Obituaries
Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dallas, PA, Luzerne County & Surrounding Areas
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...
Joanie Eileen Dillon
Oct 5, 2023
Joan Eileen Dillon, age 69, beloved daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, died suddenly Oct 5, 2023 at home in Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania. Joan was born October 28, 1953. She was predeceased by her parents, John and Margaret Dillon and her sister, Carole Chapple, as well as her cherished aunts, Katherine and Anna.
Joanie-as she...

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....