Obituaries
Charles J. Drazdauskas
Veteran
Charles J. Drazdauskas, 88, of West Scranton, died Wednesday evening at home. His wife of 47 years, Dolores M. Bonetski Drazdauskas, died on July 29, 2006. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Joseph and Tekla Savitskas Drazdauskas. A 1943 gr...
Sister Aneveen Zielinski
Sister Aneveen Zielinski, 86, of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters, died of natural causes on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at St. Joseph Villa, Mount Alvernia, Reading, PA., where she resided since 2011. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the la...
Mary A. Gorlaski
Mary A. Gorlaski, 80, West Scranton, died Sunday at Allied Skilled Nursing. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Mary H. Zuchlewski Gorlaski. Educated in Scranton Technical High School, she was employed in the offices of A&a...
Evelyn A. Gaggioli
Evelyn A. Gaggioli, 81 of West Scranton, died Friday, November 20, in Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband of 57 years, John P. Gaggioli, died May 21, 2012. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Jeanette Glinko Dombroski...
Ann Korgeski
Ann Korgeski, age 44, the devoted daughter of loving parents John and Catherine Korgeski of Taylor, succumbed on November 17, to the late effects of remission from childhood leukemia. She is survived along with her parents, sister, Catherine Peetros ...
Bertha M. Palahunich
Bertha M. Palahunich, 90, formerly of Old Forge, died Saturday at Allied Skilled Nursing. Her husband Stephen Palahunich died November 9, 2015. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Agnes Sobuta. Bertha was a graduate of Old Fo...
Helen Plishka
Helen Plishka, 99, formerly of Scranton, died on Sunday, in Onancock, Virginia. Her husband Peter Plishka Sr., died in 1990. Born in Old Forge, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Czerkas Patrician. Educated in Old Forge Schools, she worke...
Owenina “Nina” M. Worozbyt
Owenina “Nina” M. Worozbyt, 94, formerly of the Bellevue section of West Scranton, died Saturday night at the Dunmore Health Care Center. Her husband of 60 years, Michael S. Worozbyt died on March 1, 2004. Born in St. Ninians, Scotland, U.K., she...
Helen Nidoh Zelinski
The Gardens of Heaven were blessed with another beautiful flower as Helen Nidoh Zelinski passed into eternity from the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore on June 28, 2016 with her family by her side. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the la...
Laura “Lori” Wojewodski
Laura “Lori” Wojewodski, 56, of South Scranton, died Wednesday night surrounded by her family at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, after a recent illness and a 35 year courageous battle with Lupus. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Ray...
Anne T. Wickkiser
Anne T. Wickkiser, 92, of West Scranton, died Saturday at home after an extended illness. Her husband of 34 years, George E. Wickkiser, died May 23, 1979. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late David and Anna Owens Thomas. Anne was a grad...
William P. Whalen
Veteran
William P. Whalen, 74, Keyser Valley section of West Scranton, died Sunday night at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife of 52 years is Naomi Jackett Whalen. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Patrick and Margaret Williams Whalen. Bill w...
Charlotte C. Surenko
Charlotte C. Surenko, 76 passed away peacefully, Saturday at home, after an extended illness. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Hazel Thompson Humphrey, Scranton, and the late Llewellyn Humphrey. A graduate of South Side High School, Newark, N...
Simon “Sammy” Stevensky Jr.
Simon “Sammy” Stevensky Jr., 82, died February 14, 2016 at his home in Clifton Township. Born in Peckville, he was the son of the late Simon and Nellie Popiwchak Stevensky. He was a graduate of Blakely High School. He was a retired truck driver a...
Michael Stanek
Michael Stanek, 43, of West Scranton, died Friday night in Geisinger/CMC after a long struggle with cancer. Born in Scranton, he is the son of Gerald “Jerry” Stanek of Scranton and the late Patricia McDonald Stanek who died on September 19, 2012....
John T. Sporko
Veteran
John T. Sporko, 100, of West Scranton, died Saturday, at the Green Ridge Health Care Center, His wife of 67 years, Stella M. Gutowski Sporko, died July 9, 2008. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Boleslaw and Sophie Niekiewicz Sporko. Educa...
George J. Smith
George J. Smith, 80 of Scranton, died Friday at Regional Hospital of Scranton.
I am writing this myself, as I do not want a funeral service or calling hours. My wife is the former Marjorie Oleski. We are married 54 years. I have a daughter, Debbie...
Robert M. Sledzinski
Robert M. Sledzinski, 58, of West Scranton, died Friday at Moses-Taylor Hospital after a long battle with cancer. His wife of 26 years is Chris E. Matthews Sledzinski. Born in Hawthorne, CA, he is the son of Ann R. Sledzinski, Scranton, and the late ...
Betsy Ann Simmons
Betsy Ann Simmons, 50, of Carbondale, died Monday at The Hospice of Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Shirley, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late James P. Simmons Sr. and Patricia F. Mattice Simmons. Betsy was a graduate of North Pocono Hig...
Kathleen “Katie” Marie Shoener
Kathleen “Katie” Marie Shoener, 29, fought bi-polar disorder since 2005, but she finally lost the battle on Wednesday to suicide in Lewis Center, Ohio. Katie was born in Scranton and is the daughter of Deacon Edward R. and Ruth Shoener of Scranto...
Dana W. Preble
Veteran
Dana W. Preble, 70, of North Scranton, died Wednesday night in the Geisinger/CMC Intensive Care Unit surrounded by his family. His wife of 38 years, Margaret Moran Preble, died in 2004. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Stanley and Cat...
John Novoczynski
John Novoczynski, 63, of South Scranton, died in a fire at his home on Saturday, August 20. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Chester Novoczynski and Nell Lapashanski Novoczynski. John was a graduate of the former Scranton Central High Sch...
Ann F. McDonald
Ann F. McDonald, 50 of the Lincoln Heights section of Taylor, died Saturday morning at Moses-Taylor Hospital ER after being stricken ill at home. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Diane Dommes McDonald. She was a 1983 grad...
Robert “Bob” Lewis
Veteran
Robert “Bob” Lewis, 65, of Moscow, passed into Eternal Rest in the comfort of his home on Sunday, October 9th, following a lengthy illness. His wife of 41 years is Cathy Kornutiak Lewis who was Bob’s childhood friend. He was a former member of ...
Charles (Charley King) Kreglewicz
Veteran
Charles (Charley King) Kreglewicz, 93, formerly of South Scranton, passed away Wednesday in Moses-Taylor Hospital. His wife of 47 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Wieckowski Kreglewicz, passed away in 1994. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Vi...
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