Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Joan Law Conway
Feb 2, 2012
Joan Law Conway, 87, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2012, in Hospice of Palm Beach, Florida. Joan and her late husband, Robert T. Conway, were long time residents of Wilkes-Barre and Delray Beach, Florida. Born on January 25, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre the daughter of the late James J. Law and Hanna Smith Law she grew up in the East...
Eleanor Mangino
Jan 30, 2012
Eleanor Dunsavage Mangino, 86, of Hanover Township died Monday morning with her family at her side at Hospice Community Care. Born August 11, 1925 in Wyoming she was a daughter of the late Peter and Stella Shady Dunsavage. Eleanor was a 1943 graduate of Wyoming High School. Prior to marriage to her husband of sixty years, Samuel J. Mangino, Eleanor...
Connie Bush
Jan 30, 2012
Late morning on January 30th, 2012 Constance Marie Bush, best known as Connie, journeyed to her spiritual home as her family and dear friends exalted in her grace and love one last time at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Betsy and Ken Atkins of Larksville. A teacher in spirit, action, and deed her entire life, Connie injected verve...
Helen Jacobs Logan
Jan 28, 2012
Helen W. Jacobs Logan, 64, of Kingston passed away peacefully Saturday, January 28, 2012 surrounded by her loving family at the home of her daughter, Colleen, with whom she had recently resided. Born December 12, 1947 in the Georgetown section of Wilkes-Barre Township she was a daughter of the late Henry W. and Esther Moran Jacobs. Helen graduated from Saint...
Caroline DelBalso
Jan 24, 2012
Caroline DelBalso, 97, of Wilkes-Barre peacefully fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday morning, January 24, 2012 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born December 28, 1914 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Theresa Castrignano Ciavarella. Caroline was educated in Wilkes-Barre city schools. She was married to Daniel DelBalso in 1933 and together they founded D&D Auto...
Mollie McCabe Walsh
Jan 19, 2012
Mollie McCabe Walsh, 87, of Marlborough Avenue in Wilkes-Barre died Thursday at Little Flower Manor. Born May 6, 1924 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Mary Kane McCabe. Mollie attended Saint Ann's Academy and was a 1943 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School. Before her marriage in 1972 Mollie was a banker with...
Gertrude Sheridan Bauman
Jan 17, 2012
Gertrude R. Bauman, 92, of Wilkes-Barre died following an illness on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at Little Flower Manor. Born April 1, 1919 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Philip and Catherine Ward Sheridan. A 1936 graduate of Saint Nicholas High School, Gertrude had been a member of Saint Aloysius Church, its Altar and Rosary Society and...
Robert McGinley
Jan 16, 2012
Robert “Mac” McGinley, 69 died on January 16th at Gulf Coast Hospital, Fort Myers, FL. Devoted father and loving husband, he was the son of the late Clarence & Shirles McGinley of Wilkes-Barre, PA where he grew up and attended GAR High School. He started his career in life as a Police Officer in Belmar Beach, NJ. He later owned...
Aileen Zola
Jan 16, 2012
Aileen M. Bobroski Zola, a guest of Golden Living Center – Summit died Monday, January 16, 2012. Born in Wilkes-Barre Township she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Sara Bamrick Bobroski. Aileen was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School. Before retiring, Aileen was the office manager for Town & Country Furniture Galleries for more than forty...
Raymond D. Marchakitus
Jan 15, 2012
Raymond D. Marchakitus, father of two and grandfather of four, died on January 15, 2012 of a heart attack after a short battle with cancer. He was 71.Mr. Marchakitus was born in Wilkes-Barre on the 4th of July, 1940, to Anthony, a coal miner, and Frances, a homemaker, and was raised in Plymouth. He was a star athlete at Plymouth High...
Anne Marie Daniels
Jan 12, 2012
Anne Marie Daniels, 82, of Philadelphia died Thursday at Jeanes Hospital. Born November 16, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late John and Agnes Dougherty Dombroski. Anne Marie was a graduate of Saint Mary’s High School and Misericordia University. Before retiring Anne Marie was a chemist for Rohm – Haas in Philadelphia. Her brother, John A. Dombroski...
Paul Sachs
Jan 11, 2012
Paul B. Sachs, Jr., 73, of Kingston died Wednesday at Hospice Care of the VNA. Born June 26, 1938 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Paul B. and Ilonwhy Lewis Sachs. Paul was a 1956 graduate of Kingston High School. He continued his education, earning certificates in Literature from the University of Maryland and Fire Science from...
John Heath
Jan 10, 2012
John R. Heath, 78, of Exeter and formerly of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Partridge Tippett Nursing Facility at Wesley Village. Born October 28, 1933 in Cherry Township in Sullivan County he was a son of the late Robert and Mary Ellen Hunsinger Heath. John met and married Helen Lisman, and together they lived in the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre for...
Andrew Kochinski
Jan 2, 2012
Andrew J. Kochinski, 85, of Whitehouse Beach in Delaware died Monday at Delaware Hospice Center. Born January 23, 1926 in Nanticoke he was a son of the late Joseph and Stella Kochinski. As a young man Andrew worked coal in Wilkes-Barre's Empire Shaft and performed in the Wyoming Valley as a professional singer under the stage name of Little Johnny...
Jean Brannan McLaughlin
Dec 26, 2011
Jean Marie Brannan McLaughlin, 85, a resident of Holy Family Residence died Monday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born January 8, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Francis 'Dutchie' and Ellen Higgins Brannan. Jean attended Saint Mary's School and graduated from G.A.R. Memorial High School in Wilkes-Barre. After high school she was trained in key punch...
Fannie Aleo
Dec 14, 2011
Fannie A. Aleo, 81, of Fort Myers, Florida died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral. Born July 5, 1930 in Somerville, Massachusetts she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Spataro Ocuto. Fannie was married to Wilkes-Barre native Joseph J. Aleo, Ph.D. They lived in Bryn Mawr before retiring to Fort Myers in 1986....
Vincent Nanorta
Dec 12, 2011
Vincent Thomas Nanorta, 63, of Wilkes-Barre died Monday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born December 14, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Attorney John E. and Marian Moore Nanorta. A 1966 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Vinnie earned an associate’s degree from Luzerne County Community College and continued studies at King's College. He was also a...
Theresa Lyons
Dec 6, 2011
Theresa Austin Lyons, 82, of Washington Square Apartments passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 6th at Mercy Center in Dallas after a short illness. Born March 26, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Anna Cunningham Austin. Theresa retired from Mercy Hospital where she was a unit secretary. A member of the Parish of Our Lady...
Joseph Stefansky
Dec 6, 2011
Joseph F. Stefansky, 54, of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at his residence. Born August 9, 1957 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of Joseph Stefansky and the late Nancy Gallagher Stefansky. Joe was a graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School. Before retiring in 2009 due to ill health, Joe was a butcher for Gerrity's Supermarkets and the former Sunshine Market. He...
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