OBITUARIES
October 26, 2020
Andrew T. Oleksa Jr. October 26, 2020 Andrew T. Oleksa Jr., 68, Scranton, died Monday at Regional Hospital, Scranton. His wife is the former, Marianne Brady. They celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary on July 14. ...October 25, 2020
Josephine Lombardo Lapera October 25, 2020 Josephine Lombardo Lapera, 88, of Carbondale, died at her daughter’s home on Sunday. Her husband was the late Bernard “Ben” Lapera. Born in Richmondale, daughter of the...October 21, 2020
Joseph R. Vito October 21, 2020 Joseph R. Vito, 48, Carbondale died at home on Wednesday. Born in Carbondale, son of Richard Monte Vito and Roseanne Scarfalloto and the late Nick Scarfalloto, Joe was a spirited entrep...October 15, 2020
Aida L. Morales October 15, 2020 Aida L. Morales, 78, Simpson died at home on Thursday. Born in Puerto Rico, daughter of the late Jose and Yolanda Diaz Morales, she was a very religious person. Aida is su...September 22, 2020
Michelle Williams September 22, 2020 Michelle Williams, 39, Throop, died September 22 at home. Born in Knox Indiana, she was the daughter of Milton Williams and Teresa Piper Kostelansky and step daughter of George Kos...September 20, 2020
Ronald L. “Bubs” Terranella September 20, 2020 Ronald L. “Bubs” Terranella, 59, Carbondale, died Sunday at Allied Hospice, Scranton. Born in Greenwich Connecticut, son of Isadora Sheare Terranella White (Olyph...September 13, 2020
Theresa M. Tarhanick September 13, 2020 Theresa M. Tarhanick, 90, died Sunday at Aventura at Creekside, Carbondale, surrounded by her loving family. Her husband was the late Thomas Tarhanick. Born in Carbondale, daugh...September 13, 2020
Lillian R. Guarneri September 13, 2020 Lillian Ruth Guarneri, “MaMa Lil“, 92, Carbondale, died Sunday in Wyckoff NJ. Her late husband, Anthony James Guarneri, “PaPa Tony”, died April 9. Lillian and Tony were married for 68...August 29, 2020
Matthew A. Mattero August 29, 2020 Matthew A. Mattero, 63, Fell Township, died Saturday at home. His wife is the former Linda Bateman. Born in Irvington, New Jersey, son of the late William and Helen Hendrickson Matte...August 25, 2020
Angela M. Atkinson August 25, 2020 Angela M. “Angie” Atkinson, 88, Carbondale, died Tuesday at Regional Hospital, Scranton. Her husband was the late Thomas Atkinson. Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late Frank and Mary Vitkus Moli...August 17, 2020
Kenneth A. Olinsky August 17, 2020 Kenneth A. Olinsky, 71, Carbondale, died at home, Monday. Born in Brooklyn NY, son of the late Edward and Irene VanTassel Olinsky, he was a contractor in Brooklyn NY for most of his...August 16, 2020
Vincentine (Jean) Durso Masko August 16, 2020 Vincentine (Jean) Durso Masko, Carbondale, died Sunday morning at Carbondale Nursing Home. Born in Mayfield on May 5, 1928, she was the daughter of Sicilian immigrants and the last sur...August 15, 2020
Robyn Sergi August 15, 2020 Robyn Sergi, 64, Carbondale, died Saturday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre. Daughter of the late Christopher and Dolly Bird Beehler, she was a good spirit who loved...August 6, 2020
Jacqueline A. “Jackie” Connor August 6, 2020 Jacqueline A. “Jackie” Connor, 73, Carbondale, died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Birdsboro, Pa.. Her husband was the late Walter E. Connor. Born in Carbondale, daughter of th...August 3, 2020
Marie M. Graytock August 3, 2020 Marie M. Graytock, 88, Simpson, died Monday evening at her daughter’s residence in Marion, Ohio. Her husband was the late Andrew Graytock Sr. Born in Richmondale, she was the daughte...July 24, 2020
Gerald Morcom July 24, 2020 Gerald Morcom, 70, Scranton, died Friday at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. Born in Honesdale, son of the late William and Elma Crocker Morcom, he was a truck driver. Gerald e...July 12, 2020
Mary Lucille Serniak July 12, 2020 Mary Lucille Serniak, 89, Mayfield, died Sunday at Allied Hospice, Scranton. Her husband was the late Nicholas J. Serniak. Born in Mayfield, daughter of the late Louis and Mary Rhoda Orland...July 5, 2020
Mary Jane Bandru July 5, 2020 Mary Jane Bandru, 86, Greenfield Twp., died Sunday at home. Her husband of 58 years was the late Theodore Bandru, who died April 16, 2012. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Charles a...July 4, 2020
Ronald H. Muir July 4, 2020 Ronald H. Muir, 71, Carbondale, died Saturday at Geisinger Community Medical Center. His wife is Dorothy (Karas) Castle Muir. Born in Scranton, son of Darwin H. and DeSales Kathryn Rosler M...June 30, 2020
Paul Simon June 30, 2020 Paul Simon, 93, Carbondale, passed away at Allied Services Hospice Center, Scranton, with his wife, Frances, at his side. Born in Archbald on March 11, 1927, he was the son of the late John an...June 15, 2020
Michael Gonzales June 15, 2020 Michael Gonzales, 58, Carbondale, died on Monday, June 15. Born in Patterson NJ, he is survived by: four sons, Phillip Gonzales, Forest City; James, Michael, and John Gonzales, New Jerse...June 11, 2020
Josephine Mazza June 11, 2020 Josephine “Josie” Mazza, 81, Carbondale, died Thursday at home. Her husband was the late Sgt. Albert P. Mazza of the Carbondale Police Department. Born in Dunmore on Sept. 20, 1938, s...May 31, 2020
Samuel P. Cerra May 31, 2020 Samuel P. Cerra, 78, of Carbondale, died Sunday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. His wife was the late Joanne D. Tolerico Cerra. Born in Carbondale, son of the late Dominic W. and ...May 6, 2020
Eleanor G. McGraw May 6, 2020 Eleanor G. McGraw, 89, Pleasant Mount, passed away on May 6th at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehab Center after a long illness. Daughter of the late John and Rose (Napolitano) Alfano, she ...May 3, 2020
SERVICE UPDATE: Stephen J. Warholic May 3, 2020 Stephen J. Warholic, Carbondale, died May 3, 2020. The family is receiving friends on Sunday from 11 a.m until 12:30 p.m. at Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral...