Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
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....
Daniel Fritz
Apr 14, 2014
Daniel G. Fritz, 65, of Wilkes-Barre died Monday at his home. Born June 28, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Charles E. and Elizabeth Martin Fritz. A 1966 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School, Dan continued his education at Luzerne County Community College. He honorably served our country as a member of the United States Marine...
Bernadine Zaikoski
Apr 10, 2014
Bernadine Gabrysh Zaikoski, 78, formerly of West Maple Street in Wilkes-Barre died Thursday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born October 22, 1935 in Ashley she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Julia Gabrysh. Bernadine was a graduate of Ashley High School and dedicated most of her life to the care of her family. She will be greatly missed by...
Gilbert Fried
Apr 4, 2014
Gilbert Fried, 80, of Wilkes-Barre died Friday. Born May 31, 1933 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Frank and Blanche Myers Fried. Gil was a 1951 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School. Before retiring Gil was an audio-visual technician for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District for many years. He was previously in business with his brother in...
Ruby Huffman
Apr 4, 2014
Ruby Huffman, formerly of Wyoming Avenue in Kingston and Carlisle Street in Wilkes-Barre died on April 4, 2014 at the age of 94. Ruby was born in Wilkes-Barre on March 4, 1920. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Lewis and Edith Evans Lewis. Ruby was a 1938 graduate of Meyers High School, and was a member of the...
Helen Roznick O'Boyle
Mar 29, 2014
Helen O’Boyle, 96, formerly of Andrew Street in Green Brook, New Jersey passed away peacefully Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living in Edison, New Jersey where she resided happily for the past seven years. Born at home November 7, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio she spent her early years on a farm near Pittston, attending school in a...
Regina Purcell
Mar 28, 2014
Regina Casey Purcell, 89, formerly of Stanley Street in Wilkes-Barre died Friday. Born January 13, 1925 in Ashley she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine Grogan Casey. A 1942 graduate of Saint Leo’s High School in Ashley, Regina left for Baltimore where she worked in support of the manufacture of aircraft for the Glenn L. Martin Company...
Michael Janc
Mar 28, 2014
Michael Francis Janc, 50, of Bear Creek Township died Friday. Born October 19, 1963 in La Porte, Indiana he was a son of Charlotte Fencl Janc and the late Emil Joseph Janc. Michael was a graduate of Saint Jude's School in Mountain Top and Bishop Hoban High School in Wilkes-Barre. He earned his baccalaureate degree from King's College. He was...
Charles W. Collins
Mar 23, 2014
Charles W. Collins, 92, of Harvey's Lake passed away March 23rd at his home with his only daughter, Charlene and his loving caregivers at his side. Born March 11, 1922 in Nanticoke he was a son of the late Charles A. and Elizabeth Gallagher Collins and was raised in the East End section of Wilkes-Barre. After graduating from Coughlin High...
Gloria Rudaitis
Mar 19, 2014
Gloria Rudaitis, 86, of Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at Golden Living Center - Summit. Born July 31, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Caston and Mary Devers Rudaitis. She will be greatly missed by her brother, James Rudaitis of Malta, New York. Celebration of Gloria’s Life will begin Friday with visitation from 3 to 5 PM at...
Thomas Lyons
Mar 15, 2014
Thomas J. Lyons, 68, of Plains died Saturday. Born in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Leonard J. and Agnes Petroski Lyons. Tom attended Penn State and King's College and earned his associate degree from LCCC. Before retiring he was a project manager for Pasonick Engineering. An ardent Penn State fan and lover of JoePa, he was a...
Margaret Clinton
Mar 12, 2014
Margaret Clinton, 91, entered into eternal rest on March 12 following a long illness. Margaret, also known as Peggy, Mom, and Nana, was a life-long resident of Sugar Notch, a place she loved and never had any desire to leave. The second oldest of eleven children of Frank and Elvira Jones Kinney, she learned to share and care about others...
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