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Robert Sibello, Jr.

August 23, 2016

Robert Sibello, Jr. of Lake Ariel died Tuesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife of 30 years is the former Sandra Doyle. Born in Orange, NJ, son of Anita Torrioni Sibello of Lake Ariel and the late Robert Sibello, he ...
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Cassandra Horst

August 19, 2016

Cassandra “Melody” Horst, Vandling, died Friday afternoon in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after a short illness.   Her husband is Stephen Podunajec. Born 1969 in Bedford, VA she was the daughter of Robert Horst and his wife Carolyn and ...

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Jane L. Crowley Sullivan

August 17, 2016

Jane L. Crowley, 93, Lake Ariel, died Wednesday in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness.  She was the widow of Stephen Crowley who died in 1986. Born January 31, 1923 in Hudson Falls, NY., she was the daughter of the late Timo...
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Thomas Lee Lamberton

August 15, 2016

Thomas Lee Lamberton, 66, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Monday in the Geisinger Community Medical Center.   His wife, Janie Cherry Lamberton passed away in 2014. Born June 2, 1950 in Honesdale, he was the son of the late Robert H. and Ruth Emery...
3 Messages

Edith T. Black Catterson

August 14, 2016

Edith T. Black, Hollisterville, died Sunday in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness.   She was the widow of Lowell C.B. Black who died in 1985. Born 1923 in Salem Twp., she was the daughter of the late Otis and Ethel Wetherill...

Patricia T. Coyle

August 9, 2016

Patricia T. Coyle, a resident of Wallenpaupack Lake Estates, passed away Tuesday in the Regional Hospital of Scranton.   She was the widow of Lawrence F. Coyle who passed away in 2013. Born in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of the Catherine and ...

Robert A. Kappel

August 4, 2016

Robert A. Kappel of Waymart died Thursday morning at home. Born in Manhattan, NY, son of the late William and Mary Kappel, he had been employed as a truck driver. He enjoyed fishing, horses, farming, Motorcycling and gardening. Surviving ar...
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Franklin F. Merring

August 2, 2016

Franklin F. Merring of Lake Ariel died Tuesday morning at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit following an illness. His wife was the former Janet Mickel who died in 1986. Born in Scranton, son of the late Fred and Nettie Young Merring, he w...

Helen A. Tobin

August 1, 2016

Helen A. Tobin August 1, 2016 Helen A. Tobin of Peckville, died Monday at home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was of the Roman Catholic faith. Also surviving are a daughter Janice Hussie and her husband Terrance of Glenside, PA; sons Kevi...
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Edith Ritter Lewis

July 23, 2016

Edith Ritter, 91, of Mount Cobb, went home to be with our Lord Saturday, July 23, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Born December 23, 1924, Edith was the daughter of the late Harry and Edith Davis Lewis.  She was the best friend and cherishe...

Eleanor Dennis Bonitz

July 22, 2016

Eleanor Dennis, Lake Ariel, died Friday morning in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness.   She was the widow of John F. “Jack”Dennis, Jr. who died January 12, 2014. Born 1928 in Scranton, she was the daughter fo the late E...
4 Messages

James J. Masgula

July 7, 2016

James J. Masgula, 47, of Waymart died Thursday, July 7, 2016. His wife of 19 years Barbara Gryszel Masgula died in 2011 Born in Scranton, son of James Poncavage of Lake Ariel and the late Charlotte Detrick Poncavage, he was a member of the 1987 gr...
3 Messages

Kevin N. Rollison

July 4, 2016

Kevin N. Rollison, 49, of Lake Ariel, died Sunday at Geisinger Community Medical Center following an illness. Born in Peckville, he is the son of Verna Johnson Rollison, of Lake Ariel and the late Buddy E. Rollison. He was a graduate of Western W...
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Dorothy Walton Compton

July 2, 2016

  Dorothy Walton, 96, a lifelong resident of Wimmers, died Saturday at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness. She was the widow Ephraim Walton in died in 1998. At the time of his passing the couple had been married in 1960. ...
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Mary C. Coleman

June 30, 2016

Mary C. Coleman, a resident of the Hideout in Lake Ariel, PA, for more than 20 years, died Thursday, June 30, at the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center in Lake Ariel, PA, after a relatively brief illness. She retired as a full professor of experim...

Kay Williams O'Connor

June 29, 2016

“Kay” Williams, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died June 29th  in the St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst Twp. after an illness.  She was the widow of Francis “Ron” Williams who died on October 22, 2015.   The couple had been married 62 y...
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Virginia Liquori

June 25, 2016

Virginia Liquori of Jackson, NJ formerly of Lake Ariel, PA died Saturday at Bartley Healthcare Center, Jackson, NJ following an illness. Born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Vincent Liquori and Lucy Cecere Liquori, she was a graduate of Cath...
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Carole A. Pollack Schaefer

June 24, 2016

Carole A. Pollack June 24, 2016 Carole A. Pollack of The Hideout, Lake Ariel died Friday morning at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit following an illness. Her husband of 54 years is Thomas Pollack. Born in the Bronx, NY. daughter o...

Regina M. Speranza Chodakowsky

June 23, 2016

Regina M. Speranza of the Hideout, Lake Ariel died Thursday morning at Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit following an illness. Her husband was the late Frank J. Speranza who died in 2014. Born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Walter...

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Marvin H. Watson

June 23, 2016

  Marvin H. Watson of White Mills, PA died Thursday morning at home surrounded by his entire family following an illness. His loving wife of 54 years is the former Gertrude “Gerty”Bartenbach. Born in Honesdale, Pa he was the youngest s...

Catherine Gallo Caparco

June 20, 2016

Catherine Gallo, a resident of Wallenpaupack Lake Estates, formerly of Brooklyn, died Monday afternoon in the Geisinger Community Medical Center after a long illness.   She was the widow of Sam Gallo who died in 1990. Born 1929 in Brooklyn, N.Y....
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Scott R. Catania

June 16, 2016

Scott R. Catania died Thursday morning. He is survived by his wife Jennifer Catania. Born in Honesdale, son of Charles and Suzanne Catania of Olyphant, was a graduate of Western Wayne High School and had been employed as a CDL-A driver by Swift Tr...
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Beverly Agnes Allen Piroh

June 11, 2016

Beverly Agnes Allen, Lake Ariel, died Saturday morning in Wayne Memorial Hospital. She was widow of Ernest J. Allen, Sr. who died in 2007. Born in Bridgeport, Ct., daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine Bizewski Piroh. Prior to retirement, she...

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Jude E. DÁloisio

June 9, 2016

Jude D’Aloisio June 9, 2016 Jude D’Aloisio of the Hideout, Lake Ariel died Thursday afternoon at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife of 55 years is the former Joan Bazinet. Born in Paterson, NJ, son of the late N...
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Kay Olivia DeCarvalho Brown

June 6, 2016

Kay Olivia DeCarvalho died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Her husband of 57 years is Decio DeCarvalho. Born in Scranton, PA, daughter of the late Jonathon and Marjorie Jaggars Brown, she was a graduate of the Lake Con...

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