We are a family owned full service funeral home. Whether you are planning ahead, or in need now, we are here for you.

OBITUARIES

VANSTON JAMES ARCHIVE LINK

JAMES WILSON ARCHIVE LINK

Scott T Davis

April 23, 2014

Scott T. Davis of Scranton died Wednesday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center following an illness. His wife of 14 years is the former Beverly Masker. Born in Scranton, he was the son of Samuel Davis and Carol Laybourn both of Lake Ariel...

Ivan Maisonave

April 19, 2014

Ivan Maisonave of Hamlin died Saturday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife is Cathy Gager Maisonave. Born in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of Victor Maisonave of Queens, NY and the late Delia Martinez  Maisonave. Al...

Veteran

Richard Edward Joseph Yarasavich

April 18, 2014

Richard Yarasavich, affectionately known as "Shaker" passed away at his son's home on Friday in Richard's beloved Lake Ariel. Richard was born in Scranton in 1950 and was the son of the late  Edward Walter Yarasavich (USA)and Lillian C. Yarasavic...

Jeanne T. “Jean" Walsh

April 17, 2014

Jeanne T. “Jean Walsh, Lake Ariel, passed away Thursday morning in the Commonwealth Hospice of Northeast Pennsylvania Inpatient Unit at the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness. Jean was born in Scranton and was the daughter of the ...

Gladys L Merring

April 14, 2014

Gladys L. Merring, 85, formerly of Lake Ariel, PA, went home to be with the Lord Monday April 14, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her husband Gordon T. Merring in February 2011. Born February 5, 1929 in Great Bend, PA, ...

Margaret Mary Kocsis Pawloski

April 13, 2014

Margaret Mary Kocsis Pawloski of Avoy died peacefully Sunday night at home following an illness. Her  husband was the late Anthony P. Pawloski who died in 1985. Born 1919 in Dunmore, she was a faithful and dedicated member of St. Mary’s Church,...

Robert J Grosso, Sr.

March 30, 2014

Robert J. Grosso, Sr., The Hideout, Lake Ariel, passed away Sunday evening in the VNA Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Geisinger Community Medical Center after an illness. His wife of 56 years is the former Constance “Connie Diodate. Born 1936 i...

Janet F Herlihy

March 30, 2014

Janet F. Herlihy of Lake Ariel died Sunday at Julia Ribaudo Extended  Care Center following an illness. Her husband was the late Timothy F. Herlihy who died in 1993. Born in New York, NY daughter of the late William and Katherine Hieland Kohnen, ...
1 Message

Charles T Fairless

March 29, 2014

Charles T. Fairless, Gouldsboro, passed away Saturday. Born June 1, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan he was the son of the late Thomas and Emma Mandeville Fairless. He was a 1972 graduate of North Pocono High School. Charles was of the Catholic f...

Frederick A Jaggars

March 27, 2014

Frederick A. Jaggars, Lake Ariel, passed away early Thursday morning in the VNA Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Geisinger Community Medical Center after an illness. His wife of 55 years was the former Sandra Schwartztrauber who passed away in 2010. ...

Helen Amorine

March 26, 2014

Helen Amorine, South Canaan, died Wednesday afternoon at home after an illness. She was the widow of Anthony “Ted” Amorine who died in 1996. Born 1920 in South Canaan, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Minnie Shaffer Lamberton. She w...

Paul Krombel

March 24, 2014

Paul Krombel of Hamlin died Monday at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania following an illness. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, the former Alice Stevens. Born in Hamlin, son of the late Antoni and Anna Swartz Krombel, he was a truck dr...

Veteran

Martin LaRocca

March 22, 2014

Martin LaRocca, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, passed away March 22 in the Commonwealth Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness. His wife of 43 years is the former Joyce Helley. Born 1938 in Brooklyn, New York he was...

Lillian E White

March 20, 2014

Lillian E. White, Waymart, passed away Thursday in the Creekside  Health and Rehabilitation Center, Carbondale after an illness. She was the widow of the late Milford White. Born 1925 in Queens, New York, she was the daughter of the late George a...

Henry Lawrence Chapman

March 17, 2014

Henry Lawrence Chapman, a resident of St. Mary’s Villa, formerly of Lake Ariel, entered into eternal rest Monday morning. His wife is the former Carol Joan Swingle. The couple celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on September 5, 2013. Born ...

Veteran

Maxwell Watkins

March 13, 2014

Maxwell Watkins, Wallenpaupack Lake Estates, passed away Thursday evening in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an  illness. His wife of 66 years was the former Jean Young. Born 1920 in Pontypool, Wales, he was the son of the late...

Paul H Lee

March 7, 2014

Paul H. Lee, Sterling, died peacefully early Friday morning surrounded by his loving family at the Geisinger Mt View Care Center. His wife was the former Mary C. Conklin who passed away in 2003. . Born in Sterling, on July 11, 1916 he was the son ...

Thomas Parry

March 7, 2014

Thomas Parry, Hollisterville, died Friday morning in the Commonwealth Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late William H. and Elsie Mead Parry. He was a graduate of ...

Valeria Ambrozevitch Ward

March 5, 2014

Valeria Ambrozevitch Ward, Sterling, passed away March 5, 2014 in the Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the widow of Robert Ward. Born in Dickson City, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Dominka Maslowski Borkowski. Valeria was a me...

Mildred L Bishop

March 4, 2014

Mildred L. Bishop, 82 of Dunmore died Tuesday morning at her home surrounded by loved ones following an illness. She was the widow of Harold Bishop. The couple was married on Nov 17th, 1951 and  enjoyed 46 years of marriage. Born June 3, 1931 in ...

Veteran

Albert A. “Butch” Hager

March 4, 2014

Albert A. “Butch” Hager, Sterling, died Tuesday in the VNA Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Geisinger Community Medical Center after an illness. His wife of 42 years is r the former Nadine Ott. Born in Doylestown, in 1945 he was the son of Ethel...

Edna R Hill

March 3, 2014

Edna R. Hill, of Lakeville, died Saturday morning in the replica watches Commonwealth Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness. She was the widow of Clarence Hill. Born March 1, 1922 in Lake Ariel she was the da...

Wanda A Christopher

February 27, 2014

Wanda A. Christopher, Ledgedale, died Thursday morning at home after a long illness. She was the widow of Leonard P. Christopher who died in 1973. Born in Dickson City in 1923, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Agnes Markowski Pontosky. ...

Margaret I Edwards

February 24, 2014

Margaret I. Edwards of Jefferson Twp., died Monday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. Her husband of 60 years is Lawrence “Fritz Edwards. Born in Varden, daughter of the late Kenneth A. and Leora Frisbie  Enslin, she was ...

Angela Magnotta Cooper

February 23, 2014

Angela M. Cooper of Clarks Summit, formerly a resident of Mt. Cobb, died Sunday morning at the Gino Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. Born in Scranton in 1920, she was the daughter of the late Feliciano and Concetta Paterini Magnotta. She was preced...

OUR LOCATIONS

JAMES WILSON FUNERAL HOME

P.O. Box 7 | 143 Gravity Road |Lake Ariel, PA 18436
(570)698-5811

VANSTON JAMES FUNERAL HOME

1401 Ash Street, Scranton, PA 18510
570-344-2498