Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Mary Murphy
Jan 20, 2011
Mary Andrejko Murphy, 90, of Hanover Township passed away on January 20, 2011 at Little Flower Manor where she was a resident for the past six years. Mary was born on April 20, 1920 to the late Stephen and Mary Ann Buhalla Andrejko of Hanover Township. She graduated from Hanover Memorial High School with the Class of 1939. Mary was...
Vincent Scoma
Jan 17, 2011
Vincent J. Scoma, 68, of Lewisburg died suddenly Monday night at Evangelical Community Hospital. Born August 8, 1942 in Jamestown, New York he was a son of the late Salvatore and Sarah Ognibene Scoma. Vince graduated from Encino High School in California. An Air Force veteran, he served in Vietnam. Vince retired from the human resources department of Trans World...
Ethel Anne Bird
Jan 11, 2011
Ethel Anne Bird, 67, of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Scranton. Born February 4, 1943 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late James L. and Ethel Lynch Bird. Ethel is survived by her brother, James of Wescosville; nieces and nephews; and several cousins, including Patricia Whelan of Millsboro, Delaware, Robert and his wife Kim Klinetob of...
Susan Dobash
Dec 26, 2010
Susan Bamrick Dobash, 89, a life resident of Wilkes-Barre Township died Sunday at Little Flower Manor. Born April 15, 1921 she was a daughter of the late Michael and Susan Leslie Bamrick. Through the years, Susan received her education and raised her family in Georgetown. Mrs. Dobash was a long time member of Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church...
Joseph Hodle
Dec 22, 2010
Joseph J. Hodle, 67, of Webster Street in Pringle died Wednesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born November 10, 1943 in Larksville he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Bryan Hodle. Joe was a graduate of Saint Vincent's High School in Plymouth. Joe was employed by New Jersey Transit for thirteen years and later worked for the Luzerne...
Eleanor Jennings
Dec 16, 2010
Eleanor Baker Jennings, 90, of Hanover Township died Thursday. A descendent of Robert Morris of Philadelphia, Eleanor was born August 16, 1920 in Paradise Valley in the Pocono Mountains. She was a daughter of the late Theodore Morris and Rose McGlynn Baker. As a child, her family lived in Stamford, Connecticut for several years before coming to Wilkes-Barre. Eleanor was...
Jeanne Macking
Dec 14, 2010
Jeanne D. Macking, 92, of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday. She will be missed by her sister: Angela Burke of Phoenixville; nieces and nephews, Rev. Edward Burke, Kevin and his wife Rosemary Burke, Madonna and her husband Daniel Flaherty, Dennis and his wife Kathy Burke and Patricia and her husband Stephen Seacrist. Celebration of Jeanne’s Life will be held Monday with a...
Barbara Zideck
Dec 13, 2010
Barbara Mary Zideck, a resident of Kingston, passed away Monday, December 13, 2010, after a valiant fight with cancer. Born August 31, 1926 in Plains she was a daughter of the late Michael and Barbara Dora Mahilo Zideck. Barbara resided in North Plainfield, New Jersey for more than fifty years prior to moving back to Northeastern Pennsylvania. She served as...
Gloria Collins
Dec 13, 2010
Gloria R. Dally Collins, 84, a resident of Harvey’s Lake and Englewood, Florida died Monday. Born April 24, 1926 in Ashley she was a daughter of the late Carl and Eleanor Dugan Dally. Gloria was a 1943 graduate of Ashley High School. Mrs. Collins was formerly employed at RCA in Mountain Top and in the local garment industry. Gloria was...
Andrew Harbay
Dec 12, 2010
Andrew W. Harbay, 97, of Wilkes-Barre died Sunday at Heritage House. Born September 2, 1913 in Larksville he was a son of the late Frank and Mary Haropko Harbay. Andrew retired in 1973 after many years as a supervisor of the Shipping and Delivery Department of Town & Country Furniture Galleries in Wilkes-Barre. Andrew resided in South Berwick, Maine for...
James Atherton
Dec 10, 2010
James T. Atherton, 80, of Wilkes-Barre died Friday at his home. Born November 10, 1930 in Kingston he was a son of the late James and Edna Miller Atherton. A 1948 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, Jim earned his bachelor degree from Wilkes University in 1954 and master degree in education from the University of Scranton. He served...
Frances Lyons
Dec 8, 2010
Frances Tabor Lyons, 66, formerly of Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at her home in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Born December 7, 1944 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of Frances Naklicki Tabor of Dallas and the late William Tabor. Raised in Lee Park, Frances was a graduate of Hanover High School. Frances' career path varied throughout her life, being last employed as...
Philip Rizzo Ph.D.
Nov 21, 2010
Philip L. Rizzo, Ph.D., 86, a resident of Willow Manor in Germantown, Maryland died Sunday, November 21, 2010 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Rizzo lived for many years in Wilkes-Barre, where he was a Professor of Literature and Linguistics at Wilkes University. Philip was born in Philadelphia on July 23, 1924. An Army veteran of World...
Jean Kelly
Nov 15, 2010
Jean McGroarty Kelly, 83, a former long time resident of Nesbitt Street in Larksville died Monday at The Laurels in Kingston. Born August 24, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Francis and Elizabeth Hillard McGroarty. Jean was raised on Custer Street and graduated from James M. Coughlin High School. Before she dedicated herself to raising her...
Karen McManus
Nov 13, 2010
Karen McManus, 68, of Dallas died Saturday at Hospice Care of the VNA in Wilkes-Barre. Born January 19, 1942 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Eleanor Carlin Brisk. Karen was a resident of Luzerne, where she was a member of the parishes of Sacred Heart and Holy Family, for more than fifty years. An infant daughter, Kathleen...
Sophie (Niedzwicki) Nedwick
Nov 11, 2010
Sophie M. Nedwick, 96, of Nanticoke died Thursday at Birchwood Nursing Center. Born April 16, 1914 in Nanticoke she was a daughter of the late Felix and Mary Winiarsko Niedzwicki. Before retiring, Sophie was employed by the former Blue Bird Restaurant in Nanticoke for many years. Sophie was a member of the Parish of Saint Faustina Kowalska and long time...
Rita McLarney
Nov 3, 2010
Rita M. McLarney of Laurel Run Road in Bear Creek died Wednesday. Born in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Anna Mulcrone McLarney. Rita retired after working many years in the business office of Bell Telephone Company. Miss McLarney was a member of the Parish of Saint Elizabeth. Surviving are a brother, Edward J. McLarney...
Maureen Cook
Nov 1, 2010
Maureen Mullen Cook, 61, a resident of Kingston, passed away Monday, November 1, at Hospice Community Care in Wilkes-Barre, following an illness. Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of Irene Norton Mullen and the late Dennis A. Mullen. Maureen married Stephen J. Cook in 1971 and on October 29th they observed their 39th wedding anniversary. Together they...
David Wren
Oct 22, 2010
David Mason Wren, Sr., 59, of North Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilkes-Barre entered into eternal rest on Friday with his wife and sister at his side. David was brave and valiant throughout his nearly one-year fight with pancreatic cancer. Born September 3, 1951 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Harold and Agnes Mason Wren. David was a graduate...
Peter Nardone
Oct 19, 2010
Peter T. Nardone, 83, of Park Avenue in Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Hospice Community Care. Born April 3, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Alfonso and Anna Colarusso Nardone. Peter was a graduate of Wyoming Memorial High School. A Navy veteran of World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater. Peter was a dispatcher for...
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