Obituaries

Joan Marie Caswell
Dec 29, 2015
Joan Marie Caswell, age 87, of Wyalusing, PA, passed away on December 29, 2015 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital where she resided for the past year. Born on March 11, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY, she grew up in the New Albany, PA area and was the daughter of late Ralph and Pauline Capwell Mosier. Joan...
Beverly "Becky" Jean Roof O'Connor
Dec 29, 2015
Beverly "Becky" Jean Roof O'Connor, 82, of Wyalusing, PA, widow of Kenneth "Kenny" O'Connor, passed away December 29, 2015, at the Wyalusing Valley Personal Care Home. Beverly was born the daughter of the late Atla and Eugenia Werkheiser Roof on December 17, 1933 in Towanda, PA. She graduated as a member of the Towanda High School Class of 1952. On...
Betsy Lee Jayne
Dec 28, 2015
Betsy Lee Jayne, age 51, of Spring Hill Road, Laceyville, PA passed away unexpectedly at her home early Monday morning, December 28, 2015. Betsy was born on March 28, 1964 in Sayre, PA the daughter of the late Hugh who passed away September 29, 2011 and Agnes Owen Parkhurst, Sr. who passed away May 7, 1989. She graduated from Wyalusing...
Kathryn "Katy" M. Vanderpool
Dec 24, 2015
Kathryn "Katy" M. Vanderpool, age 80, a lifelong resident of Laceyville, PA passed away on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2015 with her loving family by her side. Katy was born at home in Skinners Eddy, PA on July 24, 1935 a daughter of the late Emil W. & Marie M. "Mimi" Wygrala. She married Charles E. Vanderpool and they enjoyed...
Pauline W. Jayne
Dec 18, 2015
Pauline W. Jayne, age 99, of Wyalusing, PA (formerly of Spring Hill for over 65 years) passed away Friday evening, December 18, 2015 at the Wyalusing Personal Care Home; where she has been a resident for the last 5 years. Pauline just missed celebrating her 100th birthday, as she was born on January 25, 1916 on Spring Hill, PA the...
Joseph James Allen
Dec 16, 2015
Joseph James Allen, age 41, of Laceyville, PA. (North Flat), passed away unexpectedly, early Wednesday morning, December 16, 2015 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital, in Tunkhannock, PA. Joseph was born in Philadelphia, PA. on May 9, 1974 the son of Nancy Smith Allen Butterbaugh, whom he lived with in Laceyville, PA. and the late Harry Allen, who passed away on...
Paul E. Crisman
Dec 15, 2015
Mr. Paul E. Crisman, age 82, formally of Meshoppen, (Retta), PA, passed away at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, in Scranton, PA. on Tuesday morning, December 15, 2015. Before residing at Gino Merli in Scranton, Paul was a resident of the Wyalusing Personal Care Home, in Wyalusing for a number of years. Paul was born on May 15, 1933 in...
Ladonna C. Jayne
Dec 14, 2015
Ladonna C. Jayne, age 69, of Laceyville, PA passed away at her home on Monday morning December 14, 2015 surrounded by her daughters and neighbor and faithful friend Sandi English. Ladonna was born on March 7, 1946 in Sayre, PA the daughter of the late A. William (passed away December 24, 1975) and Alice M. Beaumont Gray (passed away January...
Romaine L. Salsman
Nov 30, 2015
Romaine L. Salsman, age 84, of 6659 Spring Hill Rd., Wyalusing, PA. (Spring Hill), passed away at his home in Tuscarora twp., Bradford Co., early Monday morning, November 30, 2015, surrounded by his loving wife, and his family. Romaine was born on August 28, 1931 in Sayre, PA., the oldest son of thirteen children, born to the late Howard and...
Terry D. Clapper
Nov 26, 2015
Terry D. Clapper, age 52, of Clapper Hill (Laceyville), passed away unexpectedly at his home on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015 following a long period of declining health. Terry was born on December 22, 1962 in Meshoppen, PA the son of Rita Stine and the late Daniel O. Clapper Jr. Terry graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School with the...
Veleda Mae Mullinex Fassett
Nov 25, 2015
Veleda Mae (Mullinex) Fassett age 86, of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania passed away at Golden Living Nursing Home, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania on November 25, 2015 from natural causes. Veleda was born at home on Bunnell Hill in Meshoppen, Pennsylvania on May 28, 1929 to the late Ernest and Lillian (Redmond) Mullinex. Veleda attended the Jenningsville Pennsylvania school and graduated in 1945. She was...
Ellen E. Day
Nov 24, 2015
Ellen E. Day, age 77, of Mehoopany, PA (formerly of Tunkhannock, Meshoppen, and Ithaca, NY), passed away Tuesday evening, November 24, 2015 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born on June 26, 1938 in Dallas, PA the daughter of the late Seth (passed away January 7, 2005) and Eliza Jenner Overfield (passed away January 14, 2005). She graduated from...
Christopher David Buckingham
Nov 24, 2015
Christopher David Buckingham, age 31, of Meshoppen, PA passed away on November 24, 2015 unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep with his fiancé by his side. Chris was born on September 28, 1984 the son of the late Carol Burr Buckingham and Raymond Buckingham of Meshoppen, PA. He graduated from Elk Lake High School in 2003. He was a dedicated...
Alan Lee Fortenberry, Sr.
Nov 23, 2015
Alan Lee Fortenberry, Sr., age 62, of Stevensville, PA passed away Monday morning, November 23, 2015 at his home with his loving wife by his side. Alan was born on October 4, 1953 the son of the late Edgar Fortenberry and Jean Watson Fortenberry of Pittston, PA. He was an owner/operator as an Over the Road Truck Driver for over...
Josephine D. Storey
Nov 23, 2015
Josephine Storey, 98, passed away peacefully, Monday, November 23, 2015, in her home at Storey Lake on Doolittle Hill, Laceyville, PA, as the first snowflakes of winter fell. She lived a long, proud, hardworking, and generous life devoted to God and family. Born near Wilkes-Barre, PA (Parsons) on February 9, 1917, she was the daughter of Andrew and Frances Krzykwa...
Marjorie C. Birmingham Deluca
Nov 21, 2015
Marjorie C. Birmingham DeLuca, age 87, of Wyalusing, PA and Lantana, FL passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Delray Medical Center, Delray, FL. She was born on June 8, 1928 in Staten Island, NY the daughter of the late William F. and Elizabeth Byrnes Birmingham. After high school Marjorie graduated from Seton Hall University with a Bachelors Degree...
Winola Allis Stethers
Nov 20, 2015
Winola Allis Stethers, age 88, of Standing Stone, PA passed away Friday morning, November 20, 2015 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital. Winola was born on July 1, 1927 in Orwell Township, PA the daughter of the late Lyle Lyman and Ina Park Allis. While growing up she helped do chores on her fathers family farm....
Gordon M. Porter
Nov 4, 2015
Gordon M. Porter, age 77, Towanda, PA passed away on Wednesday evening, November 4, 2015 at his home. He was born on June 16, 1938 the son of the late Denton and Aletha Meyers Porter. Gordon had lived in White Haven, PA for many years when he was younger in an assisted living facility. He also lived in Athens and...
Karen Irene Warner Smalser
Nov 2, 2015
To know Karen, "Coo Coo", Memah…was to Love Her. Karen Irene Warner Smalser, 59, of 236 Taylor Avenue, Wyalusing PA, passed away at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre on November 2, 2015, after a long, courageous battle with diabetes and congestive heart failure. Karen was born at the old Tyler Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen on January 29, 1956, to...
Hilary Shawn Mclaughlin Brown
Oct 26, 2015
Hilary Shawn McLaughlin Brown, 38, of South Auburn (Clapper Hill), PA, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 26, 2015 at Tyler Memorial Hospital/Commonwealth Health in Tunkhannock. She was born at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock on Dec. 1, 1976, one of two daughters to Susan Button Beitel and Nicholas McLaughlin of Clapper Hill. Hilary was a graduate of the Wyalusing Valley...




