Obituaries

Sharon Mae Slater
Jul 4, 2015
Sharon Mae Slater, age 66, of Laceyville, PA went to be with her Lord on Saturday evening July 4, 2015 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Sharon was born the daughter of the late Allie C. and Gladys S. Kithcart Heeman on May 21, 1949 in Sayre, PA, she was the wife of Charles R. Slater of Laceyville, PA....
Brian "Lb" G. Hunsinger
Jun 28, 2015
Brian "LB" G. Hunsinger, age 25, of Rush Township passed away on Sunday June 28, 2015 at Community Medical Center in Scranton, PA due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Doolittle Hill that occurred Wednesday June 17, 2015. Brian was born on June 5, 1990 in Tunkhannock, PA the son of Terry and Carol Swingle Hunsinger of Rush...
George Charles Silfee
Jun 14, 2015
George Charles Silfee, age 70, of Eddy Mountain in Laceyville, PA passed away peacefully Sunday evening, June 14, 2015 at the VA Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA. George was born in Scranton, PA, on May 27, 1946 the son of the late Willard Charles and Dorothy Wesley Silfee. He was a graduate of the Elk Lake High School with the...
Inez "Bunny" Jean Roberts Lyne
Jun 10, 2015
Inez "Bunny" the youngest of five siblings born to Burton and Betsey Farr Roberts on December 3, 1925, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at her home, surrounded by her family whom she dearly loved. Bunny was a graduate of Meshoppen High School, class of 1943 and of East Stroudsburg State Teacher's College in May of 1947. She...
Joseph J. Sucek
May 27, 2015
Joseph J. Sucek, age 87, of Dushore, PA, formerly of Ridgefield and Saddle Brook, NJ, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. He was born on August 31, 1927, the son of the late Joseph M. and Frances Sucek. Joe was a proud veteran of the US Army and also served in the...
Kathleen Dunbar
May 24, 2015
Kathleen Dunbar, age 85, of Meshoppen, PA passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on the evening of May 24, 2015. She was born in Wilkes- Barre, PA on September 20, 1929, the daughter of Jesse and Ruth (Oplinger) Ladner. Kathleen was a seamstress for most of her life and could make about anything that she set...
Richard Nelson "Ricky" Benninger
May 19, 2015
Richard Nelson "Ricky" Benninger, age 63, of 30 Carols Lane, Meshoppen, PA, (Lynn), formally of South Auburn, PA, passed away on Tuesday morning, May 19, 2015, at the Davis Care Home, in Lynn, where he had resided since April of 2000. Ricky was born in Meshoppen, PA, on December 12, 1951, the son of the late Nelson Peter Benninger, who...
Baby Isaiah Alan Labbe-Bowman
May 16, 2015
Baby Isaiah Alan Labbe-Bowman went home to be with the Lord on Saturday evening, May 16, 2015 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Isaiah was the son of Alicia S. Labbe and Allen S. Bowman of Springville, PA. He is survived by his siblings Robert D. Bowman of Oklahoma, Lukas J. Cokely of Springville, PA, Marcus A. Bowman of...
Robert C. Mills
May 7, 2015
Mr. Robert C. "Bobby" Mills, age 50, of Tracey Brewer Rd., Meshoppen, PA passed away suddenly at his home, on Thursday afternoon, May 7, 2015. Bobby was born in Bremerton, Washington on October 25, 1964, the son of Robert J. and Linda L. Matthews Mills, of Meshoppen. He graduated from Neshaminy High School in 1982. He joined the US Navy...
Marsha Ann Henning
May 3, 2015
Marsha Ann Henning, age 64, of Mehoopany, PA passed away Sunday morning, May 3, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Marsha was born on October 22, 1950 in Sugar Run, PA the daughter of Hettie Tinna of Sugar Run and the late Harold "Bim" Tinna. She was a graduate of the Wyalusing High School with the class...
Kathryn Kelley Collins
May 1, 2015
Kathryn Kelley Collins, age 91, of Meshoppen (formerly of Dunmore), passed away on Friday morning, May 1, 2015 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. She was the widow of the John Collins, Sr. who died in 1973. She was born in Scranton on July 3, 1923 the daughter of the late Herbert and Anna Fritz Kelley. She was a graduate of St....
Jerome "Jerry" Passarelli
Apr 25, 2015
Jerome "Jerry" Passarelli, age 77, of Auburn Township, PA went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 25, 2015. He was born on February 20, 1938 the son of the late James and Josephine Passarelli. Jerry served his country in the US Navy. He was a member and a Deacon at the Meshoppen Biblical Baptist Church....
Margaret May Donahue
Apr 19, 2015
Margaret May Donahue, age 82, of West Auburn (Laceyville), PA passed away peacefully on April 19, 2015 at her daughter's house in Monroe Township, PA. Margaret was born on July 31, 1932 in West Auburn, PA the daughter of the late Michael P. Donahue and Celia Nichols Donahue Benscoter. She graduated from the Laceyville High School with the Class of...
Barbara S. Gary
Apr 19, 2015
Barbara S. Gary of Spring Hill passed away early Sunday morning April 19, 2015, at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She was born May 27, 1923, on Spring Hill, daughter of the late Gerald S. and Lucy D. Carter Shumway. She graduated from Camptown High School. Most of her life was spent on the Hill, on the farm first acquired by...
William L. Zaner, Sr.
Apr 9, 2015
William "Bill" L. Zaner, Sr., age 84, of Marsh Street, Wyalusing, PA passed away early Thursday morning, April 9, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Bill was born on October 19, 1930 in New Albany, PA the son of late Lawrence B., who passed away in 1974 and Cora Barth Zaner, who passed away in 2005. He...
Frank V. Steffen, Jr.
Mar 29, 2015
Frank V. Steffen Jr., age 68, of Mercur Hill Road, Wyalusing, PA (Herrickville) passed away suddenly on March 29, 2015 at his home. Frank was born on December 12, 1946, in Meshoppen, PA the son of the late Frank and Eila Sheridan Steffen, Sr. Frank worked for the Aeppli Family Farms in Herrickville, PA. He was a member of the...
Arlo Willard Mcmicken
Mar 20, 2015
Arlo Willard McMicken, age 68, of East Third Street, Wyalusing, PA passed away suddenly at his home on Friday afternoon, March 20, 2015. Arlo was born on November 2, 1946 in Towanda, PA the son of the late Willard Roy McMicken, who passed away on May 27, 1994 and Jenny B. Barnes McMicken, of North Flat, Laceyville, PA. Arlo was...
Eleanor Ruth Robinson
Mar 16, 2015
On March 16, 2015 the Lord called Eleanor Ruth Robinson, age 86, of Wyalusing, PA (Moxie) home to continue her walk with Him. Eleanor was born in Camptown, PA on January 2, 1929 the daughter of the late Cornelius and Lelia Kissell Kithcart. She was a member of the Evergreen Christian Church since 1954, was a member of the Ladies...
Hannelore Ella Koopmann
Mar 15, 2015
Hannelore Ella Koopmann (May 13, 1937 - March 15, 2015) Hannelore Ella Koopmann, age 77, of Laceyville, PA, passed away early Sunday morning, March 15th, 2015 at her home after an extended illness with her husband of 56 years, Karl-Heinz Koopmann, at her side. Hannelore was born in Nordenham, Germany on May 13th, 1937, the daughter of the late Ludwig...
Ruth Place Weast
Mar 14, 2015
Ruth Place Weast, age 99, a resident of the Wyalusing Personal Care Home passed away Saturday afternoon, March 14, 2015 at the Wyalusing Personal Care Home in Wyalusing, PA. Ruth was born on January 10, 1916 on Browntown Mountain, PA, the daughter of the late Homer and Amy Mann Brown. She was the wife of John Place and Dr. Harry...




