Obituaries
Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dallas, PA, Luzerne County & Surrounding Areas
Richard J. Howe
Oct 4, 2023
Richard J. Howe, 69, Shavertown, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was the son of the late Helen Ruth Spahalski Padrazis and Anthony Padrazis. He was a graduate of Pittston Area High School and College Misericordia with a Bachelors Degree in Education.
Richard taught art and photography at GAR in Wilkes-Barre...
Edna M. Morgan
Sep 30, 2023
Edna M. Morgan, 85, Luzerne, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023 at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas with her family by her side.
Born in Harveys Lake, April 12, 1938 to the late John and Naomi Farrel Gosart and was a graduate of Lake Noxen High School class of 1956. She was a member of the Honor...
Rosemarie Ciccarelli
Aug 25, 2023
Rosemarie Ciccarelli, 89, Dallas, passed away, Friday, August 25, 2023 at Allied Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Helen Matinas Katulka and was a graduate of Plains Memorial High School class of 1951.
Marie was a member of Our Lady of Victory Church, Harveys Lake. She was a...
Janice E. Congdon
Aug 21, 2023
Janice E. Congdon, 82, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, PA. She was the daughter of the late Alexander and Vivian Davis Rinken and a graduate of Lake Lehman High School and Mercy School of Nursing, Scranton.
Early in her career she worked as a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital,...
Margo A. Oncay
Aug 18, 2023
Margo A. Oncay, 84, Dallas, passed away, Friday, August 18, 2023 at her residence surrounded by her family. Born in Albany NY, she was the daughter of the late James and Florence Wentz Davenport and was a graduate of Lehman High School.
Prior to her retirement, Margo was employed in the cafeteria department of Lehman Jackson Elementary...
Anthony J. Martini
Aug 16, 2023
Anthony J. Martini, 76, Dallas, passed away, Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Scranton, he was a graduate of Dickson City Senior High School.
Anthony was a salesman for various companies throughout the east coast. He had served his country proudly in the Navy in Vietnam.
He was preceded in death...
Elizabeth L. Derby
Aug 3, 2023
Elizabeth L. Derby, 82, Shavertown, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2023 at Maple Ridge Nursing Center, Kingston. Born in Bloomsburg, she was the daughter of the late Max and Sarah Parks Young and was a graduate of Westmoreland High School.
Elizabeth had worked with Mercy Center, Dallas in the housekeeping department until her retirement. She was previously...
Scott Irving Alexander
Jul 25, 2023
Scott Irving Alexander, 75, Sweet Valley, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at his residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late James and Marian Jean Alexander and was a graduate of Dallas High School 2nd in his class of 1966.
Scott studied Metallurgical Engineering at Lehigh University where he established lifelong friendships....
Marshall D. Rumbaugh
Jul 23, 2023
Marshall D. Rumbaugh,75, longtime resident of Dallas, passed away at his home on Sunday, July 23rd. He was born in Kingston to the late Dr. Marshall U. Rumbaugh and Bebe Rumbaugh. It was a family tradition to name a son Marshall, and he was the fourth to be so named.
Like his father, he attended Wyoming Seminary...
Archie Ray Miller
Jul 21, 2023
Archie Ray Miller, 56, Shavertown, passed away, Friday, July 21, 2023 while working on a road trip in Connecticut. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of Archie and Carolyn Burchfield Miller (FL) and was a graduate of Millville Senior High School, Millville, NJ.
Ray was a truck driver. He owned and operated Miller Transfer trucking...
James K. Brown
Jul 18, 2023
James K. Brown, 70, of Shavertown, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Intensive Care Unit, Wilkes-Barre. Born on November 19, 1952, in Kingston, he was the only son of Alfred James and Clara Bernice (Miller) Brown.
A lifelong resident of Shavertown, he was a graduate...
David R. Edmondson
Jul 17, 2023
David R. Edmondson, 75, Tunkhannock, passed away, Monday, July 17, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Kingston, He was the son of the late Warren and Claire Schluter Edmondson.
David was a graduate of Riverview Christian Academy, Asbury Park, NJ. David had been employed by Native Textiles later becoming Natona Mills for many years....
Martha Joanne Soulliard
Jul 10, 2023
Martha Joanne Soulliard ended her journey on earth on Monday, July 10, 2023 as she passed peacefully into the arms of God. Martha was born January 23, 1933, in Harrisburg, PA. She was the daughter of the late Charles Liguori Soulliard and Dora Murphy Soulliard of Harrisburg, PA and was the eleventh of their twelve...
Ruthann Rogers
Jul 9, 2023
Ruthann Rogers, 65, a life long resident of Vernon, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2023 at her residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre on January 7, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Audrey Shupp Rogers. She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School.
Ruthann had attended the Centermoreland Baptist Church with her mother. She was...
Thomas C. Challenger
Jul 9, 2023
Thomas C. Challenger, 81, Wyoming, passed away, Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre, He was the son of the late William H. and Margaret Challenger.
Thomas was a truck driver with Penn’s Best Trucking until his retirement. He was a member of Teamsters Union local 401. He was also a member of...
Margaret M. Reinert
Jul 4, 2023
Margaret M. Reinert, 92, Shavertown, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. A loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and neighbor, Margaret was born in Wilkes-Barre, the daughter of the late Ambrose Charles and Virginia Gilligan Simonson. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Wilkes-Barre, attended Kings College, and earned...
Herbert Dale Woodeshick
Jun 20, 2023
Herbert Dale Woodeshick, Hunlock Creek, PA (Lake Silkworth) went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. He was 79 years old. Herb was born on February 27, 1944, in Nanticoke, PA. He graduated from Hanover High School in 1961 and Penn State University in 1965 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He went on to...
Catherine E. Romonko
Jun 16, 2023
Catherine Romonko, 88, Dallas, passed away, Friday, June 16, 2023 at Allied Nursing Center, Wilkes-Barre,. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Kennedy Williams. She was preceeded by her Husband John Romonko, and sisters Elizabeth Desopo and Mary Martin. Catherine is survived by daughters Margaret Williams, Louise Radicain, and Sarah Cator, and niece Sandra...
Frank E. Wagner, Jr.
Jun 6, 2023
Frank E. Wagner, Jr. 88, Dallas, passed away, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Dallas, he was the son of the late Frank and Elva Kauffman Wagner and was a graduate of Dallas High School and received an associate’s degree in Criminology from Luzerne County Community College. In 1952 he enlisted in The...
Constance Irene Hoover
Jun 3, 2023
Constance Hoover, 94, Dallas, passed away, Saturday, June 3, 2023 at home, with her daughter Joann. Born in Wilkes-Barre she was the daughter of the late Edward and Albina Rudnitskas and was a graduate of Hanover High School, and a former member of Buttonwood Catholic Church. Connie, as she was affectionately...
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