RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR Lake ariel, Scranton, and surrounding Areas in pennsylvania
Robert A. Kappel
Aug 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 are nephews Joe Williams, Andrew Bennett, Randy Bennett, and Tommy Townsend all of Lake...
Franklin F. Merring
Aug 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 was a graduate of the Lake Consolidated School and worked as a truck...
Helen A. Tobin
Aug 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 Kevin of San Diego, CA, Donald of Wilkes-Barre, Jonathan of...
Edith Ritter Lewis
Jul 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 cherished wife of Joseph W. Ritter for 68 years, until his death in...
Eleanor Dennis Bonitz
Jul 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 Edward O. Bonitz and Dorothy M. Decker Bonitz Sullivan and step daughter of late James...
James J. Masgula
Jul 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 graduating class of Western Wayne High School. He was...
Kevin N. Rollison
Jul 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 Wayne High School. He loved his cat Leonardo, and the Pittsburgh...
Dorothy Walton Compton
Jul 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.
Born in Wimmers she was the daughter of the late Warren and...
Mary C. Coleman
Jun 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 experimental foods in the College of Health and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University in 1989,...
Kay Williams O'Connor
Jun 29, 2016
“Kay” Williams, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died June 29 th 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 years.
Born in Conshohocken, PA she was the daughter of the late John P and ...
Virginia Liquori
Jun 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 Catherine McCauley High School, Brooklyn College, and Jersey City State College. She had been employed at St....
Carole A. Pollack Schaefer
Jun 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 of the late John and Lena Schaefer, she attended St. Thomas...
Marvin H. Watson
Jun 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 son of Ernest and Elizabeth Utegg Watson, he was a graduate of Hawley High School...
Regina M. Speranza Chodakowsky
Jun 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 and Anna Clements Chodakowsky, she was a member of St. Thomas More-St. Mary’s Parish...
Catherine Gallo Caparco
Jun 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., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Viola D’Oria Caparco and was educated in Brooklyn...
Scott R. Catania
Jun 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 Transportation.
He loves his children dearly and enjoyed spending time with them....
Beverly Agnes Allen Piroh
Jun 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 had been employed as a Quality Control Inspector in the Aerospace Industry at Textron-Lycoming in Stratford,...
Jude E. Dáloisio
Jun 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 Nicola and Concetta D’Aloisio, he was a parishioner of Thomas More Church. ...
Kay Olivia Decarvalho Brown
Jun 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 Consolidated School. She attended Northeastern Bible College in New Jersey and Capernwray School in Carnsforth, UK....
Warren Whitfield Barnes
Jun 5, 2016
WARREN WHITFIELD BARNES, JR., 85, born December 28, 1930, in Hackensack, NJ passed away on June 5 th 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 Jersey and North Carolina. Whatever it was, he loved to build it or fix...
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