Obituaries

Margaret Mazalin

Oct 11, 2019

Margaret Mazalin, age 99, of Forty-Fort, PA entered into eternal rest on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Highland Manor Nursing Center, Exeter, PA. She was born on July 23, 1920 in Midvale, PA to the late John and Mary (Szaniszlo) Ishley.

Margaret was a graduate of Kingston High School. She worked in the garment industry prior to...

Lillian Evans

Oct 3, 2019

Lillian B Evans was born on July 24th 1921, Daughter of the late Horton Corey Bell and Mabel (Dymond ) Bell.  She was a graduate of West Pittston High School Class of 1939.

Lillian lived in Orange most of her life where she was very active in the community. She was a lifetime member of the Orange...

Robert Shaffer

Sep 30, 2019

Robert A. Shaffer, 65, Laflin, passed away, Monday, September 30, 2019 at his residence. Born in Lewistown, Pa. He was the son of the late James W. and Ellen Shaffer Shelley and was a graduate of East Juniata High School, McAlisterville, Pa.

Bob was a Carpenter by trade with his own business Shaffer Home Improvements. For some...

Sandra Shaffer

Sep 30, 2019

Sandra Jones Shaffer, 66, Laflin, passed away, Monday, September 30, 2019 at her residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the former Evelyn Walker and the late David Jones and was a graduate of Coughlin High School. Sandra had received her Associates degree in Para Legal Studies.

She was a Data Processor with Wilkes-Barre General...

Vivian Ondish

Sep 29, 2019

Vivian D. Ondish, 93, Dallas, passed away, Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the home of her Grandson in Tunkhannock. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ruth Moharter Muchler and was a graduate of Dallas High School.

Vivian had worked for Offset Paperback as a supervisor of quality control. She was a...

William Koperna

Sep 24, 2019

William J. Koperna, 94, Trucksville, (formerly of Coaldale) passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Coaldale, Pa, he was the son of the late Stephen and Katherine Trebichalsky Koperna and was a graduate of Coaldale High School. He had worked in the auto parts industry for Bundy Tubing until his retirement.

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Kathleen Stafford

Sep 13, 2019

Kathleen A. Stafford, 67, Shavertown, passed away, Friday, September 13, 2019 at her residence. Born in Chester, Pa, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Doris Ann Scott Venables and was a graduate of Nortre Dame High School Moylan, Pa.

Kathleen was with the Bookkeeping department with Mellon Bank Dallas for many years....

Barbara Williams

Sep 3, 2019

Barbara Ann Williams, 86, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. For sometime she had worked for Commonwealth Telephone.

Funeral service will be held Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 11:00 Am from The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.  Friends may call from 10:00 Am until time...

Barbara Turpak

Aug 3, 2019

Barbara Eve Turpak, 85, Dallas, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at The Meadows Nursing Center. Born in Plymouth, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Julie Cituk Blaskiewicz.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Turpak in 1992 and a brother, Joseph Blaskiewicz. Surviving are her daughters, Terri Turley, Patricia Brogna, Barbara...

Regina Bartosh

Jul 26, 2019

Regina “Jean” Bartosh, 98, Trucksville, passed away Friday, July 26, 2019 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Agnes Szleuzis Pechkis and had graduated from Edwardsville High School.

Jean was in the Garment Industry most of her working life. She had for some time worked in an ammunition...

Alicia Lindgren

Jul 20, 2019

Alicia Ann Lindgren, 80, Shavertown, passed away, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Bay City, Michigan, daughter of the late Theodore and Gertrude Sautter Hausmann, she was a graduate of Grayling High School, Michigan. She earned a BA in English from Central Michigan University and an MA in English from the State...

Robert Bond

Jul 9, 2019

Robert “Bob” W. Bond, 96, Hanover Twp., passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Plymouth, he was the son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Butson Bond.  He attended the Plymouth Schools and like so many of the young men of that generation he left school to fight for his country....

Virginia Curtis

Jul 9, 2019

Virginia S. Curtis, 79, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Kunkle, she was the daughter of the late Cletas and Agnes Him Sweezy and was a graduate of Dallas High School and College Misericordia with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing as well as an ADA from Nesbitt Memorial Hospital School...

Dr. Tony Groblewski

Jul 6, 2019

Dr. Tony Groblewski, at the age of 91, passed away, Saturday, July 6, 2019 at The Veterans Administration Medical Center.

To honor Dr. Tony’s wishes, there will be no services.

Arrangements are under the direction of The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

Mary Fiske

Jul 5, 2019

Mary T. Fiske, 89, Dallas, passed away, Friday, July 5, 2019 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in New Bedford, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Bertha Scully Monast and was a graduate of the Patterson NJ High School.

Mary worked at College Misericordia, Mercy Center and was a Nurse’s Aide with...

Mark Linsinbigler

Jun 29, 2019

Mark Linsinbigler, 64, Harveys Lake, passed away, Saturday, June 29, 2019 at his residence. He was the son of the late Lewis and Esther Salvatore Linsinbigler and was a graduate of Dallas High School.

Mark was in construction with his own business Linsinbigler Contruction for 35 years. He was raised in Trucksville most of his life, and...

Deborah Emershaw

Jun 26, 2019

Deborah A. Emershaw, 57, Shavertown, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Manor Care Nursing Center, Kingston. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she was the daughter of the former Joan Golenski and the late William Cease. She was a graduate of Dallas High School and Lackawanna Junior Business College with an Associate’s degree in Business.

Deborah had worked...

Phyllis Sappe

Jun 22, 2019

Phyllis C. Sappe, 94, Dallas, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2019 at Mercy Center, Dallas. Born in Minetola, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Conie and Mary Asselta Gullo and was a graduate of Vineland High School, NJ. She was a member of Gate of Heaven Church. Phyllis was employed as a secretary for the Dallas School...

Gordon Price

Jun 18, 2019

Gordon Nesbitt Price, 86, West Pittston, passed away, Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late James and Ellen Nesbitt Price and was a graduate of Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre and attended Scranton University.

Gordon was a Right of Way Coordinator with Commonwealth Communications before his...

Hilda Moore-Wyda

Jun 17, 2019

Hilda Elsa Moore-Wyda, 86 Dallas, passed away, Monday, June 17, 2019 at Kadima at Lakeside Nursing Center, Dallas. Born and raised in Centermoreland, she was the daughter of the late Gustave and Frieda Schmitt Ehrgott and was a graduate of Dallas Twp. High School.

Hilda had worked at Bloomsburg Mills in Fernbrook for some time. She was...