Obituaries

Aug 17, 2018

Joseph J. Zielinski, 81, Clarks Summit, died Friday at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania. He was the husband of the former Miriam (Ferber) Zielinski. The couple was married for 52 years.

Born in Scranton, son of the late Ignatius and Eva (Sztubinski) Zielinski, he was a 1955 graduate of West Scranton High School and honorably served...

Aug 14, 2018

Thomas Harold Rose 49, Clarks Summit, died Tuesday, in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Facility. He was the loving husband of 18 years married to the former Colleen Durkin.

Born  April 11, 1969 in Scranton, he was the son of Harold and Susanne (Papa) Rose. He was a 1987 graduate of Central High School, he...

Aug 13, 2018

Gail Christine Hatch 67, of Scranton, died suddenly on Monday at her home. She was the wife of late William Hatch SR, who passed away in December 2014.

Born February 25, 1951, Gail was the daughter of Wayne and Maxine Jess. Surviving are her two sons; William Jr. (Ashley and their puppy Jack), Lee Hugaboom (Cindy and...

Aug 11, 2018

Nannette E. (DeLong) Smith, C.R.N.A., 84, South Abington Twp., died Saturday at home. Her companion of 28 years is Paul Sherlock.

Born July 21, 1934, in East Mauch Chunk, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Grace E. (Koons) DeLong. A 1952 graduate of Womelsdorf High School, Womelsdorf, she received her nursing degree from Thomas...

Jul 24, 2018

Marie (Kazmierski) Chibirka, 88, of West Abington Twp., died peacefully on Tuesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the wife of the late Joseph T. Chibirka. The couple had been married since Oct. 25, 1952.

Born June 18, 1930, in Scranton, the daughter of the late Bernard and Emily (Minich) Kazmierski, Marie was a 1948 graduate...

Jul 10, 2018

William O'Brien Longstreet, 54, of Falls, died Tuesday at Geisinger Community Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit, surrounded by his loving family and friends after a tragic accident. He was the husband of Anna (Franko) Longstreet.

Born Feb. 22, 1964 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Richard and Ann A. (O'Brien) Longstreet. He graduated from...

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

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 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 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

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,...