Obituaries

Jan 13, 2014

William A. Yevich, 85, formerly of North Scranton, died Monday night at Allied Skilled Nursing Center, Scranton. Born in Scranton, he had worked in the local dry cleaning/laundry industry. He has no survivors. A graveside service will be held on Monday afternoon by the Rev. Robert W. Lozinski, Pastor of St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, Dunmore in St. Michael's...

Jan 13, 2014

Edward L. Wyshock, 85, of West Scranton, died Monday in Commonwealth Hospice at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife of 50 years, Eleanor Agnes Rasieleski Wyshock died December 6, 2003. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Joseph and Isabelle Madus Wyshock. Educated in Scranton Schools, he was an Army veteran of WW II, had been...

Jan 6, 2014

Eva Warholak Husanita, 95, of West Scranton, formerly of Bridgeport, CT, died Monday in Allied Services Skilled Nursing. Her husband Stephen Husanita died in 1983. Born in Wyola-Smithmills, PA, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Suchick Warholak. A 1937 graduate of Scranton Technical High School, she was a member of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church,...

Jan 1, 2014

Charles J. Drazdauskas, 88, of West Scranton, died Wednesday evening at home. His wife of 47 years, Dolores M. Bonetski Drazdauskas, died on July 29, 2006. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Joseph and Tekla Savitskas Drazdauskas. A 1943 graduate of West Scranton High School, he attended the University of Scranton, received a Bachelor of...

Sep 20, 1944

PFC Willard "Bud" Jenkins was Killed in Action during WW II, serving with the 82 nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper, assigned as an engineer on September 20, 1944. Bud was repatriated to his home town, Scranton, PA, 74 years to the day of his death. He was born in West Scranton on February 25, 1917, to the late...

Shayla Michelle Petroziello, 29, of Scranton, passed on Monday, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Michelle Petroziello, Scranton and the late Vincent M. Petroziello Jr., who passed in 2006. Shayla was of the Catholic faith and was a 2013 graduate of West Scranton Hich School. Shayla was an avid bowler, reader and enjoyed...

Veronica Krupa, 94, a lifelong resident of Scranton, passed on Wednesday, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. She was the daughter of the late Julius and Maria Magdziak Krupa. She was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School, attended the American Institute of Banking and the University of Scranton. Prior to retirement, she was an officer at PNC...

Lois J. Jopchak, 72, of the Tripps Park section of Scranton, passed on Thursday at Allied Skilled Nursing Center. Lois was born in Scranton and was the daughter of the late Russell and Ruth Phillips. Lois attended West Scranton High School and was a stay at home Mom, who raised her two sons as a housewife, homemaker, advisor and...

Joseph Vayda, Clarks Summit died Sunday at CMC. Viewing will be on Wednesday 5 to 6:30 PM with a Panachyda Service at 6:30 PM in the Edward J. Chomko Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 262 Railroad Avenue, West Scranton. A Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 11 AM Thursday at St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church, Broadway Street, Scranton. Interment...

Gail L. Zackoski, 75, of Scranton, passed on Sunday morning at the Allied Hospice Center with

her loved ones at her side. Her husband of 57 years is Richard P. Zackoski. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Cyril and Margaret Evans Jenkins. Gail was a 1967 graduate of West Scranton High School, was...