Obituaries

Mar 16, 2018

Mary Ann Meeker, 78, of Dallas, passed away Friday evening, March 16, 2018, at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre, with family by her side.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Osmyn Harris Owen and Ida Mae (Nicholas) Owen.

Mary was a graduate of Dallas High School, class of 1957, and earned a degree...

Mar 16, 2018

Francis "Frank" Patts, 85, Dallas, passed away Friday, March 16, 2018 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.  Born in Hudson, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary Mikulick Patts and was a graduate of Plains High School and Elizabethtown University with a degree in criminal justice. He also attended King's College.

He was a member of...

Mar 10, 2018

Andrew Prebola, 47, Luzerne, passed away, Saturday, March 10, 2018 at his residence. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the former Barbara Race Prebola and the late Andrew Prebola, Jr. and was a graduate of Dallas High School. He was a Tradesman in Construction in the Wyoming Valley.

He was preceded in death by a...

Mar 10, 2018

Phyllis K. Ide, 87, Beaumont, passed away in her sleep, Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Timber Ridge Nursing Center. Born in Paterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Jason and Agnes Fritz Kunkle and was a graduate of Dallas High School in 1948 and attended Wyoming Seminary Business School. She was an accountant /bookkeeper with Cotes Unigraphics...

Mar 5, 2018

Wilma V. Goos, 91, Yallick Farms, Dallas, passed away, Monday, March 5, 2018 at her residence.  Born in Dortmund, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Wilhelm and Marie Barthel Flukert.

Wilma was a housewife and stayed at home to raise her children. She was a member of River of Life Ministries in Lehman...

Mar 3, 2018

Jane E. Johnson, 60, Harveys Lake, passed away, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at her residence. Born in Attleboro, Mass, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Esther Mathers Sousa and was a graduate of Attleboro High School.

Jane was a cashier with Weis Markets Dallas until her retirement this past April.  She was a member...

Feb 28, 2018

Carol M. Kalinay, 81, Dallas, passed away, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in The Hanover section of Nanticoke, daughter of the late George and Florence Siebert Croop and was a graduate of Hanover High School. She was a CNA with The Meadows Nursing Unit before her retirement. Her favorite pastime was watching classic...

Feb 28, 2018

Carol M. Kalinay, 81, Dallas, passed away, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in The Hanover section of Nanticoke, daughter of the late George and Florence Siebert Croop and was a graduate of Hanover High School. She was a CNA with The Meadows Nursing Unit before her retirement. Her favorite pastime was watching classic...

Feb 24, 2018

Jean C. Rodda, 91, Dallas, passed away, Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born Jean Catherine Dawson, April 14, 1926, second daughter of Victor Alan Dawson and Teresa Ziegler Dawson, in Englewood, NJ.

She attended Englewood schools, graduating from Dwight Morrow High School in 1943. She also attended New Jersey State Teachers...

Feb 23, 2018

Joann M. Wright, 66, Shavertown, passed away, Friday, February 23, 2018 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Wyoming, she was the daughter of the late John and Carmella Serino Passucci and was a graduate of Wyoming Area High School and had also attended Wilkes College.

She was a receptionist at The Meadows Nursing Center and...

Feb 23, 2018

Thomas M. Makara, 69, Dallas, passed into our Lord’s hands on Friday, February 23, 2018 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital surrounded by his wife and daughters. Born in Nanticoke, he was the son of the late Leonard and Mary Kubicz Makara. He graduated from Kingston High School. Thomas was a member of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas.

He...

Feb 21, 2018

Marie S. Steele February 21, 2018

Marie Susan Steele, 91, Dallas, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Gardens at Lakeside. Born in Edwardsville, she was the daughter of the late John and Susan Stanislaw Duda and had attended the Back Mountain Schools.

Marie was a member of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas. She was...

Feb 20, 2018

John Francis Murphy, Sr., 90, of Dallas, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital.  Born in Lake Township, he was the son of the late Charles Leo and Mabel Elizabeth (Puterbaugh) Murphy and was a graduate of Lake Township High School.

John was employed by Hoffmann La Roche Pharmaceuticals in Nutley, NJ...

Feb 20, 2018

Lila Hillard, long-time Kingston resident, died peacefully at home on February 20, 2018 of natural causes.

Born in Kingston on June 8, 1933 to Sterling and Helen Lamoreux, she worked as a hairstylist for many years at Roberts Salon in Dallas.  She and husband John Hillard loved to travel to Europe; she continued to indulge her wanderlust...

Feb 16, 2018

Edwin Laurence Johnson passed away on February 16, 2018.  Edwin was born on May 27, 1927 in Barranca Bermeja, Colombia to parents Florence (Cleary) and Edwin Morton Johnson.   A veteran of WW II, Edwin volunteered for service with the United States Navy at the age of seventeen.  He was a member of the commissioning crew aboard the Destroyer Tender...

Feb 11, 2018

Joanne (Szish) Smith, 63, of Greenfield Twp, Lackawanna County, passed away, Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Mountain Top Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Ruislip-Northwood, Middlesex, England, she was the daughter of Melvin and Rose Mills Szish of Luzerne and was a 1972 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School.

Joanne worked at the...

Feb 5, 2018

Andrew Kaskus, Jr., 94, Tunkhannock, passed away, Monday, February 5, 2018 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Wilkes-Barre Township, he was the son of the late Andrew and Mary Wyda Kaskus  and was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School and attended Wilkes College. Andrew was a plant manager with American Technical Industries in Blakley before his retirement....

Feb 2, 2018

Dorothy Louise Blase, RN, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018 after giving us 93 years of her love, caring, and selflessness. Dorothy was a loving mother, wonderful wife, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, was called home by our Lord from The Meadows Nursing and Rehab Center.

Dorothy, daughter of the late Walter D. and Freda Roberts of...

Jan 19, 2018

Michael B. Rahl, 55, Luzerne, passed away, Friday, January 19, 2018 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in New Brunswick, NJ. He was the son of the late Bernard A. and Regina Bellas Rahl and was a graduate of St. Mary’s School, South Amboy, NJ. Michael received his Bachelor’s degree from Ramapo College NJ. And his masters in Social Work...

Jan 13, 2018

William A. Javer, 76, West Pittston, formerly of Harveys Lake, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Celtic Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Harveys Lake, he was the son of the late Tony and Helen Brin Javer. He was a graduate of Lake Noxen School in 1959 and later attended Williamsport Technical Institute where he received a degree...