Obituaries/Tributes

Josephine A. Haczewski, 88 of Plains, Twp., passed away Saturday morning, April 2, 2016 at Homewood at Plum Creek Nursing Home, Hanover, PA, where she had been a resident for the past 3 years. Born in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Ca...

Dorothea K. Kasper, 86 of Larksville, passed away Saturday evening, April 2, 2016 at Celtic Hospice, Inpatient Care Unit, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plymouth, she was the daughter of the late Clarence J. and Ruth (McKennon) Kelly. S...

Joseph P. Popielarski, 66, of Plains Township, passed away Thursday evening, March 31, 2016 at his home after a two year battle against ALS. Born in the Miners Mills Section of Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Zigmund and Josephine (Garwac...

James P. McAdarra, 75 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 23, 2016 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late John & Rachel (Davis) McAdarra. Jimmy attended G.A.R. High School, Wi...

Cecelia “Ceil” Toloczko, 89, of Plains Township, passed away Monday morning, March 14, 2016 at River Street Manor, Wilkes-Barre. Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre Township, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes (Wielgosz) Bilski and ...

Marlene M. Corcoran, 71, of Plains Township, died Saturday morning, March 12, 2016 at her home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Helen (Babkowski) Murray. Marlene was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, W...

Leonard Schall, Jr, 55, of Plains Township, died Saturday morning, March 12, 2016 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains. Born in Plains, he was the son of Kathleen (Badera) Schall of Plains and the late Leonard Schall, Sr. Leonard ...

Maryann Dechman, 77 of the North End section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Thursday morning, March 10, 2016 at Little Flower Manor Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Stephen & Catherine (Uhrin) Juhas....

Barbara L. (Hughes) Washick, 70, of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of late Clifton Sr. and Ada (Scheil) Hughes. Barbara graduated from G...

Alice Williams, 87 of Wilkes-Barre, passed Monday, March 7, 2016 at the inpatient unit of Celtic Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late George & Ida (Cloes) Williams. She was a graduate of S...

Carol Patricia (Gavis) Popeck, a resident of Carverton Heights, Kingston Township, entered into eternal life Tuesday morning, February 23, 2016 at Wilkes Barre General Hospital. Born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1944, Wilkes Barre, she was the d...

Joseph C. Flynn, 70 of Plains Township, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 21, 2016 after suffering a heart seizure at home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Martin J. and Elizabeth M. (Long) Flynn. Joe was a graduate of Pla...

Raymond McDonald, 84 of Exeter, passed away Sunday evening, February 21, 2016 at his home. Born in Pittston, he was the son of the late Raymond & Marguerite (Munley) McDonnell. Ray was employed by Addy Asphalt of Keystone until his retirement...

Dolores P. Dohman, 91 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Friday afternoon, February 19, 2016 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre on St. Patrick’s Day 1924, she was the daughter of the late William and...

Lois Ann Barber, 80 of Jenkins Township, passed away Friday evening, February 19, 2016 at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Twp., where she had been a resident since 2007. Born in Luzerne, she was the daughter of the late ...

Pauline Evans, 85 of Plains Township, passed away Wednesday morning, February 17, 2016 at Celtic Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Anna (Kebles) Ba...

Janice M. Castellani, 79 of Trucksville, passed away Monday morning, February 15, 2016 at Celtic Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre. Born in the family homestead in Huntsville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest L. and Marie (Piatt) B...

Margaret E. Collins, 79 of Dallas, passed away Monday afternoon, February 15, 2015 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Margaret Edith Collins, born December 4, 1936, in Wilkes-Barre, PA to the late Edgar & Edith (Barr) Gartley, hated to be call...

Darlene Zaleski, 62 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 14, 2016 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after a courageous battle against cancer. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Arthur & Lillian (Davis) Fel...

John T. Franchella, 65, formerly of Plains, passed away on February 12th, 2016 at his home in Mooresburg, Tennessee. John was born in Plains, son of the late John R. & Madeline (Tlucek) Franchella. He was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School, P...