Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
David A. Kelly
Aug 20, 2014
David Alan Kelly, 61, of Blakeslee and formerly of Mountain Top passed away peacefully at his home on August 20th. Born in Kingston he was a son of the late Robert and Mary Kelly. A graduate of Meyers High School, David spent twenty-five years in the hospitality business in The Poconos. He was also employed by Luzerne County 911 Center...
Raymond John Majikes
Aug 11, 2014
Raymond John Majikes of Wilkes-Barre passed away Monday, August 11th at the Celtic Hospice Inpatient Unit, South Wilkes-Barre after a three year battle with cancer. Born August 24, 1948 in Wilkes- Barre, Ray was a son of the late Charles and Theresa Lowery Majikes. He was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School and was the recipient of the Most...
Albert J. Malachefski
Aug 6, 2014
Albert J. Malachefski, 64, of Hanover Township was in the presence of his loving family when he passed away peacefully on Wednesday at Celtic Hospice after a courageous battle with cancer. Born May 16, 1950 in Kingston he was a son of the late Aloysius and Bernadine Bamrick Malachefski. A graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School he was a...
Cornelius Healy
Jul 30, 2014
Cornelius P. ‘Neil’ Healy, 91, of Forty Fort died Wednesday afternoon with his family at his side. Born July 12, 1923 in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland he was a son of the late James and Margaret Drinan Healy. The Healy family moved to New York when Neil was a young child. He was raised and educated in New York...
William E. Lynch
Jul 17, 2014
William E. Lynch, 76, of Wilkes-Barre passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Born July 26, 1937 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Lynch. Bill was a graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School where he lettered in wrestling, track and football and was a starting member of the 1955 conference championship...
Rita Emma Gallagher
Jul 17, 2014
Rita Elizabeth Gallagher, 99, a nearly lifelong resident of the East End section of Wilkes-Barre died Thursday. Born June 10, 1915 in East End she was a daughter of the late Fred and Bridget Bonner Zimmerman. Emma attended the Guthrie School and James M. Coughlin High School. She dedicated her life to her family and found her greatest joy in...
Paul McCarthy
Jul 16, 2014
Paul McCarthy, 77, of Warrior Run died Wednesday at Celtic Hospice. Born November 17, 1936 in Allentown he was a son of the late David and Iris Howard McCarthy. A 1955 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey Paul honorably served our country with the Navy for two years. Paul was a manager for Gentech in Linden,...
John Shields Carr
Jul 14, 2014
John Shields Carr, 72, of Wilkes-Barre passed away Monday with his family by his side. Born April 30, 1942 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Thomas and Mary Rowan Carr. John was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School and served in the Air Force Reserves. John retired from his career in restaurant management in 2006. A...
Ned Lenahan
Jul 12, 2014
Edward J. ‘Ned’ Lenahan, Jr., 53, of Sugar Notch died unexpectedly on Saturday. A lifelong resident of Sugar Notch, Ned was the youngest son of the late Edward and Kathleen Gallagher Lenahan. A 1979 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School, Ned attended Kutztown University and later worked with his father in the operation of Lenahan Oil Company. Ned was a...
Mary Lopatto
Jul 12, 2014
Mary M. Lopatto, a lifelong resident of the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre passed away at Little Flower Manor on July 12, 2014. Born August 26, 1916 Mary was the daughter of the late Attorney John S. and Mary S. Lopatto. Mary was a graduate of Southern Seminary Preparatory School in Buena Vista, Virginia and Beaver College in Glenside. Mary was...
Ann Theresa Manfre
Jul 11, 2014
Ann Theresa Kelly Manfre, 87, a former longtime resident of Hanover Township passed away Friday at Little Flower Manor. Born November 6, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Michael and Veronica Kelly. Ann was a graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School and retired from Bell Telephone Company (Verizon). Mrs. Manfre was a member of the Parish...
Nancy Sheerin Sabol
Jul 9, 2014
Nancy Jane Sheerin Sabol, 81, of Hagerstown, Maryland died Wednesday. Born July 1, 1933 in Kingston she was a daughter of the late Matthew 'Bud' and Marion Lemmon Sheerin. Nancy was a graduate of Kingston High School, Class of 1951 and retired from the Department of Army at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. She was a member of St. Mary's...
Clare Spellman Holmes
Jul 6, 2014
Clare Spellman Holmes passed away Sunday morning at Golden Living Center – Summit in Wilkes-Barre where she had been a patient for the past year. Born in Plains, the youngest of three daughters born to James and Grace McCole Spellman, she remained in the family home on West Merritt Street for most of her life. Clare graduated from her parish...
Melissa Johnson Colorusso
Jun 21, 2014
Melissa Johnson Colorusso, 41, of Kingston died Saturday. Born September 27, 1972 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of Donald C. Johnson of Kingston and the late Jacqueline Howells Johnson. Her husband, Anthony Colorusso and a brother, Donald C. Johnson, Jr. preceded her in death. She will be greatly missed by her father, her sisters, Kathleen Mislitski of Nanticoke and...
Dorothy Farrell
Jun 14, 2014
Dorothy Zwiebel Farrell, 82, of Hanover Township died Saturday at Timber Ridge Health Care Center. Born August 10, 1931 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Theodore W. and Katherine Gwynn Zwiebel. Dorothy was a member of the Class of 1949 of Saint Nicholas High School and graduated from Wyoming Seminary Dean School of Business. While she devoted...
Margaret Elko
May 21, 2014
Margaret Elko a resident of Elizabeth Street Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Plains. Born May 25, 1918 in Wilkes-Barre she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Obester Mekelyta. Margaret was a graduate of Coughlin High School and also the Wyoming Seminary Dean School of Business. She had been employed by the United States...
Marion Lacey
May 10, 2014
Marion Lacey, 89, formerly of Riverside Park in Wilkes-Barre and Dallas died Saturday. Born February 25, 1925 in Lancaster she was a daughter of the late Herman and Martha Shafer Laudenslager. Her husband, George W. Lacey, Jr. died October 13, 1976. She will be missed by her children; Maureen Lacey of Forty Fort, George and his wife Michaeline Lacey of...
John B. Smith
May 9, 2014
John B. Smith, 68, of Swoyersville died Friday. Born March 28, 1946 in Newark, New Jersey he was a son of the late Henry and May Kuryak Smith. An Army veteran of the Vietnam Era he honorably served our country from 1964 to 1966. John enjoyed fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. An infant daughter, Theresa preceded him in...
Edward 'Ned' Dudock
Apr 30, 2014
Edward Michael Dudock, 75, died Wednesday at the VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born June 11, 1938 in Wilkes-Barre Township he was a son of the late John and Gertrude T. Pickett Johnston Dudock. Ned proudly served our country as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army. A boxer in his youth, Ned...
Eileen Rodzinak
Apr 22, 2014
Eileen I. Rodzinak, 67, of Wilkes-Barre passed away Tuesday at Golden Living Center - Summit. Born December 27, 1946 in Brooklyn, NY she was a daughter of the late John Thaddeus and Amelia Kraujalis Rodzinak. After the passing of her father when she was fourteen, her mother moved the family to Wilkes-Barre where Eileen spent the rest of her life....
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