All Obituaries

    Mary Alice Cook, 89, Wilkes-Barre Twp., passed away, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at Gardens at Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Finn Wildes and was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Twp. High School. She was a member of the former St. Joseph’s Monastery later becoming Our Lady of Hope.      Mary taught Catechism classes at St. Joseph’s for some time. She had worked at Penn State Belt...

Curtis L. Campbell, 53, Dallas, passed away, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late Lester and Cecelia Patla Campbell and was a graduate of Dallas High School.        Curtis worked loss prevention at T.J. Maxx Warehouse.  He was also affiliated with Offset paperback for some time as well as Sears Warehouse in security. He and his wife very much loved to travel. Some of his favorite hobbies...

    Bina M. Holdredge, 87, Dallas, passed away, Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Residential Health Care Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Noxen, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Mary Frances Rinard Dendler and was a graduate of Noxen High School and College Misericordia Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Education and also as an RN from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital school of Nursing.       Bina was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Dallas. She...

      Helen B. (Zluky) Dicton, 82, of Shavertown, passed away at home on July 23, 2020, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Luzerne on April 22, 1938, the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Ungvarsky Zluky. Helen was proceeded in death by her infant brother, Michael Zluky, and her sister, Anna Kovalick.        She was a graduate of St. John Nepomucene Parochial School and Luzerne High School. Helen started her career at...

    Nancy R. George, 57, Dallas, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 27, 2020 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Joseph (Red) and Marie Conrad Jones and was a graduate of Lake Lehman High School and King’s College, Wilkes-Barre with a BA in Business. Nancy was an accountant with NABISCO until her retirement.    She was a former member of Our Lady of Victory Church, Harveys Lake, most recently she was a...

      Jude Thaddeus Kotch went home to be with the Lord and Savior, Jesus on Sunday, March 15 after a lengthy illness. He was 55. Jude was a graduate of Bishop Hoban High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. Upon graduation from Embry-Riddle, Jude was commissioned in the United States Army and rose to the rank of 1st Lieutenant.  He served in multiple U.S. Army capacities as a pilot, Army...

John “Scott” Dzury, Shavertown, put up a courageous battle with ALS, passed away, Sunday, July 12, 2020. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of Sandy Dzury and the step son of the late George A. Tucker.       John enjoyed walking, the 80’s music, including KISS and Alice Cooper. He very much enjoyed watching The Oakland A’s play baseball and the Oakland Raiders Football and was a big fan of horror movies.       John...

Joseph Kuzyk, 96 of Dallas passed away, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at The Gardens at Wyoming Valley Nursing Center, Wilkes-Barre. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late Frank and Rose Fryck Kuzyk.      Joe served his country as a Corporal in the United States Air Force. He was then employed with Cornell Iron Works, New York later relocating with the company to Mountain Top in 1965 where he held several positions, retiring in 1984 as CPO. Some of his favorite...

 Patricia “Patsy” Audrey Gardner, 77 of Dallas passed away July 4th, 2020. Born in Dallas, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Polacky. She was a graduate of West Side Central Catholic. She was a member of Gate of Heaven parish.  Patsy worked most recently at Gertrude Hawk, and her sons restaurant Uncle Bucks bbq. Earlier in her career, she was a nurses aid at Little Flower Manor. She worked two jobs because she enjoyed people and liked to stay busy...

        Lillian V. Drust (Staskiewicz), 95, passed away in Pittsboro, NC on Sunday July 5, 2020.  Born in Luzerne County, PA, on August 4, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Wanda (Dycewski) Stasukiewicz. She was a graduate of Swoyersville High School and Empire Beauty College.  Prior to moving to North Carolina in 2013, Lillian had been an active member of Gate of Heaven Church in Dallas, the Altar and Rosary Society and...