Local Obituaries for Luzerne County, PA. & Wyoming County, PA.
Elvira Bocolo Horvat
Oct 8, 2023
Elvira (Bocolo) Horvat, 94 of Yardley, Pennsylvania, formerly of Pittston and Philadelphia, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.
Elvira was born on March 24, 1929, in Pittston, PA, to the late Frank Bocolo and Eleanor Cerelli Bocolo. Elvira married Andrew Horvat, Jr. on August 9, 1954 in Pittston, PA. They...
Tammy Brobst-Burke
Oct 1, 2023
Tammy Brobst-Burke, 52, of Trucksville, passed away October 1, 2023. Born in 1971 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Tammy was born the last of seven children, which she utilized to her advantage throughout the course of her life (ask her siblings). Tammy is preceded in death by her parents Grace and Larry Brobst, and her sisters Molly Brobst and...
Tammy L. Fuller
Sep 26, 2023
Tammy L. Fuller, 59, of Old Forge, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at Geisinger CMC, Scranton.
Tammy was born on January 3, 1964, in Jenkins Township, to the late Roy and Charis Parry Hoskins. She graduated from West Side CTC as a Cosmetologist in 1980.
Tammy was married to Mark Fuller, and together they had four beautiful children....
Robert A. Guilford
Sep 25, 2023
Robert A. Guilford, 68 of Wyoming, entered into eternal rest on Monday, September 25, 2023, in the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.
Robert was born on November 13, 1954, in Kingston, PA, to the late James and Marie Fortuna Guilford. He graduated from Wyoming Area High School in 1972 and went on to enlist in the United States Navy. He proudly...
Shirley Randazzo (Steiner) Vantassel
Sep 25, 2023
Shirley Randazzo (Steiner) VanTassel, a retired secretary from the City of Daytona Beach passed away on September 25, 2023, in Daytona Beach, FL. Formerly from West Wyoming, she was born June 5, 1939, to John and Genevieve Jackson Randazzo. Shirley was their oldest daughter. She attended West Wyoming schools and graduated as Salutatorian of her Class in 1957 where she...
Richard F. Jatkowski
Sep 24, 2023
Richard Felix Jatkowski, 91, of Carverton, passed away September 24th at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.
He was born June 18, 1932, in West Wyoming, PA, the son of the late Joseph and Anna Jatkowski (Gashi). Rich was a graduate of West Wyoming High School, class of 1950.Richard had a multitude of jobs over the course of...
Mark Gallagher
Sep 15, 2023
Mark Gallagher of Old Forge, 47, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 15, 2023, at his home.
Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Ronald and Mary Ann (Welc) Gallagher, who he missed greatly. Mark worked as a mason for many years.
He will be missed by his beloved family, six children, Dana, Danielle, Mark,...
Robert T. Menton
Sep 5, 2023
Robert T. “Bob” Menton, 80, a 29 year resident of Greenville, SC passed away on September 5, 2023 at NHC Greenville, 32 months after being diagnosed with glioblastoma. Born in Queens, NY on December 12, 1942 to Martin D. and Anna (Brienze) Menton, he earned a Bachelor of Science from Cooper Union in NYC, a Master’s of Engineering from the...
Mary E. Knecht
Aug 21, 2023
Mary Edna Knecht, 92, of Wilkes-Barre, beloved mother, and grandmother, peacefully passed away on August 21, 2023, at The Gardens at East Mountain, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
She was born on October 2, 1930, in Suscon, PA, to the late Walter and Elizabeth (Kossian) Knecht. Mary graduated from Dupont School in 1948, she held several jobs throughout her life including California...
Abigail Mae Messersmith
Aug 13, 2023
Abigail Mae Messersmith, 17, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Sunday, August 13, 2023, at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton.
Abigail Mae Messersmith was born on August 17, 2005, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, to Donald L. Messersmith and Teri Fell.
Abby was the most beautiful girl with the largest personality in the smallest package. She was a student at Tunkhannock Area High...
Francis M. Stanulis
Aug 9, 2023
Francis “Berwick Frank” Michael Stanulis was born on April 29th, 1937. Frank graduated in 1955 from Swoyersville High School and joined the Army in 1960, where he became a Specialist and served until 1962. He was preceded in death by his father William Stanulis, mother Loretta McGuire Stanulis, twin brother William Stanulis, stepsons Micheal Gerney, and Thomas Ondish, and grandson,...
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