RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR Lake ariel, Scranton, and surrounding Areas in pennsylvania
Thomas Hanna
Oct 21, 2015
Thomas Hanna
October 21, 2015
Thomas Hanna, 81, of Gilbertsville, PA passed away on October 21 st 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 Ariel, he served in the U.S. Army, Service Company in ULM...
John M. Wargo
Oct 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 M. and Catherine Tropiak Wargo. He was a member of the...
Richard A. Fiorina
Oct 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, New Jersey for most of his life, and lived the last two plus...
Thomas J. Slattery
Oct 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.
Tom was a 50 year member...
Marian L. Kellogg Ritter
Oct 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 nearly 3years. Previous to that she lived in the Hamlin area.
Born Marian Lorraine Ritter,...
Joseph D. Piesecki
Oct 11, 2015
Joseph D. Piesecki, 88, of Sterling died Sunday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife of 54 years is the former Marilyn Skelton.
Born in October 26, 1926 in Angels, PA, son of the late Waslav and Michelina Piesecki, he worked as a machinist and he was a toll and die maker. He loved...
Donald L. Andreychik
Oct 11, 2015
Donald Andreychik, 77, of Lake Ariel, died Sunday October 11 at the Gino J Merli Veteran Center while under the care of Hospice of the Sacred Heart. His wife of 52 years is the former Lillian Medalis.
Born in Lake Ariel, he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Czubowicz Andreychik, he was a 1956...
Christine M. Baliga Grohmann
Oct 11, 2015
Christine M. Baliga, Lakeville, died Sunday in the Wayne Memorial Hospital after an illness. She was the widow of her first husband Paul Gander and her second husband Michael Baliga.
The full Obituary will be posted as soon as possible.
Services will be private at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements have been...
Richard A. Le Clair
Oct 7, 2015
Richard A. Le Clair, Lake Ariel, passed away October 7 th at home surrounded by his family and wife of 64 years, Nancy J. Schmidt.
Born in Brooklyn, NY he was educated at Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey and studied mechanical engineering. He went on to have a 43-year career with the Public Service Electric and...
Helen F. Senz Luscher
Oct 5, 2015
Helen F. Senz, 95, a resident of the Wallenpaupack Lake Estates, died early Monday morning at the home of her daughter. She was the widow of Charles F. Senz who died June 3, 1974.
Born in Brooklyn, New York she was the daughter of the late John and Frances Montle Luscher. Helen was a faithful member of...
Ruth L. Kennedy Robbins
Oct 3, 2015
Ruth Kennedy, 85, a resident of Wayne Woodlands Manor, Waymart passed away October 3, 2015. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Asil O. Yarnes and her second husband Harold A. Kennedy.
Born October 28, 1929 in Blooming Grove, PA, daughter of the late William and Mabel Ryder Robbins. She enjoyed telling humorous stories and...
Thomas A. Bronski
Oct 1, 2015
Thomas A. Bronski
October 1, 2015
Thomas A. Bronski, the Hideout, Lake Ariel and the Bronx, New York, died October 1, 2015 at his home in the Hideout.
Born in Manhattan, he was the son of Joan Teresa Butler Bronski of Bronx, NY and the late Aloysius Bronski, Jr. He was of the...
Stanley W. Romanski
Sep 26, 2015
Stanley Romanski
September 26, 2015
Stanley Romanski, 98, Hamlin, died late Saturday in St. Mary’s Villa, Elmhurst Township after an illness. His wife of 63 years is the former Theresa Loch. The couple was married in December of 1951.
Born in Dickson City, he was the son of the late John and Mariann...
Robert Leo Pfister
Sep 25, 2015
Robert Leo Pfister
September 25, 2015
Robert Leo Pfister of Hamlin died Friday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. He is survived by his loving wife of forty one years the former Jean Marie Lukeski.
Born in Trenton, NJ, son of the late Leo C. and Mary Somerruk Pfister, he was...
Robert E. Merring
Sep 19, 2015
Robert E. Merring
Sept 19, 2015
Robert E. Merring, Hamlin, died early Saturday in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness.
Born in Hamlin, he was the son of the late Harry and Alice Bortree Merring. He was a member of the Canaan Bible Chapel and prior to his retirement he...
Allison Leigh Rickert
Sep 18, 2015
Allison Leigh Rickert, 24, beloved child, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin and friend, was snatched from us by Multiple Pulmonary Emboli on September 18, 2015 in South Canaan, Pennsylvania. Her passing was sudden and, thankfully, there was no fear, worry or pain as she passed away.
Ally was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and lived with her loving...
Gloria Coohill Fitzpatrick
Sep 16, 2015
Gloria Coohill of S. Canaan died Wednesday at home following an illness. Her husband was the late Francis Coohill who died in 2001.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Richard and Eugenia Hoering Fitzpatrick, she was a member of St. Thomas More Church.
She enjoyed being with her grandchildren and scrapbooking as well...
Richard A. Murphy, Sr.
Sep 11, 2015
Richard was born on January 25, 1925 and passed away on Friday, September 11, 2015.
Richard was a resident of Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania at the time of his passing.
He was a 4th Degree Knight of Columbus.
He was a U.S. Marine World War II veteran. He also joined the Army and served...
Laraine W. Lee Wittig
Sep 7, 2015
Laraine W. Lee, a resident of the Julia Ribuado Extended Care Center, formerly of South Canaan, died Monday in the Center after an illness. She was the widow of LeRoy Lee.
Born in Waymart in 1927, she was the daughter of the late LeRoy and Mary Elizabeth Enslin Wittig. A hard working and dedicated person to her...
Bertha T. Jackson Maryanski
Aug 26, 2015
Bertha T. Jackson of S. Canaan died Wednesday morning at Wayne Woodlands Manor following an illness. Her husband was the late William N. Jackson who died in 2000.
Born in Scranton, daughter of the late John and Ameila Krieger Maryanski, she was of the Catholic Faith. She enjoyed her flower garden. She had a gentle soul with...