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Frank D. Fendelander

October 27, 2020

Frank D. Fendelander, 76 of Lake Ariel, died Tuesday evening at Julia Ribaudo Health Care in Lake Ariel. He was the husband of Janet Nix Fendelander. The couple had been married for 54 years. Born in Patterson NJ, he was the son of the late Charles ...
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Marion Courtright McLain

October 21, 2020

Marion Courtright McLain, 73 of Lake Ariel, died Wednesday evening at home. Her loving husband of 50 years is William “Mr. Bill” McLain. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Alan and Dolores Reilly Courtright. She was a graduate of...
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Michael J. Fitzpatrick

October 20, 2020

Michael J. Fitzpatrick October 20, 2020 Michael J. Fitzpatrick of The Hideout, Lake Ariel died Tuesday evening at Scranton Health Care Center following an illness. His wife is the former Mary Fogarty. Born in the Bronx, NY, son of the late J...
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Dante (DJ) Capoccia, Jr.

October 17, 2020

Dante (DJ) Capoccia, Jr. October 17, 2020 Dante (DJ) Capoccia, Jr. of Hamlin passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side after a long courageous battle with cancer. His wife is the former Heather Krelluitz. Born in Dunmore he wa...
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Eleanor Elizabeth Weiss Romanauskas

October 11, 2020

Eleanor Elizabeth Weiss, 97, of Lake Ariel, PA passed away early Sunday morning, at home surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Edward A. Weiss, who passed away in 1993. The couple had been married for nearly 50 years. Born in 1923 in Scra...

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John A Schumacher

October 8, 2020

John “Jack” A.  Schumacher,80, of Lake Ariel, died Thursday afternoon at the Residential Hospice Unit at Geisinger in Wilkes Barre.    He was the husband of Denise Daly Schumacher. Born in Staten Island NY, he was the son of the late Arnold ...
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Deborah A Henneforth

September 28, 2020

Deborah A. Henneforth, 69, of Hollisterville, died Monday morning at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton following an illness. Her husband of 35 years is Harold Henneforth. Born, July 26, 1951 in Essex, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ge...

Evelyn Louise Powell

September 27, 2020

Evelyn “Lynn” Powell, 75, of The Hideout died Sunday evening at Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born December 6, 1944 in Rockville Centre, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Martha Oehler Powell. She was a graduate o...
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Doris L. Burke Penwarden

September 22, 2020

Doris L Burke September 23, 1932 – September 22, 2020 Doris L Burke, Honesdale, passed away one day before her 88th birthday at Ellen Memorial Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Bruce R Burke of Honesdale, whom she was married to fo...
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Frederick Zirpoli, Jr.

September 16, 2020

Frederick S. Zirpoli, Jr, 54 of Milanville, died peacefully with his loved ones by his side Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa. He is survived by his loving wife Elizabeth Zirpoli of 18 wonderful years. Frederick Zirpoli Jr,  who...

John S. Mula

August 30, 2020

Jiovannino “John” Mula, 81, of Wallenpaupack Lake Estates, died Sunday morning at home following an illness. His loving wife of 57 years is the former Annette "Toni” Contartesi. Born May 7, 1939, he was the son of the late Alfonso and Rosali...
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Jack F Perenza

August 25, 2020

Jack F. Perenza, of Lake Ariel, died quietly at home on August 25,2020. He was the beloved husband of Mary who died in 1998. Born 1927 in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna Perenza.  Educated in New York Schools, Jack worked and...
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Lee Breymeier

August 17, 2020

Lee Breymeier, 70, of Lake Ariel died Monday morning at home following an illness. His wife of 6 years is the former Marie Margaret Grella. Born September 27, 1949 in Duryea, he was the son of the late Thomas W. and Margaret Marie Spencer Breymeie...
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Marilyn F Piesecki Skelton

August 16, 2020

Marilyn F. Piesecki, Sterling, passed away Sunday at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the widow of Joseph “Donald” Piesecki, who died in 2015. The couple had been married 54 years. Born in Sterling in 1935, she was the daughter of th...
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Mary B Yedinak

August 13, 2020

Mary B. Yedinak of Hamlin died Thursday evening at home following an illness. Her husband was the late Joseph T. Yedinak, who died in 2015. The couple had been married for 64 years.   Born in Carbondale in 1930, Mary was th...
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Anna Bianchi

August 11, 2020

Anna Rose Bianchi, South Canaan, died Tuesday in the Wayne Memorial Hospital after an illness.  She was the widow of Arnold J. Bianchi who died in 1999, Born 1932 in Blakley, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Elizabeth Zahradnick Oleniacz ...
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Teresa del Portal Gomez

August 9, 2020

  Teresa del Portal, 98, of Freehold, NJ and formerly of Lake Ariel, died Sunday morning at Wedgwood Gardens Care Center following an illness. Her late husband Edberto del Portal died in 2008. Born, May 26, 1922 in Cuba, she was the da...

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Rick Allen

August 9, 2020

Frederick (Rick) C. Allen, of Lake Ariel, originally from Oyster Bay, LI., died Sunday evening at his home in the hideout. He is survived by his wife of 30 years Christine C. Allen and a stepson Brett Scholer. Born March 11, 1938 in Williston Park N...
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MaryAnn Miller Coria

August 6, 2020

MaryAnn Miller, 75, of Whiting, NJ and lifelong resident of New Egypt, NJ passed on peacefully Thursday morning surrounded by her loving family. Born, October 14, 1944 in Princeton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Arsene and Mary Tomenchok Co...
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Vera L. Lewis

August 3, 2020

Vera L. Lewis, 106 of Rockford, IL, died peacefully in her sleep Monday evening at the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center in Lake Ariel. Born January 18, 1914 in Omaha, NE, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Virginia Robinson Danner. Ver...
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Franklin A Kellogg

July 31, 2020

Franklin A. Kellogg, Lake Ariel, passed away Friday afternoon in the Regional Hospital of Scranton.  His wife of  53 years is the former Gloria Jean O’Brien. Born March 6, 1940 in Saco, PA he was the son of the late Bernard and Elizabeth Beave...
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Jason Vernarec

July 29, 2020

Jason Vernarec, 49, of Lakeville, died Wednesday afternoon at his mother’s home in Hamlin after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Sussex New Jersey, he was the son of Nancy Polyi Stowell and James Vernarec. He was a graduate of Blue Stone H...
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Phyllis E. Gutknecht Swoyer

July 27, 2020

    Phyllis “Suzie” Gutknecht, 70 of Jefferson Twp, passed away peacefully and went home with our Lord and Savior on July 27, 2020. Her ...
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Gerald R Loscig

July 21, 2020

Gerald R. Loscig of South Canaan died Tuesday at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit, Dunmore. His wife was the former Joan Swingle who proceeded him in death in 2014. Born in Seelyville, he was the son of the late Raymond and A...

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Elmer Day

July 17, 2020

Elmer Day, South Canaan, died Friday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.  His wife of  53 years is the former Treva Pennell. Born 1948 in Hancock, NY, he was the son of Doris Maudsley Day and the late Maur...

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