Obituaries

Jul 9, 2018

Debra L. (Jacoby) Kovall, 67, of Clarks Summit, died Monday at home. She is at peace after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of Thomas R. Kovall, who died July 15, 2007. The couple was married 33 years. Debbie was born April 6, 1951, in Scranton, the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy (Huggler) Jacoby....

Jun 22, 2018

Pamela Alison (Martin) Mustaikis, 62, Clarks Summit, died Friday, June 22, 2018, at home after an apparent cardiac event.

Born March 25, 1956, in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and the late Joan (Lloyd) Martin. Pam was a Clarks Summit resident, 1974 graduate of Abington Heights High School and attended Mansfield University. She...

Jun 19, 2018

George Ryan Campbell, 57, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2018, at his home in Clarks Green surrounded by his loved ones. George was the husband of Marion Hillmann Campbell.

He was born on Dec. 21, 1960, in West Orange, N.J., to Rita (Ryan) and the late Robert Campbell.  He graduated from West Orange High School and...

Jun 17, 2018

Sylvia Nancy (DeMato) DiCarluccio, 90, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Carbondale Nursing Home. She was the widow of Joseph Nicholas DiCarluccio, who died Feb. 20, 2015. The couple was married more than 67 years. Born Sept. 16, 1927, in New York City, daughter of the late Joseph and Connie DeMato, she moved from Toms River, N.J., to the...

Jun 9, 2018

Wayne Van Cortlandt Smith, 79, of Scott Twp., died tragically in an automobile accident on June 9. Born Jan. 29, 1939, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Wallace Van Cortlandt and Olga Margaret (Theilgard) Smith. Wayne attended Westfield Senior High School and went on to study at Juilliard School in New York. He also trained...

Jun 6, 2018

Mary Rose Anne Smith, age 53, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Regional Hospital of Scranton with her family by her side. She was born in Scranton on January 29, 1965 to Joseph C. and the late Giovina Salerno.

She attended Bishop Hannan High School and graduated from Marywood University and the Community Medical...

May 31, 2018

Peter Godwin Loftus Jr., 48, Waverly, died Thursday with his family at his bedside in Allied Services Hospice Center. Born March 6, 1970, in New York City, he was the son of Atty. Peter G. and Julia (Conway) Loftus Sr., Waverly. Peter was a 1988 graduate of Scranton Preparatory School and received two degrees from Rutgers College within Rutgers...

May 27, 2018

Richard J. Bourcier, Ph.D, 87, of Clarks Green, passed away peacefully at home Sunday. He was preceded in death by his wife of 33 years, Florence Michaud Bourcier, in 1994. Born in New Bedford, Mass., he was the son of the late Adrien and Alida (Richard) Bourcier. Richard was a graduate of Assumption College, Bachelor of Arts, Laval University,...

May 2, 2018

Caroline Whitmore Morgan, 91, of Clarks Summit and Naples, Fla., died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Casswallon Morgan. Caroline was born on Oct. 17, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Henry and Lucy Whitmore. She received her associate's degree from...

Apr 29, 2018

Nancy Schmitt Farkas, age 63, Waverly, died Sunday, at Geisinger Community Medical Center. She was the loving wife of 36 years to John A. Farkas, Ph.D., and mother to John Anthony Farkas Jr. Born Sept. 11, 1954, in York, she was the daughter of the late Paul Schmitt and Helen Stapleton Schmitt. She graduated from West Point High School,...

Apr 26, 2018

Beth Ann (Dulworth) Bruce, 59, Milford, formerly of Dalton, died Thursday after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was the loving wife of 33 years of David Richard Bruce. Born April 16, 1959, in Lansing, Mich., she was the daughter of Edward and Joann Dulworth, Clarks Summit. She recently moved to Milford, having lived at Elk Mountain and...

Apr 26, 2018

Monsignor John H. Louis, J.C.D., pastor emeritus of St. Gregory's Parish, Clarks Green, died April 26, 2018, at Holy Family Residence. Monsignor Louis, son of the late John J. and Mildred (Kelly) Louis, was born in Scranton on May 29, 1936. Monsignor attended high school at St. Patrick's Parish in Scranton and college at Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg,...

Apr 21, 2018

Forest F. "Butch" Hendrickson III, 79, Clarks Summit, died Saturday in Allied Services Hospice Center. His wife of over 50 years was the late Judith Ann Babushko, who died March 27. Born June 6, 1938, in Scranton, son of the late Robert and Hazel (Smock) Hendrickson, Butch was a 1956 graduate of Clarks Summit High School and attended Keystone...

Apr 19, 2018

Victor "Cubby" De Pasquale, 76, of Scranton, died Thursday afternoon at Allied Services Hospice Center in Scranton after a short illness. Born in Dunmore, on July 17, 1941, he was the son of the late Genero and Alice (Butka) De Pasquale. Cubby was a 1958 graduate of Dunmore High School. After graduation, he served in the United States Army,...

Apr 19, 2018

John M. Poplawski, 87, Scranton, died April 19 in Abington Manor, South Abington Twp. Born Jan. 28, 1931, in Scranton, son of the late Stanley Joseph and Clara Louise (Schreiber) PoplawA�ski, he was educated in Scranton schools and later attended Scranton Prep with an interest in studying Latin so that he could enter a Trappist Monastery as a monk,...

Apr 18, 2018

Mary Durkin Payton, formerly of Dunmore, a resident of Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center, died Wednesday. She was the widow of the late Timothy D. Payton, who died in 2002. Her first husband, James E. Durkin, died in 1970. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and the late Florence (Phillips) Ryan. Educated in Scranton...

Apr 13, 2018

Rebecca (Dennis) Haggerty, 49, of South Abington Twp., died Friday at Allied Services Hospice Center after enduring a long struggle with brain cancer. Her loving husband, Daniel, was by her side.

Born May 3, 1968 in Evansville, Ind., Rebecca was the daughter of Martin Dennis and Duane Jackson. She earned a bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's University...

Mar 27, 2018

Judith Ann (Babushko) Hendrickson, 75, Clarks Summit, died Tuesday at home. She was the wife of Forest "Butch" F. Hendrickson III. The couple have been married over 50 years. Born Feb. 6, 1943, in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late John and Ann (Kalmanowicz) Babushko. She lived in Clarks Summit over 50 years and was formerly of...

Mar 20, 2018

Rick "Fitz" Fitzgerald, 71, of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday at home. Born July 8, 1946, in Scranton, he was the son of the late John E. and Marie (Mulrooney) Fitzgerald. A lifelong Clarks Summit resident, he was a graduate of Abington Heights High School and, upon graduation, honorably served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Before retirement,...

Mar 15, 2018

The Rev. Robert J. Kelleher, Lake Winola, died on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pa., Scranton. He was the widower of Eileen Rattigan Kelleher, who died Dec. 11, 1998. Father Kelleher, son of the late Gerald and Elizabeth Boland Kelleher was born in Scranton on April 25, 1940. He received his early education at...