Obituaries

Allen E. Grippo
Feb 28, 2020
Allen E. Grippo, M.D., age 86, of Wyalusing, PA (formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina) passed away Friday morning, February 28, 2020 at the Wyalusing Valley Personal Care Home.
Allen was born on March 31, 1933 in Kenilworth, NJ, the son of the late Allen P. and Mary Kremlick Grippo.
Allen graduated from Wyalusing High School...
Diane P. Wuethrich
Feb 17, 2020
Diane P. Wuethrich, age 77, of Sugar Hill, PA passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 surrounded by her family at her home.
Diane was a cheerful face seen around Wyalusing. She was loved by many from working at the Wyalusing Hotel and Brewed Awakening. She always had a smile on her face.
She was...
Frances "Frannie" Bernadette Lupher
Feb 17, 2020
Frances "Frannie" Bernadette Lupher, age 64, of Laceyville, PA, (Black Walnut), passed away early Monday morning, February 17, 2020 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wilkes Barre, PA, surrounded by her family.
Frannie was born in East Brunswick, NJ, on September 29, 1955, the daughter of the late Francis Ridler, and Josephine Kowalczyk Ridler...
Thomas Harold Bumby
Feb 17, 2020
Thomas Harold Bumby, age 77, of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania passed away surrounded by his loving family February 17, 2020, at the Allied Services Health Systems, Scranton, PA. Thomas was born on November 27, 1942, in Jersey City, NJ the son of the late Harold Martin Bumby and Marie Meckel Bumby. He attended Bernardsville High School where he graduated in 1960....
Kenneth A. "Ken" Tinna
Feb 16, 2020
Kenneth A. (Ken) Tinna, age 59, of Sugar Run, PA, passed away unexpectedly at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital in Wilkes Barre, PA, on Sunday, February 16, 2020.
Ken was born in Meshoppen, PA on March 22, 1960, the son of the late Harold Robert (Bim) Tinna Sr., who passed away on December 19,...
Charles Norman Fluck
Feb 15, 2020
Charles "Charlie" Norman Fluck, age 72, of Sugar Run, Pennsylvania passed away, Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA.
Charlie was born on September 17, 1947, in Quakertown, PA the son of the late Francis Albert (d. April 6, 1996) and Eva Mease Fluck, Sr. (d. March 28, 1961). He was a...
Virginia A. Bowman
Feb 7, 2020
Virginia A. Bowman, age 80, of Nicholson, PA (formerly of Meshoppen) passed away on Friday morning, February 7, 2020, at the Meadowview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Montrose, PA.
Virginia was born on May 26, 1939 in Laceyville, PA the daughter of the late Stanley (d. 1998) and Anna Ciprich Kirk (d. 2001). She was a graduate...
Norman W. "Woody" Wood
Jan 27, 2020
Norman W. "Woody" Wood, age 74 of Laceyville, PA passed away on Monday evening, January 27, 2020 at the Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital.
Norm was born on February 20, 1945 in Silvara, PA the son of the late Ora (d. September 11, 1972) and Ruth Benscoter Wood (d. December 27, 2005). He was graduate of Elk Lake...
Dewey M. Cokely
Jan 22, 2020
Dewey M. Cokely, age 90, of Wyalusing, PA passed away on Wednesday evening, January 22, 2020 at the Towanda Personal Care Home.
He was born on July 16, 1929 in Colley, PA the son of the lake Howard Cokely and Esther McCarrol McNeal. He was a graduate of Mehoopany High School with the class of 1948. After...
Cleon D. Canfield
Jan 17, 2020
Cleon D Canfield, age 76, of Laceyville, Pennsylvania passed away on Friday morning, January 17, 2020, surrounded by his loving family at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore, PA. Cleon was born on July 4, 1943, in South Auburn, the son of Frederick Canfield and Nettie Whipple Canfield. He joined the United States Army where he earned...
Dixie Lee Krieg (Russick)
Jan 17, 2020
Dixie Lee Krieg (Russick), of Laceyville, PA, (Silvara), was called home on Friday evening, January 17, 2020, at the age of 57.
Dixie was born in Montrose, PA., on February 20, 1962 the daughter of the late, Max Howard Russick Sr., and Betty Lou Stanton Russick.
Dixie grew up in...
Leann Johnson
Jan 15, 2020
Leann Johnson, age 56, of Wyalusing, PA passed away surrounded by her loving family Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at her home.
Leann was born on February 2, 1963, in Maryville, MO the daughter of Freda Conz Griffey of Maryville, MO and the late Eldon "Laverne" Griffey (d. May 4, 2014).
She was raised in Maryville...
Robin Agnes Misihowsky Ridall
Jan 15, 2020
Robin Agnes Misihowsky Ridall, age 64, of Auburn Center, PA passed away January 15, 2020, at her home.
Robin was born on July 29, 1955, in Jermyn, PA the daughter of the late Francis and Vivian Misihowsky.
She owned and operated the Ice Cream Shed in Meshoppen for many years. She gained many friendships from...
Richard "Dick" L. Vosik
Jan 9, 2020
Richard "Dick" L. Vosik, age 73, of Mehoppany, PA passed away Thursday morning, January 9, 2020 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore, PA.
Dick was born on July 18, 1946 in Kingston, PA, the son of the late Leo (d. 1995) and Genevieve Tribender Vosik (d. 2004). He was a graduate of Plymouth High...
Charles James Bennett
Jan 8, 2020
Charles James Bennett (Chuck) passed away on January 8 th at approximately 5:45 A.M., after a long illness in Camarillo, CA.
Charles was born July 6, 1965 in Torrance, California to Robert Glenn and Myrna Cherie Bennett. Charles was the last child born in this family, sometimes referred to as "Tail-end Charlie"!
He is survived...
Wayne T. Deremer
Dec 29, 2019
Mr. Wayne T. DeRemer, age 79, of Laceyville, PA, passed away on Sunday afternoon, December 29, 2019, at his home on Indian Hill, surrounded by his family.
Wayne was born in Dallas, PA, on June 15, 1940 the son of the late Lewis G. and Mildred Cook DeRemer. Wayne graduated from Wyalusing Valley High...
Charles Stanley Kile
Dec 25, 2019
Charles S. Kile of Moxie passed away on December 25, 2019 at his home with his wife by his side.
Born January 14, 1936 in Wilkes Barre, Pa, he was the son of the late Austin Miller Kile and Elsie Dixon Kile. Charles graduated from Tunkhannock High School with the class of 1954.
At the...
Jack A. Hagadorn
Dec 11, 2019
Jack A. Hagadorn, age 62, formerly of Towanda, passed away at his brother's home in Wyalusing on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 after a long and courageously fought battle of lung and bone cancer.
He was born in Towanda, PA on April 27, 1957, the son of the late John S. (d. October, 2019) and Catherine L. (Bennett)Hagadorn...
Shirley L. Grover
Dec 10, 2019
Shirley L. Grover, age 65, of Spring Hill, Pennsylvania passed away surrounded by her loving family December 10, 2019, at the Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Shirley was born on December 31, 1953, in Elmira, NY the daughter of the late Stanley Patt and Ella-Mae Patt-Bailey. She attended Masnfield High School where she was a graduate with the...
Michelle Repsher Salsman
Dec 2, 2019
Michelle Repsher Salsman, age 53, of Laceyville, PA (formerly of Wyalusing, PA) passed away suddenly on Monday evening, December 2, 2019 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA.
Michelle was born in Towanda, PA on November 24, 1966. She was the daughter of Carlton "Cocky" and Rose Burke Repsher, Jr. of Wyalusing, PA.
She was...




