Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Louis Knapp
May 1, 2010
Louis Knapp, 84, a former resident of Barnes Street in Plymouth died Saturday at Manor Care in Kingston. Born August 30, 1925 in Plymouth he was a son of the late Louis and Josephine Shelski Knapp. Louis attended Plymouth High School. He was an Army veteran of World War II. A member of All Saints Parish in Plymouth, Louis enjoyed...
Francis G. Anstett CSM, Ret
Apr 30, 2010
Francis G Anstett, Sr., 80, retired Army Command Sergeant Major of Bear Creek Village and formerly of Liverpool, New York passed away Friday, April 30, 2010. Born December 20, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre he was the son of the late David and Louise Wallace Anstett and a grandson of Professor Frank Anstett. Frank was a 1948 graduate of Coughlin High School...
Margaret White Fay
Apr 24, 2010
Margaret White Fay of Shavertown died Saturday April 24, 2010 at Geisinger Medical Center Plains Township. Margaret was born March 3, 1952 the daughter of Joseph E. and Marcella McCormick Fay. The granddaughter of William Morris and Carolyn Runner Fay of West Pittston and Peter J. and Margaret White McCormick of Wilkes-Barre. Margaret attended Schuyler Avenue School in Kingston, afterward...
Leona C. Anstett
Apr 22, 2010
Leona C. Anstett, RN, age 98, formerly of Carey Ave. South Wilkes-Barre died April 22, 2010 at Manor Care Hampton House, Hanover Township where she had been a resident since June 2007. Mrs. Anstett was born October 16, 1911 in Plymouth daughter of the late Adam and Anna Benoska isslo She was a 1928 graduate of Plymouth High School and...
Dorothy Williams
Apr 15, 2010
Dorothy Rollman Williams, 95, of Washington Square in Wilkes-Barre died Thursday at her residence. Born February 25, 1915 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Walters Rollman. Dorothy was a member of the Parish of Saint Nicholas and its Altar and Rosary Society and senior citizens club. Mrs. Williams was active with the Washington Square...
Sheila Gordon
Apr 10, 2010
Sheila Mooney Gordon, 73, of Shickshinny Lake entered eternal life on Saturday. Born October 21, 1936 in New Haven, Connecticut she was the only child of the late Terence and Nan Connors Mooney. Sheila graduated from Saint Mary's High School in New Haven where she was a cheerleader. She worked at Southern New England Telephone Company, as a legal secretary...
Nellie Sipple
Apr 3, 2010
Nellie M. Sipple, 92, passed away Saturday, April 3rd in Hospice Care of the VNA. Born April 9, 1917 in Lee Park she was a daughter of the late John J. and Lucy Shields Fisher. Nell attended Wilkes-Barre city schools and graduated from E.L. Meyers High School. She was a homemaker for many years, and an accomplished seamstress working at...
Honorable Bernard J. Podcasy
Apr 3, 2010
The Honorable Bernard J. Podcasy, 89, of Wilkes-Barre entered eternal life on Saturday, April 3rd. Born August 12, 1920 in Ashley he was a son of the late Joseph and Catherine Pierozek Podczasy. Judge Podcasy was a graduate of Saint Leo's High School in Ashley and Saint Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown...
Marlene Dante
Mar 24, 2010
Marlene Kieran Dante, 79, of Old Carverton Road in Trucksville ended her courageous battle with cancer and entered into eternal rest in the presence of her family on Wednesday at her home. Born January 28, 1931 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Francis P. and Irene Duclos Kieran. Marlene was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School...
Joseph F. Long
Mar 22, 2010
Joseph Francis Long, Sr. entered eternal rest on March 22, 2010 at Hospice Care of the VNA. Born October 26, 1922, Joe was a life-long resident of Wilkes-Barre and son of the late James and Catherine McAndrew Long. A 1941 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School, Joe earned his bachelors degree in accounting from the Wharton School of Finance of...
Eileen Hornsby Hagenbuch
Mar 20, 2010
Eileen T. Hornsby Hagenbuch, 54, of Mountain Top died Saturday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born January 25, 1956 in Wilkes-Barre Township she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Eileen Mulligan Hornsby. A 1973 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School, Eileen was employed by Wyoming National Bank and worked for Nabisco and Kraft Foods prior to her illness....
Debra Mae Longfoot
Mar 20, 2010
Debra Mae Madara Longfoot, 57, of Woodbury Street in the Lee Park section of Hanover Township died Saturday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born October 12, 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey she was a daughter of the late Harry and Mae Palmer Madara. Debra had been a technician at Procter & Gamble in Mehoopany for the past twenty-four years. Surviving are...
Joan Walsh
Mar 19, 2010
Joan Alicia Walsh, 80, of Wilkes-Barre and formerly of Harvey’s Lake died Friday at Riverstreet Manor. Born April 14, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Joseph M. and Agnes Gilligan Walsh. Joan was a 1946 graduate of Saint Mary's High School. She earned her BA in Fine Arts and Anthropology from American University in Washington, D.C....
Karl M. Burke
Mar 14, 2010
Karl M. Burke, 71, of South Main Road in Mountain Top died Sunday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born March 16, 1938 in Ashley, he was a son of the late Edward J. and Emma Perschau Burke. Karl was a graduate of Saint Leo's High School. Before retiring in 2004, Mr. Burke was a library assistant for the D. Leonard Corgan...
Janice Shilkoski
Mar 7, 2010
Janice Shilkoski, 61, of Breslau in Hanover Township entered into eternal rest on Sunday at Hospice Community Care. Born May 26, 1948 in Breslau she was a daughter of Helen Balavage Shilkoski and the late Walter Shilkoski. A graduate of Saint Vincent’s High School, Class of 1966, she was employed at Kraft Foods (formerly Standard Brands) for forty-one years as...
Marie Preston
Mar 7, 2010
Marie Rose Preston, 84, formerly of Southview Manor in Wilkes-Barre died Sunday at Timber Ridge. Born June 22, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Margaret Judge Preston. Before retiring Marie was a sales associate at Pomeroy’s in Downtown Wilkes-Barre. Ms. Preston was a member of the Parish of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception....
Julie Mantione
Mar 6, 2010
Julie Mantione, 59, of Yatesville and formerly of Wilkes-Barre lost her courageous battle with cancer on Saturday. Born July 31, 1950 in Kingston she was a daughter of the late Chester and Jennie Polomski Gutowski. Julie was a 1968 graduate of West Side Central Catholic High School in Kingston, and worked for the General State Authority at Hickory Run State...
Barbara L. Martin
Mar 2, 2010
Barbara Ann Lapinski Martin, 69, who resided in Wilkes-Barre with her husband of thirty-eight years, James J. Martin, Jr and a former resident of Italy Street in Mocanaqua died Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born June 17, 1940 she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Michaloski Lapinski. Barbara worked for Commonwealth Telephone Company for thirty-five...
Raymond Burke
Feb 25, 2010
Raymond Burke February 25, 2010 Raymond William Burke, 71, of Eno Street in Plymouth died Thursday, February 25th at his home. Born April 16, 1938 in Plymouth he was a son of the late Raymond and Helen Burke. Raymond was a 1956 graduate of Plymouth High School. An Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he served our country from 1958...
James B. Jescavage
Feb 20, 2010
James B. Jescavage, 54, a resident of Timber Ridge and, formerly, Valley Crest died Saturday, February 20th at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born November 28, 1955 and raised in Kingston, he was the son of the late Thaddeus Lewis Jescavage and Helen Kennedy Bennett. James engaged many activities at Valley Crest and earlier, through the ARC. He was an animal lover...
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