Obituaries

William G. Lane

Apr 13, 2015

William G. Lane, Lake Ariel, died April 13th at the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness.   His widow is the former Virginia Young Lane.  The couple were married 50 years on October 17, 2014.

Born in Kearney, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Earl and Madeline Wright.   He had been employed by TRL...

Betty M. Cobb Fahrenbach

Apr 10, 2015

Betty M. Cobb

April 10, 2015

Betty M. Cobb of Lake Ariel died Friday night at Wayne Memorial Hospital following an illness. Her husband was the late Homer A. Cobb who died in 1967.

Born in Lake Ariel, daughter of the late William R. and Annette Dennis Fahrenbach, she worked as a secretary...

Mary Jane Fils-Aime

Apr 7, 2015

Mary Jane Fils-Aime, of Paupack Twp., died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, PA.  Her husband is Alix Fils-Aime. The couple was married on December 3, 1960.

She was born May 1, 1938 in Brooklyn and was the daughter of the late William and Violet Louise Weekes Hill.

She was a devoted member of...

Albert G. Kuehnapfel

Apr 7, 2015

Albert G. Kuehnapfel, 87, of WLE, Lake Ariel, died Tuesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. His wife of 66 years is the former Miriam Lola Battistin.

Born in Jersey City, NJ, son of the late Albert C. Kuehnapfel and Clara Coombs Zintel, he earned a college diploma and a Master’s Degree in mathematics and...

Ann Romaniello Reidenbach

Mar 28, 2015

Ann Romaniello of Lake Ariel went home to be with Jesus on Saturday at the Moses Taylor hospital.  She was surrounded by family and loving husband of sixty years, Paul Romaniello.

Ann, daughter of Gustave C. Reidenbach and his wife Rachel Ruth Kizer, was born in 1933, and spent her childhood in Maplewood and Cortez, Lake Ariel. ...

Marlyn L. Shaffer

Mar 19, 2015

Marlyn L. Shaffer, Hamlin, died Thursday evening at home.   His was the former Margaret T. McPeek who died in 2007.  At the time of her passing the couple had been married 57 years.

Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Laverne and Corinne Grossman Shaffer.   He attended school in Hamlin and at the Lake...

Dante Coccodrilli

Mar 16, 2015

Dante Coccodrilli, 99, formerly of Lake Ariel, died Monday in the Ellen Memorial Healthcare Center after an illness.   His wife of 71 years was the former Bertha Zebi who died in 2013.

Born 1916 in Jessup, he was the son of the late Dominick and Caroline Cacciamani Coccodrilli.   He was a graduate of the Lake Consolidated School...

Jane C. Martucci

Mar 15, 2015

Jane C. Martucci

March 15, 2015

Jane C. Martucci of WLE, Lake Ariel died Sunday evening at home.

Born in Newark, NJ, daughter of the late George J. and Marie Graham Martucci, she worked as a travel agent at West Point Travel Agency and had previously been employed as a representative at United...

Jillian D. Masgula

Mar 6, 2015

Jillian D. Masgula, 20, of Waymart died Friday March 6,2015.

Born in Danville, Pa daughter of James J. Masgula of Waymart and the late Barbara Gryszel Masgula, she was a member of the 2012 graduating class of Western Wayne High School. She was a member of the S. Canaan Free Methodist Church and the Waymart Volunteer Ambulance...

William E. "Bill" Lutz

Mar 5, 2015

William E. “Bill” Lutz

March 5, 2015

William E. “Bill” Lutz of Scranton who surrounded by loved ones was carried on angel’s wings to Heaven on March 5, 2015.

Born in Lake Ariel, son of the late Loren and Catherine Edwards Lutz, he was a graduate of the Lake Consolidated School. He had...

Robert W. Roman, Jr.

Mar 5, 2015

Robert W. Roman, Jr.

March 5, 2015

Robert W. Roman, Jr. of Lake Ariel died Thursday at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center.

Born in Scranton, son of Patricia Ruddy Roman of Lake Ariel and the late Robert W. Roman, Sr., he previously worked at EZ Body Shop, Hamlin.

He...

Romaine B. Myers Cooper

Mar 2, 2015

Romaine B.  Myers of Mt. Cobb, Jefferson Township, died peacefully at home on Monday, March 2, 2015.

Born on June 21, 1925, in Saco, Pa. she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Margaret Nothacker Cooper and the wife of Robert H. who died in 2002.

Romaine was a lifelong member of the Elmdale...

Debra Louise Carte Korn

Feb 26, 2015

CARTE, Debra Louise (née Korn) of Lakeville PA passed away peacefully Thursday February 26, 2015 at home in the arms of her loving husband Paul F. Carte, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.Born in Rochester PA, daughter of the late William and Dorothy Korn. Debra was an avid gardener and was employed in the nursery industry for many...

Lori Ann Hale

Feb 25, 2015

Lori Ann Hale

February 25, 2015

Lori Ann Hale of the Hideout, Lake Ariel died peacefully at home following an illness.

Born in Wilmington, DE, daughter of Lydia Benko Hathaway of Lake Ariel and the late John E. Hale, she was a member of the 1982 graduating class of Claymont High School.

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Eugene P. Detone

Feb 24, 2015

Eugene P. DeTone

February 24, 2015

Eugene P. DeTone of Lake Ariel passed away, following an illness, February 24 th at Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center, where he had been a resident since 2002.

Born in Passaic, NJ, he grew up in Clifton, NJ, and was the son of the late Eugene and...

Alvis Field White

Feb 16, 2015

Alvis “Helen” Field, Lake Ariel, died Monday morning in the Julia Ribaudo Senior Care Center after an illness.   She was the widow of Leland “Jake” Field who died in 2007.

Born in Galilee, Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Lorenzo and Cora Conklin White.   Helen was a graduate of the Damascus High School and...

Neal H. Soucy

Feb 15, 2015

Neal H. Soucy, 61, of Lake Ariel, PA passed away on February 15, 2015. He is survived by his loving wife Sandra Valvano Soucy.

He was the son of the late Herbert and Marie Luttenberger Soucy. Neal was born in Brooklyn, NY but moved to Pennsylvania when his Dad, Herbie and Uncle Tony Luttenberger purchased the Tink...

Lois A. Brecciano Tedeschi

Feb 12, 2015

Lois A. “Marie” Brecciano of the Hideout, Lake Ariel died February 12, 2015 at Commonwealth Hospice at Regional Hospital, Scranton.

Born on December 28, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY. She was the beloved daughter of the late Cosmo J. and Martha Kuhr Tedeschi and former wife of the late Salvatore Brecciano. She had been employed at Citibank for...

Alfred Bischoff

Feb 11, 2015

Alfred Bischoff, of Hawley, PA, passed away February 11 th at home after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born 1926 in Germany, he was the son of the late Christian & Charlotte Bischoff.  He attended trade school in Germany where he learned his life-long profession, tool & die making.   Upon emigrating to the United States, he first...

August "Augie" Michko

Feb 10, 2015

August M. “Augie” Michko February 10, 2015 August M. “Augie” Michko of Waymart, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, at his home in Waymart. He was proceeded in death, in 2007, by his wife the former Gertrude J. Derrick.

Augie was born, in Lake Ariel, a son of the late August and Margaret Michko. Through the years he...