OBITUARIES
September 9, 2017
Helen Sawka RN, 95, a resident of Keyser Valley, died Monday at home. Her husband John Sawka, died April 6, 1997. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late George and Julia Malnick Koznowsky. A 1939 graduate of Scranton Technical High School...
September 7, 2017
Bernadette McConnell-Dolan, 80, died Sunday at the River Street Manor, Wilkes-Barre. She was the widow of the late Robert J. McConnell Sr. and Vincent J. Dolan. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Sr. and Helen Kreiger Ptaszynsk...
August 19, 2017
Elizabeth “Betty” Rohland, 68, of West Scranton, died Tuesday night in the ICU of Moses-Taylor Hospital. Her husband of 19 years is Kenneth M. Rohland. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Marie Neary Jordan. Betty was a ...
July 26, 2017
Theresa M. Williams, 88, of Scranton, died Saturday in the Jewish Home of Eastern PA. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late George and Anna Kozak Markanich. Educated in Scranton Technical High School, she was a lifelong member of St. Joh...
Margaret “Murph” Rose Donachie
July 19, 2017
Margaret Rose “Murph” Donachie, 79, of Scranton, passed away Friday evening at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband of 49 years, Charles R. Donachie, died in 2008. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Francis & Helen W...
July 3, 2017
John A. Fedorchak, 69, of North Scranton, died Wednesday, after being stricken ill at home. His wife of 42 years is Ann Grizzanti Fedorchak. Born in Wyoming, Luzerne County, he was the son of the late John and Helen Sholtis Fedorchak. John was a 1965...
June 22, 2017
Teresa Langan, 50 of West Scranton, died on Sunday in the Moses-Taylor Hospital under Hospice care. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Francis “Lefty” Langan, West Scranton and the late Geraldine Walsh Langan, who died in 2008. Teresa was e...
May 23, 2017
Olga Supinski, 94, of West Scranton, passed away on Thursday evening at Geisinger/CMC. Her husband of 37 years, Walter Supinski, died in 1997. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Maxim and Anna Ruchinski Wasylyniak. Educated in West Sc...
May 19, 2017
Ewanna “Joann” Sydor, 91, Keyser Valley section of West Scranton, passed away Tuesday night at home, surrounded by her family. Her husband of 59 years, Stefan Sydor died in 2006. Born in Berezhany, Ukraine, she was the daughter of the late Consta...
May 13, 2017
Ronney Rutkosky, 32 of Scranton, died Tuesday in Scranton from injuries sustained in a pyrotechnics accident. Born in Scranton, he is the son of Mary Ellen Rutkosky Moosic, and Ronald Rutkosky and wife Robin, Dickson City. Ronney attended Scranton Hi...
May 10, 2017
Andrew A. Martinelli Sr., 48, of Dickson City, passed away Saturday night in the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre where he had been a heart patient. Born in Peckville, he is the son of Delores Hudak Martinelli, Dickson City and t...
May 4, 2017
Lori A. King, 47 of Taylor, died Sunday at home after an extended illness. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of the late Aloysius King and Diane J. Smith. Lori was a graduate of West Scranton High School, of the Protestant Faith and had been empl...
April 5, 2017
Gina DeStefano, 40, of Old Forge, passed away on Thursday. Born in Scranton, She was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth DeStefano, Old Forge. A 1995 graduate of West Scranton High School, she had formerly worked in document management for Diversif...
March 27, 2017
Catherine Ochwat, 84, of West Scranton, passed away Monday afternoon at home. Her husband of 40 years, the late Michael Ochwat died on August 22, 1998. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John and Kune` Kunda Serbin. Educated in Scrant...
March 21, 2017
Gary L. Cangemi, 62, of Scranton, died Saturday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born on April 29, 1954 in Arlington, VA, to the late John and Ethel Cangemi. He graduated from Peary High School, Rockville, MD and earned his B.A. in 1976 from the Uni...
Veteran
February 16, 2017
Joseph A. Patchoski, 85, of West Scranton, died Thursday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. His wife of 63 years is May Ballantyne Patchoski. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Stanley and Mary Patchoski. Joe was an Army veteran havin...
February 13, 2017
Joan M. Hummel, 83, of Scranton, died Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Diane, after an extended illness. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Marie Bird. Fashouer. Joan was a graduate of Scranton Technical High Sc...
February 4, 2017
Karen Kuehner, 38, of South Scranton, died Tuesday night in Hospice of The Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Joseph J. Kuehner Jr., Folkston, GA and Gloria Jean Kuehner, Scranton. Educated in West Scranton High School, s...
Veteran
January 27, 2017
Joseph Youshock, 91, a resident of the Gino Merli Veterans Center, formerly of Jessup, passed away Sunday evening at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife of 43 years, Victoria Ambrozevitch Youshock, died in 1995. Born on May 18, 1925 in Jessup, he...
January 27, 2017
Anna Havrilla Wolensky, 91, of Shavertown, fell asleep in the Lord early Tuesday morning at the Post Acute Medical Unit at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was the widow of Paul Wolensky who died in 1974. Surviving are her daughters, Joan Wolen...
January 26, 2017
Monroe M. Schadt, 90, of Scranton, formerly of North Plainfield, NJ, died Sunday at Geisinger CMC. He was the widower of Janet M. MacKenzie who died in 1986. Born in Scranton, he was a son of the late Milton H. and Ruth Meredith Schadt. He was a 1945...
January 17, 2017
Edward C. Evarts, 67 of Scranton, passed away on Tuesday. He was the son of the late David R. and Katherine Evarts. Before retirement, Ed worked as an auto mechanic for Chet’s Garage and Dick’s Sunoco. He is survived by five brothers, George, Ric...
January 14, 2017
Barbara E. Reid, 78 of Scranton, passed away on Sunday, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Utica, NY. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Beatrice Smith Bowman who died in 1993. She was the widow of Wallace I. Reid who died April 7, 1990. Ba...
Veteran
January 9, 2017
Wendell A. Beppler Sr., 82, of Scranton, passed away surrounded by his family Tuesday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. His wife, Helen F. Beppler died on January 5, 2015. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Burson and Mabel Brittain ...
January 6, 2017
Marilyn Smar, 72, of Old Forge, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Monday night at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband of 43 years, Richard “Richie” Smar, died in July of 2013. Born in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the la...Chomko Funeral Home
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