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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...

Warren Whitfield Barnes

June 5, 2016

WARREN WHITFIELD BARNES, JR., 85, born December 28, 1930, in Hackensack, NJ passed away on June 5th at the home of his daughter in Blooming Grove, PA surrounded by his family. Mr. Barnes was an award-winning general contractor and developer in New...
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Michele Lee Thomas

June 3, 2016

Michele Lee Thomas, 45, a lifelong resident of Madisonville, died Friday morning in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after a lifelong battle with Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome(also known as HHT). Born 1970 in Scranton, she was the daughter of Alan...

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Derwin C. Brown

June 2, 2016

Derwin C. Brown of Lake Ariel died Thursday evening at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife of 67 years is the former Lois Hafler. Born in Gravity, PA, son of the late Paul and Eleanor States Brown, he attended the Lake Con...
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Marlene Casal Kruchinski

May 21, 2016

Marlene Casal, Lake Ariel, died Saturday at the home of her daughter Cathy.   She was the widow of Ettore “Etty” Casal who died in 2005. Born 1945 in Scranton she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Kathryn Vonderhey Kruchinksi.   She...

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David Blair Wilson

May 16, 2016

David Blair Wilson May 18, 1926 to May 16, 2016 David passed away 2 days prior to his 90th birthday. David was born in Scranton, PA. He was predeceased by his parents, Lillian and Albert Wilson, all seven of his siblings, and his beloved wife, Ma...

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Robert Vradenburgh

May 15, 2016

Robert A. Vradenburgh, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Sunday at home following an injury.   His wife of  45 years is the former Dale Amos. Born 1939 in Plattsburgh, New York he was the son of the late Robert A. and Geraldine Van Wirt Vradenbur...
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Matthew Diehl

May 14, 2016

Matthew Diehl of Waymart died Saturday at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following a battle with cancer.  His wife of 16 years is the former Brenda Brown. Born in 1980 in Scranton, he was the son of Doris Shaffer Mellan and her husband ...

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Frank Barretta

May 13, 2016

FRANK M. BARRETTA, Lake Ariel, PA, formerly of Manhasset, NY died 13th May after a long battle with cancer.  Son of the late Lawrence and Mary Barretta, brother to Mary Ann Koch-Betz, Rose B. Zosuls (Andris), Antoinette/Toni (James) Wheeler, Catheri...
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Eva Fay Hall Cole

May 8, 2016

Eva Fay Hall May 8, 2016 Eva Fay Hall of Lake Ariel died Sunday evening at home following an illness. Her husband of 46 years is Edwin Hall. Born in Lake Ariel, daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Beavers Cole, she was a member of the Cen...
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Douglas A. Mendini

May 7, 2016

Douglas A. Mendini, 62, of Lake Ariel and New York City, died Saturday at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center following an illness. Born in New Brunswick, NJ, he was the son of the late T.F.  and Helen Jones Mendini. Mr. Mendini was...
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Jennifer E. Koch Wilkins

May 3, 2016

Jennifer E. Koch, of Hamlin, died Tuesday following an illness. Her husband Eugene W. Koch died in 2004. Born in Portssmith, England., she was the daughter of the late Leslie R. Wilkins and Doreen Terry Gilroy. She was a High School graduate in En...
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Rhonda Kellner Rosenzweig

May 2, 2016

Rhonda Kellner May 2, 2016 Rhonda Kellner of Lake Ariel, PA died Monday evening at home following an illness. Her husband of 47 years is Joseph Kellner. Born in Long Island, NY, daughter of the late Milton and Pearl Rosenzweig, she had worke...
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Rev. Edward R. Scott

April 23, 2016

Reverend Edward R. Scott, Pastor Emeritus of Saint Thomas More Church, Lake Ariel, died on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at St. Mary's Villa, Elmhurst, PA. Father Scott, son of the late Joseph Eugene and Helen Jordan Scott, was born in Scranton on Octo...

Cora D. White

April 22, 2016

Cora White of Newfoundland died Friday morning at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness. Her husband was the late John W. White who died in 2008. Born in Peekskill, NY. She was a graduate of Walton High School, Bronx, NY. Surv...
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Harry Petaccio

April 8, 2016

Harry Petaccio, age 55, of Beach Lake, PA, formerly of Harleysville, Pa and Philadelphia, PA died suddenly Friday, April 8, 2016.  He was born on March 27, 1961 in Philadelphia. PA.  He was the son of the late Joseph and Lillian Petaccio. Harry ...
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David Donald Clauss

April 8, 2016

David Donald Clauss, 57, of Lake Ariel died Friday, April 8 at home surrounded by his loving family following a courageous battle with metastatic melanoma. His wife of 32 years is the former Regina Fink. Born in Lake Ariel, he was the son of Jane ...
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Marian L. Peet Hallock

April 6, 2016

Marian L. Peet, Maplewood, died Wednesday morning at home after an illness.  She was the widow of Donald S. Peet. Born 1918 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Marjorie Yonker Hallock.   She was a graduate of the Lake Vocat...

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