Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Margery Strobel
Nov 27, 2012
Margery Strobel, 92, a former resident of the Georgetown section of Wilkes-Barre Township died Tuesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born May 29, 1920 in Wilkes-Barre Township she was the daughter of the late Chester and Catherine Kelly Strobel. Margery was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School. Ms. Strobel devoted her life to caring for her parents and siblings at...
Rita McHugh Graf
Nov 26, 2012
Rita McHugh Graf, 95, of Wilkes-Barre died Monday at Riverstreet Manor. Born October 7, 1917 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Bernard and Catherine Reilly McHugh. A graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Rita continued her education at the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. Rita was a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps serving in the...
Joseph Pienkowsky
Nov 19, 2012
Joseph Pienkowsky - fondly known as “Joe P” to all who loved him – lost his courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on November 19th while a patient at Hospice Community Care in Wilkes-Barre. He will be greatly missed by all of those whose lives he so generously and lovingly touched. Joe was born on April 6, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre to...
John Edwards
Nov 17, 2012
John W. ‘Cracker Jack’ Edwards, 64, of Hunlock Creek died unexpectedly on Saturday. Born August 9, 1948 in Hazleton he was a son of the late John William and Anna Morris Edwards. Jack was a graduate of Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, New York. A Navy veteran of the Vietnam Era he enlisted in June of 1967 and...
Bernard Corbett
Nov 16, 2012
Bernard F. Corbett, 87, of Wilkes-Barre died Friday at Kindred Hospital. Born August 17, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late John and Lillian Fluegel Corbett. A graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, he earned his baccalaureate degree in education as a member of the first graduating class of King's College in 1950. Bernie continued his education...
James F. Lee Jr.
Nov 7, 2012
James F. Lee, Jr., 49, of Larksville died Wednesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born April 21, 1963 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late James F. and Patricia A. Shovlin Lee. Jimmy worked in construction for many years before an injury confined him to a wheelchair. He possessed great knowledge of building needs and techniques and was always...
Rita Stephens
Nov 1, 2012
Rita M. Stephens, 93, formerly of Wilkes-Barre died Thursday at Mercy Center in Dallas. Born June 25, 1919 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Andrew J. and Mary Harkins Corbett. Rita was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. Mrs. Stephens was a long time member of the former Parish of Saint Therese and the Wyoming Valley...
William Paul Smedley MD, FACS
Oct 29, 2012
William Paul Smedley, M.D., F.A.C.S. passed away peacefully at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital on Monday, October 29, 2012 with his family at his side after courageously battling a debilitating illness since September, 2007. Dr. Smedley was a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre and the Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Additionally, he served as...
Joseph DelleCave
Oct 25, 2012
Joseph J. DelleCave, 66, of Wilkes-Barre passed away at home in the presence of his family on Thursday, October 25th.Born in Naples Italy, he was the son of the late Gennaro and Elvira DelleCave of Brooklyn, New York.Throughout his forty-five year career Joe was employed as a pizza baker at several restaurants where he acquired the nickname Papa Joe.He enjoyed...
Elizabeth Sipple
Oct 23, 2012
Elizabeth E. Sipple, 76, of Indian Lake in Buck Township died of a stroke on Tuesday morning at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born May 24, 1936 in the East End section of Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Henry and Margaret Hannadel Lippa. Betty was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School where she was recognized for her...
Josephine Spernoga
Oct 16, 2012
Josephine Marie Spernoga, 87, of Dan Flood Tower in Kingston died Tuesday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born May 6, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Mary Jezerchak Spernoga. Josephine was a graduate of Saint Nicholas High School and studied theology at King's College in her later years. Before retiring, Josephine was a housekeeper...
Donald Imrich Buzinkai Ph.D.
Oct 10, 2012
Donald Imrich Buzinkai, PhD., beloved husband, devoted father and grandfather, mentor and friend, passed away Wednesday, October 10th at his home in Wilkes-Barre. Affectionately known to friends and colleagues as Buzz, he was born September 10, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Buzinkai was Professor Emeritus of Political Science, retiring from King’s College in 2000 following a career that began...
Mary Moran
Oct 8, 2012
Mary M. Padden Moran, 86, of Orchard West, Newberry Estate in Dallas and Spanish Lakes in Fort Pierce, Florida died Monday at her home in Dallas. Born May 30, 1926 in Plains she was a daughter of the late William and Helen Dougherty Padden. Mary was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Wilkes-Barre. Before retiring Mary was employed...
Miriam Thomas Noussair
Oct 6, 2012
Miriam Thomas Noussair, 81, of Forty Fort, passed away on Saturday, October 6th at Hospice Community Care, Wilkes-Barre. Born December 28, 1930 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Thomas C. and Alice Thomas. A 1948 graduate of Wyoming Seminary, Miriam earned her baccalaureate degree from Drexel University in 1952. Miriam was a dedicated wife and mother. Before...
Richard Stuttle
Oct 5, 2012
Richard C. Stuttle, 79, of Nicholson Street in Wilkes-Barre Township died Friday at his home. Born November 1, 1932 in Cortland, NY he was a son of the late Charles and Georgianna Finch Stuttle. Dick worked for United Rehabilitation Services in Wilkes-Barre for forty-five years before retiring. His first wife, Anna May Zaleta Stuttle died July 13, 2000. A brother,...
Edward Lindsay
Oct 2, 2012
Edward Lindsay, 68, of Lakeside Drive in Harvey's Lake died Tuesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born July 31, 1944 in Bronx, New York he was a son of the late Alexander and Katherine Herzog Lichtenheim. Edward was a power supervisor for Metro-North Railroad for many years before retiring. A son, Gregory Miner Lindsay preceded him in death in 1994. He...
Judith Nicholson Schellenberg
Sep 30, 2012
Judith Nicholson Schellenberg, 86, of Orchard East at Newberry Estate in Dallas died Sunday, September 30th at Hospice Community Care. Born June 5, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late S. Ralph and Ruth Wolf Nicholson. Judith attended Kingston schools and graduated from Wyoming Seminary. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilson College in Chambersburg....
Hallie Lee Herba
Sep 29, 2012
Hallie Lee Herba, 74, of Glenview, Illinois suddenly passed away as a result of a brain hemorrhage on September 29th. Born September 27, 1938 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Fred and Ruth Hally Lee. Hallie worked in the mammography area of the x-ray department at Rush-Presbyterian-Saint Luke’s Hospital in Chicago, where diagnostic assessments for breast tumors...
Warren Kennedy
Sep 28, 2012
Warren E. Kennedy of Saint Therese Residence in Wilkes-Barre died Friday at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. Born June 8, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York he was the son of the late John and Rose Cummings Kennedy. Warren had served with the United States navy during WW II in the Pacific theater. After the war he had been employed as...
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