Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Ronald W. Martin
Feb 15, 2018
Ronald W. Martin, Sr., 70, beloved husband, father, and grandfather passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. Born January 24, 1948, and raised in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Edward and Florence Martin. Ron joined the Army at the age of eighteen and proudly served in the Vietnam...
Joan Kenney Mangan
Feb 14, 2018
Joan Marie Kenney Mangan of Bear Creek passed away on February 14th at the age of 80 at Timber Ridge Health Care Center after an illness. Joan was the daughter of the late William and Mae Williams Kenney. She graduated from St. Mary's High School, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing and received a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Seton Hall...
Anne Marie Horn
Feb 11, 2018
Anne Marie Horn, 90, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2018, at Mercy Center Skilled Nursing Care, Dallas, surrounded by her loving children.Born July 18, 1927, in Wilkes-Barre, she was the only daughter of Irish immigrants, the late James and Bridget Dougherty Boyle.Anne Marie was a 1945 graduate of St. Mary's High School where she met the love...
Rebecca A. Grohowski RN, BSN
Feb 7, 2018
Rebecca A. Grohowski, RN, BSN, 53, of Wilkes-Barre passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Born June 19, 1964 in Passaic, New Jersey she was a daughter of Rebecca Gilroy Brown Rushton of Wilkes-Barre and the late John W. Brown, Jr. A graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Becky studied nursing at Wilkes-Barre Area Vo-tech and started her career as...
David R. Brace
Feb 2, 2018
David R. Brace, 78, of River Vale, New Jersey passed away peacefully on February 2, 2018. Born and raised in Kingston he was a son of the late James R. and Lenora Whiting Brace. David moved to Clifton, New Jersey after graduating from Kingston High School. He was a foreman at Cardinal Bag & Envelope for more than forty years...
Mary C. Golden
Feb 1, 2018
Mary C. Golden, 97, of Kingston passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 1, 2018. Born October 12, 1920 in the East End section of Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Michael J. and Bridget Gibbons Golden. Mary was a 1938 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School and attended Wilkes-Barre Business College. Prior to retirement in 1980, Mary...
Frank J. McHenry
Jan 25, 2018
Frank J. McHenry, 90, passed away peacefully at Saint Luke's Villa on January 25, 2018. Born September 10, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Frank D. and Ruth Conners McHenry, Frank was a 1946 graduate of Kingston High School. Frank was a member of the Pipe Fitters and Plumbers Union, now the United Association Local 524 for many...
Christopher R. Fox
Jan 21, 2018
Christopher R. Fox, 50, a native of Wilkes-Barre, was taken home by our Lord to be with his mother on Sunday, January 21, 2018. Born February 8, 1967 in Pottstown he was a son of Richard H. Fox of Nanticoke and the late Ann C. Madden Fox. A 1985 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School, Chris was an active member...
Thomas Adamski
Jan 14, 2018
Thomas Adamski, 91, of Washington Square in Wilkes-Barre died Sunday, January 14, 2018. Born October 20, 1926 in the Hanover Section of Nanticoke he was a son of the late Thomas and Lottie Brudnitski Adamski. A Navy veteran of World War II, Tom served our country honorably from 1943 to 1946. A member of the Teamsters Local 814 in Brooklyn,...
Joseph B. McGill
Jan 13, 2018
Joseph B. McGill, 65, of Exeter died Saturday, January 13, 2018. Born November 21, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Frank and Mary Murphy McGill. Joe was a 1971 graduate of Meyers High School. Before retiring Joe was an electrician for thirty-four years and maintenance supervisor for his last four years at the Veteran’s Medical Center....
Lawrence E. Hopple
Jan 3, 2018
Lawrence Edward Hopple, 82, a native of Wilkes-Barre, died quietly in his sleep on January 3, 2018. Most of my Dad’s family and friends are gone now, so this obituary acts as a eulogy for a man I met twenty-four years ago. At our first meeting, he was nervous. I have to admit I was too. He was recovering from...
Roger E. Tredinnick Sr.
Jan 2, 2018
Roger E. Tredinnick, Sr., 66, of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Born July 20, 1951 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Edwin J. and Dorothy Taylor Tredinnick. An Air Force veteran of the Vietnam Era, Roger was honorably discharged as an Airman First Class after more than three years of service to...
Regina McGrath Ferry
Jan 1, 2018
Regina (Jean) Ferry passed from this life at the Berwick Retirement Village on January 1, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on March 29, 1928 to Joseph Patrick McGrath and Regina Dooley. Jean was a graduate of G.A.R. High school. The highlight of her life was her marriage to Gerald Francis Ferry on May 30, 1947....
Mary Sharkey Gluzinski
Dec 26, 2017
Mary Cornelia (Sharkey) Gluzinski of Tillamook, Oregon passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Tuesday, December 26th, 2017. Mary was born January 7th, 1936 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania to the late Mary Frances Oakes and Cornelius Charles Sharkey. She attended St. Rose High School in Carbondale and later graduated from The Wyoming Valley Business College. After graduating, Mary was employed...
Theresa 'Teri' Armstrong
Dec 24, 2017
Theresa M. Ulgherait Armstrong entered eternal peace on December 24, 2017 at Mercy Center Personal Care in Dallas. Born in Wilkes-Barre on September 23, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Lena Ulgherait and was a graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Class of 1952. Theresa met Michael Armstrong while working together at Planters Peanuts in Wilkes-Barre....
William Goeckel Mulligan
Dec 19, 2017
William Goeckel Mulligan of Doylestown, PA and Naples, FL passed away at home in Pennsylvania on the 19th of December. Bill will be lovingly remembered by his wife of thirty-six years, Eileen, and by his brothers, Gene Mulligan and Bob Mulligan, and his sisters, Mary Lou MacFarland and Joan Weber, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws. Bill...
Mary McElwee Williams
Dec 18, 2017
Mary McElwee Williams, 96, of Sugar Notch passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017. Born January 14, 1921 in Sugar Notch she was the daughter of the late Owen and Anna O’Donnell McElwee. Mary earned her BA from Marywood University. Prior to marriage, she worked for the FBI in Philadelphia and briefly for the Social Security Administration. After raising her...
James F. Jiunta
Dec 18, 2017
James F. Jiunta, 93, of Wilkes-Barre peacefully passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017. Born February 21, 1924 in Pittston he was a son of the late Joseph and Bridget Latona Giunta. Jim attended Pittston schools until the family relocated to Wilkes-Barre where he graduated from Coughlin High School in 1942. An Army veteran of World War II, he was...
Dorothy McGeer
Dec 16, 2017
Dorothy McGeer, who embodied the meaning of unconditional love, died quietly at home the evening of December 16, 2017, at the age of 96. She was determined to be with her husband of 73 years, the late Thomas R. McGeer Sr., in time for his birthday on December 21. The couple formerly owned and operated McGeer’s Pub in Wilkes-Barre for...
Stephen Ference
Dec 16, 2017
Stephen Ference, 87, formerly of Plains and Miners Mills, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at Little Flower Manor, where he had been a resident for the last nine years. Born in Plains Township, Stephen was a son of the late Fred and Anna (Wansaw) Ference. He was a graduate of Plains Memorial High School and lived in...
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