Shirley Atherton
May 11, 2024
Shirley J. Atherton, 94 of Hunlock Creek, passed away Saturday, May 11,2024.
Born September 17, 1929, in Hunlock Creek. she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Isabella Wolfe Evarts.
Shirley enjoyed gardening, canning, puzzles, shopping and car rides.
She was preceded in death...
Janet Domzalski
May 11, 2024
Janet Domzalski, 84, of Nanticoke and formerly Wanamie, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday morning, May 11, 2024.
She was born March 4,1940 in Wanamie where she lived her entire life until moving into Park Towers, Nanticoke five years ago. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Rachunis Skarnulis....
Ann Gluchowski Rn
May 10, 2024
Ann Gluchowski, RN, of the Sheatown section of Newport Township, passed away Friday afternoon, May 10, 2024 at Lakewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Sheatown, where she resided for care since November.
She was married to Anthony Gluchowski, with whom she shared thirty-six years until his passing on June 20, 2000.
Born...
Julia Yurchak
May 5, 2024
Julia Yurchak, 98, formerly of the Alden section of Newport Township, passed away Sunday evening, May 5, 2024 at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, where she was a patient for three months.
Born January 7, 1926 in Nanticoke she was a daughter of the late Theodore and Catherine Kieschel Pretulak.
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Jennifer Voyton
May 2, 2024
Jennifer L. Voyton, 51, of Nanticoke passed away Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia where she was a patient since April 14th.
Born January 1st, 1973, she was the daughter of the late John and Jean Mikolaitis Kubasik. She was raised by her aunt, Maryann Gesecki, who survives....
Shirley D. Cragle
Apr 12, 2024
Shirley Dee Cragle, 92, formerly of Hunlock Creek, passed away Friday, April 12, 2024 at Birchwood Nursing Center, Nanticoke, where she was a resident.
Born March 25, 1932 in Berwick, Shirley was the daughter of the late Henry and Margaret Walters Waters. She was employed at the former United Penn Bank, RKO, Percy Brown's Bakery,...
David L. Johnson
Mar 28, 2024
David L. Johnson, 81, of Nanticoke, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2024 at Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.
Born in Berwick November 8, 1942, he was a son of the late Harlan and Blanche Whitenight Johnson.
David was a 1960 graduate of Berwick High School. He enlisted in the United States Marine...
Mildred Plummer
Mar 28, 2024
Mildred J. Rees Plummer, 92, of Jenkintown, PA, and native of Nanticoke, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2024 at Jefferson Abington Hospital, Abington, after a brief illness.
She married Allan L. Plummer on May 3, 1951, after a courtship that began when she saw him creating a display in the window of the F.W. Woolworth...
Margaret E. "Marge" Sullivan
Mar 27, 2024
Margaret E. "Marge" Sullivan, 92, of Nanticoke, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, following a brief illness.
Born in Wanamie January 30, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Ervin and Blanche Smith Rinehamer.
She attended the Newport Township Schools and early in life worked in...
Donna Lorah Dutter
Mar 27, 2024
Donna M. Lorah Dutter, 73, Park Towers, Nanticoke, formerly of Carbondale, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at home.
Born in Philadelphia March 22, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Marvin and June Painter Lorah.
During her working career, Donna was employed by RCA, Mountain Top, The Times leader,...
John F. Bogart
Mar 23, 2024
John F. Bogart, 73, former long-time resident of Hanover Township, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center after suffering a stroke. He was a resident at Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, for the past seven years.
Born in Hanover Township September 20, 1950, he was the son of the late...
Paul Moore
Mar 22, 2024
Paul P. Moore, 69, life- long resident of Hunlock Creek, Ross Township, passed away Friday, March 22, 2024 at his home.
Born in Wilkes-Barre March 26, 1954, he was a son of the late Cory W. and Anna C. Rinker Moore.
Paul was a 1975 graduate of Lake Lehman High School...
Ramona "Mona" Mera
Mar 11, 2024
Ramona "Mona" Mera, 68, of Nanticoke, passed away surrounded by the love of her family, Monday, March 11, 2024 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.
Born September 11, 1955, in Alden, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Louise Staskiel Sedorchuk.
Mona was...
Brenda Smith Grabowski
Mar 8, 2024
Brenda Lee Smith Grabowski, 61, of Nanticoke, passed away Friday, March 8, 2024 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley after a brief battle with cancer.
Born in Nanticoke February 15, 1963 she was a daughter of the late Jo Ann Suda and Robert Smith.
Brenda was an excellent cook and cleaner working in...
Mary Ellen Detz
Mar 8, 2024
Mary Ellen Detz, 89, formerly of Old Newport Street, Sheatown section of Newport Township, passed away Friday March 8, 2024 at Third Avenue Health & Rehabilitation Skilled Nursing Facility, Kingston.
She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-six years, Dr. Raymond L. Detz, on January 1, 2013.
Born May...
Mitchell Furtak
Mar 6, 2024
Mitchell M. Furtak, 67, of Wapwallopen, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at PAM Health Specialty Hospital of Wilkes-Barre.
Born January 30, 1957, in Fair Lawn NJ, he was the son of the late Michael and Joan Prushinski Furtak.
Mitchell was a 1975 graduate of Fair Lawn High School. Following graduation,...
Nina L. Matzoni
Mar 5, 2024
Nina Lee Matzoni, 69, of Nanticoke, formerly of Mocanaqua, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, May 28, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Theodore and Jennie Pacchetti Matzoni.
Nina was a graduate of the Greater Nanticoke Area High School. She...
Joyce E. Schrader
Feb 19, 2024
Joyce E. Schrader, 82, of Nanticoke, passed away Monday, February 19, 2024 at Birchwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke.
Born in Nanticoke July 12, 1941, she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Farrell Dorak.
Joyce was a graduate of Saint Vincent's High School, and graduated from the IBM...
Robert J. Schmidt
Feb 17, 2024
Robert J. Schmidt, 71, of Hanover Township, passed away early Saturday morning, February 17, 2024, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born May 14, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, and raised in Scranton, he was a son of the late William and Anna Hughes Schmidt. Robert was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and proudly served his country...
Joseph Bobbin
Feb 16, 2024
Our Dad, Joseph J. Bobbin, passed away on February 16, 2024. He is now with his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, who died in 2021. We will forever miss him but we know that
they are finally together again in heaven.
Dad was in love with Mom until the end. She was the love of...