Obituaries/Tributes

Ursula F. (Marx) Harper November 21, 2024   Ursula (Marx) Harper, 102, of Jenkins Township, PA, and formerly of St. Croix, USVI, and Freehold Township, NJ, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2024, at United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village C...

Elizabeth “Betty” Gates November 17, 2024   Elizabeth “Betty” Gates, 81 of Dallas, PA, formerly a longtime resident of Andover, NJ, passed away Sunday morning, November 17, 2024 at her home.  A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, a...

Tina M. Sabatini November 14, 2024   Tina Marie Sabatini, 97, a resident of Wesley Village and formerly of Plains Township, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 14, 2024 at her home. Born on September 12, 1927 in, Plains, PA she was ...

Frank J. LoRusso November 13, 2024   Frank J. LoRusso, 82 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon, November 13, 2024 at his home. Born on April 25, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Frank J. and M...

Patricia A. Walsh November 13, 2024   Patricia A. Walsh, 77 of Plains Township, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, November 13, 2024, lovingly surrounded by her family at Country Meadows West Retirement Community, York, PA. She had b...

Karen S. Hilinski November 12, 2024   Karen S. Hilinski, 69 of Plains Township, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at her home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA on September 21, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Edward and ...

Deborah J. Dohman November 10, 2024   Deborah J. Dohman, 69 of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, November 10, 2024 at her home with her family by her side. Born on July 26, 1955 in Smithton, PA, she was the daughter of the ...

Lucille M. Hannon November 4, 2024   Lucille M. Hannon, 87 of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Monday morning, November 4, 2024 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born on February 24, 1937 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was ...

Saverio “Sam” Bufano November 4, 2024   Saverio “Sam” Bufano, 73 of Kingston, passed away unexpectedly Monday night, November 4, 2024 at his home. Born on May 5, 1951 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Peter a...

Ann Elaine Roman October 27, 2024   Ann Elaine Roman peacefully passed away on October 27, 2024. She was born in Germany on February 11, 1952, while her family was stationed after the war helping to repair the country. However, she spent th...

Elmer C. Kresge “Bud,” 94 of Plains Township, passed away Friday morning, October 25, 2024 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.   Born on October 9, 1930 in Wyoming, PA he was the son of the late Raymond and Carrie Jones Kresge. &n...

Joel M. Howe October 25, 2024     Joel M. Howe, 69, of Laurel Run, passed away Friday evening, October 25, 2024, at Embassy of East Mountain Nursing Center, Plains, PA. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Robert Howe...

Florence M. Boyle October 14, 2024   Florence M. Boyle, 95 of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away Monday morning, October 14, 2024 at The United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Twp., PA. Florence was born on September 5, 1929 i...

Deborah A. Atherholt October 11, 2024   Deborah A. Atherholt, 66 of Plains Township, passed away Friday evening, October 11, 2024 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born on March 12, 1958 in Norfolk, Virginia, she was the daughter of ...

Violeta Doromal October 5, 2024   Violeta Doromal, 81 of Plains Township, passed away Saturday afternoon, October 5, 2024 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains, PA, from injuries sustained after being struck by a motor vehicle....

Betty J. Spangenberg October 4, 2024   Betty J. Spangenberg, 99 of Plains Twp., passed away Friday afternoon, October 4, 2024 at Allied Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Betty was born in Binghamton, New York on February 1, 1925, ...

Gary J. Januszko October 4, 2024   Gary J. Januszko, 59, of the Keystone section of Plains Township, passed away Friday afternoon, October 4, 2024 at Scranton Healthcare Center, Scranton, PA. Born on August 13, 1965 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, ...

Genevieve M. Gonshor October 2, 2024   Genevieve M. Gonshor, 95, of Plains Twp., PA, passed away Wednesday evening, October 2, 2024 at Allied Services Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born on September 3, 1929 in Plains, PA, she was the d...

Cassandra M. Muller September 27, 2024 Cassandra M. Muller, 36 of Kingston, passed away Friday afternoon, September 27, 2024. Born on January 2, 1988 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was the daughter of Tressia (Rinish) Dancheck and Charles Dancheck of ...

Nello Augustine, Jr. September 15, 2024   Nello Augustine, Jr., 80 of Plains Township, PA, passed away Sunday evening, September 15, 2024 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born on March 11, 1944 in the Hudson section of Plains, he wa...