February 5, 2023
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...
February 5, 2023

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Willard R. Rollins, 85 of Exeter, passed away Sunday morning, February 5, 2023 at Kingston Healthcare Center, Kingston, PA.
Born January 8, 1938 in Poquoson, Virginia, he was the son of the late Norman and Lillian (Robertson) Rollins.
Willard...
January 30, 2023

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Louis Ercolani, 90 of Plains Township, and formerly of Bear Creek Township, passed away Monday morning, January 30, 2023 at the VA Medical Center, Plains Township, PA.
Born in Isola, Perugia, Italy on August 24, 1932, he was the son of the late Ti...
January 27, 2023

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Francis J. Sott, 84 of Plains Township, passed away Friday evening, January 27, 2023 at The Gardens at East Mountain, Plains, PA.
Born June 13, 1938 in Plains, PA, he was the son of the late Jacob F. and Helen (Danko) Sott.
Francis attended ...
January 19, 2023
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...
January 19, 2023
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.
...
January 11, 2023
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...
January 9, 2023

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Tullio Joseph Gelsomini, 95, of Laflin, passed away January 9, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, PA.
Born in Gaifana, Perugia, Italy in 1927, he was the son of the late Rinaldo and Adelaide (Centini) Gelsomini. He ...
January 6, 2023
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...
January 5, 2023
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 ...
January 5, 2023
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, ...
January 5, 2023

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Donald F. Corcoran, 83 of Harding, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Funeral services were private and held at the convenience of the family from the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, Plai...
January 1, 2023
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...
December 28, 2022
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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...
December 25, 2022
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...
December 22, 2022
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...
December 15, 2022
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...
December 8, 2022

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Patrick J. DeCinti, 83, of Highland Park Senior Living and a lifelong resident of Laflin, PA, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, December 8, 2022 in the care of Allied Services Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Born March 4, 1939 in W...
December 8, 2022
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 ...
December 5, 2022
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 ...
December 2, 2022
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...
December 1, 2022
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...
November 29, 2022
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...
November 21, 2022
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 ...
November 18, 2022
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...