Obituaries

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David Lee Behrend, Jr.

David Lee Behrend, Jr.

Apr 25, 2017

David Lee Behrend, Jr., 53, of Saint Simons Island, GA, passed away April 25, 2017. He was born in Towanda, PA on Oct. 31, 1963 to David Lee Behrend, Sr. and Barbara (Place) Behrend. On Sept. 14, 1991, he married Meg McGowan, who survives. Dave graduated from the University of Alabama in 1994 with an M.Sc. in Criminal Justice and...

Margaret Louise Roberts

Margaret Louise Roberts

Apr 10, 2017

Margaret Louise Roberts, age 85, passed away peacefully Monday morning, April 10, 2017, at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Guthrie Towanda Hospital where she had been living since 2016. Margaret was born on October 3, 1931 in Kimball, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Wayne and Emma Smith. She liked gardening, cooking, and macramé. She also enjoyed camping in...

Lucille Collins

Lucille Collins

Apr 6, 2017

Lucille Collins, age 82 of Sugar Run (Stowell), PA passed away on Thursday morning, April 6, 2017 at the Quadrangle Assisted Living Center in Haverford, PA. Lucille was born on December 7, 1934 in Stevensville, PA the daughter of the late Ray and Martha Pennay Thomas Shaver. She was a graduate of the Rush High School with the class of...

Betty O. (Otis) Hillis

Betty O. (Otis) Hillis

Apr 4, 2017

Betty O. (Otis) Hillis, age 83, of Twin Cuts Road in Wyalusing went to with be the Lord on Tuesday morning, April 4, 2017 at her home with her loving daughters, Faith and Ava, special caregiver Helga, and special niece, Phyllis by her side. Betty was born on October 30, 1933 at the Otis farmhouse in Camptown, the daughter of...

Dorothy A. Teetsel

Dorothy A. Teetsel

Apr 4, 2017

Dorothy A. Teetsel, age 76, of Meshoppen, PA passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Scranton CMC Hospital. Dorothy was born on December 14, 1940 in Wilkes-Barre, PA the daughter of the late Rudolph "Jake" R. (d. July 2013) and Mildred Fassett Lasher (d. April 2009). She was a graduate of Elk Lake High School with the class...

Elston Alden Mowry

Elston Alden Mowry

Apr 1, 2017

Elston Alden Mowry, Clapper Hill, (Laceyville), PA, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday morning on April 1, 2017 as he was welcomed into the arms of our Lord & Savior. He was the husband of Eleanore Lott Mowry, and they were married for 66 years. Elston was born on March 14, 1927, in South Auburn, PA and he recently...

Thomas Allen Keiber Sr.

Thomas Allen Keiber Sr.

Mar 27, 2017

Thomas Allen Keiber Sr., age 73, of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away early Monday morning, March 27, 2017 at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Thomas was born on September 27, 1943 in Oceanside, Long Island, NY the son of the late Harry Keiber Sr. and Helen Voigt Keiber. At the age of 12, he and his family moved...

Raymond "Sickie" Edward Sickler

Raymond "Sickie" Edward Sickler

Mar 23, 2017

Raymond Edward Sickler "Sickie", of Laceyville, PA, passed away early Thursday morning, March 23, 2017 at the Highlands Care Center in Laporte, PA. Ray was born on January 4, 1948 in Noxen, PA the son of the late Raymond Edward Siglen and Lela Hazel Loveland Cunningham. Ray graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School with the Class of 1966. He worked...

Larry Wayne Snyder

Larry Wayne Snyder

Mar 10, 2017

Larry Wayne Snyder, age 75, of Sugar Run, PA, passed away suddenly on Friday, March 10, 2017 at his home. Larry was born on October 8, 1941, in Hollenback, PA the son of the late Theodore and Mary Matthews Snyder. He married the former Audrey Chamberlin on April 21, 1962 and together they had three children Ted Wayne, Ronda Jane,...

John Levi Huffman

John Levi Huffman

Mar 8, 2017

John Levi Huffman, age 85, of Wilmot, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Towanda Memorial Hospital. John was born on September 22, 1931 in Wilmot Township, PA, the son of the late John Walter, who passed in October of 1989, and Bertha Huffmaster Huffman, who passed away in August of 1990. He graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School...

Betty Clapper Wootton

Betty Clapper Wootton

Mar 2, 2017

Betty Clapper Wootton, age 90, passed away peacefully with her granddaughters, Lisa and Lori by her side on Thursday, March, 2, 2017 at the Wyalusing Personal Care Home where she had been living since 2010. Betty was born on March 23, 1926 in Clapper Hill, PA the daughter of the late Clifford S. and Helen Brown Clapper. She was a...

Mabel Eleanor Brotzman

Mabel Eleanor Brotzman

Feb 26, 2017

Mabel Eleanor Brotzman, age 92, died peacefully in her sleep on February 26, 2017 in Hilo, Hawaii. Mabel was born on April 28,1924 near London England. She was 15 years old when Great Britain entered the second world war. After finishing school she worked in London as a telephone operator during the war years. In 1942 she met her future...

Donald H. Moody Jr.

Donald H. Moody Jr.

Feb 23, 2017

Donald H. Moody, Jr., age 90, of Sugar Run, PA, passed away Thursday evening, February 23, 2017 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Towanda Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA. Donald was born on November 9, 1926 in Evergreen, PA the son of the late Donald H. Sr. and Melissa Belle Lyons Moody. He graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School with the...

Richard Neil Mosher

Richard Neil Mosher

Feb 20, 2017

Richard Neil Mosher, age 74, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away Monday evening, February 20, 2017 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. Richard was born on March 9, 1942 in Hop Bottom, PA the son of the late Howard L. and Mildred Sepovich Mosher. Richard proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1961 until 1964. He was...

Rowmain Tunnicliff, Sr.

Rowmain Tunnicliff, Sr.

Feb 4, 2017

Rowmain Tunnicliff, Sr., age 82, of Wyalusing, PA passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Rowmain was born on April 10, 1934 in Sayre, PA. He was a self-employed auto-mechanic that loved to restore older cars especially the Model A. He was an excellent craftsman. He even hand crafted pistols. He was...

Marylinda "Mar" Mcdonald

Marylinda "Mar" Mcdonald

Jan 25, 2017

MaryLinda "Mar" McDonald, age 60, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. Mar was born on August 9, 1956, in Dunmore, PA the daughter of the late John and Marion Butterly. She graduated from Dunmore High School. Mar was a truck driver for Meshoppen Stone for 5 years and loved...

Esther Gamble Tyrrell

Esther Gamble Tyrrell

Jan 24, 2017

Esther Gamble Tyrrell, age 80, of Wyalusing, PA, passed away Tuesday evening, January 24, 2017 at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Esther was born on May 28, 1936, in Sayre, PA, the daughter of the late Carl N., who passed away on August 7, 1963 and Laura W. Snell Gamble, who passed away on April 12, 1957. She...

Melvin "Skip" L. Cornell

Melvin "Skip" L. Cornell

Jan 7, 2017

Melvin "Skip" L. Cornell, age 76, of Laceyville, PA, passed away Saturday morning, January 7, 2017 at Allied Services in Scranton, PA, where he has been a resident for the last several years. Skip was born on January 29, 1940 in Towanda, PA the son of the late Cyrus J. Cornell, who passed away on November 15, 1996, and Bickford...

Wilbur S. Houck

Wilbur S. Houck

Jan 4, 2017

Wilbur S. Houck, age 91, of Sugar Run, PA (formerly of Ashley, PA) passed away on January 4, 2017 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, PA. Wilbur was born on April 10, 1925 in Ashley, PA the son of the late Jesse W. and Josephine Bonser Houck. He was a graduate of Ashley High School with the class of...

Beverly "Bev" Warfle

Beverly "Bev" Warfle

Jan 3, 2017

Beverly "Bev" Warfle, age 84, of Laceyville, PA, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 3, 2017 at Skilled Nursing Unit at Memorial Hospital in Towanda, PA. Bev was born in Maryland, NY on November 1, 1932, the daughter of the late Floyd and Gertrude Collison Tice. She was married to Leo F. Warfle Sr. until his passing in October of 1972....