Current Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas

Margaret A. Wilkie

Margaret A. Wilkie

Feb 19, 2018

Margaret A. (Peggy) Wilkie passed away at the Kingston Health Care Center, Monday, February 19, 2018, in her 85th year. Peggy was born and lived her whole life in the Wyoming Valley Area and was currently a resident of Kingston Manor. Peg was the daughter of the late Harry L. Wilkie, Sr. and Margaret E. (Wiener) Wilkie. She graduated from...

Ronald W. Martin

Ronald W. Martin

Feb 15, 2018

Ronald W. Martin, Sr., 70, beloved husband, father, and grandfather passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. Born January 24, 1948, and raised in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Edward and Florence Martin. Ron joined the Army at the age of eighteen and proudly served in the Vietnam...

Joan Kenney Mangan

Joan Kenney Mangan

Feb 14, 2018

Joan Marie Kenney Mangan of Bear Creek passed away on February 14th at the age of 80 at Timber Ridge Health Care Center after an illness. Joan was the daughter of the late William and Mae Williams Kenney. She graduated from St. Mary's High School, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing and received a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Seton Hall...

Anne Marie Horn

Anne Marie Horn

Feb 11, 2018

Anne Marie Horn, 90, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2018, at Mercy Center Skilled Nursing Care, Dallas, surrounded by her loving children. Born July 18, 1927, in Wilkes-Barre, she was the only daughter of Irish immigrants, the late James and Bridget Dougherty Boyle. Anne Marie was a 1945 graduate of St. Mary's High School where she met...

Rebecca A. Grohowski RN, BSN

Rebecca A. Grohowski RN, BSN

Feb 7, 2018

Rebecca A. Grohowski, RN, BSN, 53, of Wilkes-Barre passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Born June 19, 1964 in Passaic, New Jersey she was a daughter of Rebecca Gilroy Brown Rushton of Wilkes-Barre and the late John W. Brown, Jr. A graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Becky studied nursing at Wilkes-Barre Area Vo-tech and started her career as...

David R. Brace

David R. Brace

Feb 2, 2018

David R. Brace, 78, of River Vale, New Jersey passed away peacefully on February 2, 2018. Born and raised in Kingston he was a son of the late James R. and Lenora Whiting Brace. David moved to Clifton, New Jersey after graduating from Kingston High School. He was a foreman at Cardinal Bag & Envelope for more than forty years...

Mary C. Golden

Mary C. Golden

Feb 1, 2018

Mary C. Golden, 97, of Kingston passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 1, 2018. Born October 12, 1920 in the East End section of Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Michael J. and Bridget Gibbons Golden. Mary was a 1938 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School and attended Wilkes-Barre Business College. Prior to retirement in 1980, Mary...

Frank J. McHenry

Frank J. McHenry

Jan 25, 2018

Frank J. McHenry, 90, passed away peacefully at Saint Luke's Villa on January 25, 2018. Born September 10, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Frank D. and Ruth Conners McHenry, Frank was a 1946 graduate of Kingston High School. Frank was a member of the Pipe Fitters and Plumbers Union, now the United Association Local 524 for many...

Christopher R. Fox

Christopher R. Fox

Jan 21, 2018

Christopher R. Fox, 50, a native of Wilkes-Barre, was taken home by our Lord to be with his mother on Sunday, January 21, 2018. Born February 8, 1967 in Pottstown he was a son of Richard H. Fox of Nanticoke and the late Ann C. Madden Fox. A 1985 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School, Chris was an active member...

Thomas Adamski

Thomas Adamski

Jan 14, 2018

Thomas Adamski, 91, of Washington Square in Wilkes-Barre died Sunday, January 14, 2018. Born October 20, 1926 in the Hanover Section of Nanticoke he was a son of the late Thomas and Lottie Brudnitski Adamski. A Navy veteran of World War II, Tom served our country honorably from 1943 to 1946. A member of the Teamsters Local 814 in Brooklyn,...

Joseph B. McGill

Joseph B. McGill

Jan 13, 2018

Joseph B. McGill, 65, of Exeter died Saturday, January 13, 2018. Born November 21, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Frank and Mary Murphy McGill. Joe was a 1971 graduate of Meyers High School. Before retiring Joe was an electrician for thirty-four years and maintenance supervisor for his last four years at the Veteran’s Medical Center....

Lawrence E. Hopple

Lawrence E. Hopple

Jan 3, 2018

Lawrence Edward Hopple, 82, a native of Wilkes-Barre, died quietly in his sleep on January 3, 2018. Most of my Dad’s family and friends are gone now, so this obituary acts as a eulogy for a man I met twenty-four years ago. At our first meeting, he was nervous. I have to admit I was too. He was recovering from...

Roger E. Tredinnick Sr.

Roger E. Tredinnick Sr.

Jan 2, 2018

Roger E. Tredinnick, Sr., 66, of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Born July 20, 1951 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Edwin J. and Dorothy Taylor Tredinnick. An Air Force veteran of the Vietnam Era, Roger was honorably discharged as an Airman First Class after more than three years of service to...

Regina McGrath Ferry

Regina McGrath Ferry

Jan 1, 2018

Regina (Jean) Ferry passed from this life at the Berwick Retirement Village on January 1, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on March 29, 1928 to Joseph Patrick McGrath and Regina Dooley. Jean was a graduate of G.A.R. High school. The highlight of her life was her marriage to Gerald Francis Ferry on May 30, 1947....

Mary Sharkey Gluzinski

Mary Sharkey Gluzinski

Dec 26, 2017

Mary Cornelia (Sharkey) Gluzinski of Tillamook, Oregon passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Tuesday, December 26th, 2017. Mary was born January 7th, 1936 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania to the late Mary Frances Oakes and Cornelius Charles Sharkey. She attended St. Rose High School in Carbondale and later graduated from The Wyoming Valley Business College. After graduating, Mary was employed...

Theresa 'Teri' Armstrong

Theresa 'Teri' Armstrong

Dec 24, 2017

Theresa M. Ulgherait Armstrong entered eternal peace on December 24, 2017 at Mercy Center Personal Care in Dallas. Born in Wilkes-Barre on September 23, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Lena Ulgherait and was a graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Class of 1952. Theresa met Michael Armstrong while working together at Planters Peanuts in Wilkes-Barre....

William Goeckel Mulligan

William Goeckel Mulligan

Dec 19, 2017

William Goeckel Mulligan of Doylestown, PA and Naples, FL passed away at home in Pennsylvania on the 19th of December. Bill will be lovingly remembered by his wife of thirty-six years, Eileen, and by his brothers, Gene Mulligan and Bob Mulligan, and his sisters, Mary Lou MacFarland and Joan Weber, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws. Bill...

Mary McElwee Williams

Mary McElwee Williams

Dec 18, 2017

Mary McElwee Williams, 96, of Sugar Notch passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017. Born January 14, 1921 in Sugar Notch she was the daughter of the late Owen and Anna O’Donnell McElwee. Mary earned her BA from Marywood University. Prior to marriage, she worked for the FBI in Philadelphia and briefly for the Social Security Administration. After raising her...

James F. Jiunta

James F. Jiunta

Dec 18, 2017

James F. Jiunta, 93, of Wilkes-Barre peacefully passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017. Born February 21, 1924 in Pittston he was a son of the late Joseph and Bridget Latona Giunta. Jim attended Pittston schools until the family relocated to Wilkes-Barre where he graduated from Coughlin High School in 1942. An Army veteran of World War II, he was...

Anthony DePolo

Anthony DePolo

Dec 16, 2017

Anthony DePolo, 76, a long-time resident of Shavertown passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017. Surviving are his wife, Laura DePolo; son, Michael and his wife Molly DePolo; daughter, Nicole DePolo; grandchildren, Laurel and Noah DePolo; brother, Jim and his wife Florence DePolo. Celebration of Tony's Life will be held Wednesday with visitation from 1 to 9 PM, with services at...

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