Obituaries/Tributes

Joan Starzynski Pisack June 8, 2025   Joan Starzynski Pisack, 80 of Wilkes-Barre, PA, wife of the late Robert F. Pisack, went to her heavenly reward on Sunday, June 8, 2025 at Allied Services Center City, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born in Wilkes...

Mary Drew June 8, 2025   Mary Drew, 99 of the Hudson section of Plains Township, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday evening, June 8, 2025 at Allied Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born on March 12, 1926 in Hu...

Mary Gartley June 6, 2025 Mary Gartley, 89, of the Parsons Section of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away at home, surrounded by her family, on June 6, 2025. Mary lived selflessly and loved endlessly in a life that was devoted to her family and friends, ...

Paul J. Reedy May 30, 2025   Paul J. Reedy, 62 of Pittston Township, PA, passed away Friday afternoon, May 30, 2025 at his home with his family by his side. Born on January 29, 1963 in Pittston, PA, he was the son of the late Paul Robert...

Kimberly A. Krulack May 27, 2025   Kimberly A. Krulack, 55 of Plains Township, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, May 27, 2025 at Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre, PA, after a brief illness. Born on May 29, 1969 in Plains, PA, she was the dau...

Angelo Answini May 23, 2025   Angelo Answini, 85 of Laflin, PA, passed away peacefully, Friday, May 23, 2025, at his home with his family by his side. Born on April 3, 1940 in the Keystone section of Plains Twp., he was the son of the la...

Louis J. Dominick May 22, 2025   Louis J. Dominick, 72 of Bartonsville and formerly a lifelong resident of the Hudson section of Plains, PA, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, May 22, 2025 at his home in Bartonsville, PA, with his wif...

Timothy Westawski May 18, 2025   Timothy Westawski, 54 of Plainsville, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 18, 2025 at his home. Born on April 4, 1971 in Plains, he was the son of the late John and Ann (Marko) Westawski. Tim attende...

Christina Suzanne Cawley May 9, 2025   Christina Suzanne Cawley, of Knobley Road, Keyser, WV, known to her loved ones as Suzanne, gracefully passed away on Friday, May 9, 2025, at UPMC Western Maryland in Cumberland, MD, at the age of 77. ...

Miriam Obeid May 8, 2025   Miriam Obeid, 96 of Plains, PA, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2025 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, PA, where she had been a resident for the past 8 month. Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, Miriam was t...

David Sienkiewicz May 7, 2025   David “Dave” Sienkiewicz, 69 of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He passed away in the care of Hospice of the Sacred Heart. He was bo...

Rita Kcenich May 6, 2025   Rita Kcenich, 91, of Plains Township, left this world peacefully at Allied Hospice Facility on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Rita was born in Plains Township to the late Susan and Joseph Kristan on October 1, 1933. She...

Donald R. J. Watchulonis, Sr. May 5, 2025   Donald Raymond John Watchulonis, Sr., 90, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was a friend to all who knew him, quick with a kind remark or funny quip. In Ju...

Harry B. Vogt, II May 3, 2025   Harry B. Vogt, II, 83 of Bear Creek Village, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 3, 2025 at Fritzingertown Senior Living Drums, PA. Born on August 11, 1941 in Hanover Green, PA, he was the son of the late ...

Dorothy Yelland April 19, 2025   Dorothy Yelland, 79 of the East End Section of Wilkes-Barre, PA, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2025. Born on September 5, 1945, in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, to the late Joseph and Jo...

Anna “Nancy” Magdalinski April 15, 2025   On April 15, 2025, the world lost one of its true and special treasures.  Anna Nancy Magdalinski passed peacefully into God's hands at the home of her daughter.  She was 92 years old. Born ...

Stella M. Cappellini April 14, 2025   Stella Cappellini, 94 of Plains Township, PA, passed away peacefully in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center on April 14, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. The sixth child of the late Charles...

Joseph J. Fumanti April 13, 2025   Joseph J. Fumanti, 71 of Laflin, PA, passed away in the waning hours of Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born on February 8, 1954 in the Hilldale section of Plains, PA, he w...

Harald Hans-Ludwig Lambacher 1949 - 2025   It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Harald Hans-Ludwig Lambacher, who left us peacefully in the early hours on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the age of 76. Born in Zell (now B...