Obituaries

Mar 21, 2014

Michael Wasylyniak Jr., 81, of Scranton, died Friday at the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center. He was the husband of Marie Eskin.

Born in Scranton, son of the late Michael Sr. and Olga Nebesh Wasylyniak, he was a graduate of West Scranton High School. Michael was a firefighter with the Scranton Fire Department for...

Mar 16, 2014

John Joseph Glynn, 77, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was the husband of the former Janet Quinn. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 27, 2013.Born Jan. 26, 1937, in Scranton, son of the late Martin and Louise Churchill Glynn, he was a graduate of West Scranton High School and received...

Mar 14, 2014

Thomas Gerald Gilligan, 82, Clarks Summit, died Friday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His loving wife of 36 years is the former Maxine Reynolds Woodruff.

Born Feb. 2, 1932, in New York City, son of the late Eugene Francis and Lois (Johnson) Gilligan, Tom contracted polio, during the epidemic in New York in 1949. Tom nearly died,...

Mar 12, 2014

Jane G. Porritt passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit, at the age of 96.

Born August 21, 1917, in Providence, Rhode Island, she was predeceased by her parents, Edwin and Sarah Greene, and her beloved husband of 49 years, John (Jack) Goff Porritt. Jane worked with the Red Cross during World War...

Feb 27, 2014

Iva Elizabeth (Robertson) Greening, 100, Palatine, Ill., formerly of Clarks Summit, died Thursday, after a brief illness in Arlington Heights, Ill. She was the wife of the late Pastor John Edward Greening. The couple was married for 54 years, until John's death in 1994.

Born May 11, 1913, in Duns-ford, Ontario, Canada, daughter of the late John...

Feb 20, 2014

Lois Adele (Bockelkamp) Deutsch, 76, Falls, died Thursday in the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Albert Deutsch, who died April 2, 2010. The couple had been married more than 42 years.Born July 17, 1937, in Scranton, daughter of the late Arthur and Elizabeth (Oschmann) Bockelkamp, she moved to Falls...

Feb 17, 2014

Theodore Andrew Klemish, 79, of Olyphant, died Monday at Geisinger Community Medical Center.

Born Jan. 23, 1935, in Olyphant, he was the son of the late Andrew and Tillie Waschysak Klemish. An Olyphant resident, he was educated in Olyphant schools. He honorably served his country as a member of the Navy on the USS Cadmus and the...

Feb 16, 2014

Townsend "Tony" O'Dell, 88, Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Gino J. Merli Veterans Center. His wife of 61 years, the former Jane Star Bostedo, died July 14, 2009.

Born in Mill City on Feb. 14, 1926, son of the late Rayburn and Anna (Stage) O'Dell, he graduated from Falls-Overfield High School, and honorably served in the Navy...

Feb 11, 2014

Rose Marie Landry Shields, 89, of Scranton, died Tuesday at Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the widow of William A. Shields, who died Dec. 7, 1967.

Born May 2, 1924, in Valenzuela, La., daughter of the late Paul John-Baptiste and Rosa M. PreJean Landry, Rose Marie lived her early years in Louisiana and graduated from...

Feb 11, 2014

Constance (Margalus) Gerber, a member of the greatest generation, died peacefully on Tuesday. She was the widow of William Nevin Gerber, who died Jan. 6, 2001. The couple had been married more than 53 years.

Born Nov. 6, 1925, in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen P. (Miller) Margalus. She had lived...

Feb 10, 2014

Feb. 10, 2014, marked the passing of Claire Gaylets Swiderski, 91, of Fleetville, Pa., after suffering a stroke at home. She was a patient in the Commonwealth Hospice Unit of Regional Hospital of Scranton, but until then lived independently at home.

Claire was born and raised in Avoca, Pa., one of eight siblings to Lillian Guy and...

Feb 6, 2014

John Leslie Twist, 61, of South Abington Twp., died Thursday at home. His former wife and caregiver is Susan Pisaturo Twist.

Born June 2, 1952, in Newark, N.J., son of the late Harold and Leah Finney Twist, he was educated in the Toms River School District. He honorably served in the Air Force and proudly received the...

Jan 5, 2014

Louise Mary (Farbizio) Manzione, 94, Clarks Summit, died Sunday in the arms of her loved ones at Abington Manor.

Born Aug. 4, 1919, the second of nine children to her loving mother and father, Nicholas and Antoinette (Rozano) Farbizio, Louise believed that a penny saved was a penny earned. With this saying, she provided for her children...

Jan 2, 2014

Evelyn Grace (Bowman) Whiteash 89 years, Dalton, died Thursday, in St. Mary's Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst Twp. She was the widow of the late Joseph J. Whiteash who died February 21, 1979. The couple was married for more than 32 years.

Born November 13, 1924 in Wilmington, Delaware, she was the daughter of the late Elwood and...

Jan 1, 2014

Marianne (Faust) Stampien, 55, Clarks Summit, died Wednesday at home. For 32 wonderful years, she was the beautiful and loving wife of Dr. Jan i��C. Stampien.Born Feb. 7, 1958, in Coaldale, daughter of the late Paul and Clara (Schaeffer) Faust, Marianne was a graduate of North Penn High School, Lansdale, and Temple University Dental Assistant Program. She received her...

Dec 30, 2013

Alice Marie (Dunleavy) O'Connell, 78, of Clarks Summit, died Monday at Moses Taylor Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of Jerry O'Connell, who died July 24, 2003. The couple was married for more than 47 years.Born March 8, 1935, in Scranton, daughter of the late Gerald and Cecelia (McHale) Dunleavy, she was a graduate of Holy...

Dec 16, 2013

John Paul Lomeo, Clarks Summit, died Monday, in VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center with his loving wife and cherished children at his bedside. He was the husband of the former Edith Mae Neary. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past June 29, 2013.

Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of...

Dec 16, 2013

Kenneth Herman, 76, Clarks Summit, died Monday in Riverside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Taylor.

Born Aug. 19, 1937, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Michael Peter and Hildred Althea Robinson Herman. A Clarks Summit resident, he attended Clarks Summit High School.

Surviving are his sister, June Wheeler and husband, Phil, Millsboro, Del.;...

Dec 11, 2013

Jeffrey Russell, 49, South Abington Twp., died Wednesday in Geisinger Community Medical Center. He and his wife, the former Janet Marie Engles, had been married more than 19 years.

He was born April 4, 1964, in New Brunswick, N.J., the son of James and Jean Palla Russell of South Abington Twp. He was a 1982 graduate of...

Dec 7, 2013

Leon F. Vieira Sr. died on Saturday, December 7, at the age of 88, in Buena Park, Calif. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, the former Joann Alice Fofi.

He was born in Freeland, to Frank and Mary (Silvia) Vieira. Leon lived most of his life in Clarks Summit. He retired in Buena Park,...