Obituaries
Helen J. Keller
May 25, 2022
Helen J. Keller, 89, of Tunkhannock, PA, passed away on May 25, 2022 after a long illness at The Gardens of Tunkhannock, PA. Helen was born in Tunkhannock, PA to Guy B. and Mary A. Kester on March 20, 1933. She married Joseph W. Keller in 1955 and celebrated 54 years together. She was proceeded in death by her husband,...
Philip Vaughan Nevin
May 23, 2022
Philip Vaughan Nevin, 71, of Tunkhannock passed away on Monday May 23, 2022 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Gillian Steadman Nevin and his beloved dogs Lance and Ziggy. Born in Madrid, Spain on October 12, 1950 he is the son of the late Louis McDuffee and Louise Vaughan Whitehead Nevin. He graduated...
Marlowe Miller
May 9, 2022
Marlowe Miller, 85 of Tunkhannock passed away on Monday May 9, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband Bert Miller on December 24, 2002. Born in Wilkes-Barre on February 22, 1937 she is the daughter of the late James and Mary Girvan Drey. Mary is a member of Community Bible Church of Tunkhannock. She...
Ruth E. Pokego
May 7, 2022
Ruth E. Pokego, 76 of Tunkhannock passed away on Saturday May 7, 2022 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Joseph Pokego. Born in Fairmont, West Virginia on May 8, 1945 she is the daughter of the late Edison and Hazel Smith Dickey. Ruth was a loving and caring mother who devoted her...
George E. Jurista
May 4, 2022
George E. Jurista, 99, of Tunkhannock passed away on Wednesday May 4, 2022 at the Gardens of Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his first wife Ruth and second wife Lillian. Born in Eatonville, PA on March 30, 1923 he was the son of the late Edward and Mary Gajdica Jurista. He was a member of the Nativity of...
Dorothy Husband
May 4, 2022
Dorothy Husband, 91, of White Mills formally of Centermoreland passed away on May 4, 2022 at Aventura at Creekside, Carbondale. She was preceded in death by her husband Carleton Husband in 1971. Born in Centermoreland on January 22, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Henry and Elgie Goble Ferris. She was a member of the Veron Community Baptist...
Brittany Dawn Hartman-Parraga
May 4, 2022
Brittany Dawn Hartman-Parraga, 36, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away suddenly on Wednesday May 4, 2022 at her home in Tunkhannock. Born in Tunkhannock on February 26, 1986 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, she is the daughter of Deborah Chabok and husband Kenneth and Douglas Hartman. She loved spending time with her kids and going to the beach and camping. She loved...
Albert Greene Slocum
Apr 26, 2022
Albert Greene “Charlie” Slocum, Jr., 79, of Chesapeake, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Born in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Albert G. Slocum, Sr. and Frances Jean Slocum. Charlie retired from the U.S. Navy, after 28.5 years of honorable service as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. He later retired as a Sergeant with the Virginia Beach...
Mary Ellen S. Carpenetti
Apr 22, 2022
Mary Ellen S. Carpenetti, 71, of Factoryville passed away on Friday April 22, 2022 at Allied Hospice, Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Charles J. Carpenetti. Born in Tunkhannock on October 1, 1950 she is the daughter of the late Frank, Sr. and Rose Thomas Strumski. Mary Ellen was a 1968 graduate of Tunkhannock School District....
George F. Mason, Jr.
Apr 18, 2022
George F. Mason Jr. (Butch), 71, of Falls passed away on Monday April 18, 2022 after a brief courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Donna M. Panek. Born in Brooklyn, NY he was the son of the late George Sr. and Mary Ryder Mason. George was a 1970 graduate of Abington Heights High...
Stephen A. Borgeson
Apr 16, 2022
Stephen A. Borgeson, 55, of Monroe Township passed away on Saturday April 16, 2022 at his home. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Denise Borgeson. Born in Honesdale, PA, he is survived by his loving parents, James R. and Carole Day Borgeson. He was a 1985 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School; Pocono school of taxidermy, then...
Donald J. Vogrin
Apr 16, 2022
Donald J. Vogrin, 81, of Tunkhannock passed away on Saturday April 16, 2022 at The Gardens of Tunkhannock. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lola in 2015. Born in Luzerne County, PA he was the son of the late Alvin and Alice Shiffer Vogrin. Donald proudly served in the United States Army. He was a heavy equipment operator...
Brenda Lee Gibson
Apr 8, 2022
Brenda Gibson, 62, loving wife, mother, sister, and grammy of Monroe Township passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. She is survived by her husband of twenty-nine years, Larry Gibson. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Martha Newhard Leindecker. She enjoyed doing crafts, camping with her family, Elvis...
Roger A. Gregory
Apr 8, 2022
Roger A. Gregory, 64, of Meshoppen passed away on Friday April 8, 2022 at home from complications of cancer. He is survived by his companion of sixteen years, Margie Lane. Born in Scranton, PA he was the son of the late Leeroy, Jr. and Norma Mason Gregory. He worked for Fisher Stove, Torches, and twenty years for PennDOT prior to...
Bonnie Rae Archer
Apr 7, 2022
Bonnie Rae Archer, 81, of Tunkhannock passed away on Thursday April 7, 2022 at Allied Hospice Center, Scranton after a battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Walter Smith in 1969 and half brothers, Cliff Rice of Medford Oregon and Jack Rice of Williamsport. Born in Great Bend PA, she was the daughter of the...
Sandra Lee Faux
Apr 2, 2022
Sandra Lee Faux, 80, of Tunkhannock passed away on April 2, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Faux on March 19, 2014. Born in Meshoppen on February 19, 1942 she was the daughter of the late Emerson Jack and Charlotte Antoinette Sands Montross. She was a member of the Eatonville United Methodist Church and a long-time...
Marian Marabell
Apr 2, 2022
Marian Marabell, 87, of Tunkhannock, PA passed away on April 2, 2022 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph M. Marabell in October 1976. Born in Tunkhannock on March 27, 1935 she was the daughter of the late Sherwood and Ethel Vedra Sheffler. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock Highschool, a...
Frank D. Gates
Mar 31, 2022
Frank D. Gates, 82, of Mehoopany passed away on Thursday March 31, 2022 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Karen Adams Gates. Born in Mehoopany Township on January 29, 1940 he is the son of the late Dorrance and Helen Jennings Gates. He was a 1957 graduate of Tunkhannock High...
Constance Morgan Scanlon
Mar 27, 2022
Constance Morgan Scanlon, a longtime resident of Tunkhannock, passed away at Regional Hospital of Scranton with her daughter by her side on Sunday March 27, 2022, at the age of 84 from pancreatic cancer. Born in Kingston, PA on August 10, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Philip John Morgan and Elizabeth Flanders Morgan. Constance graduated from...
Mary Dean Minckler
Mar 27, 2022
Mary Dean Minckler, 69 of Tunkhannock passed away on March 27, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Leonard Edward Minckler. Born in Meshoppen, PA on March 26, 1953. She is the daughter of Peggy Louise Gramley and the late David Thomas MacCreary. She was a 1971 graduate of Tunkhannock...
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