Obituaries

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Jeanette Marie Steele Berry Chamberlin

Jeanette Marie Steele Berry Chamberlin

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...

Marian A. Walter Fassett

Marian A. Walter Fassett

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...

Donald E. Abrey

Donald E. Abrey

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...

Judith "Judy" A. Adams

Judith "Judy" A. Adams

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...

R. Hewitt "Huey" Sutton

R. Hewitt "Huey" Sutton

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...

Melinda "Mindy" Gene Piccotti

Melinda "Mindy" Gene Piccotti

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...

Rosalyn L. Mcavoy Bell

Rosalyn L. Mcavoy Bell

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...

Shirley Mae Knowles

Shirley Mae Knowles

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...

Mildred "Millie" Josephine Goodwin

Mildred "Millie" Josephine Goodwin

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....

Charles "Chuck" Gary Perkins

Charles "Chuck" Gary Perkins

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...

Lisa Marshall

Lisa Marshall

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...

Kermit L. Goodenough

Kermit L. Goodenough

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...

Lewis H. Reinhart, Jr.

Lewis H. Reinhart, Jr.

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...

Dean E. Jones

Dean E. Jones

Feb 4, 2018

Dean E. Jones, age 54, of Laceyville, PA passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018 at his home. Dean was born on November 9, 1963 in Towanda, PA the son of the late Bryce E. Jones (d. June 14, 2010) and Shirley Wilcox Jones of Laceyville, PA. He attended Wyalusing Valley High School. He was employed with the McCloe Pond Farm...

Ronald "Ron" Richard Hunsinger

Ronald "Ron" Richard Hunsinger

Feb 3, 2018

Ronald "Ron" Richard Hunsinger, age 66, of Sugar Run, PA, passed away on Saturday evening, February 3, 2018, peacefully at his house surrounded by his family. Ron was born on July 8, 1951, in Meshoppen, PA, the son of the late Ronald Hunsinger and Betty Blaisure Hunsinger. Ron attended and graduated from Elk Lake High School with the Class of...

Robert Willson Oliver, Sr.

Robert Willson Oliver, Sr.

Jan 28, 2018

Robert Willson Oliver, Sr., age 80, of Wyalusing, PA passed away Sunday evening, January 28, 2018 at his home with his children by his side. Robert was born on February 24, 1937 in Wyalusing, PA the son of the late Claude C. (d. November, 1968) and Beatrice Willson Oliver (d. December 1975). He was a graduate of Wyalusing High School...

Jason Lee Smith

Jason Lee Smith

Jan 26, 2018

Jason Lee Smith, age 42, of Laceyville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 26, 2018 at his home on Second Street. Jason was born on June 30, 1975 in Sayre, PA, the son of the late Sharon Smith Causer, who passed away in September of 2012. He attended Wyalusing Valley High School. Jason had two daughters, Sierra and Jade...

Genevieve "Gen" A. Profera

Genevieve "Gen" A. Profera

Jan 21, 2018

Genevieve "Gen" A. Profera, age 87, of Wyalusing, PA, passed away on Sunday morning, January 21, 2018 at her home on Lime Hill. Gen was born on September 7, 1930, the daughter of the late Sabatino and Lucia Canale Caporaletti . On October 24, 1953, she married Ben Profera and together they had three children. In the 1990's they moved...

Betty A. Spencer

Betty A. Spencer

Jan 19, 2018

Betty A. Spencer, age 84, of Silvara, PA, passed away on Friday morning, January 19, 2018 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born on August 23, 1933, the daughter of the late Floyd E. and Lillian Bullock in Scottsville, PA. She was part of the last graduating class of Mehoopany High School. On March 20, 1953...

Paulette G. Bates

Paulette G. Bates

Jan 13, 2018

Mrs. Paulette G. Bates, age 66, of Leisure Lakes Rd., Stevensville, PA, passed away at her home, in Stevens twp., on Saturday evening, January 13, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Paulette was born in Meshoppen, PA. on December 28, 1951, the daughter of Paul and Valerie Ruhf Newhart Sr., of Friendsville, PA. Paulette was one of eight children of...