Obituaries

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Dale Byron Sturdevant

Dale Byron Sturdevant

Nov 6, 2014

Dale Byron Sturdevant, age 72, of 486 Sturdevant Road, Wyalusing, PA (Herrickville) passed away at his home Thursday afternoon November 6, 2014. Dale was born on November 25, 1941 in Towanda, PA the son of the late Henry Byron and Sara VanNess Sturdevant. He was a graduate of Wyalusing High School. Dale was a man who worked in variety of...

John Leo Collins, Jr.

John Leo Collins, Jr.

Nov 5, 2014

John L. Collins, Jr., age 67, of Meshoppen, PA passed away Wednesday morning, November 5, 2014 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. He was born August 9, 1947 the son of the late John L. Collins, Sr. and Kathryn Kelley Collins who resides in Meshoppen with the Collins family. He graduated from Dunmore High School with the class...

Bruce F. Dehaas

Bruce F. Dehaas

Nov 4, 2014

Bruce F. DeHaas, age 85, of 106 Church St., Wyalusing, PA (formerly of California City, CA) passed away peacefully at his home Tuesday morning, November 4, 2014 after battling leukemia and lymphoma for 30 years. Bruce was born on May 27, 1929 in Marquette, MI the son of the late Eugene and Jean Mason DeHaas. He was a graduate of...

Elsie M. Fassett

Elsie M. Fassett

Nov 4, 2014

Elsie M. Fassett, age 71, of 5917 SR. 367 Montrose, PA (Lawton) passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 4, 2014 at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. Elsie was born on April 4, 1943 in Wyalusing, PA the daughter of the late Peter and Nellie Armitage Walter. She was the wife of late Perle C. Fassett Sr., whom passed away October 1,...

Mary Wilcox Shatinsky

Mary Wilcox Shatinsky

Oct 28, 2014

Mary Wilcox Shatinsky, age 81, of 837 Brozonis Rd, Laceyville, PA passed away at her home on Tuesday afternoon, October 28, 2014. Mary was born on June 12, 1933 in Laceyville, PA the daughter of the late Ephraim and Mildred Fenton Wilcox. She worked on the family farm with her father and later with her late husband Bernard. After they...

Edsel A. Salsman

Edsel A. Salsman

Oct 25, 2014

Mr. Edsel A. Salsman, age 69, of 1309 Church Rd., Laceyville, PA. (Golden Hill), passed away on Saturday morning, October 25, 2014 at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda, PA., after a lingering illness. Edsel was born in Sayre, PA. on September 18, 1945 the son of the late Howard and Vera Woodruff Salsman Sr. Growing up in a large family...

Michael "Mike" Harold Salsman

Michael "Mike" Harold Salsman

Oct 24, 2014

Michael "Mike" Harold Salsman, age 54, of Sugar Run, PA passed away at his parents' home Friday morning, October 24, 2014 after an illness. Mike was born on July 10, 1960 the son of Harold C. and Janette Long Salsman. He was a graduate of Wyalusing High School Class of 1978. Mike was employed by Chamberlin's Auto Body in Stevensville,...

Jean Marie Ball

Jean Marie Ball

Oct 18, 2014

Jean Marie Ball, age 79, of Meshoppen, PA, passed away Saturday morning, October 18, 2014 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. She was born on April 15, 1935 in Alba, PA, the daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Roof Warren. She was a graduate of Canton High School, and The Robert Packer Nursing School in 1955. She...

Walter B. Potter

Walter B. Potter

Oct 17, 2014

Walter B. Potter, age 76, of Lime Hill (Wyalusing), PA, passed away at his home Friday morning, October 17, 2014. Walt was born on August 8, 1938 in Williamsport, PA the son of the late Rowland W. and Marjorie Rockefeller Potter. He was a graduate of the Williamsport High School Class of 1956. He also attended a two-year vocational school...

Penny June Gatto

Penny June Gatto

Oct 15, 2014

Penny June Gatto, age 55, of New Albany, PA passed away Wednesday night, October 15, 2014 with her family by her side. Penny was born on June 3, 1959 the daughter of Erven and June Allen Crawford of New Albany, PA. She was a graduate of Wyalusing High School with the class of 1977. She was employed with Proctor &...

Hugh R. O'Mara

Hugh R. O'Mara

Oct 14, 2014

Hugh R. O'Mara, age 86, of Stowell, PA passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at his home after a long battle with congestive heart failure. Hugh was born on June 1, 1928 the only child of the late Robert and Anne Collins O'Mara. He graduated from Wyalusing High School with the class of 1946 where he played baseball and basketball....

Lawrence Walter Overfield

Lawrence Walter Overfield

Oct 11, 2014

Lawrence (Larry) Walter Overfield, age 70, of Meshoppen, PA passed away Saturday afternoon, October 11, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Larry was born in Meshoppen, PA on September 19, 1944, the son of the late Joseph P. (August 24, 2002) and Virginia Jennings Overfield (July 27, 1989). He was a graduate of the Elk Lake High School...

George B. Tiffany

George B. Tiffany

Oct 5, 2014

George B. Tiffany, age 89, of 9125 SR 3001, Laceyville, PA (North Flat) passed away early Sunday morning, October 5, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, PA where he had been a resident for the last eight months. George was born in Tunkhannock, PA on April 26, 1925 the son of the late John I. and Edith Valentine...

Mary Weisgold

Mary Weisgold

Sep 30, 2014

Mary (Peskin) Weisgold passed away peacefully at The Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, PA on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Born in New York City in 1918, she lived a peaceful country life for 96 years. Mary was the daughter of Benjamin and Rose Peskin. The family moved to the New Jersey countryside early in Mary's life and began farming. Mary...

H. Dean Balcomb

H. Dean Balcomb

Sep 27, 2014

H.Dean Balcomb, age 89, passed away early Saturday morning, September 27, 2014 at his home in Stevensville, PA. He was born July 21st, 1925 in Forty-Fort, PA, the son of the late Charlotte and Ernest Balcomb. Upon graduation from Forty-Fort HS in 1943, he spent 4 years in the U.S. Navy serving his country on an aircraft carrier in the...

Evelyn Repsher Cruver

Evelyn Repsher Cruver

Sep 25, 2014

Evelyn Repsher Cruver, age 81, of Laceyville, PA passed away early Thursday morning, September 25, 2014 at her home on North Flat, Windham Township, Wyoming County surrounded by her family. Evelyn was born on August 22, 1933 the daughter of the late Carlton (Dutch) (November 1, 1989) and Agnes Filan (April 3, 1994) Repsher Sr. She was a graduate of...

Dorothy Ann Edsell Bomboy Benjamin

Dorothy Ann Edsell Bomboy Benjamin

Sep 24, 2014

Dorothy Ann Edsell Bomboy Benjamin, age 74, of Wysox, PA passed away Wednesday morning, September 24, 2014 at the Skilled Nursing Unit of Memorial Hospital in Towanda, PA. Dorothy was born in Sayre, PA on May 28, 1940 the daughter of the late George D. (May 4, 1999) and Mary Borden Edsell (August 6, 1998). She was a graduate of...

Joseph N. Sherman, Jr.

Joseph N. Sherman, Jr.

Sep 21, 2014

Joseph N. Sherman Jr., age 93, of Laceyville, PA passed away on Sunday morning, September 21, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Joe was born in Boonton, New Jersey on October 8, 1920, the son of the late Joseph N. and Emily Gruening Sherman Sr. He was a graduate of the Boonton High School (NJ) class of 1938....

Howard I. Cory

Howard I. Cory

Sep 20, 2014

Howard Isaac Cory, age 72, of Wyalusing, PA passed away at his home, Saturday morning, September 20, 2014. Howard was born on October 7, 1941 in the Camptown, PA area to the late Isaac D. and Lucy E. (Hancock) Cory. He was a life-long resident of the greater Wyalusing Area who worked for many different businesses over the years including...

Floyd William Furman

Floyd William Furman

Sep 13, 2014

Floyd William Furman, age 83, of 849 Peet Hill Rd, Laceyville, PA passed away on Saturday morning, September 13, 2014 at home surrounded by his family and loved ones. Floyd was born in Laceyville, PA on June 3, 1931 the son of the late Foster (July 14, 1981) and Josephine Bronson Furman (August 8, 1984). He was a graduate of...