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Ora Theron Nackenhorst Simons

January 13, 2016

Ora Theron Nackenhorst, 92, of Newfoundland, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Briarwood Manor. She was the wife of the late Frederick Nackenhorst, with whom she shared fifteen years of marriage before his passin...
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Theresa Wargo Stefanski

January 6, 2016

Theresa Wargo, Hamlin, passed away Wednesday morning in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness.   She was the widow of Edward J. Wargo. Born in Dickson City, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Michalena Stefanski. ...

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Lawrence Ciaffone

December 29, 2015

Lawrence Ciaffone, 100, of the Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Tuesday evening at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness. His wife was the former Mary Regina who died 1981. Born in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late Carl and Carmela Motto, h...
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Clarence Bidwell

December 26, 2015

Clarence Bidwell, Lake Ariel, died Saturday in the Allied Skilled Nursing Center after an illness. Born in Jefferson Twp., he was the son of the late Norman and Margaret Bidwell.  He had been employed in the tree trimming industry. Surviving a...
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Martin D. Kobovitch

December 21, 2015

Martin D. “Flea Market Marty” Kobovitch, Hawley, formerly of Elizabeth, New Jersey, died Tuesday afternoon in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey he moved to Pennsylvania in his later years af...
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Mary Ann Elizabeth D'Andrea McEvoy

December 18, 2015

Mary Ann Elizabeth D’Andrea McEvoy, 87, previously of Woodloch Springs in Hawley, died December 18, 2015 at Bethany Village following an illness. Her late husband, William D’Andrea, died in 1985 and her late husband, Vince McEvoy, died in 2002. S...

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Merle Ed Ankrom

December 17, 2015

Merle E. “Ed” Ankrom of Waymart died Thursday at Creekside Health and Rehab Center following an illness. His wife is the former Darlene Shaffer. He was born in Mooreland, IN and prior to retirement he had worked as a truck driver for Snyder Tr...
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Iva June Kizer Beavers

December 17, 2015

Iva June Kizer of Lake Ariel died Thursday night at home following an illness. Her husband was the late Norman C. Kizer who died in 1995. Born in Mt. Cobb, daughter of the late Ralph and Nellie Sheerer Beavers, she worked as a housekeeper in the h...
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Edward A. Wargo

December 17, 2015

Edward A. Wargo, Hamlin, passed away Thursday at home unexpectedly. Born in Scranton he was the son of Theresa Stefanski  Wargo and the late Edward Wargo.  He was a loving son, brother and uncle.  He would help anyone and everyone who needed it...

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Seymour Metsky

November 26, 2015

Seymour Metsky, Lake Ariel, died Thursday in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness.   He and his wife Arlene would have celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in December. Born in Newark, NJ in 1923 he was the son of the lat...
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Dean William Martin

November 26, 2015

Dean William Martin, best known as Billy Martin passed away on November 26th, 2015 at home after a courageous battle with Leukemia.  Born on October 23rd, 1954 in Honesdale, PA he was the son of the late Isabel and Fritz Martin. Billy was a past ...
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Corrine Ann Burger

November 24, 2015

Corrine Ann Burger , 53,  passed away after a five year battle with cancer at home while being cared for and comforted by her family. Born in May 22, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York.   She was one of four children of the late Karen Anderson.  Corri...

Diana M. Rogers

November 22, 2015

Diana M. Rogers November 22, 2015 Diana M. Rogers, 52, of Lake Ariel passed away Sunday evening at home. Her loving husband of 33 years is Thomas F. Rogers, Jr. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was a graduate of North Rockland High School Class of ...

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Lieutenant Colonel United States Army (Retired) Conrad J. Provencher

November 21, 2015

  Lieutenant Colonel United States Army (Retired) Conrad J. Provencher, 92, Greentown, formerly of Red Bank, New Jersey, died Saturday morning in the Wayne Memorial Hospital after an illness.  His wife of 64 years is the former Doris Yvonn...
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Jody Shawn Hapersberger

November 14, 2015

Jody Shawn Hapersberger, 40, Scranton, lost his battle with diabetes on November 14, 2015.   Born in Scranton, he was  the son of Eugene S. Hapersberger, Gouldsboro, and Marge Bentler Fitz, Newfoundland, he was a graduate of Western Wayne High Sch...
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Paul J. Michko

November 10, 2015

Paul J. Michko of Waymart passed away Tuesday at Geisinger Community Medical Center. His wife was the former Margaret Startzell, who died in 2009. Born in Derby, CT, son of the late August M. and Gertrude J. Derrick Michko, he was a graduate of ...

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John C. McKenna

November 2, 2015

John C. McKenna of the Hideout, Lake Ariel died Monday morning at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY son of the late Patrick and Mary McPartlane McKenna, he was a graduate of the Brooklyn School System, Brooklyn, NY and was a proud employee of the Brookly...

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LCDR Arthur V. Paletti, Retired U.S. Navy

October 27, 2015

LCDR Arthur V. Paletti, 94, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Maplewood Park Place retirement community in Bethesda, MD. Arthur was born in Clarksburg, WV in 1921 to the late Joseph and Amelia (Baldovino) Paletti who were humble, har...

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Wyland W. Holgate

October 24, 2015

Wyland W. Holgate of Beach Lake, died Saturday morning at Wayne Woodlands Manor, Waymart. His wife of 64 years is the former Fay L. Newenhouse. Born in S. Abington Twp., son of the late Charles and Grace Bidwell Holgate, prior to retirement he sel...
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Francis Williams

October 22, 2015

  Francis Williams of The Hideout, Lake Ariel died Thursday evening at home following an illness. His wife is the former Kathleen O’Connor. Born in W. Conshohocken, PA, son of the late Elbridge and Helen Brecker Williams, he was a gradua...

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Thomas Hanna

October 21, 2015

Thomas Hanna October 21, 2015 Thomas Hanna, 81, of Gilbertsville, PA passed away on October 21st at home following a courageous battle with cancer. His wife is Dorothy J. Schaeffer Hanna. Born in Manhattan, NY, son of Eileen Lyman of Lake Ar...
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John M. Wargo

October 19, 2015

John M. Wargo, Maplewood, died early Monday morning in the Regional Hospital of Scranton Intensive Care Unit after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Elna Ovens. Born in Dunmore on March 15, 1931, John was the son of the late John...

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Richard A. Fiorina

October 19, 2015

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Richard Allen Fiorina, who passed on October 19th, 2015, in Wilkes​-Barre VA Medical Center with his wife and daughter at his side. Richard was born in Suffern, NY, lived in Wyckoff, ...

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Thomas J. Slattery

October 17, 2015

Thomas J. Slattery, 79, of The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Saturday October 17 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale. His wife of 55 years is the former Rose Gridley. Born in Woodhaven, NY, he was the son of the late Michael and Anna Stiets Slattery...
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Marian L. Kellogg Ritter

October 15, 2015

Marian Kellogg, 82, passed away peacefully on Thursday at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale.  Her husband of 62 years , Fred Kellogg, passed away in October of 2013.  She was a resident of the Ellen Memorial Nursing Home in Honesdale for nea...

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