Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
John A. Yourishen Jr.
Dec 12, 2018
John A. Yourishen, Jr., 75 of Wilkes-Barre passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Born February 21, 1943 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late John A. and Helen Marich Yourishen. A 1963 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Jack served in the Army Artillery from 1964 to 1966. After holding several management positions with Eberhard Faber, Jack...
Maureen Hannon
Dec 11, 2018
Maureen Hannon, 86, of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully in the presence of her loving family on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Born September 8, 1932 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late John and Anna McNally Lynn. Maureen was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School and Wilkes-Barre Business College. She retired in 1995 after working twenty years in...
Steven Morris
Nov 25, 2018
Steven Morris, 64, a native of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully in the presence of his loving family in New York City on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Born November 21, 1954 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late James and Catherine Tibbett Morris. Steve was employed by the Visiting Nurse Association in Wilkes-Barre and Northwest Medical Center in Tucson,...
John F. Murray
Nov 6, 2018
John Francis Murray passed away in the presence of his loving family on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Born April 7, 1937 in Newark, New Jersey he was a son of the late John Francis Murray, Sr. and Margaret Ferguson Murray. John attended grade schools in South Orange and Middlesex and graduated from Bound Brook High School where he was a...
Joseph D. Rodgers
Nov 6, 2018
Joseph D. Rodgers, 71, of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Born April 16, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Cornelius G. and Rita Dougherty Rodgers. A graduate of Saint Mary’s High School, Joe worked for Carter Footwear for thirty years. After retiring from Carter, he was employed by Luzerne County in the offices of the...
Robert J. Zwiebel Sr.
Nov 3, 2018
Robert J. Zwiebel, Sr., 78, of Wilkes-Barre passed away following an illness on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Born December 23, 1939 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Theodore W. and Katherine Gwynn Zwiebel. Bob proudly served with the United States Navy from 1958 to 1962. He was a lifetime member of the Parish of Saint Nicholas where...
John Patrick Hoolick Jr.
Nov 1, 2018
John Patrick Hoolick, Jr. (Sarge), 88, of Lower Askam went home to be with the Lord on All Saints Day, Thursday, November 1, 2018. Born March 17, 1930 in Warrior Run he was a son of the late John Patrick and Mary Kowalchik Hoolick. He was a graduate of Warrior Run High School. On August 18, 1948, John enlisted with...
Susan Kay Terascavage
Oct 31, 2018
Susan Kay Tesascavage, 64, of Hanover Township and formerly of Harvey’s Lake, died October 31, 2018. Born December 12, 1953 in Sunbury she was a daughter of Mary-Ellen Stankiewicz Mitchell and the late Steve Maskowski. Susan was a 1972 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School in Wilkes-Barre. Susan dedicated most of her life to caring for her family. She was...
Larry Gwynn
Oct 27, 2018
Larry Gwynn of Wilkes-Barre passed away at his home on his 64th birthday, Saturday, October 27, 2018. Born October 27, 1954 in Wilkes Barre he was a son of the late Lois Gwynn Krebs. Larry was a 1972 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School and went on to study hospitality and culinary arts at Luzerne County Community College. Larry had...
Martha V. Lenahan
Oct 21, 2018
Martha V. Lenahan, a longtime resident of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully at her residence in Kingston on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Born in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Anna Janosov Saraka. Martha was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School. Martha started her career as a sales associate with Fowler, Dick and Walker's The...
Ann K. Gill
Oct 20, 2018
Ann K Gill, 95, of Wilkes-Barre Township, passed away peacefully at her home with her loving family at her side on Saturday, October 20, 2018, following a brief illness. Born November 4, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Bridget and Edward Button. Ann was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Class of 1940, and was a member...
Gloria Jean Banick
Oct 17, 2018
Gloria Jean Banick, 75, a longtime resident of the Wilkes-Barre area, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Born in Scranton, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Vincent and Mary Ann (Munchak) Banick. Gloria was a graduate of the former Saint Ann's Academy in Wilkes-Barre. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in English and Secondary Education with...
Betty McNulty
Oct 9, 2018
Betty McNulty, 91, of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday, October 9, 2018. Born March 8, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Hreha Latsko. Betty was a 1945 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School. She retired after many years working for the Social Security Administration. Her husband, Raymond J. McNulty, died July 6, 1994. Sisters,...
Marguerite McCormick Tolan
Oct 8, 2018
Marguerite (Peggy) Tolan of Wilkes-Barre died on Monday, October 8, 2018. Born in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late John F. and Isabel L. Harkins McCormick. Peggy was a graduate of Meyers High School and the former Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. Following her graduation from nursing school, she moved to New York City where she was employed...
Leona Strohl Zimmerman
Oct 4, 2018
Leona Strohl Zimmerman, 95, formerly of Jenkins Township and a longtime resident of Montclair, New Jersey died Thursday at her residence in Nanticoke. Born November 26, 1922 in Kunkle she was a daughter of the late Robert F. and Etta Cole Strohl. Leona dedicated most of her life to caring for her family. Her husband, William H. Zimmerman, Jr., an...
Braulio Marmolejo
Sep 26, 2018
Braulio Marmolejo, 60, of Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Born December 21, 1957 in Ahuehuetitla, Puebla, Mexico he was a son of Juana Tlatelpa Lopez and the late Delfino Marmolejo Bravo. Braulio will be missed by his wife, Martina Gaspar; children, Oscar Marmolejo and his wife Eugenia Calixto, Rusbelina and her husband Eddie Hart, Iris Marmalejo, Claudia Marmolejo, and...
Marcella McCormick Fay
Sep 25, 2018
Marcella McCormick Fay, 97, of Shavertown died Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Born March 19, 1921 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Attorney Peter J. and Margaret White McCormick, pioneer residents of West River Street. Marcella received her primary education from Saint Ann's Academy and graduated with the Class of 1939 of Wyoming Seminary. She earned her Bachelor...
William J. Ruzzo Esq.
Sep 22, 2018
William Joseph Ruzzo, Esq., 77, of Wilkes-Barre died Saturday, September 22, 2018. Born September 17, 1941 in Wilkes Barre he was a son of the late Patrick and Clara Shambe Ruzzo. A graduate of Wilkes University, he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Bridgeport. Billy was a well-known and accomplished criminal defense attorney. In addition to his private...
Hilda L. Healy
Sep 20, 2018
Hilda L. Healy, 90, a longtime resident of Wilkes-Barre and Forty Fort died September 20, 2018. Born November 29, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mathilda Hausler. A 1945 graduate of Meyers High School, in 1948 she received her degree as a Registered Nurse from the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital School of Nursing. In 1949,...
Larry F. Barberio
Aug 24, 2018
Larry F. Barberio, 60, of Bethlehem and formerly of Wilkes-Barre passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018. Born May 29, 1958 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late John A. and Helen Kellar Barberio. Larry was employed by Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre for several years. A daughter, Teri Marie, and brothers, Michael and Gary Barberio preceded him in...
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