Current Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Andrew John Van Loon
Mar 25, 2015
Andrew John Van Loon, 28, formerly of Dallas, passed away in Phoenix, Arizona on March 25th, 2015. Born August 28, 1986 in Kingston he was a son of Mark A. and Stephanie House Van Loon. A 2005 graduate of Dallas High School, Andrew went on to earn a degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University where he was a brother...
Esther Ellen Flannery
Mar 24, 2015
Esther Ellen Flannery, of Seattle, Washington, originally of West Pittston and later of Kingston, passed away on March 24, 2015 after a brief illness. Esther was born on April 2, 1933 in the Pittston Hospital to Frank John Flannery and Esther Brennan Flannery. She graduated from Wyoming Seminary, Georgetown Visitation Junior College, and College Misericordia and received her masters in...
John P. Kastendieck
Mar 21, 2015
John Paul Kastendieck, 68, of South Wilkes-Barre passed away after a lengthy illness on Saturday. Born June 19, 1946 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late John and Dorothy Dombrowski Kastendieck. Raised in Long Island, New York and at Harvey's Lake, John was a graduate of North Babylon High School. An Army veteran, he honorably served our country...
Joseph R. Mulligan
Mar 19, 2015
Joseph R. Mulligan, 78, of Mountain Top died Thursday at his home. Born June 27, 1936 in the East End section of Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Thomas P. and Brigid Frances Boyle Mulligan. Mr. Mulligan was a member of Pipefitters Union #524 of Scranton since October of 1953. He also served in the United States Navy....
Rita H. Wambold
Mar 19, 2015
Rita H. Wambold, 91, formerly of Mountain Top and Kingston died Thursday at Saint Luke's Villa. Born December 17, 1923 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Richard and Honora Haley Horn. Rita was a 1941 graduate of Meyers High School. During World War II she worked in the offices of AC & F in Berwick in support...
Anne M. Templeton
Mar 19, 2015
Anne M. Templeton, 84, of Wilkes-Barre died Thursday at Little Flower Manor. Born January 29, 1931 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Leo M. and Madeline George Reidlinger. A graduate of Saint Ann's Academy, Anne earned her baccalaureate from Misericordia University. A professional educator, Anne taught a Saint Nicholas Elementary School and at several schools of the...
Regina 'Jean' Leighton
Mar 17, 2015
Regina A. Leighton, 89, of Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Saint Luke's Villa. Born June 25, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Thomas L. and Elizabeth Healy Snee. Jean was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital School of Nursing. A registered nurse, Jean was a school and private duty nurse for several...
Thomas R. McGeer
Mar 12, 2015
Thomas R. McGeer Sr., who formerly owned and operated McGeer’s Pub in Wilkes-Barre with his wife, Dorothy, died late Thursday night, March 12th, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. As he took his last breath, he was surrounded by his two children and six of his grandchildren, his wife cradling his face in her hands and kissing his...
Helen Marie Marr
Mar 11, 2015
Helen Marie Marr, 93, of Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born October 21, 1921 in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Paul L. and Emma Blaum Marr. A graduate of Saint Ann's Academy, Helen studied music and earned her bachelor’s degree from Misericordia University and master’s degree from Columbia University. Helen taught for several years before...
John Gerald Burns
Mar 7, 2015
John Gerald Burns of Wilkes-Barre died at the home of his brother, Joseph J. and his wife Jo Ann Burns, on Saturday, March 7, 2015 after a lengthy illness. Born October 15, 1940 in the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Thomas Leo and Dorothy Ann Dugan Burns. John graduate from Saint Mary's High School...
Brian McGinnis
Mar 4, 2015
Brian J. McGinnis, 66, of Kingston died Wednesday at the VA Medical Center following an illness. Born September 7, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late John McGinnis and Eleanore Cannon McGinnis McIntyre. Brian was a 1967 graduate of Saint Mary’s High School and earned his baccalaureate degree from Wilkes University. A Marine Corps veteran of the...
Elena Monda
Mar 4, 2015
Elena Monda, 86, of Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at her home. Born July 28, 1928 in Afragola in the Province of Naples, Italy she was a daughter of the late Fortunato and Santa Testa Celentino. Her husband, Patsy traveled from Brooklyn, New York in 1954 to meet, fall in love with, and marry her. She left her country and traveled to...
Joseph P. Brennan
Feb 28, 2015
Joseph P Brennan, 87 of Shavertown passed away unexpectedly at his home on February 28th. Born August 5, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Joseph A. and Helen Jackles Brennan. Joe was a 1945 graduate of GAR High School where he played varsity baseball and football and was senior class vice president. He enlisted and served...
Richard C. Bosher
Feb 21, 2015
Richard C. Bosher, 70, of Hanover Township, passed away Saturday, Feb. 21 from complications of ALS and Leukemia. Born June 3, 1944 in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late George and Ida Luongo Bosher. Richard graduated from GAR High School in 1962 and served in the Army National Guard’s Battery C 1st Battalion 109th Artillery from 1963-69. He...
Mary C. Clarke
Feb 19, 2015
Mary C. Clarke, 88, of Wilkes-Barre died Thursday at Little Flower Manor. Born May 18, 1926 in Carbondale she was a daughter of the late Joseph P. and Margaret Gildea Kerins. Mary was a 1944 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School. Prior to retiring in 1987, Mrs. Clarke was a hearing assistant for the Office of Hearings and Appeals of...
Thomas J. Borum
Feb 16, 2015
Thomas J. Borum, 65, of Mountain Top died Monday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Born March 11, 1949 in Wilkes-Barre Township he was a son of the late John and Catherine Sabulski Borum. Tom attended Wilkes-Barre Township schools. Prior to retiring in 2012 he was employed by Eastern Penn Supply Company. A member of the...
Daniel T. Conrad
Feb 13, 2015
Daniel T. Conrad, 57, of Wilkes-Barre was in the presence of his loving family in Orlando, Florida when he was called to heaven on February 13, 2015. Born April 4, 1957, he was the son of Mary Bloss Conrad of Wilkes-Barre and the late Philip J. Conrad. Dan graduated from E.L. Meyers High School in 1975 and Wilkes University in...
Jean M. Foley
Feb 11, 2015
After a brief illness, Jean M. Foley of Mountain Top entered peacefully into eternal rest with her family at the bedside at her home on February 11, 2015. Born July 21, 1927 in Yonkers, New York, Jean was the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Katherine Murphy Cavanaugh. She received her bachelors in nursing at the College of Mount...
Robert L. Sipple
Feb 3, 2015
Robert Leo Sipple, 77, of Ashley and formerly of Bear Creek and Georgetown passed away at Geisinger Wyoming Valley on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Born May 20, 1937 he was a son of the late Henry L. and Grace Kastreva Sipple. Robert honorably served our country in the United States National Guard 109th Field Artillery from 1956 through his retirement...
Mary Jane Bonner
Feb 2, 2015
Mary Jane Bonner, a longtime Baltimore resident and retired Baltimore County employee, died Feb. 2 after a brief illness in Fort Myers, Florida. She was 88. The daughter of James Duffy, a police detective, and Mary Misché, a homemaker, “Jane” Duffy was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where she graduated from Meyers High School in 1944. In 1945 she married her...
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