Obituaries

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...

Mar 12, 2018

Violet (Swaboski) Fox, 77, formerly of Glenburn Twp., died peacefully March 12 at her home in Scranton. She was the wife of Gene Fox, to whom she was married since 1997. Born May 8, 1940, in Exeter, Violet was the daughter of the late Stanley J. and Sophie Agnes (Zielinski) Swaboski. She graduated from Holy Rosary High School in...

Mar 1, 2018

Elizabeth Bootsie (Hill) Gowarty, R.N., 75, Clarks Summit, died Thursday at home. She was the widow of the late Edward M. Gowarty, who died March 14, 1996. The couple was married over 31 years. Born Nov. 29, 1942, in the Bull's Head area of Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Vaughn and Elizabeth (Gallagher) Hill. She was...

Mar 1, 2018

Ann Marie (Walsh) Quinn, 78, of Clarks Green, died on Thursday, at home surrounded by her loving family. She is the widow of the late Robert W. Quinn Jr., who died Nov. 24, 1995.

Born July 24, 1939, in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary (Loughney) Walsh.

Ann graduated from...

Feb 22, 2018

Anthony Michael John Jr., 66, of Scranton, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, at Allied Services, Scranton. Tony was born Jan. 1, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, and was the son of the late Anthony Michael, Sr. and Anne Decker John Sr. He attended GAR High School, Wilkes-Barre. He was a member St. Anthony / St. George Maronite Catholic...

Feb 13, 2018

Donald Frank Noll, 82, of Scott Township passed away at Regional Hospital of Scranton on Tuesday afternoon February 13th after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma.

He was born on August 28, 1935, in Scranton, the son of the late Louise Roedel Noll and George Noll.  His wife of 30 years is the former  Dolores Petrini Dominick-Noll....

Feb 7, 2018

Dr. John L. Fahey, of Clarks Green, died on Feb. 7, 2018. His wife of 54 years is Dr. Marigrace Corcoran Fahey. Dr. Fahey was born in Scranton on Sept. 8, 1928, the son of the late John L. and Mary Fadden Fahey. He graduated from St. Patrick's High School in Olyphant in 1946 and upon graduation served in...

Jan 31, 2018

Lonnie R. Meckwood, 38, of Nicholson, died Wednesday, January 31, in Moses Taylor Hospital after a battle with Colon Cancer.

Lonnie was born on December 17, 1979 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He was the son of Charles Joseph and the late Margaret Silvia (Leute) Meckwood.

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Jan 28, 2018

Michael S. Masich, 82, a lifelong resident of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. His wife of 58 years was the former Joan Petrini. Born Jan. 21, 1936, in Scranton, son of the late Michael and Anna Kahanick Masich, he honorably served in the Army. Mike worked in the modular and mobile home industry,...