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Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
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...
Joseph Tomczak
Aug 23, 2018
Joseph Tomczak, 75, a resident of the Pavilion at Saint Luke Village in Hazleton and a longtime resident of Mountain Top died Thursday, August 23, 2018. He was the son of the late Joseph and Veronica Tomczak. Celebration of Joe’s Life will be held Thursday, August 30, 2018 with visitation beginning at 9:30 AM followed by a Funeral Mass at...
Robert A. Paoletti
Aug 18, 2018
Robert A. Paoletti, 75, of Mountain Top lost his battle with cancer on August 18, 2018. Born October 2, 1942 in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts he was a son of the late Antonio and Marion Coutu Paoletti. Bob earned a BS degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1964 and a Ph.D from Johns Hopkins University in 1968. Upon completion...
Jackson E. Hall
Aug 17, 2018
Jackson E. Hall of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully on Friday August 17, 2018. He was 89. Born February 26, 1929 in Spartanburg, South Carolina he was a son of the late Caleb Anderson Hall and Alice Smith Hall of Tennessee. His wife of seventy years, Dolores Poviliatus Hall, preceded him in death on March 28, 2018. “Mr. Jack” was founder...
Joseph T. Quinlan
Jul 17, 2018
Joseph T. Quinlan, 75, of Wilkes-Barre died following an illness on July 17, 2018. Born September 11, 1942 in Wilkes Barre he was a son of the late Thomas J. and Clara Umlah Quinlan. Joe attended G.A.R. Memorial High School. Joe enlisted with the United States Marine Corps in 1966. He retired as a Master Gunnery Sergeant in 1989 after...
Elizabeth O'Karma
Jul 6, 2018
Elizabeth O'Karma, 92, a longtime resident of Wilkes-Barre died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 6, 2018. Born August 22, 1925, she was a daughter of the late George and Cecelia Dreier Kowalchick. Elizabeth was a graduate of Garrison High School. Prior to her marriage to Henry David O'Karma, Elizabeth worked for the Bell Telephone Company. She later worked for the...
Father Thomas L. Burns SCJ
Jun 23, 2018
The Reverend Thomas L. Burns, SCJ, a Wilkes-Barre native, died Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Pinellas Park, Florida after a lengthy illness. Born September 12, 1938, he was the second of eight children born to the late Thomas L. and Dorothy Ann Dugan Burns. Father Tom was a 1956 graduate of Saint Mary's High School, Wilkes-Barre. Father Tom spent one...
Elizabeth A. Russell
Jun 20, 2018
Elizabeth A. Russell, known to many as Betty Boop, 92, of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Born January 19, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Peter and Anna Hawk Lyons of Swoyersville. Betty attended Swoyersville schools. Before retiring she was employed at various garment manufacturing companies in the area. Betty enjoyed listening...
P. Joseph Ruddy
Jun 15, 2018
P. Joseph Ruddy, 90, of Edwardsville and formerly of Wilkes-Barre, passed away at Little Flower Manor on Friday, June 15, 2018. Born July 22, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Peter and Nora Carey Ruddy. Joe attended G.A.R. Memorial High School and served with the Navy aboard the USS Midway during World War II. Joe was...
Gregory Scott Najder
Jun 15, 2018
The family of Gregory Scott Najder of Moosic is grieved to announce his sudden passing on June 15, 2018 at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. He is survived by his most beloved daughter, Ayla Walker-Najder, Wilkes-Barre and his very loving fiancé, Colleen Krispin, Moosic. Also surviving are his mother, Eleanor Najder of Rochester, NY and his brother Kenneth Najder, New...
Edmund R. Duffy
Jun 4, 2018
Edmund R. Duffy, 75, of Dallas died Monday, June 4, 2018. Born January 1, 1943 in Kingston he was a son of the late Edmund R. and Rita Hodgson Duffy. A graduate of Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre he completed post-graduate studies at Wyoming Seminary. Duff enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1961 and served four years. Before...
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