Obituaries

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...
Barbara Ann Porter
Oct 25, 2015
Barbara Ann Porter, age 79, of Wyalusing, PA passed away on Sunday morning, October 25, 2015 at the Skilled Nursing Unit at the Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital, where she had been living for the last few years. Barbara was born on June 18, 1936 the daughter of the late Denton and Aletha Meyers Porter. She was a member of the...
Gary R. Woodruff
Oct 14, 2015
Gary R. Woodruff, age 66, of Wyalusing, PA passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Gary was born on March 28, 1949 in Sayre, PA the son of the late Ralph E. Woodruff and Martha Vargeson Woodruff. He graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School with the Class of 1967. In high school,...
Carole J. Newhart
Oct 13, 2015
Carole J. Newhart, age 71, of Wyalusing, PA passed away Tuesday morning, October 13, 2015 at her home. Carole was born on July 1, 1944 the daughter of the late Edwin and Jane Frantz Newhart. She was born and raised in Susquehanna County and graduated from Elk Lake High School with the class of 1962. She graduated from Robert Packer...
Felix T. Dziuba
Oct 1, 2015
Felix T. Dziuba, age 82, of (Edinger Hill) Laceyville, PA went to be with his Lord on Thursday evening, October 1, 2015 at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. Felix was born on the Dziuba Farm on Edinger Hill in Laceyville on December 1, 1932, the son of the late Peter and Kathryn Rebisz Dziuba. He was the husband of the...
Dorothy E. Adams
Sep 23, 2015
Dorothy E. Adams, age 97, of New Albany (formerly of Dushore), PA passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 15, 1918 in Dushore, PA the daughter of the late Floyd D. and Neva U. Bailey Eberlin. She was a graduate of Dushore High School with the class of 1937. Dorothy...
Howard B. Borel, Jr.
Sep 15, 2015
Loving and devoted husband and father, Howard B. Borel, Jr., age 92, of Spring Hill Road, Laceyville, PA passed away Tuesday afternoon, September 15, 2015 at his home. He was born in Vincentown, NJ on February 24, 1923 the son of the late Howard B. and Bessie Brown Borel, Sr. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in...
John H. White
Sep 14, 2015
John H. White, age 94, of 1504 McGavin Rd, Meshoppen (Auburn Center), PA passed away Monday afternoon, September 14, 2015 at his home. He was born on September 12, 1921 in Auburn Township, PA the son of the late Joseph and Katherine Brotzman White. He was a graduate of Auburn High School. After high school John married his wife, the...
Stanley R. Jones Sr.
Sep 14, 2015
Stanley R. Jones Jr., age 72, of Quick's Bend, passed away on September 14, 2015 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Stanley was born on October 22, 1942 the son of the late Stanley R. and Jean Chase Jones Sr. He graduated from Wilkes-Barre Meyers High School. Stanley was married to the late Sandra Oeller Jones, who passed away...
Charles R. Slater
Sep 14, 2015
Retired SSG Charles "Charlie" R. Slater, age 78 of North Flat, Laceyville, PA passed away unexpectedly at his home, in Windham twp., Wyoming Co., on Monday, September 14, 2015. Born in Sayre, PA on May 8, 1937, he was the son of the late Edwin and Betsy Burgess Slater. Growing up in the Laceyville area, Charlie was a graduate of...
Hedwig "Hedy" N. Chaffee
Sep 10, 2015
Hedwig "Hedy" N. Chaffee, age 79, passed away quietly at her home after a long battle with cancer. As Hedy put it "I won because I was supposed to be gone three years ago". Hedy and her husband, Stewart, of 60 years, moved from Delaware County, PA, to Tuscarora Township in 1976. Hedy retired from the DuPont Experimental Station, where...
Robert "Bob" George Foux
Sep 9, 2015
Robert "Bob" George Foux, age 69, of New Albany, PA passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday morning, September 9, 2105 at his summer residence in Sugar Run, PA. Bob was born on March 10, 1946 in Mehoopany, PA the son of the late Nathan "Dick" and Catherine Wright Foux. He was employed with Benton Foundry as a Grinder for over 20...
Gary W. Bonavita
Sep 4, 2015
Gary W. Bonavita, age 60, of Montrose, PA (formerly of Auburn Center) passed away on Friday afternoon, September 4, 2015 at the VNA Hospice Unit at CMC Hospital in Scranton, PA. Gary was born on October 19, 1954 in Meshoppen, PA the son of the late Joseph J. (August 13, 2006) and Elizabeth Bell Bonavita (October 27, 2005). He graduated...
Charlotte Jane Armstrong
Sep 1, 2015
Charlotte Jane Armstrong age 86 of Laceyville, PA (formerly Riegelsville, PA) passed away peacefully and completely loved with her daughter Ruthie by her side Tuesday September 1st. The first of two daughters of the late Maurice "Sticks" and Ruth (Santee) Urban she was born at home in Hellertown, PA on April 13, 1929. Upon graduating early from Liberty High School...
Kevin Michael Collins
Aug 26, 2015
Kevin Michael Collins, age 52, of Stowell, PA passed away unexpectedly in Laceyville, PA (where he had been residing) on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Kevin was born on February 27, 1963 in Meshoppen, PA the son of Lucille Thomas Collins and the late Walter A. Collins. He was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School with the class of 1981....
Marie Alberta Woodruff Vandemark
Aug 23, 2015
Marie Alberta Woodruff VanDeMark, 89, of Laceyville PA, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday, August 23, 2015. Born on May 17, 1926 in Transue, she was the daughter of the late Burt and Elizabeth Frisbie Woodruff. On November 26, 1941, she married Elwyn John VanDeMark. Marie worked at the family farm, the sewing factory and Bendix Corporation...
Sara E. Achenbach Balcomb
Aug 22, 2015
Sara E. Achenbach Balcomb, age 90, of Stevensville, PA passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday morning, August 22, 2015. She was born on May 29, 1925 in Schuylkill Haven, PA the daughter of the late George and Tillie Butz Achenbach. Sara was a graduate of Forty Fort High School with the class of 1943 and attained a BS...




