Anthony “Tony” Zanghi
Jan 22, 2018
Anthony J. "Tony" Zanghi of Scranton, died Monday in Geisinger CMC ER after being suddenly stricken ill while serving as an acolyte during Mass. His wife is M. Janet Serrian Zanghi and the couple would have celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary on April 22 nd. Born in Scranton, he is the son of the late Antonio R. and Alice...
James Poncavage
Jan 15, 2018
James M. Poncavage, 71 of East Scranton, died Monday after being stricken ill at home. His wife the former Charlotte Detrick Poncavage, died in 1991. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late John and Ann Habuda Poncavage. James received his secondary education at Girard College of Philadelphia and his Bachelor of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon...
Denise Wasilko
Jan 11, 2018
Denise M. Wasilko, 60, of North Scranton, died on Thursday at the ER of Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband is Harry J. Wasilko Jr, Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of the late Michael "Sonny" and Lois Hughes Watral. A graduate of Scranton Technical High School, where she won the Betty Crocker Baking Award, She worked as...
Michael Oconnor
Jan 2, 2018
Michael S. Oconnor, 37, of Scranton, died Monday at home. Born in Scranton, he was the son of Deborah Beavers, step-father Lee Beavers and Albert Oconnor. He was a 2000 graduate of West Scranton Senior High School. Michael would volunteer his grass cutting abilities to the Central City Little League and he was known as "Bike Mike" who could...
Catherine Gattens
Jan 1, 2018
Catherine Marie Gattens, 91 of Scranton, died Monday morning at the Lackawanna Health Care & Rehab Center. She was the widow of Edward A. Gattens who died in 2007. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary O'Hora McCormick. A graduate of Scranton Technical High School, she was a former member of Nativity of...
Paul Lowe Jr.
Dec 31, 2017
Paul L. Lowe Jr., 65 died on Sunday, surrounded by his family at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife of 45 years is Patricia L. June Lowe. Born in Scranton, He is the son of the late Paul L. Sr. and Dorothy Hughes Lowe. Paul was a 1970 graduate of West Scranton High School, a member of the Jackson...
Margaret Holubosky
Dec 28, 2017
Margaret Holubosky, 85 of Moosic, died Thursday evening at home. She was the widow of Walter Holubosky who died in 1992. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John and Anne Garich Durkot. Educated in Scranton schools, she was a former member of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church, Scranton and had worked for Westinghouse Electric, Irvington,...
Captain Richard Heier Jr
Dec 26, 2017
Captain Richard D. Heier Jr., 31 died Tuesday. Born in Scranton, he is the son of Richard D. Sr. and Deborah "Debbie" Kelesky Heier of Scranton and the fiancé of Kara Dolinish. Richard was a graduate of Bishop Hannon High School, received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Scranton and his Master's Degree from Pennsylvania State University. During...
Stanley Mach
Dec 25, 2017
Stanley J. Mach, 75, Old Forge formerly of Scranton, died Christmas Day at Geisinger Wyoming Valley where he was a patient. His wife of 49 years is Sharon Ashman Mach. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late John and Mary Malanko Mach. A graduate of West Scranton High School, he was an Army Vietnam Veteran serving...
Edward Harris Jr
Dec 17, 2017
Edward Harold Harris Jr, at the age of 72, succumbed to a stroke on Sunday, December 17 th , 2017. He was the youngest son of Helen and Edward Harris, and was part owner of Harris's Bar in Keyser Valley. Edward proudly defined himself as a family man, marksman and hunter. He was also known by his inner-family as,...
Sarah Johnson
Nov 30, 2017
Sarah A. Johnson, 61, of the Adams Ave. High Rise, died November 30. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at 9:30 am in the Cathedral of St. Peter. Interment, Holy Family Cemetery, Throop. Arrangements: Edward J. Chomko Funeral Home, West Scranton.
Harry Krewsun
Nov 19, 2017
On Sunday, November 19, 2017, my dear Harry, 55 passed peacefully after prolonged illnesses which included myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, thymoma and complications due to immuno-suppression which affected his breathing. He was born Hryhory (Harry) Krewsun on December 22, 1961 to the late Wasyl and Maria Hadzenko Krewsun in Trenton, NJ. Harry and his family were an integral part...
Antoinette “Toni” Richards
Nov 9, 2017
Antoinette "Toni" Richards, passed away peacefully on November 9 th at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. Born in Strasbourg, France to Rosalie Schiffmacher and Jean Baptiste Saum, Antoinette came to America at age 19 on the arm of GI veteran Lawrence F. Richards in 1946. Her escape from Nazi occupied France was Hollywood films that inspired...
Mary Yvonne “Bonnie” Gavin
Nov 3, 2017
Mary Yvonne "Bonnie" Gavin, died Friday in the Jewish Home of Eastern PA. She was the wife of the late Eugene Gerard Gavin for over 50 years, who died on November 29, 2006. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Lorraine Buckley. Bonnie was a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, the...
Frances Rasieleski
Oct 30, 2017
Frances M. Rasieleski, 77, of Scranton, passed away Monday, at Geisinger CMC. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Dulay Bendzel. She was a member of the former Holy Cross Church in Bellevue and is a member of St. Patrick's Parish, West Scranton. Frances was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and...
Geraldine O’Rose
Oct 23, 2017
Geraldine O'Rose, 85, of Silver Spring, MD, sister, aunt and friend, passed away on October 23, 2017. Geraldine was born and raised in Scranton, PA, daughter of the late John and Helen Kapacs Orose, the eldest of 3 siblings, and later moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue her illustrious career with the United States Federal government as a Budget...
Dolores Laboranti
Oct 19, 2017
Dolores "Dolly" Laboranti, 83, of West Scranton, died Thursday October 19, at Riverside Nursing and Rehab Center, Taylor. Her husband of 50 years, John "Jack" Laboranti died July 8, 2012. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late George and Helen Slivkanich Stelmak. A graduate of West Scranton High School, "Dolly" and "Jack" were owners of service...
Margaret Jasinski
Oct 12, 2017
Margaret M. Jasinski, 96, of the Bellevue section of Scranton, died Thursday morning after being stricken ill at home. Her husband is Stanley H. "Cappy" Jasinski and the couple would have celebrated their 65 th wedding anniversary on November 15 th . Born in Dupont, Luzerne County, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Durkot Kostick....
Larry Gentry
Oct 11, 2017
Larry Eugene Gentry, born on February 11, 1948, entered into eternity after a brief illness at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore on October 11, 2017. His wife of 12 years is Julie Macheska Gentry. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of Katherine Bartlett Gentry-Hinton. A graduate of Trenton Central High School, Larry enlisted into the Army...
Karen Kowalski
Sep 25, 2017
Karen Lynn Kowalski, died Monday evening at the Hershey Medical Center. Her husband is Daniel P. Kowalski. Born in Scranton, Karen was the daughter of the late William J. and Alice E. Schultz. A 1984 graduate of West Scranton High School, she worked for the Scranton School District as a Para Kindergarten teacher at Isaac Tripp Elementary School. Karen...
