Obituaries

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Christina "Tina" L. (Fletcher) Shoemaker

Christina "Tina" L. (Fletcher) Shoemaker

Nov 11, 2012

Christina "Tina" L. Fletcher Shoemaker, age 91 Christina "Tina" L. Fletcher Shoemaker, age 91, of 970E Avery Station Rd, Factoryville, PA (East Lemon) and formally of Laceyville, PA passed away Sunday morning, November 11, 2012 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. Tina was born on January 3, 1921 the daughter of the late William and Lucy Hodges Fletcher...

James "Jim" N. Roberts

James "Jim" N. Roberts

Nov 5, 2012

James N. Roberts (70) James (Jim) N. Roberts, age 70, of 2462 Bowling Alley Rd., Wyalusing, PA passed away Monday evening November 5, 2012 at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda, PA. Jim was born on September 2, 1942 in Hackensack, NJ the son of the late James E. and Evelyn Roberts. His family later moved to Queens, NY where he...

Alberta L. Belcher

Alberta L. Belcher

Oct 26, 2012

Alberta L. Belcher (age 59) Alberta L. Belcher, age 59, of 200 Cooks Trailer Park, Monroe twp., PA passed away at her home on Friday evening October 26, 2012. Alberta was born on January 13, 1953 the daughter of the late Almon J. and Olive E. Dymond Harvey. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1971. Alberta...

Beverly Jane (Owen) Sechrist

Beverly Jane (Owen) Sechrist

Oct 21, 2012

Beverly Jane Owen Sechrist (65) Beverly Jane Owen Sechrist, age 65 of 939 Coburn Hill Rd, Laceyville (Silvara), PA passed away Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2012 at her home in Tuscarora twp., Bradford County. Beverly was born in Sayre, PA on August 26, 1947 the daughter of the late A. Floyd and Nellie Dickinson Owen. She was a graduate of...

Walter Francis Baker

Walter Francis Baker

Oct 12, 2012

Walter Francis Baker Obit Walter Francis Baker, age 81, of 38 Indian Hill Dr, Waterloo, NY (formerly of Seneca Falls, NY) died peacefully in his home on October 12, 2012, after bravely battling cancer. Walter was born on July 20, 1931 in Meshoppen, PA, son of the late Francis and Eliza (Brotzman) Baker. He attended Bloomsburg State Teachers' College and...

Edmund F. Gutkowski

Edmund F. Gutkowski

Oct 1, 2012

Edmund F. Gutkowski, Sr., age 97 of 253 Wells St., Meshoppen, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, October 1, 2012 at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore, PA after a short illness. Edmund was born on February 13, 1915 in Georgetown, PA the son of the late Alex and Edith Gutkowski. Edmund served his country during WWII as a Corporal with the...

Perle C. Fassett

Perle C. Fassett

Oct 1, 2012

Mr. Perle C. Fassett, age 71, of 5917 SR 367, Montrose, PA (Lawton), passed away at his home in Rush twp, Susquehanna Co., on Monday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2012, surrounded by his family. He was born in Birchardville, PA, on March 9, 1941, the son of the late William H. and Ella Farr Fassett. Most of his life, Perle was...

Eleanor M. (Bullock) Kipar

Eleanor M. (Bullock) Kipar

Sep 19, 2012

Mrs. Eleanor M. Bullock Kipar, age 86, of 483 McGavin Rd., Meshoppen, PA passed away at her home on Jersey Hill, Auburn twp., Susquehanna Co., PA, on Wednesday evening, September 19, 2012, surrounded by her family. She was born in East Rush, PA on February 14, 1926 the daughter of the late Jay Bullock who passed away in 1958 and...

Thomas Jefferson Wright

Thomas Jefferson Wright

Sep 17, 2012

Thomas Jefferson Wright, age 69, of 290 McMicken Rd, Meshoppen, PA passed away at his home on September 17, 2012. Tom was born on June 1, 1943 in Meshoppen, the son of the late Horace Corbin and Esther Belle Herman Wright, Jr. He was a graduate of Lackawanna High School class of 1961. Tom went on to college to earn...

Perry D. Tokach

Perry D. Tokach

Sep 8, 2012

Perry D. Tokach, age 52, of 498 Vandervort Rd., Laceyville, PA passed away Saturday evening, September 8, 2012 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Perry was born on November 11, 1959 in Meshoppen, PA the son of the late Nicholas Tokach, who passed on July 30, 1982 and Anna Trabish Tokach, who passed on July 30, 2007. Perry graduated...

Nancy M. Crisman

Nancy M. Crisman

Sep 5, 2012

Nancy M. Crisman, age 74, of 392 Woodland Way, Tunkhannock (Eaton Hills), PA passed away suddenly on Wednesday evening, September 5, 2012 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Nancy was born on March 4, 1938 in Meshoppen, PA the daughter of the late Ralph and Evelyn Purdy Tyler. Growing up near Meshoppen she was a graduate of the Meshoppen...

William G. Hicks

William G. Hicks

Aug 21, 2012

Mr. William G. Hicks, age 68, of the Skilled Nursing Unit in Towanda, PA, passed away at the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Memorial Hospital on Tuesday morning, August 21, 2012. He was formally of Spring Hill, PA and the Bradford Co. Manor in Burlington, PA. Born in Sayre, PA, on Oct. 1, 1943, he was the son of the...

Mildred E. Decker

Mildred E. Decker

Aug 14, 2012

Mildred E. Decker, age 90, formerly of Lacey St. and Second St., Laceyville, PA passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 14, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, PA where she was a resident since February. Mildred was born on June 1, 1922 in West Nicholson, PA, the daughter of the late Frank and Emily Rundle Carey. Mildred was a...

Natasha "Tasha" Marie Canfield

Natasha "Tasha" Marie Canfield

Aug 13, 2012

Natasha (Tasha) Marie Canfield, age 17, of 456 Farr Rd., Mehoopany, PA passed away from injuries sustained as result of an automobile accident on Monday afternoon, August 13, 2012 in Windham twp., Wyoming County, PA. She was born in Sayre PA. on Aug. 28,1994, the daughter of Roger Dale and Sylvia Marie Parks Canfield Jr. of Mehoopany, PA. Natasha had...

Lewis Stephen Smith

Lewis Stephen Smith

Aug 9, 2012

Mr. Lewis Stephen Smith, age 70, of 391 McMicken Rd., Meshoppen, PA. passed away at his home surrounded by his family, in Meshoppen twp., on Thursday evening, August 9,2012, after a long illness. Louie was born in Meshoppen, PA. on November 1,1941, the son of the late Burton Lewis and Harriet May Storey Smith. Growing up and spending all of...

Elizabeth "Betsy" M. Tanner

Elizabeth "Betsy" M. Tanner

Aug 4, 2012

Elizabeth "Betsy" M. Tanner, age 73, of 355 Shore Dr., Tunkhannock, PA passed away on Saturday afternoon, August 4, 2012 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA after an unexpected illness. Betsy was born on July 31, 1939 the daughter of the late Louis and Josephine Morabito Verna. She was a graduate of the Little Flower High School...

Ellen Rae (Rosencrance) Cornell

Ellen Rae (Rosencrance) Cornell

Jul 23, 2012

Ellen Rae Rosencrance Cornell, age 61, of 92 King Lane, Laceyville, PA. (Indian Hill), lost her battle with leukemia early Monday morning, July 23,2012, at the Robert Packer Hospital, in Sayre, PA. Ellen displayed courage and humor throughout her entire treatment. Ellen was born in Waverly, NY, on Nov. 28,1950, the daughter of the late Robert Rosencrance Sr., who passed...

Cyrus Benton Tyler

Cyrus Benton Tyler

Jul 7, 2012

Cyrus Benton Tyler, 76, formerly of Ware Shoals, SC, died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Magnolia Manor in Greenwood, SC. Born in Sayre, Pa. On Nov. 22,1935, he was a son of the late Ralph and Evelyn Purdy Tyler. He attended Holiday Church in Ware Shoals, SC and was a retired salesman. Surviving are two sons, two daughters, two brothers,...

James Ladner

James Ladner

Jul 4, 2012

Mr. James Ladner, age 81, of 82 Lazy Brook Circle, Hallstead, PA., passed away at his home, in Liberty township, Susquehanna Co., PA. on Wednesday morning, July 4,2012 surrounded by his loving family by his side. Mr. Ladner was formally of the Meshoppen area. Born on Jan. 27,1931 in Wilkes Barre, PA. he was the son of the late Jesse...

Carl "Pete" W. Button Jr.

Carl "Pete" W. Button Jr.

Jul 3, 2012

Mr. Carl (Pete) W. Button Jr., age 63, of 970E Avery Station Rd., Factoryville, PA. (East Lemon), passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday evening July 3,2012, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, PA. Pete was born in Meshoppen, PA. on April 2,1949, the son of the late Carl W. and Celia J. Very Button Sr. Pete grew up in the Laceyville...