Obituaries

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...
Orrin "Sonny" Emery Phinney, Jr.
Sep 12, 2014
Orrin "Sonny" Emery Phinney, Jr., age 71, of Wysox, PA died Friday evening, September 12, 2014 at his home after an illness. Born on July 9, 1943 in Windham Township, Wyoming County, PA he was the son of the late Orrin and Evelyn Furman Phinney, Sr. He was a 1961 graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School. Orrin married Patricia Harris...
Mark James Shingler
Sep 11, 2014
Mark James Shingler of Meshoppen, PA unexpectedly passed away Thursday afternoon September 11, 2014. Mark was born April 25, 1985 in Allentown, PA the son of the late Mark Todd Shingler, who passed away October 23, 2013 and Mary Payne of Sayre, PA Mark was a man of many interests. He especially enjoyed spending time with his children Amber and...
Timothy Edward Robinson
Sep 10, 2014
Timothy Edward Robinson of Golden Hill, Laceyville, PA. passed away unexpectedly at his home in Windham twp., Wyoming Co., early Wednesday morning, September 10, 2014. Tim was born on January 8, 1959 in Montrose, PA. the son of the late Albert Robinson, who passed away on Dec. 5, 1965 and Reatha Salsman Robinson of Golden Hill, with whom he lived...
Baby Charles Christopher Newell
Sep 3, 2014
Baby Charles Christopher Newell infant son of Trisha M. O'Connor and Chris Darryl Newell of 60 Main St., New Albany, PA passed away Wednesday evening, September 3, 2014 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Besides his parents, Baby Charles is survived by his siblings Patrick O'Connor of New Albany and Kelsey Newell of Counce, TN; his maternal grandparents Dianne...
Zamien Elijah Benditt-Parkes
Aug 30, 2014
Zamien Elijah Benditt-Parkes was born November 27, 1996, in Akron, Ohio. Zamien died suddenly at his home in Wilmot Township on August 30, 2014. Zamien attended K-4 through 7th grade in the Towanda School District, 8th grade in Wellsboro School District, and 9th to time of death in Wyalusing Valley Jr-Sr High School District where he would have been entering...




