Obituaries/Tributes

Kathleen Serafin, 71 of East Stroudsburg, passed away Monday afternoon, August 9, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital – Monroe Campus, Stroudsburg. Born in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine...

Mary Ann Stadulis, of Plains Township, passed away Friday afternoon, August 6, 2021 at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township, one day after her 76th birthday. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Michael A...

Dolores “Dolly” Mocion, 88 of Plains Township passed away on her wedding anniversary, July 31, 2021 at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Roman and Veronica (Sw...

Nancy J. Hartman, 70 of Trucksville, passed away Friday morning, July 16, 2021 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late David and Barbara (Ross) Lohmann. Nancy was a graduate of Dallas Area High S...

Helen D. Kulesza, 90 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Wednesday evening, July 14, 2021 at Highland Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Exeter. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Emily Jarmolowski. Helen was a gr...

Eric Lee Jasiulewicz, 39 of Larksville, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, he was the son of Robert G. Tyler of Hunlock Creek and Dawn Marie (Jasiulewicz) LaBarr Gomelko and Chris Gomelko of Larksville. Eric attended...

Dolores Rose D’Alessandro (Mangione) 91, a resident of Wesley Village and formerly of Wyoming, passed away Thursday evening, July 1st, 2021. She joined her husband and sweetheart Joe who waited patiently for her since 2018. They were married for ...

Dorothy M. Kosmala, 81 of Kingston, passed away Monday afternoon, June 28, 2021 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital with her family by her side. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Agnes (Freeman) Lavelle. Dorothy was...

Caroline S. Stella, 81 of Plains Township, passed away Sunday morning, June 27, 2021 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Anna (Malig) Kosek. Carol was a graduate of Sacred Heart Hig...

Eleanor M. Janerich, 92, of Plains Township, passed away Monday, June 21, 2021 at United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Anna (Brinko) Luckenbach. Eleanor wa...

Dominick J. Ortolani, 80, of Forty Fort, and formerly Bear Creek, passed away Thursday morning, June 10, 2021 at Allied Service Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plains, he was the son of the late Anthony E. and Natalie E. (Trosko) Orto...

Albert G. Gomelko, Jr., 74, of Bear Creek Township, passed away Monday evening, June 7, 2021 at Residential Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Albert and Marie M. (Koreny) Gomelko. Al was a ...

Karen L. McDermott, 68 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Monday morning, June 7, 2021 at her home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Donald J. and Mary Alice (Reinard) Cups. She was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, W...

Josephine T. Phillips, 93, of Plains Township, passed away Wednesday morning May 26, 2021, at The Gardens at East Mountain , Plains, Pa. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Nikanor and Frances (Brzostowski) Novichuck. Josephine was...

Sean M. Corcoran, 35 of Jenkins Township, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, May 21, 2021 at his home due to natural causes. Born in Plains, he was the son of Norman Salus of Swoyersville and Charlene (Corcoran) Adamchick of Plains Township....

Ann Marie Pappas, 76, of Wilkes-Barre, was taken home to the Lord on Thursday afternoon, May 20, 2021, at Geisinger Medical Center, Plains, Pa. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna (Veliky) Evans. Ann Marie was a graduat...

Arline Brodhead, 97 of Plains Township, passed away Wednesday morning, May 12, 2021 at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township. Born in Plymouth, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Gertrude (Johns) Shaw. Arl...

David Dunsmuir, 79 of Plains Township, passed away on Thursday afternoon, May 6, 2021 at Residential Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plains, and raised by his grandmother Marion, he was the eldest of 13 children to the late David a...

Bernadetta Ledoretti, 83, of Plains Township, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 2, 2021. Born in Wilkes-Barre on August 31, 1937, raised in the Hilldale section of Plains Township, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Josephine (Bon...