Obituaries
Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dallas, PA, Luzerne County & Surrounding Areas
William L. (Billy) Frey
Dec 8, 2023
William L. (Billy) Frey, 68, Shickshinny, passed away, Friday, December 8, 2023 at his home. Born in Bloomsburg, he was the son of the late Claude E. Frey, Jr. and Martha Gearhart Frey. Billy was a tree trimmer all of his life working for Asplundh until he opened his own business, Billy Frey’s Tree Service. owning his own business,...
Janet Lynn Hobbs
Nov 30, 2023
Janet Lynn Hobbs, 60, Plymouth, passed away, Thursday, November 30, 2023 at Allied Hospice Center, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plymouth, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Thelma Hobbs. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister-in-law, Mary K. Hobbs, nephew, Jesse and a great niece and great nephew.
Janet...
Romaine Isabel Latimer Kunkle
Nov 29, 2023
Romaine Isabel Latimer Kunkle, 90 of Dallas, PA died peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 after fighting many courageous battles with several medical conditions. She was born in Kingston, PA on September 27, 1933 to William P. and Elizabeth Isabel Latimer. After graduating from Kingston High School she worked at Wyoming National Bank and...
Rosalie J. Salansky
Nov 28, 2023
Rosalie “Rose” J. Salansky, 94, Dallas, passed away, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at Greenbriar Personal Care, Dallas. Born in Dallas, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Lopuchovsky Hudak and was a graduate of Dallas Twp. High School. She was a long-time resident of Harveys Lake with her husband, Stephen (Tib), who preceded her in...
Edna Marie Papciak
Nov 26, 2023
Edna Marie Papciak, 79, Dallas, passed away, Sunday, November 26, 2023 at her residence surrounded by her loving family and close family friends, Katie and Michael Gorham. Born on August 3, 1944, in Edwight, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late, Walter J. and Floda Mae Casto Erwin and had attended Marsh Fork High School.
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Michael M. Lipko
Nov 25, 2023
Michael M. Lipko, 66, Wilkes-Barre, passed away, Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Michael and Sophie Draus Lipko and was a graduate of GAR High School and Wilkes-Barre Vocational Technical School and had attended Wilkes College.
Michael retired from Gerald Williams and Associates, Scranton...
Philip Conlon
Nov 20, 2023
Philip Conlon, 92, Dallas, passed away, Monday, November 20, 2023 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Cootehill County Cavan, Ireland and was the son of the late Michael and Brigid Connolly Conlon and was a graduate of Derry Gooney High School, County Monahan, Ireland.
After emigrating to the US in 1955, he was a bus driver with...
Margaret H. Falzone
Nov 16, 2023
Margaret H. Falzone, 88, Wilkes-Batte, passed away, Thursday, November 16, 2023 at Allied Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Julia Kupar Dzanko and was a graduate of Coughlin High School.
She had worked with Newlife Home for many years as an office manager until her retirement. She had also...
Joseph T. Kelley
Nov 14, 2023
Joseph T. Kelley, 78 of Dallas, passed away Tuesday November 14, 2023 at home. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late James and Frances Stiegler Kelley and was a graduate of Kingston High School, class of 1963.
Joe spent his entire work career as an electrical technician with Proctor and Gamble. In his...
Joseph F. Hunzer, III
Nov 11, 2023
Joseph F. Hunzer III, Age 50, From Hudson, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. He was Born in Wilkes Barre. He was the son of the late Sharon Wielgosz Hunzer and Joseph Hunzer Jr of Hudson. He was a graduate of Coughlin High School.
Joseph was employed with Pride Mobility for some...
Donna M. Persing
Nov 11, 2023
Donna M. Persing, 72, Shavertown passed away, Sunday, November 11, 2023 at University of Penn Medical Center. Born in Astoria, NY, she was the daughter of the late Douglas and Suzanne Breidenbach Persing. She is survived by a son, Daniel Persing, Shavertown.
Funeral services will be held privately at the convenience of her family. Arrangements...
Dennis L. Wilson
Nov 8, 2023
Dennis L. Wilson, Sr. of Kunkle, Dallas Township, Pa., born in 1950, in Newark, N.J., to the late Henry J. Wilson and the late Barbara Ann Brown, passed on Nov. 8, 2023.
He attended school at Central Regional High School in Bayville, N.J., and later became a mechanic. Throughout his life, he was employed by Nanticoke...
Joyce I. Dilmore
Nov 6, 2023
Joyce I. Dilmore, 86, Tunkhannock, passed away, Monday, November 6, 2023 at The Gardens at Tunkhannock. Born in Mehoopany, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Elsie Diamond Burgess.
Funeral service will be held privately at the convenience of her family. Arrangements are under the direction of The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, Inc. 2940...
Ruth L. Hartzel
Nov 3, 2023
Ruth L. Hartzel, 89, Dallas, passed away, Friday, November 3, 2023 at Allied Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Margaret Kmetz Laskoski and was a graduate of Hanover Area High School class of 1952.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, William and was preceded in...
Joyce A. Court Kehler
Nov 1, 2023
Joyce A. Court Kehler, 80, Harveys Lake, passed away, Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at Allied Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Helen Javick Court and was a graduate of Edwardsville High School. Joyce was a housewife, raising her children and taking care of her home. She was affiliated with...
Andrew R. Denmon
Oct 22, 2023
Andrew (Andy) R. Denmon, Jr., 80, Dallas, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2023 at his residence. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late Andrew and Charlotte Monk Denmon, and was a graduate of Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre.
Andy was a supervisor in the kitchen at Chase Prison before his retirement. He was...
Regina Ference
Oct 18, 2023
Regina Ference, 87, Luzerne, passed away, Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Swoyersville, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Victoria Jagielski Ference and was a graduate of Swoyersville High School and College Misericordia. She had also earned a Master’s Degree in History from The University of Scranton.
Regina...
Marilyn Margaret Grant
Oct 14, 2023
Marilyn Margaret Grant, 91, Dallas, passed away, Saturday, October 14, 2023 at Greenbriar Assisted Living Center, Dallas. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late John Simon and Florence Mildred McCarthy Smith and was a graduate of St. Nicholas School, Wilkes-Barre.
Marilyn was a very faithful teacher with the Wilkes-Barre Are School District teaching at Kistler...
Dolores Bernadette Prutzman
Oct 8, 2023
Dolores Bernadette Prutzman, 91, Hanover Twp., passed away, Sunday, October 8, 2023 at Birchwood Nursing Center, Nanticoke. Born in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Ferkel Banta and had attended the Plymouth schools.
Dolores was a nurse’s assistant with Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre for many years before her retirement. She was a...
John "Jack" Stephenson
Oct 6, 2023
John G. “Jack” Stephenson, 83, Tunkhannock, passed away Friday, October 6, 2023 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late John and Jeanne Appleton Stephenson.
Funeral Services will be held privately at the convenience for the family. Arrangements are under the direction of The Richard H. Disque Funeral...
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