Obituaries/Tributes

Barbara Ann Yencha, 82 of Port Griffith, PA, passed away Sunday evening, February 5, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Born in the Port Griffith section of Pittston on January 30, 1941, she was the daughter of the l...

Yolanda L. Westfield, 95 of Kingston, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 19, 2023 at Allied Services Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born in Plains, PA on September 30, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Nora (Fillippini) Ve...

Jean Marie Gabel Bohac, 84 of Plains Township, passed away Thursday evening, January 19, 2023 at Allied Services Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born June 9, 1938 in Plains she was the daughter of the late John and Hazle (Howey) Gabel. ...

Theresa A. Colucci, 65 of Inkerman, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, January 11, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains, Township, PA. Born in The Bronx, New York, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Ada (Middleditch) Gl...

Fidelito Garcia Patron, 56 of Plains Township, passed away Friday morning, January 6, 2023 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, after a courageous battle against Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Born and raised in Tiaong, Quezon...

Attilio “Tee” Giovanelli, 75 of Plains Township, passed away Thursday morning, January 5, 2023 at Allied Services Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born in Plains, he was the son of the late Mario & Susan (Bruno) Giovanelli, Sr. Tee ...

Thomas G. Jones, 84, passed away Thursday morning, January 5, 2023 at his home. Private graveside services were held at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Arrangements entrusted to the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, ...

Barbara J. Lastovica, 69 of Plains Township, passed away Sunday evening, January 1, 2023 at Allied Services Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, with her family by her side. Born in Kingston on February 21, 1953, she was the daughter of the la...

Joseph E. Bronack December 28, 2022   Joseph E. Bronack, 66 of the Hilldale section of Plains Township, passed away Wednesday evening, December 28, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains, after a courageous battle again...

Joseph C. Minichowski, 94 of Newnan, GA, passed away Sunday morning, December 25, 2022 at his home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 10:30 am at St. Mary’s Cemetery Mausoleum, Hanover Township.  Arrangements entrusted t...

Louise Marie Yanoshak, beloved mother, “Nonni,” aunt and friend, died Dec. 22, 2022, at her home in Plains Township, surrounded by family. She was 95. Born April 30, 1927, in the Plainsville, or “Flats,” section of the township, she was th...

Anne M. Adams, 101 of Wilkes-Barre Township, and formerly of Nipomo, California, passed away Thursday evening, December 15, 2022 at Highland Park Senior Living, Wilkes-Barre Township, PA. Born in Patterson, New Jersey on January 8, 1921, she was t...

  Loren E. Kwitkoski, 33 of Exeter, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 8, 2022 at his home. Born in Plains, PA, he was the son of Eugene D. Kwitkoski of Harvey’s Lake and Kimberly A. (Myers) Ayers of Mountain Top. Loren was a ...

Irene Melnyk, 88 of Plains Township, PA, passed away peacefully December 5, 2022 at Guardian Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Nanticoke. She was born February 6, 1934, the youngest of 11 children born to Ukrainian Immigrants, the late John ...

Dorothy M. Pape, 92 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Friday morning, December 2, 2022 at Mountain Top Health Care Center. Born in the Hudson section of Plains Township, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Meyers) Marhalik. Dorothy was...

William J. Davis, 54 of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Thursday evening, December 1, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, PA. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late William J. and Dorot...

Barbara A. Mosley, 84 of Bear Creek, passed away Tuesday evening, November 29, 2022 at River View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Plains Township. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Gertrude (Bellas) Kijesky and the st...

Joseph B. Pilarcik, Jr., 71 of the Hilldale section of Plains, passed away Monday morning November 21, 2022 at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA with his family by his side. Born in Plains, he was the son of the late Joseph B. and Rose ...

Steven A. Florio, 53, passed away on November 18, 2022. Steven was born in Drexel Hill, PA, to Robert and Harriet Florio. He attended Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Steven went on to receive his BS in Acc...