Marian Misiura-Banko
Jul 24, 2020
Marian P. Misiura-Banko of Scranton, formerly of Olyphant and East Orange, NJ, died Friday, July 24, after a brief illness.
Born July 18, 1926 in Olyphant, PA, to the late Barbara Sendzik and Stanislaus
Misiura. She resided in East Orange, N.J. until her retirement from Prudential
Financial in Newark, N.J. She then returned...
William Velez
Jul 24, 2020
William Velez, 63, of Taylor, Pennsylvania, passed away on Friday, July 24, in the emergency room of Geisinger/CMC Hospital, Scranton, PA. He was the loving husband of Maria V. Piniero Velez. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Santos Velez Rodrigues and Mereida Jimenez Morales. Educated in Brooklyn, he was a retired forklift operator...
Eleanor Pindzola Bello
Jul 17, 2020
Eleanor Pindzola Bello, 95, Florham Park, NJ, died Friday, July 17, 2020 at Brighton Gardens. She was the widow of the late Aristides Bello. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Laskanych Pindzola. Eleanor was a former member of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, West Scranton and a member of All Saints Ukrainian...
Rose Bolser
Jun 27, 2020
Rose M. Bolser, 94, of Jessup, died June 27, 2020, at St. Mary's Villa Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center, Elmhurst Twp.
The eldest child of the late John and Cecelia Malinosky Bolser, Rose was a lifelong resident of Jessup. She was an active parishioner of St. Michael's, now Queen of Angels Church. She graduated from St. Michael's...
George Yanko
Jun 27, 2020
George G. Yanko, 93, a former Bellevue resident and a resident of the Gino Merli Veterans Center, died on Saturday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was the widower of the late Maria Van Helden Yanko. Born in Scranton, he is the son of the late George and Anna Yanko. George was a graduate of West Scranton High School,...
Joseph Drumsta Sr.
Jun 16, 2020
Joseph Drumsta Sr. 78, of West Scranton, died on Tuesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was the husband of the late Judith Petcavage Drumsta. Born in Dickson City, he was the son of the late Stanley and Ann Drumsta. Joe attended St. Ann's Basilica Parish, was an Army Vietnam Era Veteran and retired from the Clarks Summit State...
Thomas Cogliser
Jun 13, 2020
Thomas P. Cogliser, 76, of West Scranton, died on Saturday morning at Allied Hospice Center. His wife is Diane M. Kowalski Cogliser and the couple would have celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in August. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Donald and Ann Cogliser. Tom was a 1962 graduate of Scranton Central High School and...
Henrietta “Cookie” Matticks
Jun 10, 2020
Henrietta "Cookie" Matticks, 78 of West Scranton, passed Wednesday morning surrounded by family at home, after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Robert S. Matticks who died in 2013. The couple had been married 53 years at the time of his passing. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Beatrice...
Joseph Ogden
Jun 7, 2020
Joseph F. Ogden Jr, 50 of West Scranton, died at Geisinger/CMC after being stricken ill at home. He is survived by his loving wife, Lisa who loves him unconditionally and would do anything for him. Born in Rahway, NJ, he is the son of Patricia Ogden, Texas, and the late Joseph F. Ogden Sr. Joe was a graduate of...
Frances Dibileo Turcotte
Jun 7, 2020
Frances M. DiBileo Turcotte Small, 84, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Her husband, Elliott Small died on March 23, 2006. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of the late Anthony and Concetta DiBileo. Frances was educated at West Scranton High School. She earned her beauty license from the Empire School of Beauty. Frances was the proud...
Robert Kasperkoski
Jun 1, 2020
Robert J. Kasperkoski, 76, of Taylor, passed away on Monday at home. Born in Old Forge, PA on August 27, 1943, he is the son of the late Benjamin and Frances Succolosky Kasperkoski. Bob was a graduate of Old Forge High School, and enlisted into the Army, shortly after high school. Upon returning from his enlistment, Bob went to...
Sylvia Rice
May 30, 2020
Sylvia Rice (nee Leal), born on May 23, 1933, was raised in Mission, Texas. She passed away in Scranton, Pa., on May 30, 2020. On May 25, 1953, Sylvia married the love of her life, Walter, on a ranch in Texas and relocated to Scranton, Pa., where they settled in Walter's hometown. They were married for 53 years and...
Dolores Zapotochny
May 30, 2020
Dolores M. Zapotochny, 71, of East Mountain, passed away on Saturday at the Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Scranton. Her husband of 53 years is Alan Zapotochny. Born in Old Forge, she is the daughter of the late Edward and Margaret Malecki. Dee was educated in Old Forge High School and a graduate of the Empire School of Beauty,...
Barbara Ferraro
May 28, 2020
Barbara Joyce Ferraro (Colburn), 81, died Thursday morning, May 28th at the Jewish Nursing
Home of Eastern Pennsylvania located in Scranton. Born in Heiberger, Alabama, she was
the loving wife of the late Donald J. Ferraro. Joyce was raised in Perry County, Alabama, and
graduated from Suttle High School in 1957. She married...
Shirley Collins
May 24, 2020
Shirley Collins, 73, formerly of Scranton and Peckville, passed away Sunday, May 24 th at Allied Services Hospice Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Scranton in 1946, she was the daughter of the late Edward J and Clara Sokoloski. A graduate of Scranton Technical High School, Shirley was of the Catholic Faith, and retired from Jacobson...
Antonietta Kohut
May 19, 2020
Antonietta Kohut, 87, formerly of West Scranton, died Tuesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the widow of Peter Kohut who died in September of 2000 and the couple had been married 43 years at the time of his death. Born in Latisana, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Giocondiano and Sofia Zito Senatore. Educated in...
Stanley Maros Sr.
May 18, 2020
Stanley A. Maros Sr,, 82, of the Greenwood section of Scranton, passed away on Monday, May 18, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore after a long battle with Parkinson Disease. He was the husband of Carol (Shygelski) Maros and would have shared 60 years of marriage in October.
Born in the Greenwood section of Moosic,...
Deborah Ogden
May 16, 2020
Deborah Ann Ogden, 57, of North Scranton, died on Saturday from injuries sustained in a fire at 1840 North Main Avenue, North Scranton. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Ann Juice Kulick, Dunmore and the late Walter J. Kulick. Debbie was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School, was a Certified Nurses Aide and worked in private...
Edward Koziol
May 11, 2020
Edward A. Koziol, 91, formerly on South Scranton, died Monday at St. Mary's Villa, Elmhurst, from complications of Covid-19. His wife of 51 years, the Florence Korek Koziol died May 3, 2012. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Francis and Caroline Nycz Koziol. Ed was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School, a member of...
Joseph Barbuti
May 9, 2020
Joseph James Barbuti passed peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on May 9 th 2020. Born December 16, 1942, Joe was a lifelong PROUD resident of West Scranton.
Growing up in the Bellevue section of West Scranton, he loved to go to Berschel's Dairy, pet the horses, get pizza from Brownie's and play sports...
