Obituaries

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
Rodney Allen Stone
Jul 1, 2012
Rodney Allen Stone, age 48, of 2840 SR 3023, Montrose, PA 18801 (East Rush), passed away Sunday afternoon, July 1, 2012 at the Hospice Community Care in Dunmore, PA. Rodney was born on December 4, 1963 the son of the late Henry Stone and Dorothy O. Rose Stone of California. Rodney graduated from Elk Creek High School, in Elk Creek,...
Harriett L. Sharer
Jun 25, 2012
Harriett L. Sharer, age 66, of PO Box 215, 22 Bee St., Laceyville, PA 18623 passed away Monday evening, June 25, 2012 at the Skilled Nursing Unit in Towanda, PA. Harriett was born on September 26, 1945 the daughter of the late Harry O. (April 16, 1969) and Nettie M. McCormick Patton (April 14, 1993). She was a 1962 graduate...
Paul Henry Lyne
Jun 23, 2012
Paul Henry Lyne, was the last living of 7 siblings born to Royal and Louise Klinges Lyne of Trucksville on February 28, 1924. He passed away on Saturday evening June 23,2012 at the Meadow View Nursing Home in Montrose, PA. Paul attended Kingston Township High School. With the encouragement of his music loving mentor, Major Edmund Camp, he became a...




