Obituaries

Mar 14, 2018

John D. Spencer, age 84, of Silvara, PA, passed away on Wednesday evening, March 14, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

John was born on June 13, 1933, in Skinner's Eddy, PA, the son of the late Melvin E. and Catherine M. Repsher Spencer. On March 20, 1953, he married the former Betty A....

Mar 9, 2018

Michael T. Claupein, Sr., age 71, of Herrick Twp., PA passed away Friday, March 9, 2018.

Mike was born on October 30, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA the son of the late George and Marge Claupein, Sr.  He served his country in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

He was employed as a truck...

Mar 2, 2018

David H. Powell, age 98, of West Newton, PA (formerly Laceyville, PA), passed away on Friday evening, March 2, 2018 at his home with his family by his side. David was born on September 15, 1919 in LeRaysville, PA the son of the late David and Cora Crawford Powell. He graduated from LeRaysville High School with the class of 1937....

Mar 2, 2018

Jeanette Marie Steele Berry Chamberlin, age 75, of Wilmot Township, PA passed away Friday morning, March 2, 2018 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital. Jeanette was born on February 14, 1943 in Blairstown, NJ the daughter of the late Howard and Ruby Martin Steele, Sr. Jeanette grew up in the Newton, NJ area, graduating from Newton...

Mar 1, 2018

Marian A. Walter Fassett, age 78, of Rushville, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, March 1, 2018 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore, PA. Marian was born on January 10, 1940 in Wyalusing, PA, the daughter of the late Peter Walter Sr. and Nellie Armitage Walter. On October 16, 1957 she married William H. Fassett Jr. and the...

Mar 1, 2018

Donald E. Abrey, age 77, of Wyalusing, PA died at home on March 1, 2018 following a two-year struggle with cancer. Don had a long and successful career as a community banker. In the 1970's, he moved to the southern tier of New York state where he led a series of savings banks. In 1986, he crossed the border to...

Feb 26, 2018

Judith "Judy" A. Adams, age 75, of Laceyville, PA, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, Judy was born on December 20, 1942 in Meshoppen, PA the daughter of the late Lewis A. and Irene G. Sutton. She graduated from Elk Lake High School with the Class of 1960. Later that year she...

Feb 23, 2018

R. Hewitt "Huey" Sutton, age 76, of Springville, PA passed away on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Florida Hospital in Tampa, FL. Huey was born on November 29, 1941 in Kingston, PA the son of the late Ralph and Marion Springer Sutton. He was a graduate of Elk Lake High School with the class of 1959. Huey married the...

Feb 20, 2018

Melinda "Mindy" Gene Piccotti, age 68, of South Auburn, PA passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Mindy was born on April 19, 1949 in Montrose, PA the daughter of the late Eugene T. (d. December 5, 2009) and Dorothy E. Arnold Purdy (d. June 23, 2016). She was a graduate of Elk Lake High...

Feb 17, 2018

Mrs. Rosalyn Lucy Bell, 97, passed into eternal life, surrounded by her loving family, on February 17, 2018. She was born November 10, 1920 to the late James and Mary (McGee) McAvoy. Rosalyn grew up in Auburn Center and graduated from Meshoppen High School in 1937. In 1941, she married Joseph Bell and moved to Dover, New Jersey to do...

Feb 15, 2018

Mrs. Shirley Mae Knowles, age 83, of Shumway Rd., Wyalusing, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Spring Hill, on Thursday, February 15, 2018. Shirley was born in Baltimore, MD, on October 18, 1934, the daughter of the late LeRoy and Dorothy Goodrich Sullivan. In her younger years, her family moved to the Towanda area, where she would attend...

Feb 15, 2018

Mildred Josephine Goodwin, age 86, of Laceyville, PA, known as Millie Jo to her friends and loved ones, passed from this earth on Thursday morning, February 15, 2018, at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Millie was born in Stevens Township on November 9, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Doris M. (Warner) Pennay (d....

Feb 13, 2018

Charles "Chuck" Gary Perkins, age 69, of Stevensville, PA, tragically passed away by accident in the woods on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Chuck was born on March 4, 1948 in Montrose, PA, the son of the late John David Perkins, who passed away on February 24, 1986, and Rose Minnette Webster Perkins, who passed away on January 15, 2012. He...

Feb 9, 2018

Lisa Marshall, age 53, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, February 9, 2018 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. Lisa was born on May 10, 1964 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late William "Bill" Marshall, who passed away on December 25, 1982 and Cecilia Ryan Marshall, who passed away on August 20, 2010. Lisa grew...

Feb 9, 2018

Kermit L. Goodenough of Camptown, PA passed away, Friday, February 9, 2018 at the Bradford County Manor in Troy, PA. He was born on September 9, 1937 in Camptown, PA the son of the late George L. and Margaret "Helen" Becker Goodenough. He graduated from Camptown High School with the class of 1955. Kermit was employed as an Offset Pressman...

Feb 6, 2018

Lewis H. Reinhart, Jr., age 88, of Laceyville, PA (formerly of Wyalusing), passed away Tuesday morning, February 6, 2018 at The Gardens in Tunkhannock, PA. Lew was born on August 15, 1929 in Columbia, PA the son of the late Lewis H. Reinhart, Sr. and Mildred Schlotthauer Cranford. He was a graduate of Columbia High School with the class of...