Obituaries/Tributes

Jean D. Kabusk, 85 of Trumbull, Connecticut passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was the beloved wife of Thomas Kabusk. Born in Pittston, PA on May 23, 1934, she was t...

Lillian F. Bechetti, 87 of Bear Creek Township, passed away Wednesday morning, March 25, 2020 at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township, where she had been a resident for the past 7 ½ years. Born in Plains Township, s...

John T. Balasavage, 75, of Plains Township, passed away Thursday morning, March 12, 2020, after a brief illness. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary (Parulis) Balasavage and grew up in the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barr...

Loretta Beccaris, of Kingston and formerly of Plains Township, passed away Monday morning, March 9, 2020 at Kingston Health Care Center, Kingston, where she had been a guest for the past few weeks. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the...

Jacqueline R. Pienta, 80 of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Friday morning, March 6, 2020 at The Gardens at East Mountain Manor, Plains, Township. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Wilson Hen...

Luke J. Martin, III, 64 of Pittston, passed away Friday evening, February 28, 2020 at United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Luke and Anna (Cunningham) Martin. Luke was a gr...

Ceri Jo Yankoski Mulligan, 40 of Lehman, passed away from a heart related incident on Monday, February 17, 2020. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Ceri was she daughter of Joseph J. and Kyle V. (Jones) Yankoski of Lehman. She was a graduate of Lake Lehman Hi...

Robert “Bobby” Pascucci of Plains Township, went to sleep in The Lord on Friday, February 14, 2020 at the age of 92. Born and raised in Plains Township, he was the son of the late Joseph and Gentile (Montovani) Pascucci, both immigrants of Ita...

Ann Marie Armbruster, 89 of the North End section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Thursday morning, February 13, 2020 at River Street Manor Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre. Born in the North End section of Wilkes-Barre to Irish immigrants, she was the dau...

Rose M. Rubino, 94 of Laflin, passed away Thursday morning, February 6, 2020 at the inpatient unit of Residential Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in the Hudson section of Plains, she was the daughter of the late Sabato and Viola (Mirr...

Alice A. Leslie, 92 of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Sunday morning, February 2, 2020 at River Street Manor Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre, where she had been a resident. Born in Plains Township, she was the daughter of the lat...

Our loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Gerald Anthony Vissotski, passed away from this earth into his heavenly domain on Sunday, January 19, 2020. Born in Wilkes-Barre on January 2, 1942, he was the son of the late Stanley and Lena ...

On January 10, 2020, John J. Hoban of Westminster was chosen to eternal life with our Lord. Born in West Pittston, he was the son of the late Martin and Regina (Walsh) Hoban. John was a graduate of Wyoming Area High School, and College Miserico...

Robert B. Hapeman, Sr., 84, of North Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Saturday January 4, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Plains, PA on June 4, 1935 to the late Paul J. Hapeman, Sr. and Alice T. (Munley) Hapeman. He att...

Marie R. Spinosi, of Plains Township, passed away Friday afternoon, January 3, 2020 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Fernando and Mary (Siena) Spinosi. Marie was a gradua...

Jean Kocher, 96 of Poway, California and formerly of Plains Township, PA, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 in Poway, CA. Born in Pokrzywnica, Poland, she was the daughter of the late Antoni and Rozalia(Petrykowska) Zych of Plai...

Homi Rustamji Allbless, 76 of Shavertown, passed away Monday morning, December 30, 2019 at Timber Ridge HCC, Plains Township, where he had been a resident in the Memory Care Unit for nearly 5 years. Born in Mumbai, India, he was the son of the lat...

Jean E. Fey, 90 of Jenkins Township, passed away Friday afternoon, December 27, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna (Flosser) Bowden. Jean was a ...

John “Jack” Boylan, 65 of Wilkes Barre, passed away Saturday evening, December 21, 2019, exactly 1 year after the love of his life, Mary “Debbie” Boylan. Born in Plains, he was the son of the late Eugene and Nancy (Walsh) Boylan. Jack w...

Kevin G. Biniek, Jr., 30 of Plains Township, passed away Wednesday evening, December 18, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, with his family by his side. Born in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, Kevin was the...

Margaret Emma Quinn, 69 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Wednesday morning, December 11, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late William and Doris (Culp) Quinn. Peggy ...

David Dragon, 56, of Forty Fort and formerly of Plains Township, passed away Wednesday evening, December 11, 2019, surrounded by his loved ones. Born in Plains, he was the son of Barbara (Ziemba) Dragon and the late John Dragon. David was a gra...