Obituaries

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Joyce M. Melan

Joyce M. Melan

Sep 19, 2017

Joyce M. Melan, age 84, of Laceyville (West Auburn), passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, September 19, 2017 at The Gardens at Tunkhannock, PA. Born in Rush, PA, on October 3, 1932, she was one of six children, born to William and Jennie Mason. Growing up in the Rush area, Joyce was a graduate of the Rush High School, with...

Daniel Grant Newman

Daniel Grant Newman

Sep 15, 2017

Daniel Grant Newman, age 78, of Chesapeake City, MD passed away Friday, September 15, 2017. Daniel was born on May 2, 1939, the son of the late Malcolm John Newman (d. May 24, 1973) and Bernetta Salsman Newman (d. May 27, 2003) of Laceyville, PA. He graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School with the class of 1958. He was President...

Betty R. Winslow Salsman

Betty R. Winslow Salsman

Sep 10, 2017

Mrs. Betty R. Winslow Salsman, age 86, of Spring Hill Rd. Wyalusing, PA , passed away peacefully in her home on Spring Hill, Sunday morning, September 10, 2017, with her caregiver, Shanna Woodruff, her youngest son, Robin, and his partner, Bobbi , there to comfort her. Betty was born on October 9, 1931, the youngest child of Earnest and Ina...

Donald H. Adams

Donald H. Adams

Sep 10, 2017

Donald H. Adams, age 93, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away early Sunday morning, September 10, 2017 at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore, PA Donald was born on July 1, 1924 in Black Walnut, PA the son of the late John Milton and Mary Sheffler Adams. On September 14, 1946 he married the former Margaret A. Fletcher and...

Aaron Glenn Manney

Aaron Glenn Manney

Sep 3, 2017

Aaron Glenn Manney, age 91, of Wyalusing, PA passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at his home in Park Place Apartments. Aaron was born on May 25, 1926 in Shamokin, PA the son of the late Claude and Guennie Price Manney. He served his country in the US Army during World War II. He was employed as a Machinist for...

Edith Solis

Edith Solis

Sep 1, 2017

Edith Solis, age 88 of Mehoopany, PA, formally of Brentwood, New York, passed away peacefully in her home, listening to Judy Garland sing Over the Rainbow, surrounded by her loved ones, on Friday, September 1, 2017. Born on February 24, 1929, in New York City, she was the daughter of late Christine Santiago Medina and late Joseph Medina. She is...

Allan "Alley Cat" Lee Vanderpool

Allan "Alley Cat" Lee Vanderpool

Aug 31, 2017

Allan "Alley Cat" Lee Vanderpool, age 75, of Camptown, PA passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2017 at his home. Allan was born on June 3, 1942 in Sayre, PA the son of the late Stephen P. (d. 1987) and Helen M. Wullen Vanderpool. He graduated from Owego Free Academy with the class of 1962. After high school Allan enlisted...

Samantha Lyn "Sam" Carlin

Samantha Lyn "Sam" Carlin

Aug 28, 2017

Samantha Lyn "Sam" Carlin, age 22, of Mehoopany, PA passed away unexpectedly on Monday afternoon at her home in Mehoopany twp., Wyoming Co., PA. Sam was born in Towanda, PA on September 19, 1994 the daughter of Carl L. and Maxine L. Ralph Owen of Laceyville, PA. Growing up in and around the Laceyville area, Sam attended the Wyalusing Valley...

Vicki Zaner Ruhf

Vicki Zaner Ruhf

Aug 11, 2017

Vicki Zaner Ruhf, age 57, of Laceyville, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 11, 2017 at her home. Vicki was born on June 8, 1960 in Towanda, PA, the daughter of the late William L. Zaner Sr., who passed away on April 9, 2015 and Connie Karschner Zaner, who passed away on June 28, 2003. Vicki was a graduate...

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,...