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Dolores Vasquenzo Martin

May 25, 2018

Dolores Vasquenzo, 83, of Lakeville, died Friday evening at home after a long struggle with COPD. She is survived by Martin Vasquenzo Sr., her husband of 57 years. Dolores will forever be remembered for her sense of humor, quick wittedness, kindne...
12 Messages

Tamara Keill Shaw

May 22, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Tamara “Tammy” L. Keill announces her passing on Tuesday at her home in Lake Ariel. Born in Port Jervis, NY, daughter of Gene Shaw and his wife Patricia of Port Jervis and Deborah Philipp Roller of...

Suzanne McCall

May 20, 2018

Suzanne McCall of Lake Ariel died Sunday evening at Creekside Healthcare and Rehab Center, Carbondale following an illness. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Lewis and Helen Trycoski Thomas, she had worked at Mt. Airy Lodge in the Poconos and t...
18 Messages

Rodger L. Lamberton

May 19, 2018

Rodger Lamberton, 62 of Hollisterville passed away peacefully Saturday morning at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore after a long courageous battle with Cancer. His wife is the former Debra Schneider. The couple would have been married for 45 years...
8 Messages

Lonnie Lee Schneider

May 18, 2018

Lonnie Lee Schneider, 67, of Scranton, went home to be with the Lord Friday morning. His wife is the former Janet Velehoski.   He was the son of the late Adolf and Gladys Howell Schneider.  He worked through the years as a stone mas...

John J. Scimeca

May 16, 2018

John J. Scimeca of Lake Ariel passed away Wednesday at home following an illness. Born in Patchogue, NY, son of the late Salvatore and Dolores Cohn Scimeca. He had a lot of odd jobs over the years, but most notably was self-employed, owning his ow...

Veteran
9 Messages 1 Photo

Daniel P. Dalton, Sr.

May 14, 2018

Daniel P. Dalton, Sr., 91, of Sterling, PA, formerly of New Brunswick, New Jersey, passed away peacefully Monday May 14th. Born 1926 in Camden, New Jersey, he was the son of the late William and Anne Dalton.  He was educated in Camden schools and...

Veteran
7 Messages

Richard VanDeLinde, Jr.

May 14, 2018

Richard VanDeLinde, Jr., Sterling, died early Monday morning in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness.  His wife of 57 years is the former Nancy Goodrich.   Born 1937 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, he was the son of Richard, Sr. and...
6 Messages

Kathryn B. Turouski Enslin

May 13, 2018

Kathryn B. Turouski, Lake Ariel, died Sunday morning at the home of her niece Mary and Ted Walker after an illness.  She was the wife of John Turouski who died in 1987. Born 1928 in Varden, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth A. and Leora Fr...
1 Message

Fay L. Holgate Newenhouse

May 13, 2018

Fay L. Holgate, Beach Lake, died Sunday in the Wayne Woodlands Manor after an illness.   She was the widow of Wyland Holgate who died in 2015. Born 1931 in Honesdale, she was the daughter of the late William and Yolande Blackmoor Newenhouse.  ...

Jared L. Fahrenbach

May 8, 2018

Jared L. Fahrenbach, Lake Ariel, died late Tuesday in the Allied Services Hospice Center after an illness.  His wife was the former Ida Hafler who died in 2004.   Born 1940 in Lake Ariel, he was the son of the late William R., Sr and Anne...

Veteran
8 Messages

Ryan David Enslin

May 5, 2018

Ryan David Enslin, 41, of Lake Ariel died peacefully in his sleep Saturday morning at home May 5, 2018. Born in Honesdale, son of Ivan and Beverly Chapman Enslin, Jr. of Lake Ariel, he was a graduate of the Canaan Christian Academy Class of 1994 a...
3 Messages

Anna Delores Koerner Case

May 3, 2018

Anna Delores Koerner, 88, a resident of Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center, Olyphant passed on into eternity Thursday with her family by her side. Her husband of 51 years was Alfred Koerner who died January 1, 2006. Born February 18, 1930, she was...

Veteran
3 Messages

Anthony V. Pappas

May 3, 2018

Anthony V. Pappas, of Lakeville, died Thursday afternoon at home following an illness. His wife of 65 years is the former Theresa J. Janeczek. Born in Dickson City, son of the late James Pappas and Helen Patyk Pappas, he was a member of St. Thom...

Dorothy E. Baldwin Hazen

April 28, 2018

Dorothy E. Baldwin, 90, of S. Canaan, died at home surrounded by her family. Her husband was the late John Baldwin who died in 1999. Betty was born in Nay Aug, Pa, the last of 9 children born to Beulah and Raymond Hazen. Betty and her husband John...
2 Messages 2 Photos

Frances V. Gardas Borowski

April 22, 2018

Frances V. Gardas, 98, of Waymart, died Sunday afternoon at the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center in Lake Ariel. She was the wife of the late Stanley J. Gardas, who died in 1997. Born in Whites Crossing, she was the daughter of the late Stanley...
1 Message

Martha Auguste Buhring

April 20, 2018

Martha Auguste Buhring, Sterling, passed away Friday at home surrounded by her family.   She was the widow of Eric Buhring who passed away in 1997.  The couple had been married 46 years. Born 1925 in Gudlaukis, Lithuania, she was the daughter o...
6 Messages

David G. Walker

April 14, 2018

David Gerald Walker, 50, Moscow, died Saturday surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with Leukemia. Born in Scranton, he was the son of David and Karen Walker of Hollisterville and Patricia Emerick of Moscow.   He was a 1986 ...

Ralph C. Bidwell

April 13, 2018

Ralph C. Bidwell April 13, 2018   Ralph C. Bidwell, Jefferson Twp., formerly of Sterling, died Friday afternoon suddenly while out for one of his many walks in Mt. Cobb. Born in Salem Twp. in 1951 he was the son of the late Norman ...
5 Messages

Patrick J. Rooney

April 8, 2018

Patrick J. Rooney of the Hideout, Lake Ariel, died suddenly Sunday morning. His wife of 37 years is the former Dorothy Drexler. Born in Orange, NJ, son of the late Joseph and Helen Koehler Rooney, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Montc...
4 Messages

Clementine C. Pontosky Romanauskas

April 4, 2018

Clementine C. “Clemy” Pontosky, 94, of Hollisterville, died Wednesday morning at Mountain View Care Center following an Illness. Her husband of 43 years was Chester Pontosky who died in 1986. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late ...
7 Messages

Donna Lee Chamberlain

March 23, 2018

Donna Lee Chamberlain of Cortez passed away peacefully surrounded by family and her long time love Kenneth Anderson Friday afternoon at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after a courageous battle against ovarian cancer. Born in Scranton, ...
4 Messages 2 Photos

Jacqueline G. Miller - Vogel Riolo

March 18, 2018

Jacqueline G. Miller – Vogel, of Lake Ariel, died Sunday evening at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center. Her husband is George A. Vogel. Her first husband, James Miller Sr. died in 2004. Born 1942 in Stamford, CT, she was the daughter of the late C...
6 Messages

Pete "Petie" Sheerer

March 16, 2018

Pete “Petie” Sheerer” died early Friday morning in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after being stricken ill at home. Born 1951 in Scranton, he was the son of Carol Freeman Sheerer of Mt. Cobb and the late Peter F. Sheerer.  He was educate...
10 Messages

Harriet I. Lobley Dowse

March 15, 2018

Harriet I. Lobley of Hamlin died Thursday at home following an illness. Her husband of 58 years was Herbert Lobley who died in 2004. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Allen and Isabel Dowse, and step-mother Anna Backus Dowse, in her early lif...

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