Obituaries

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Margaret A. Benninger Fassett

Margaret A. Benninger Fassett

Mar 16, 2016

Margaret A. Benninger Fassett, age 69, of Laceyville, PA passed away early Wednesday morning, March 16, 2016 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital, in Tunkhannock, PA, with her family by her side. Margaret was born on December 13, 1946 on Spring Hill, PA the daughter of the late Gerald and Neva Garris Benninger. Growing up and living in Laceyville, she was...

Betty C. Bell

Betty C. Bell

Mar 16, 2016

Betty C. Bell, age 80, of Auburn Center, PA passed away on Wednesday morning, March 16, 2016 at the Endless Mountains Health Systems in Montrose, PA. Betty was born on September 7, 1935 the daughter of the late David Warren Kintner, who passed in 1958 and Marion E. Wandell Kintner, who passed in 2000. She was a graduate of the...

Grace M. Larrabee Bell

Grace M. Larrabee Bell

Mar 4, 2016

Grace M. Larrabee Bell, age 96, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, March 4, 2016. She was born to the late Alice C. (Dunlop) and Wallace L. Larrabee in New Albany, PA on November 25, 1919. When she was younger she lived in Trenton, NJ and spent summers in Camptown, PA. Upon finishing training at John Hopkins, Grace...

Charlotte Elizabeth Clouse

Charlotte Elizabeth Clouse

Feb 26, 2016

Charlotte Elizabeth Clouse, age 80, of Camptown, PA passed away Friday afternoon, February 26, 2016 with her family by her side at the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Towanda Memorial Hospital. Charlotte was born on May 14, 1935 in Newton, NJ, the daughter of the late Theron and Rebecca Hyatt. She was a graduate of Sussex High School with the...

Judy "Julia" Hildebrand

Judy "Julia" Hildebrand

Feb 20, 2016

Mrs. Julia "Judy Hildebrand, age 96, of Valrico, FL, went home to be with the Lord on February 20, 2016, where she has been residing for the last few years, since 2005. Mrs. Hildebrand moved to the Tampa Bay area from PA in 2005. She was born the daughter of the late John and Mary Chicarella. Surviving is her nephew,...

Allie "Sonny" "Sunshine" Heeman, Jr.

Allie "Sonny" "Sunshine" Heeman, Jr.

Feb 9, 2016

Allie "Sonny" "Sunshine" Heeman, Jr., age 71, of Silvara, PA passed away Tuesday morning, February 9, 2016 at his home. Sonny was born on July 24, 1944 in Sayre, PA the son of the late Allie C. and Gladys S. Kithcart Heeman, Sr. He attended Wyalusing High School. He was employed with the Brickyard in Binghamton, NY for many years....

Richard "Bj" E. Thomas

Richard "Bj" E. Thomas

Feb 4, 2016

Richard "BJ" E. Thomas, age 77, of Meshoppen (formerly of Midland Park, NJ) passed away on Thursday morning, February 4, 2016 at the VNA Hospice Unit of Geisinger CMC Hospital in Scranton, PA with his loving family by his side. BJ was born on September 16, 1938 in Sayre, PA the son of the late Carol Jagger Grabowski and William...

Norma J. Trowbridge

Norma J. Trowbridge

Feb 3, 2016

Norma J Trowbridge of Laceyville PA, born April 1, 1935, passed away February 3, 2016, surrounded by many loved ones. She was the daughter of Cleon Woodruff and Edna (Ellie) Matthews Woodruff Giannini, both deceased. Married to the late Robert (Don) Trowbridge on July 12, 1953, Norma was a devoted wife for 53 years. Besides her husband, Robert, who passed...

Walter L. Reinmiller Sr.

Walter L. Reinmiller Sr.

Feb 1, 2016

Walter L. Reinmiller Sr., age 83, formerly of Jenningsville, PA passed away Monday afternoon February 1, 2016 at the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospice Care. Walter was born on January 15, 1933 the son of the late Walter G. and Alice M. Kuech Reinmiller. He was a graduate of Hazelton High School with the Class of 1950. Walter married the former...

Marion M. Allen Bowman

Marion M. Allen Bowman

Jan 31, 2016

Mrs. Marion M. Allen Bowman, age 92 of Laceyville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday evening, January 31, 2016, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, in Wilkes Barre, PA, where she had been taken earlier in the day. She was born in Meshoppen, PA, on March 4, 1923, the daughter of the late Byrd Allen, who passed away on August 16, 1956...

Chad Harold Belcher

Chad Harold Belcher

Jan 29, 2016

Chad Harold Belcher, age 22 of Wyalusing, PA, passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday evening January 29, 2016. Chad was born in Kingston, PA on April 30, 1993 the son of Jack S. Belcher Jr., of Wyalusing, PA, with whom he lived with, and Iris May-Spencer of Bentley Creek, PA. He was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High...

Douglas Corey Wildoner

Douglas Corey Wildoner

Jan 24, 2016

D. Corey Wildoner, age 39, of Laceyville, passed away early Sunday morning January 24, 2016 from injuries that he sustained in an automobile accident in which he was a passenger, that occurred near South Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PA. Corey was born on December 10, 1976 at the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri the son of Douglas Wildoner of Sweet...

Robert Gregory Tokach

Robert Gregory Tokach

Jan 21, 2016

Robert Gregory Tokach, 61, of Wyalusing (Spring Hill) passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 21, 2016. He was born on July 2, 1954 in Meshoppen, the beloved son of the late Michael and Martha Falchek Tokach. Robbie graduated from the Wysox School, Mrs. Ruth Beebe's Trainable Class of 1975. He was active in the S.E.R.V.E. Program....

James Clarence Patton, Jr.

James Clarence Patton, Jr.

Jan 20, 2016

On January 20, 2016 James Clarence Patton, Jr., age 81, of Mt. Lake, PA went home to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born on April 5, 1934 in Noxen, PA the son of the late James and Soloma Hackling Patton. James was employed with GTE on 2nd shift as a Tungsten Supervisor for 28 years. He also...

Helen M. Tinna Wells

Helen M. Tinna Wells

Jan 19, 2016

Helen M. Tinna Wells, age 84, of Tunkhannock, PA (formerly of Meshoppen, PA for many years) passed away at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA, late Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2016 She was born on July 13, 1931 in Laceyville, PA the daughter of the late James Tinna who passed away in 1957, and Florence A. Brown Tinna...

Kevin A. Parkhurst

Kevin A. Parkhurst

Jan 18, 2016

Kevin A. Parkhurst, age 28, of Rome, PA passed away Monday evening, January 18, 2016 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA after complications from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in October 2015. Kevin was born on March 31, 1987 in Scranton, PA the son of Ralph E. Parkhurst, III of Rome, PA and Donna Kintner Ferry of...

Eva May Kohler

Eva May Kohler

Jan 13, 2016

Eva May Kohler, age 81, of the Wyalusing Personal Care Home, where she was a resident for 8 years, formerly of South Auburn, PA passed away early Wednesday morning, January 13, 2016 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital. Eva was born on June 16, 1934, in Petersburg, NY, the daughter of the late James Norman Crandall...

Dora M. Wood Blaine

Dora M. Wood Blaine

Jan 10, 2016

Dora M. Wood Blaine, age 87, of Stevensville, PA passed away Sunday morning, January 10, 2016 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. She was a resident of the Wyalusing Valley Personal Care Home. Dora was born on July 17, 1928 in Akron, OH the daughter of the late Francis Wood and Margaret Gustafson Cobb. She married the late Ronald...

Cheryl A. Wiles

Cheryl A. Wiles

Jan 9, 2016

Mrs. Cheryl A. Carter Wiles, of Main St., Laceyville, PA, age 67, passed away early Saturday afternoon, January 9, 2016 at the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Memorial Hospital, in Towanda, PA. Cheryl was born in Meshoppen, PA., on May 5, 1948, the daughter of the late Orell D. Carter, who passed away on June 11, 1976, and the late...

Harold W. Bullock

Harold W. Bullock

Jan 8, 2016

Mr. Harold W. Bullock, age 66 of Mehoopany, PA, went home to be with the Lord, on Friday evening, January 8, 2016, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA, after being taken there earlier in the evening. Harold was born in Meshoppen, PA. on February 5, 1949 the son of the late Gerald A. Bullock who passed away on...