Obituaries

Nov 16, 2021

John “Jack” P. Kupstas, 80, Sweet Valley, passed away, Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at his residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late John P. and Marion Gates Kupstas and was a graduate of Lake Lehman High School. He was also a graduate of University of Maryland, having earned a degree in business. Jack also attended...

Nov 11, 2021

Shirley M. Barto (Schneiderite), 80, Shavertown, passed away, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at the residence of her daughter in Dallas. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Ethel Cook Schneiderite. She graduated from Lake Lehman High School.

Shirley was employed by the Meadows Nursing Center before her retirement. She was a...

Nov 11, 2021

Marjorie Trethaway, 97, Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021, at Allied Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Albert T. and Marie Williams Trethaway and was a graduate of Coughlin High School class of 1942 and completed all the local courses offered by the American Savings and Loan Institute, Chicago,...

Nov 9, 2021

Garth R. Andrade, 60, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Mineola, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Elizabeth McWilliam Andrade and was a graduate of Coughlin High School and Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

Garth was an administrator...

Nov 8, 2021

Mary R. Mathers, 97, Trucksville, passed away, Monday, November 8, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. She was the daughter of the late John and Rosie DeNaple DeMuro and had attended the Westmoreland Schools.

She was a member of The Trucksville United Methodist Church and was very active in all church activities. She was a homemaker raising...

Oct 29, 2021

Sonja A. Patterson, 83, Dallas, formerly of Harrisburg, passed away, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at her residence in Dallas. Born in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Victoria Bucher Rogic and was a graduate of Harrisburg Catholic High School class of 1955 and St. Joseph’s Hospital school of Nursing in 1959.

Sonja was...

Oct 18, 2021

Robert W. Astary, 69, Dallas, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021 at his residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Michael and Dorothy Cochran Astary and was a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School.

Robert was a Corrections Officer with Dallas SCI. While at Dallas SCI he was a Captain and was the Crisis Trainer before his retirement.

Rob loved to travel...

Oct 9, 2021

Ralph S. Ell, 84, life time resident of Dallas, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021 at Allied Hospice Care, Wilkes-Barre. He was the son of the late Harry and Sarah Walp Ell and was a graduate of West Moreland High School, class of 1955 and attended General Motor’s College in Michigan later working with Bonner Chevrolet. He had work...

Oct 8, 2021

Emanuella M. Prutzman., 87, Shavertown, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Yatesville, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Louise Mirabelle Sell and attended the Jenkins Twp. Schools.

She was a Registered Nurse with The Nesbitt Memorial Hospital as both an RN and a Phlebotomist. Emanuella enjoyed...

Oct 7, 2021

Carol T. Swire, 69, Harveys Lake, passed away, Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Antonia (Terrone) Stredny and was a graduate of Dallas High School.

She was a housewife and mother staying home to raise her family. Besides raising her...

Oct 5, 2021

Irene Yesson Jorda, 93 years old from Shavertown, was called from her home to eternal life by the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on October 5, 2021. Irene was a devout Catholic who offered her pain and sufferings daily to the Sacred Heart as well as to Our Lady of Fatima.

Born in 1928 in Edwardsville, she was...

Oct 3, 2021

Barbara M. Prebola, 90, passed away, Sunday, October 3, 2021 at Guardian Health Care Center, Nanticoke. She was born in Dallas, daughter of the late Russell and Mae Shotwell Race and was a graduate of Dallas Twp. High School.

Funeral service will be held privately, at the convenience of her family. Arrangements are under the direction of...

Sep 30, 2021

Doctor Gary Marshall Smith, M.D., born in Kingston September 20, 1945, to Iris Kitchen and Garvin Smith, spending his early life at Harveys Lake.  He is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Richard Stine.  Gary passed away in the early morning of September 30, 2021.  He was a graduate of the Wilkes-Hahnemann Medical Program, where he...

Sep 26, 2021

Stephanie M. Gionta, 36, of Pittston, PA passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital with family by her side. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was the daughter of the former Lynn Mihal and the late Joseph Gionta, Jr. She was a graduate of Bishop O’Reilly High School and of Cedar Crest College, Allentown.

Sep 23, 2021

Paul M. Rodda, 95, of Dallas, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Woodstock, Va., Paul was the son of the late Dr. Kenn Stryker-Rodda and Harriet Mott Rodda and was a graduate of James Madison High School, Brooklyn, NY, class of 1943. He was the recipient there of the General George Wingate...

Sep 22, 2021

Richard Z. Dejonghe, 80, Shavertown, passed Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at his residence. Born in Chicago, Il, he was the son of the late Henricus and Agnes Zachar Dejonghe and was a graduate of Garden State High School, Long Island.

Richard had worked with Northeastern Bell, later becoming NYNEX and then, Verizon as a supervisor before his...

Sep 21, 2021

Thomas Secula, 57, Dallas, passed away, Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at his residence. Born in East Orange, NJ. He was the son of the former Dorothy Root and the late Thomas Secula. Thomas was a graduate of Connectiquot High School, Long Island.

Thomas was a member of Our Lady of Victory Church, Harveys Lake. He was an...

Sep 6, 2021

Michaelene “Micki” Jerome, 55, Wilkes-Barre, went to be with her Savior on Monday, September 6, 2021 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Milaslav and Agnes Olszewski Koncik.

Micki worked as a Certified Medical Assistant with Penn State Heart Group.

She was actively involved with her Church (The...

Sep 4, 2021

Rosemarie Mascio Poukish, 90, of Dallas, PA passed away peacefully on September 4, 2021. She was the wife of the late John J. Poukish, Jr., her High School sweetheart with whom she was happily married for 59 years. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of Pasquale Mascio and Olive (Musser) Mascio. The family included 12 children, two...

Sep 3, 2021

Mildred Wheeler, 93 Shavertown, passed away, Friday, September 3, 2021 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Shavertown, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Genevieve Honeywell Price and was a graduate of Kingston twp. High School.

Mildred was a member of The Shavertown United Methodist Church, as well as The “Red Hat Society”,...