Obituaries

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George F. Wilmarth Sr.

George F. Wilmarth Sr.

Aug 10, 2017

George F. Wilmarth Sr., age 88, of Laceyville, PA, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday morning, August 10, 2017. George was born on April 21, 1929, in Factoryville, PA, the son of the late Francis and Edith Johnson Wilmarth. He graduated from Tunkhannock High School with the Class of 1947, while George was in school he played football...

Barbara Noreen Smith

Barbara Noreen Smith

Aug 4, 2017

Barbara Noreen Smith, age 83, of Wyalusing, PA passed away on Friday afternoon, August 4, 2017 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital. Barb was born in Binghamton, NY on December 7, 1933 the daughter of the late Clarence and Betty Hicks. She graduated from Montrose High School with the class of 1951 and from Mansfield State...

Lynn Rose Oliver

Lynn Rose Oliver

Aug 2, 2017

Lynn Rose Oliver, age 54, of Friendsville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at her home. Lynn was born on February 1, 1963 in Kingston, PA, the daughter of the late Joseph Mikulka Sr. and Ruth Ann Mikulka. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School. She married Howard Oliver on August 15, 1997. In her younger years,...

Robert "Bob" L. Sandor

Robert "Bob" L. Sandor

Jul 28, 2017

Robert (Bob) L. Sandor, age 68, of Sandor Road, Laceyville, PA passed away Friday morning, July 28, 2017 peacefully at his home. Bob was born on July 13, 1949 in Beaver Meadows, PA the son of the late Michael Sandor and Ellen Slater Sandor of Towanda, PA. He was a graduate of the Wyalusing High School with the class of...

Louise E. (Tewksbury) Dewolfe

Louise E. (Tewksbury) Dewolfe

Jul 27, 2017

Louise E. (Tewksbury) DeWolfe, age 90, of South Auburn, PA passed away Thursday July 27, 2017. Louise was born in South Auburn on the Tewksbury Farm April 8, 1927 the eldest daughter of 11 children to the late Eldred P. (d. Jan. 2, 1974) and Elsie A. Love Tewksbury (d. Sept. 16, 1985). As the oldest daughter, she helped her...

Wayne David Fassett Ii

Wayne David Fassett Ii

Jul 27, 2017

Wayne David Fassett II, age 40, of Laceyville, PA, passed away Thursday night, July 27, 2017 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA Wayne was born on August 10, 1976 in Towanda, PA the son of Wayne David Fassett, who passed away on March 13, 1998 and Donna Fassett. He attended Wyalusing Valley High School. Wayne liked to collect dragon...

Berneta "Bea" Gardner

Berneta "Bea" Gardner

Jul 24, 2017

Berneta "Bea" Gardner, age 87, a longtime resident of South Auburn, PA and resident at Gracious Living for the last year, passed away early Monday morning, July 24, 2017 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. Bea was born in South Auburn on the Tewksbury Farm, on July 20, 1930, the fifth child of eleven to the late Eldred P....

Dorothy A. Smith

Dorothy A. Smith

Jul 22, 2017

Dorothy A. Smith, age 88, of Endicott, NY (formerly of Camptown, PA) passed away Saturday afternoon, July 22, 2017 at the Mercy House of the Southern Tier in Endicott, NY. Dorothy was born on April 6, 1929 in Towanda, PA the daughter of the late Walter E. Warburton, Sr. and Beatrice G. White Warburton. She graduated from Camptown High School...

Barbara L. (Wood) Mcgroarty

Barbara L. (Wood) Mcgroarty

Jul 21, 2017

Barbara L. (Wood) McGroarty, age 85, of Towanda, PA (formerly of New Albany) passed away with her loving family by her side on Friday, July 21, 2017 at the Towanda Personal Care Home. Barbara was born on March 3, 1932 in Towanda Township, PA the daughter of the late States Greg and Bessie Sherman Wood. She graduated from the Towanda...

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Scott Lee Wilcox

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Scott Lee Wilcox

Jul 19, 2017

***Please note there is an important update to the service times.*** Lt. Col. (ret.) Scott Lee Wilcox, age 53, of Sugar Run, PA tragically passed away in an aircraft accident on July 19, 2017 in Monroe twp., Bradford County. He was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1964. The son of the late Donald Wilcox and Henrietta Price of...

John B. Cappucci

John B. Cappucci

Jul 18, 2017

Mr. John B. Cappucci, age 99, formally of Nimble Hill Rd., Mehoopany, PA, passed away at the Towanda Skilled Nursing Unit of the Memorial Hospital in Towanda, PA early Tuesday morning, July 18, 2017. He was born in Old Forge, PA on May 29, 1918, the son of the late Marianno and Domenica Baldoni Cappucci. Growing up in Old Forge,...

Marjorie "Margie" Mae Smith

Marjorie "Margie" Mae Smith

Jul 14, 2017

Marjorie "Margie" Mae Smith, age 72, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA. Margie born on February 11, 1945 in Towanda, PA, the daughter of the late Clyde J. Sperry and Mildred Corson. She attended and graduated from Sullivan County High School with the Class of 1963. She married Charles...

Roger Ray Sharts

Roger Ray Sharts

Jul 3, 2017

Roger Ray Sharts, age 46, of Quick's Bend, PA passed away Monday morning, July 3, 2017 at his home. Roger was born on July 27, 1970 in Towanda, PA the son of the late Hattie Lillian Baker Sharts and Roger William Sharts of Quick's Bend. He was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School with the class of 1988. He...

James Walton

James Walton

Jun 28, 2017

Mr. James Walton, age 89, of Steam Mill Hollow Rd., Laceyville (Silvara), PA, passed away peacefully at his home in Silvara, surrounded by his family on Wednesday afternoon, June 28, 2017. James was born in Philadelphia, PA on August 12, 1927, the son of the late Thomas Bell Moore Walton and Florence Hills Walton. He served his country in the...

Janice Tutor England

Janice Tutor England

Jun 12, 2017

Janice Tutor England, age 59, of Wyalusing, PA passed away Monday, June 12, 2017 at her home. Janice was born on March 28, 1958 in Pontotoc, MS the daughter of the late Richard and Virginia Connely Tutor. She was a graduate of the William R. Moore College of Technology in Memphis, TN. Janice married Tom England and they were married...

Kenneth A. Bodnar

Kenneth A. Bodnar

Jun 7, 2017

Kenneth A. Bodnar, age 93, of Wyalusing, PA, passed away late Wednesday evening, June 7, 2017 peacefully in his sleep at his home. Ken was born on March 28, 1924 in Wyalusing, PA the son of the late Michael Bodnar and Gertrude Minier. He left Wyalusing Valley High School in December of 1942 to join the Marine Corps, but was...

Helen Lorraine Valentine

Helen Lorraine Valentine

Jun 3, 2017

Helen Lorraine Valentine, age 79, of Laceyville, PA, (North Flat), passed away early Saturday morning, June 3, 2017 at Temple University Hospital, in Philadelphia, PA, where she was transferred early in the week. Helen was born in Windham twp., Wyoming Co., PA, on February 14, 1938 the daughter of the late Orrin and Evelyn Furman Phinney Sr. Growing up in...

Larry Max Whitney

Larry Max Whitney

May 29, 2017

Larry Max Whitney, age 66, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 29, 2017 at his home. Larry was born on October 7, 1950 in Sayre, PA, the son of Kay Louise Arey Ross of Dallas, PA formerly of Meshoppen, PA and the late Max B. Whitney. Larry was a graduate of Elk Lake High School with the Class...

Charles Kenneth Lamphere

Charles Kenneth Lamphere

May 19, 2017

Charles Kenneth Lamphere, age 74, of Laceyville, PA, passed away on Friday May 19, 2017 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Charles was born on August 3, 1942, in Towanda, PA the son of the late John Edward and Mildred Anderson Lamphere. He attended Wysox School. On January 4, 1969, he married the former Sharon Benjamin. Charles worked for...

Fred W. Decker

Fred W. Decker

May 18, 2017

Fred W. Decker, age 93, of Laceyville, PA entered into eternal rest on May 18, 2017 at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in Allentown, PA while visiting his family. He was born on May 15, 1924 in Laceyville, PA. He was a graduate of Laceyville High School with the class of 1943. On January 9, 1946, he married Joan Button...