Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Paul J. Maher
Feb 19, 2021
Paul J. Maher, Political and Community Leader, 87, of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully on February 19, 2021. Born in Wilkes-Barre he was the son of Paul W. and Elizabeth Zwiebel Maher. He was the last survivor of the immediate family. Paul was married to the late, Judith DeLong who suddenly passed away in 2012, after a wonderful marriage of eighteen...
Mary Ann Ruotolo Kazanecki
Feb 16, 2021
Mary Ann Ruotolo Kazanecki, 71, of Washington Square in Wilkes-Barre passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Born June 11, 1949 in Pittston she was the daughter of the late Orest and Mary Maira Ruotolo. A loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother, Mary Ann had a heart of gold and would do anything to help anyone. Mary...
Delilah Ann Agnes Graham Smith
Feb 8, 2021
Delilah Ann Agnes Graham Smith, 64, passed into the Light of the Lord on February 8, 2021 at General Hospital with her eldest children by her side. Born September 1, 1956 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Agnes Gilroy Graham. Delilah was a 1982 graduate of LCCC's nursing program. Delilah devoted her life to others. She found...
Mary Lou Evans
Jan 30, 2021
Mary Lou Evans, 90, of Wilkes-Barre, PA fell asleep in death on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Allied Services Meade Street, surrounded by her loving family. Born on February 5, 1930, she was the daughter of Lawrence Sorber and Cornelia Williams-Sorber. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Olin Evans Jr., after spending almost 70 years together. She...
Margaret Mitchell Sabatini
Jan 20, 2021
Margaret Mitchell Sabatini, 74, of Larksville peacefully passed away at her home on January 20, 2021. Born May 17, 1946 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Anne O'Hara Mitchell. Margaret dedicated her life to caring for her family. Margaret was a member of the Parish of Saint Ignatius Loyola, and volunteered her time assisting school...
Judith Anne Benson
Jan 11, 2021
Judith Anne Benson, 67, of Kingston passed away peacefully on January 11, 2021. Born April 3, 1953 in Washington, D.C. she was a daughter of the late Robert and Lydia Blakeslee Scrimager. Judy was a licensed practical nurse at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for more than forty years before retiring. Her sister, Katherine Watkins, and brother, Michael Allen Scrimager, preceded her...
Dolores Montone Kraft
Jan 3, 2021
Dolores Montone Kraft, 93, a native of Wilkes-Barre and longtime resident of Warminster passed away on January 3, 2021. Born August 14, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Frank and Maria Manfre Rondinella Montone. Dolores was a 1945 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School. She worked for Bell Telephone in Wilkes-Barre and Bucks County where...
Gilbert P. Martinez
Dec 24, 2020
Gilbert P. Martinez, Veto, 93, of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully at Residential Hospice on December 24, 2020. Born March 15, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Emanuel and Pauline Martinez. A graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Veto was a proud 66-year member of I.B.E.W. Local 126 as an equipment operator. An avid outdoorsman who enjoyed...
Pauline T. Dougherty
Dec 19, 2020
Pauline Therese Dougherty, Poochie, 79, of Wilkes-Barre died Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Born October 3, 1941 in Swoyersville she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Carusso Matello. Pauline was a graduate of Swoyersville High School. Mrs. Dougherty was a teacher's aide for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District for many years. She...
Ellen Marie Judge Jenkins
Dec 15, 2020
Ellen Marie Judge Jenkins, a Wilkes-Barre native, passed away peacefully at her residence in Rochester, New York on December 15, 2020. Ellen was predeceased by her parents William & Catherine Madden Judge LaDue; her infant brother, William Judge; her husband of sixty-eight years, Wesley Frieze Jenkins, and her sisters, Mary Judge Kirk, Jane Judge Schreiner and Catherine LaDue St. George....
Wayne A. Wallace
Dec 14, 2020
Wayne A. Wallace, 75, passed away at his home in Hanover Township on Monday, December 14, 2020. Born February 20, 1945 in Pittston he was a son of the late Samuel and Helen Strubeck Wallace. A graduate of Pittston High School, Wayne served our country as a soldier of the Army. Wayne worked for the Greater Hanover Area School District...
John Charles Blochberger
Dec 10, 2020
John Charles Blochberger, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at eighty-one on December 10, 2020. John was born on January 13, 1939 in Kingston, Pennsylvania, to Charles and Theresa Blochberger. He was a 1956 graduate of Kingston High School. After high school, John enlisted in the Army, rising to Specialist 5 in the US Army's Quartermaster Corps. While in...
John J. Rothenbecker
Dec 7, 2020
John J. Rothenbecker, 82, a longtime resident of Wilkes-Barre passed away unexpectedly at his home on December 7, 2020. Born September 5, 1938 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Francis and Margaret Gately Rothenbecker. Jack was a graduate of Saint Nicholas School and G.A.R. Memorial High School. He proudly served our country as a sailor of the...
Richard K. Phillips
Dec 6, 2020
Richard K. Phillips, 58, of Harvey's Lake died unexpectedly at his home on December 6, 2020. Born September 24, 1962 in Lapeer, Michigan he was a son of Richard Morse and Sharon Wilcox Tilghman. Rick was a self-employed contractor. Rick enjoyed living life to its fullest. He touched all of your lives in a way only he could do. His...
Edward M. Whalen Jr.
Nov 13, 2020
Edward M. Whalen, Jr., 76, of Kingston, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, from congestive heart failure. Born in Wilkes-Barre on March 15, 1944, Ned was the eldest of five children of the late Dr. and Mrs. Edward M. Whalen, Sr. Ned attended Scranton Preparatory School and graduated from E.L. Meyers High School in 1962. He...
Grace Hoover Proeller
Nov 8, 2020
Grace M. Proeller, 89, of Wilkes-Barre passed away on Sunday, November 8th. Born January 4, 1931 in Hanover Township she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Helen Bedosky Hoover. Grace was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. Grace and her husband, William, co-owned and operated the former Kew Tee Bar on North Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre for...
Shirlee Sanders Ide
Nov 8, 2020
Shirlee Sanders Ide, 96, formerly of Mountain Top, passed away at the home of her son and daughter-in-law on Sunday, November 8th. Shirlee was a daughter of the late Stephen and Helen Hunt Sanders. Her husband, Lawrence Ide, Sr., and brother, Stephen Sanders, Jr., preceded her in death. Shirlee will be greatly missed by her son, Lawrence Ide, Jr. and...
Marie Olympia Mahon
Nov 7, 2020
Marie Olympia Nardone Mahon, affectionately known as “Aunt Limpy” by her many loving nieces and nephews, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 7th at Allied Meade Street Skilled Nursing. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA on March 17, 1923, Marie was a proud graduate of GAR Memorial High School Class of 1942. After graduation, she served as a WAVE in The United...
Roy W. Gernhardt
Nov 7, 2020
Roy W. Gernhardt, 74, of Shavertown died November 7, 2020. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Roy W. and Elaine Gernhardt. Roy earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler and embarked on a long career as a Mariner Merchant Seaman. He received the...
Joseph A. Brown Sr.
Oct 24, 2020
Joseph A. Brown, Sr., 66, of Wilkes-Barre peacefully passed away at his home on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Born October 22, 1954 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of Rebecca Gilroy Brown Rushton and the late John W. Brown, Jr. Joe retired as the owner-operator of Joseph Brown Trucking. The quintessential family man, he was a hard-working, caring, and loving...
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