Obituaries

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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....

Donald C. Cunningham

Donald C. Cunningham

Jan 2, 2017

Donald C. Cunningham of Spring Hill Road, Laceyville, passed away on January 2, 2017 at the age of 91. Born in North Flat, Laceyville on June 1, 1925, he was the son of the late Lewis Ula and Ethel Canfield Cunningham. He was a graduate of Laceyville High School, Class of 1943. He enlisted in the Army in June of...

Robert Morris Babcock

Robert Morris Babcock

Jan 1, 2017

Robert Morris (Bob) Babcock, age 89, of 43 Creek Road (Silvara) Laceyville, PA, joined his wife Rosemarie Voda Babcock, in his heavenly home Sunday, January 1, 2017. He was born in Elk Lake, PA, on October 13, 1927. Bob was the eldest son of the late Edwin and Bernice Sivers Babcock. His siblings include two brothers, Donald and his Wife...

Richard A. "Dick" Jayne

Richard A. "Dick" Jayne

Dec 29, 2016

Mr. Richard A. "Dick" Jayne, age 72, of Laceyville, PA (North Flat), passed away on Thursday afternoon, December 29, 2016, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, in Wilkes Barre, PA. Richard was born in Sayre, PA, on August 1, 1944, the son of the late Frank C. Jayne; who passed away on February 2, 1990, and the late Jean L. Allen Jayne,...

Norman Robert Sick

Norman Robert Sick

Dec 24, 2016

Norman Robert Sick, age 65, formerly of Lovelton, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at the Partridge-Tippett Nursing Center, Wesley Village in Pittston, PA after a long battle with Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA). Norman was born in Meshoppen, PA on February 19, 1951, the son of the late Robert H. Sick who passed away in 1983 and Dorothy...

Patricia L. Phinney

Patricia L. Phinney

Dec 24, 2016

Patricia L. Phinney, age 71, of Standing Stone Township, PA, formerly of Laceyville, PA, went home to be with her loving Lord and Savior, Saturday, December 24, 2016. Patricia was born on December 1, 1945 in Sayre, PA, the daughter of the late Barton P. Harris who passed away on April 20, 1978, and Doris Browning Harris who passed away...

Jack David Allen

Jack David Allen

Dec 24, 2016

Jack David Allen, age 56, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, December 24, 2016. Jack was born in Tunkhannock, PA on July 18, 1960, the son of Bertha "Pat" Ann Allen of Meshoppen, PA, and the late Jack Ronald Allen. He graduated from Elk Lake High School with the class of 1978. On August 18, 1978 he married the...