M. Christ, of Moscow, died Wednesday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, following an illness. Her husband of 46 years is Samuel Christ. Born in Scranton, Pa, daughter of the late Gerald and Mildred Freeman Miller, she w...

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November 5, 2016

Yvonne L. Berger, Lake Ariel, died Tuesday night in the hospice unit at Mercy Fitgerald Hospital, Darby, PA.   Her husband of 60 years is Paul H. Berger. Born March 5, 1938 in Maplewood, she was the daughter of the late Carl B., Sr and Leila Bla...

November 4, 2016

Vicki Kaminski, Wallenpaupack Lake Estates, formerly of Garfield, New Jersey died Sunday afternoon in the Geisinger Community Medical Center after a long illness.  She was the wife of Bob Kaminski. Born 1971 in Garfield, New Jersey she was the ...

October 7, 2016

Christine “Tina” Scalzi, 64, of Lake Ariel and formerly of Milford, CT, died Friday morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Her husband of 45 years is Anthony Scalzi Born June 4, 1952 in Mt. Carmel, Pa, daughter of the la...