Obituaries/Tributes

Anne (Annette) K. Aritz, 81, a resident of Plains, passed away on Thursday morning, March 5, 2015, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, with her family by her side. Born on July 31, 1933, in Wilkes-Barre, Anne was the daugh...

Dominic T. Tavana, 97, a resident of Exeter for more than 70 years, passed into eternal life to be with his Heavenly Father on March 3, 2015 at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins, Twp. Born in Berwick, he was the son of the...

Thomas Lostrick, 67, of Exeter, passed away Wednesday evening, February 25, 2015, at Geisinger Medical Center, Plains Township. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late Francis and Grace (Pahler) Lostrick. Thomas was employed for 47 years f...

Deanna Marie Eberhardt, 54 of Thornhurst, died Monday morning, February 16, 2015 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. Born in Plains she was the daughter of the late George and Alvida (Tontini) Eustice. Deanna was a graduate of Plains Memorial...

Joseph J. Kotulski, Sr., 59 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Monday afternoon, February 16, 2015 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Luzerne, he was the son of the late Stanley and Elizabeth (Cheskiewicz) Kotulski. Joe attended G.A.R. Mem...

Dorothy C. Scanlon, 84, of Laflin passed away Saturday evening, February 14, 2015 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Plains Twp. Born in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Genevieve (Markowski) Schevets. Dorothy was a gra...

Walter Buzinski, 62, of Laflin, passed away on Saturday evening, February 14, 2015 at his home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of Rita (Paul) Buzinski of Wesley Village, Jenkins Township and the late Walter A. Buzinski. Walter worked at t...

Carl S. Sanfilippo, 78 of Wilkes-Barre PA, passed away Saturday February 7th, 2015 at the home of Carla, his daughter, with whom he had resided with since 2012 with his family by his side. He was born in Wilkes-Barre where he resided most of his l...

Emily Stella Maguire, 96, formerly of Exeter, passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 at Mountain View Care Center, Geisinger, Scranton, PA, with her daughter by her side. Born in Pittston in 1918, she was the daughter of the late Joseph & Eva Stel...

Alvida “Bena” Eustice, 97 of Plains Township, passed away Saturday morning, January 31, 2015 at River Street Manor Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Anna (Dini) Tontini. Bena attended t...

Bertha “Stella” Dalessandro, 98 of Plains Township, passed away, Saturday afternoon, January 31, 2015 at Golden Living – Summit, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plains, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Bertha (Kocinski) Budzinski. She w...

On Friday January 30, 2015 Mildred entered eternal rest where she was reunited with her son Allan after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on Nov. 21, 1932 in the Westminster section of Jenkins Twp., she was the daughter of the late Stephen and...

Martha (Benish) Bykowski, 86 of the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 20, 2015, at Little Flower Manor Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre, where she was a resident for the past 6 months. Martha was born in Plains on M...

Rosemary Anne Nardone, 86, of Plains, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015, at United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Pittston, Pa. Born in West Pittston, in an upper bedroom at the family home, on December 19, 1928, she was the daughter o...

Julia Josephine Berretta, 96, passed away January 9, 2015 at home in Laguna Niguel, California, where she resided with her daughter Sandra. Julia was born August 29, 1918 in the Hudson section of Plains, Pennsylvania daughter of the late Otto and ...

Elizabeth M. Rubasky, 86 of Kingston, passed away Wednesday morning, January 7, 2015, at Golden Living – Summit, Wilkes-Barre, after a lengthy illness. Born in Hazleton, she was the daughter of the late Charles & Genevieve (Smothers) DeCosmo...

Marion (Gildea) Novak, 88, of Plains Township, passed away Tuesday evening, January 6, 2015 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, just hours shy of her 89th birthday. Born in Plains on January 7, 1926, Marion was the daughter of the late James and...

Carol A. Downey, 63, of Kingston, died unexpectedly Friday evening, January 2, 2015, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Born in Kingston, Carol was the daughter of Rita (Lavelle) Weaver of Kingston and the late Ro...

Helene L. Austin, 71, of Kingston, passed away Wednesday evening, December 31, 2014, at River Run Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Kingston. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Helen (Evans) McCormack. Helene was ...

Elma M. Baird, 82, of Blakeslee, died Saturday morning, December 27, 2014, at her home with her Husband and Daughters by her side. Born in West Pittston, Elma was the daughter of the late Harry M. and Hazel M. (Frame) Shafer Jr. Elma was a “S...

Bernard E. Ferdo, 87, of Dallas and formerly of the East End section of Wilkes-Bare, fell asleep in the Lord Tuesday evening, December 23, 2014, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, with his family by his side. Born in the Miners Mills section of...