Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Joseph Mangan
Mar 27, 2012
Joseph Carl Mangan, 82, a true gentleman known for his kindness and humor, died peacefully at his home in Bear Creek on March 27th. Joe was born in the North End of Wilkes-Barre in 1929, the son of the late Edward and Veronica McAvoy Mangan. In 1964 he married the former Joan Kenney of the East End of Wilkes-Barre. In...
Frank Loch
Mar 25, 2012
Frank J. Loch, 91, a resident of Saint Luke’s Villa in Wilkes-Barre died Sunday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born May 9, 1920 in Berwick he was a son of the late Jacob and Amelia Loeffler Loch. Frank attended Hanover Township public schools and was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Extension School of Business, US Army Adjutant...
Kelly Ann Frail
Mar 16, 2012
Kelly Ann Frail, 32, of Hanover Township died Friday at her residence. Born August 11, 1979 she was a daughter of Steven and Roberta Slusser Frail of Wilkes-Barre. Kelly was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. Her grandparents, Angela Pencak Slusser, Carol Ann Pryor Frail and Robert A. Frail, and her uncle and godfather, Robert A. Frail, Jr. preceded...
Jean Brittain
Mar 12, 2012
Jean Garrison Brittain, 93, formerly of Oxford Street in Lee Park died Monday at Keystone Garden Estates. Born June 12, 1918 in Hazleton she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Goldie Eroh Garrison. Jean was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. Before retiring Jean and her husband owned and operated Bob's Market in Lee Park for nearly...
Earl Meginess
Mar 10, 2012
Earl G. Meginess, 76, of Wilkes-Barre Township died Saturday at Hospice Community Care. Born August 7, 1935 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Earl Meginess and Ann Schmidt Fritzges. Earl was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. A Marine Corps veteran, he served during the Korean Conflict. Before retiring Earl was a letter carrier for the...
Emma L. Simms
Mar 9, 2012
Emma L. Simms of Mountain Top died March 9, 2012 at the age of 94. Emma was the daughter of Rowena Davis Gillman and Harry Gillman. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven years A. L. Simms (Augie). Emma is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Rhea Simms of Shavertown, and daughter and son-in-law, Rowena...
Jeanne Williamson
Mar 9, 2012
Jeanne M. Williamson, 82, formerly of Oak Street in Wilkes-Barre died Friday at Tiffany Court in Kingston. Born August 15, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Magnus and Florence Meighan Gartner. A 1947 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School, Jeanne continued her education at Misericordia University and King's College. Jeanne was employed by the City of...
Martin Devaney
Mar 7, 2012
Martin L. Devaney, 64, of Oak Street in Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at his home. Born April 14, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Edward P. and Mary Louise Laufer Devaney. A 1965 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School, Marty earned his baccalaureate degree from King's College. Marty was an insurance adjuster for Crawford and Company for...
Florence Rollman
Mar 4, 2012
Florence Carr Rollman, 97, formerly of Washington Square Apartments in Wilkes-Barre died Sunday at Little Flower Manor. Born September 1, 1914 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Peter and Mary Burke Carr. Florence attended Saint Mary's High School and was employed by the former Wilkes-Barre Lace Mill for several years prior to marriage. Mrs. Rollman dedicated most...
Emily Lang
Mar 2, 2012
Emily L. Lang, 87, of Washington Square Apartments in Wilkes-Barre died Friday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born February 22, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Frank and Lillian Schappert Schuler. A graduate of Saint Nicholas High School, Emily studied nursing at the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. Emily dedicated most of her time to her husband,...
Mary Maiers Kratz
Feb 29, 2012
Mary Margaret Maiers Kratz, affectionately known as Nana, 87, of Sugar Notch died Wednesday at Mercy Center in Dallas. Born November 4, 1924 in Sugar Notch she was a daughter of the late John S. and Margaret Caffrey Maiers. Mary attended Saint Charles Borromeo Elementary School and graduated from Sugar Notch High School in 1942. After graduation she worked for...
Helen Harvey
Feb 27, 2012
Helen Mras Harvey, 104, a long time resident of St. Petersburg, Florida died Monday, February 27th at her home in Holmes Beach. Born December 12, 1907 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania she was a daughter of the late Andrew P. and Anna Matthews Mras. Her husband, George Harvey preceded her in death. She will be missed by a niece, great-nieces and -nephews,...
Rose Schwab
Feb 26, 2012
Rose T. Schwab, 102, of Wilkes-Barre passed into eternal life on Sunday evening, February 26, 2012 in Wilkes-Barre. Born March 23, 1909 in Scranton she was the youngest of eleven children of the late Frederick and Theressia Oswald Werner. A communicant at Saint Mary of the Assumption in Scranton, Rose was educated in the parish school and married her beloved...
Ellen Jane Waters
Feb 25, 2012
Ellen Jane Waters, 86, of Isabel Court in Edwardsville died Saturday at Hospice Care of the VNA. Born February 13, 1926 in Forty Fort she was a daughter of the late George H. and Agnes Mahavitz Waters. Ellen Jane was a graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. As a Registered Nurse she was employed by Johns Hopkins Hospital, Brady...
Michael Daniel
Feb 25, 2012
Michael Patrick Daniel, 24, of Farmington, Connecticut died Saturday at Hartford Hospital. Born July 10, 1987 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of Joseph and Nancy Doyle Daniel. Michael was a 2005 Valedictorian of James M. Coughlin High School and continued his education at the University of Connecticut where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees...
Charles Chudoba
Feb 21, 2012
Charles Chudoba, 86, of Wilkes-Barre and formerly of Harleysville died Tuesday at Little Flower Manor. Born January 14, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Lucas and Clara Regula Chudoba. A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater. Charles retired after thirty-seven years with the B.F. Goodrich Company where he proudly...
Eileen Pendergast
Feb 21, 2012
Eileen K. Pendergast, 89, of Cedar Village in Hanover Township died Tuesday at Little Flower Manor where she had been a guest for the past six weeks. Born February 8, 1923 in Harrisburg and raised in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Frank and Nora Reagan Pendergast. Eileen was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School and...
Ellen Mainzer
Feb 17, 2012
Ellen A. Mainzer passed away peacefully on Friday, February 17, 2012 at Hospice Community Care after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Philadelphia on April 25, 1938, Ellen was a daughter of the late James F. and Anna (Boyce) Fennell, Sr. Following her graduation from Kingston High School, Ellen attended College Misericordia. Prior to her marriage to John E....
Anne O'Donnell Boroski
Feb 15, 2012
Anne O’Donnell Boroski, 87, of Ash Lane in White Haven died in the presence of her family on Wednesday evening at Timber Ridge in Wilkes-Barre. Born July 5, 1924 in Plymouth she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Anne McHugh Rutherford O’Donnell. The valedictorian of her graduating class at Saint Vincent’s High School in Plymouth, Anne earned her...
Thomas Caffrey
Feb 13, 2012
Thomas A. Caffrey, 70, of West River Street in Wilkes-Barre died Monday at Hospice Care of the VNA. Born February 20, 1941 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Michael and Alice Nelligan Caffrey. Tom attended St. Mary's High School in Wilkes-Barre and graduated from Oratory Prep in Summit, New Jersey. He continued his education at University of...
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