RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR Lake ariel, Scranton, and surrounding Areas in pennsylvania
John "Russy" Ritter
Sep 13, 2018
John “Russy” Ritter, 90 of Jefferson Twp, died Thursday morning at home following an illness. His wife was the former Marian I. Beavers who died in 2010.
Born 1928 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Raymond and Mary Maikranz Ritter. Prior to retirement he was a truck driver for DeFazio Trucking...
Steven A. Tibus
Sep 6, 2018
Steven A. Tibus, 66, of Lake Ariel, died Thursday morning at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife of 47 years is the former Linda Szabo.
Born in Englewood, NJ, son of the late Arthur and Audrey Faulkner Tibus. He was an Independent Scrap Metal Consultant.
Steven was...
Benjamin Kovaleski, Jr.
Sep 5, 2018
Benjamin Kovaleski, Jr., 68, of Lake Ariel, died Wednesday evening at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center following an illness.
Born in Hamlin, son of the late Benjamin and Florence Long Kovaleski. Prior to retirement he was employed by Heads Up Flooring in Hamlin. He was a United States Marine Veteran.
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Mark A. Pappas
Aug 28, 2018
Mark A. Pappas, 61, of Greentown, died Tuesday at home after a nearly six year battle with ALS. His devoted wife of 38 years is the former Teresa Walsh.
Born in Dickson City, son of the former Theresa J. Janeczek Pappas of Lakeville and the late Anthony V. Pappas. He was a graduate of...
Harry A. Moore
Aug 26, 2018
Harry A. Moore, 81, of Hamlin, died on Sunday August 26, 2018 at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton following an illness. His wife of 60 years is the former Dorothy Stevens. He was born in Hamlin on July 30, 1937, son of the late Ivan and Freda Hollister Moore.
He attended the Hamlin School House, leaving...
Patrick Andrew Luptak
Aug 18, 2018
Patrick Andrew Luptak, 17, of Jefferson Twp, died without suffering early Saturday morning.
Born March 21, 2001 in Scranton, he was the son of David and Jacinta Vinhar Luptak of Jefferson Twp. As a member of North Pocono High School Class of 2019 where he was an academic powerhouse. He was an aspiring chemist,...
Jamie F. Park
Aug 18, 2018
Jamie F. Park, Jefferson Twp., died Saturday afternoon in the Moses Taylor Hospital after an illness. His wife of 28 years is the former Kathy I. Harris.
Born in Saltillo, PA in 1950, he was the son of Anna Rupert Park and the late Harold Park. He was a graduate of Southern Huntington High School Class of...
Katherine Swingle Brink
Aug 16, 2018
Katherine (Kate) Pearl Brink Swingle Katherine was born January 20, 1925, daughter of the late Benjamin and Pearl Brown Brink born in Paupack, PA. She passed from this life aged 93 years on August 16, 2018 nearly 12 yrs after the passing of her husband of 64 years, Carleton Floyd Swingle. Carleton and Kate married in 1942 and settled in...
Beryl Swingle Hawk
Aug 6, 2018
Beryl Swingle, Hamlin, died Monday night in the Wayne Memorial Hospital after an illness. She was the widow of Lowell Swingle.
Born 1937 in the Bidwell Hill section of Wayne County and was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Lois Daniel Hawk. She was a graduate of the Lake Consolidated School and was a member of...
Mary Marcella Norvilas
Aug 4, 2018
Mary Marcella Norvilas, of Mt. Cobb, died Saturday at Scranton Healthcare Center following an illness. Her husband of 53 years is Joseph J. Norvilas. Born April 10, 1945 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Anna Zugorski Margelis. She was a graduate of Holy Rosary High Class of 1964 and a graduate of the Victor Comtommeter...
Russell W. Murphy
Jul 29, 2018
Russell W. “Rusty” Murphy, 64, of Lake Ariel, died Sunday evening at home.
Born in Brooklyn, NY. son of the late James J. and Elaine Williams Murphy. He was a graduate of Western Wayne High School class of 1972. After his parent’s death, he raised by his late Aunt Edna Williams. He was a...
Dennis T. Barillo
Jul 28, 2018
Dennis Barillo of Lake Ariel passed away unexpectedly Saturday July 28, 2018 at home.
Born in 1948 in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Helen Maletsky Barillo, Lake Ariel, and the late Joseph A. Barillo. He was a devoted member of Hamlin Assembly of God Church.
Dennis was a loyal son to his mother,...
Benjamin C. Coleman
Jul 27, 2018
Ben Coleman of Lake Ariel, PA, formerly of Monroe, NY, passed away at the age of 87 on July 27th with his family at his side. He was the loving husband of Elizabeth (Betty) Berninger Coleman.
Ben was born in Monroe, NY, youngest son of Henry E. and Helen V. Coleman. He attended Monroe High School and...
Doris C. Morgan
Jul 24, 2018
Doris C. Morgan, 74, who has lived for the past 11 years in The Hideout in Lake Ariel, PA, died Tuesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an ongoing battle with cancer.
Born in Perth Amboy, NJ, Doris was the daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Yaros Hnath. Doris’s surviving family includes her beloved husband of...
Joanna Marie Mccue
Jul 22, 2018
Joanna Marie McCue, 21, of Lake Ariel, died Sunday evening.
Born in Suffren, NY she was the daughter of Sean McCue of Lake Ariel and Cara McCue of Stoney Point, NY.
Also surviving are sisters Rachel McCue of Martha’s Vineyard, MA, Lisa McCue of Lake Ariel, and Olivia McCue of Lake Ariel; Several Aunts, Uncles,...
Carol Jean Wilcox
Jul 22, 2018
Carol Jean Wilcox, 75, of Dunmore, died Sunday evening at the Allied Services Hospice Center following an illness.
Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Viola Painter Wilcox. She was a graduate of Dunmore High School Class of 1961. Prior to retirement, she had been employed by Harper –...
Alice T. Mead
Jul 19, 2018
Alice T. Mead of The Hideout, Lake Ariel died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital following an illness. Her husband of 41 years is Paul Mead.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, daughter of the late Angel L. and Doris C. Colon Rivera, she was a graduate of North Babylon High School, Long Island and had worked as a...
Patricia A. Fritz Fetherman
Jul 9, 2018
Patricia A. Fritz, 61, of Waymart died Monday at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia following an illness. She was the widow of Donald Fritz who died in 2011.
Born in East Stroudsburg, Pa she is the daughter of the former Viola Repsher – Fetherman of Waymart and the late Bernard Fetherman. She was...
Elaine Thomas Frey
Jul 6, 2018
Elaine Thomas Frey of the Hideout, Lake Ariel PA left her earthly body Friday July 6, 2018 at her beautiful home surrounded by family following her long battle with cancer. Her husband of 47 years is Gary Frey.
Elaine was born in Manhattan, NY, daughter of the late John Kellinger Thomas and Madelaine White Thomas, she was...
Leon Lee Royce
Jun 28, 2018
Leon “Lee” Royce, Hamlin, died Thursday afternoon in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after an illness. His wife is Joan Hineline Royce.
Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Leon and Ida May Evans Royce. Lee worked as a long distance truck driver and prior to his retirement he had been...
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