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Local Obituaries for Wilkes-Barre, PA, Luzerne County, & Surrounding Areas
Veronica Columbus
Apr 30, 2013
Veronica F. Columbus, 89, formerly of Washington Square Apartments and New Mallery Place in Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Mountain Top Senior Care. Born November 20, 1923 in Plains she was a daughter of the late John and Catherine Palcisko Shedlock. Veronica was employed by Consolidated Cigar for several years and later worked for Empire Dress Company until her retirement. Veronica...
Ann Fox
Apr 28, 2013
Ann C. Fox, 77, of Nanticoke died Sunday. Born October 9, 1935 in Harvey's Lake she was a daughter of the late Anthony Madden and Bertha Madden Hornyak. Ann was a graduate of Pringle High School and Wilkes-Barre Business College. Mrs. Fox dedicated most of her life to raising her family. She previously worked at Jimeal's in Plymouth and Miracle...
Todd Stefanski
Apr 24, 2013
Todd A. Stefanski, 43, of Wilkes-Barre died unexpectedly on Wednesday. Born August 25, 1969 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Margaret Stefanski Lee. Todd attended Hanover Area High School. He enjoyed camping with friends and family, and was an enthusiastic fan of the Chicago Bears. In addition to his mother, a brother-in-law, Roland Parham preceded him in...
James Burke
Apr 23, 2013
James Richard Burke, Jr., 52, of Carlisle Street in Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Hospice Community Care. Born November 9, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York he was a son of Barbara Johnson Burke of Wilkes-Barre and the late James Richard Burke. Jim was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. I addition to his father, Jim was preceded in death by...
Dr. Joseph V. Krawczeniuk
Apr 17, 2013
Dr. Joseph Volodymyr Krawczeniuk, who walked out of his native Ukraine with his older brother to escape communism as a teenager, sought a better life in the United States and found it as a college professor and father in Wilkes-Barre, died Wednesday morning of a heart attack at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was eighty-eight years old. His wife, Oksana Kolodij...
Marion Keller
Apr 8, 2013
Marion E Keller, 90, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2013 at Mercy Center in Dallas. Marion, (“Sis” as she was known to her family), was born in Wilkes-Barre and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Fischer Keller. She was a member of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Wilkes-Barre. She attended St. Nicholas Grade...
Ann Davis
Apr 6, 2013
Ann Davis, 83, passed into the arms of the Lord on Saturday, April 6th. She had been a resident of Saint Luke’s Villa and former resident of Grove Lane in Wilkes-Barre. Born June 26, 1929 in Pittston she was a daughter of the late Charles and Josephine Flaherty Murphy. Ann was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School. Her main...
George 'Jerry' Ferenchick
Mar 25, 2013
George ‘Jerry’ Ferenchick, 81, of Plymouth and a former longtime resident of Edison Street in Wilkes-Barre died Monday at Mercy Special Care Hospital. Born August 22, 1931 in Plains he was a son of the late George and Elizabeth Kosek Ferenchick. George was a graduate of Plains Memorial High School. He was a proud veteran of Korean Conflict having served...
Joseph Stefansky
Mar 25, 2013
Joseph Stefansky, 77, a longtime resident of Hayes Lane in Wilkes-Barre died Monday at Commonwealth Hospice. Born April 24, 1935 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late Stanley and Margaret Williams Stefansky. He was a proud veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in the Navy from 1952 to 1956. Joe retired from Martz Trailways following a thirty-three...
Anne Tucker
Mar 18, 2013
Anne M. Tucker, 85, of B’nai Brith Apartments and a former longtime resident of Custer Street and the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully in the presence of her family on Monday at the home of her son Joseph J. Tucker and daughter-in-law Leila M. Tucker in Nuangola. Born October 15, 1927 in the Georgetown section of Wilkes-Barre Township...
Betty Wampole
Mar 18, 2013
Betty M. Wampole of Mountain Top passed away on Monday, March 18th. Born August 12, 1931 she was a daughter of the late Austin R. and Evelyn Green of Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Greenbelt, Maryland. Betty was employed by the United States government for thirty-five years. She first worked for the Office of Personnel Management and later joined the Small Business...
Donald Johnson
Mar 18, 2013
Donald C. Johnson, Jr., 45, of Kingston died Monday. Born December 12, 1967 in Larksville he was a son of Donald C. Johnson of Kingston and the late Jacqueline Howells. Don was a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. He was employed by Carlisle Carrier Corporation in Mechanicsburg for several years. He will be greatly missed by his children,...
Eleanor Klein
Mar 18, 2013
Eleanor (Norzie) Klein, 84 passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at Manor Care in Kingston. Born July 14, 1928 she was a daughter of the late John and Nellie Madden Klein. Eleanor was a graduate of Saint Mary’s High School, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Villanova University and Catholic University. After serving in Korea as an Air Force nurse, Eleanor...
Frank Lukowich
Mar 17, 2013
Frank Lukowich, 64, of Wilkes-Barre died Sunday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born October 1, 1948 in Ashley he was a son of the late Albert and Elizabeth Lukowich. Frank was a graduate of Ashley High School. Before retiring Frank was the Assistant Director of Central Services at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He will be greatly missed by his children, Jamie Lukowich...
Kathleen Vogt
Mar 16, 2013
Kathleen A. Vogt, 68, of Bear Creek Village passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Berwyn. Born January 28, 1945, in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Dorothy Bryce Drugan. A graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School, Kathleen and earned her Bachelor’s Degree and Teaching Certificate from Misericordia University. Although...
Dorothy Praetorius Ritsick
Mar 15, 2013
Dorothy A. Praetorius Ritsick of Wilkes-Barre passed away peacefully on Friday. Born in Forty Fort she was a daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Madden Praetorius. Dorothy was a graduate of Forty Fort High School. Before retiring in 1968 to raise her daughter, Dorothy was a clerical supervisor for the water division of Pennsylvania Gas & Water Company. Dorothy...
Mae Hornick
Mar 14, 2013
Mae Hornick, 92, formerly of Washington Square Apartments and a longtime resident of Wilkes-Barre Township died Thursday at Saint Luke's Villa. Born Mary Theresa Hebert on February 7, 1921 in Wilkes-Barre Township she was the daughter of the late Lawrence L. and Mary Snee Hebert. Mae worked for Percy Brown's Cafeteria and Hess and Goldsmith. Until retirement, Mae was employed...
Kathleen Adams
Mar 13, 2013
Kathleen Heck Adams, 54, of Wilkes-Barre passed away following a brief illness on Wednesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born June 15, 1958 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Robert E. and Ellen Collins Heck. Raised in the East End section of Wilkes-Barre, Katie was a 1976 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School. Katie was Clinical Services...
Jean Ogren
Mar 12, 2013
Jean J. Ogren, 88, of Kingston died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born March 31, 1924 in Glendale, California she was the daughter of the late Frank and Katie Jackson of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Jean was a graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois where she earned a BS in Chemistry. During the war...
Thomas Rooney
Mar 12, 2013
Thomas J. Rooney, 89, of Washington Square Apartments in Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Born November 25, 1923 in Wilkes-Barre he was a son of the late William J. and Mary Ellen Loughney Rooney. Tom was as graduate of Saint Mary's High School. A proud Marine Corps veteran of World War II, Tom served in...
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