Obituaries

Grant Cooper

Nov 16, 2016

Grant R. Cooper, Sr., 78, of Shavertown, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Shavertown, he was the son of the late Robert and Dorothy Wilcox Cooper and was a graduate of Lake Lehman High School. Grant was employed with The Commission on Economic Opportunity with transporting meals and services. On his...

Sara Gray

Oct 21, 2016

Sara N. Gray, 98, of Dallas, peacefully passed away, Friday, October 21, 2016 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Luzerne, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Anna Snyder Neave and was a graduate of Luzerne High School and Wyoming Seminary Dean School of Business. Sara was a Banking Officer with PNC Bank, She was...

Sara Gray

Oct 21, 2016

Sara N. Gray, 98, of Dallas, peacefully passed away, Friday, October 21, 2016 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Luzerne, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Anna Snyder Neave and was a graduate of Luzerne High School and Wyoming Seminary Dean School of Business. Sara was a Banking Officer with PNC Bank, She was...

George Ondish

Oct 21, 2016

George Ondish, 90, of Dallas, passed away Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in Kingston Township, he was the son of the late John and Eva Raynitz Ondish and had attended Dallas Township schools.

George had been a welder with Egan Welding. He was a member of Dallas United Methodist Church.

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Marlene Lenahan

Sep 30, 2016

Marlene Lenahan, 81, of Dallas, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, passed away, Friday, September 30, 2016 at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre. Funeral will be held Privately at the convenience of her family. Arrangements are under the direction of The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

Marguerite Cartier

Sep 23, 2016

Marguerite Cartier, 87, of Okeechobee, Fla., formerly of Dallas, passed away, Friday, September 23, 2016 in Okeechobee Fla. Born in Richmond Vt., she was the daughter of the late Gideon and Leonide Dutil Noel and was a graduate of Richmond High School, Richmond VT. and Burlington Business College, Burlington, VT. In her early days Marguerite had worked for The...

Vincent Barberio

Sep 15, 2016

Vincent Barberio Jr. passed away unexpectedly in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday, September 15, 2016. He was born on August 7, 1967 to the late Vincent and Marlene Barberio. Vincent moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 2006 and had resided there the last 10 years. He was employed by Jimmy Trujillo's Game Sports Bar in Baltimore, Maryland. There he worked in...

James Moorehead

Sep 15, 2016

James F. Moorehead, 67, of Dallas, passed away, Thursday September 15, 2016 at Hospice of The Scared Heart, Dunmore. Born in Forty Fort, he was the son of the late Frank and Alma Tamanini Moorehead and was a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. James was a veteran of the Air Force. He was a Sales Rep with...

Nancy Eberts

Sep 8, 2016

Nancy C Eberts, 71, of Dallas, passed away Thursday at Celtic Care, Wilkes Barre. Born in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Helen Danner Yohn. She was a graduate of Northampton High School and Kutztown State College. Before retiring she was a science teacher and librarian in Bangor School District. She had resided in Bath,...

Sharon Mancini

Sep 7, 2016

Sharon L. Mancini, 70, of Harvey's Lake, passed away, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Isabel Smith Taylor and was a graduate of Bridgewater Raritan High School, New Jersey. Sharon was an avid yard sale enthusiast as well as a Bingo and Casino lover. Sharon...

Margrit Hislop

Aug 17, 2016

Margrit A. Hislop, 80, of Trucksville, passed away, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Kingston Health Care Center. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Grace Moore Nievergelt and was a graduate of Kingston High School. Margrit worked for Weis Markets in Dallas for 25 years. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church...

Alice Evans

Aug 15, 2016

Alice Marie Evans, age 95, of Trucksville, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2016, at Celtic Hospice in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Born in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, on January 2, 1921, she is the daughter of the late Harold and Etta Smith Holcomb. Alice and her family moved to the Back Mountain area when she was young, and she graduated from Kingston...

Eric Mccarty

Aug 3, 2016

Eric R. McCarty, 27, of Larksville, passed away, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at his home. Born in Kingston, he was the son of Richard and Nancy Fox McCarty and was a graduate of West Side Vocational Technical School. Eric was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He enjoyed working on fast cars and riding motorcycles. He is...

Eric Mccarty

Aug 3, 2016

Eric R. McCarty, 27, of Larksville, passed away, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at his home. Born in Kingston, he was the son of Richard and Nancy Fox McCarty and was a graduate of West Side Vocational Technical School. Eric was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He enjoyed working on fast cars and riding motorcycles. He is...

Wayne Harrison

Jul 27, 2016

Wayne E. "Jake" Harrison, 85, of Dallas, passed away, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Trucksville, he was the son of the late Jacob and Elizabeth Hoover Harrison and was a graduate of Westmoreland Schools. He was employed as a Dairyman with Harter's Dairy and retired from Blue Ribbon. Wayne was a member...

Mildre Race

Jul 26, 2016

Mildred Race, 79, life long resident of Beaumont on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at her daughter's residence in Monroe Twp.. Born in Beaumont she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mildred Sponseller, Freeman. Mildred was retired from the Dallas School District in the Cafeteria department. She was preceded in death by her Infant daughter and daughter Kathy...

Ivan Ziegler

Jun 26, 2016

Ivan Alan Ziegler, 82, of Dallas, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, June 26, 2016, at his home. Ivan leaves behind his wife of 57 years, the former Alicia Richmond; daughter, Dana and her husband, Michael, Youngsville, North Carolina, Janice and her husband Joe, White Haven; four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two great-grandchildren on the way. He was preceded in death...

Ivan Ziegler

Jun 26, 2016

Ivan Alan Ziegler, 82, of Dallas, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, June 26, 2016, at his home. Ivan leaves behind his wife of 57 years, the former Alicia Richmond; daughter, Dana and her husband, Michael, Youngsville, North Carolina, Janice and her husband Joe, White Haven; four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two great-grandchildren on the way. He was preceded in death...

Audrey Rogers

Jun 23, 2016

Audrey R. Rogers, 94, of Vernon passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas. Born in Kingston Twp. on May 29, 1922 she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Nafus Shupp. Audrey was a hard worker, fiercely independent and above all, had great love for and dedication to her family....

Evelyn Acornley

Jun 21, 2016

Evelyn Jeanne Acornley, 92, of the Parson's section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at Celtic Hospice. Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Minnie Wallace Austin and was a graduate of Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre. Jeanne was a life long member of The Parsons Primitive Methodist Church. She...