OBITUARIES
August 30, 2019
Dolores Leo August 30, 2019 Dolores Leo, 87, Carbondale, passed away peacefully Friday evening after a courageous battle with cancer. Born and raised on the west side of Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late An...August 17, 2019
Bernadette J. Corey August 17, 2019 Bernadette J. Corey, 46, Macungie, formerly of Forest City, died Saturday at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest. Born in Elmwood Park, NJ, daughter of James and Agnes Keller Heenan, Waymart, she graduate...August 16, 2019
Anna Mae Auditori August 16, 2019 Anna Mae Auditori, 88, Carbondale, died Friday at Carbondale Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late John and Frances Domiano Auditori, she worked as a seamstress in ...August 14, 2019
Thomas “Meatball” Cerra Jr. August 14, 2019 Thomas “”Meatball” Cerra Jr., 72, Carbondale entered into eternal rest on Wednesday evening, August 14, 2019 after a lengthy battle with multiple medical problems. ...July 31, 2019
William “Bill” Perri July 31, 2019 William “Bill” Perri, 64, Olyphant, formerly of Carbondale, died Wednesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Carbondale, son of the late Santo and Frances Adams Perri, he was a former police...July 18, 2019
Frances Romeo July 18, 2019 Frances Romeo, 91, Carbondale, died Thursday. Born in Regio Calabria Italy, she was the wife of the late Theodore Romeo. Frances, who worked at Romeo’s Family Supermarket for a number of ...July 15, 2019
Marina M. Bifano July 15, 2019 Marina M. Bifano, 94, Carbondale died Monday at Wayne Woodland Manor, Waymart. She was the wife of the late Joseph Bifano. Born in Niagara Falls NY, daughter of the late Sestilio and...July 5, 2019
Richard D. Evarts July 5, 2019 Richard D. Evarts, 61, Scott Twp., died Friday at Regional Hospital, Scranton. Born in the Gravity Area of Wayne County and raised in Scranton, he was the son of the late David and Katherine Evarts. Richard, an...June 14, 2019
Martha Rodney June 14, 2019 Martha Rodney, 85, of Scranton, formerly of Springbrook Township, went home to be with the Lord on June 14, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Clare W. Sr. and Minnie Webb Dutter. She was born on September 12,...June 14, 2019
Mary Clare Seman June 14, 2019 Mary Clare Seman, 32, of Jermyn, formerly of Carbondale, died Friday at home. Born in Carbondale, daughter of Paul and Mary Howanitz Seman, she was a very giving person who enjoyed singing, especially with her fo...June 11, 2019
William P. Gillette June 11, 2019 William P. Gillette, 79, Carbondale, died Tuesday at Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center. Born in Carbondale, son of the late Joseph and Marion O’Connor Gillette, he was an Army veteran....June 4, 2019
Mary Ann Bonacci June 4, 2019 Mary Ann Bonacci, 90, East Berlin, CT., formerly of Carbondale, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 after a brief illness. Her husband of 67 years, Joseph Bonacci, died in 2013. Born in Carbondale on...May 31, 2019
Eileen D. Wallace May 31, 2019 Eileen D. Wallace, 76, Carbondale, died Friday at Carbondale Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Jersey City NJ, daughter of the late Walter Nickerson and Helen Fenton, she is survived by a daughter...May 26, 2019
James Anthony McMyne “Bopper,” passed away May 26, after a battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded by his family when he peacefully left this world. Jim was a lifelong resident of Carbondale, Pa., and a graduate of St. Rose High School, class ...May 15, 2019
Anna M. Torch-Rossi May 15, 2019 Anna M. Torch-Rossi, 73, of Throop, fell into a peaceful and everlasting sleep last Wednesday. Born in Mercogliano, Italy, Anna, and her sister, Carmela, were brought to this country as yo...May 14, 2019
Joseph C. Lesnefsky May 14, 2019 Joseph Christopher Lesnefsky, 42, Scranton, received his eternal healing on May 14, 2019. He was a loving husband, father, son and brother to many and will be forever remembered. He was given the wonderful op...May 1, 2019
Floyd D. Miller May 1, 2019 Floyd D. Miller passed away at Gino J. Merli Veterans Center, Scranton, on May 1, at the age of 97. Floyd was born in Worcester, Mass. on Aug. 28, 1921, to C.B. and Ada Miller. Floyd served at ...April 22, 2019
Joseph X. McAndrew April 22, 2019 Joseph X. McAndrew, 89, Forest City, formerly of Carbondale, died Monday at Regional Hospital, Scranton. His wife, Delores Galati McAndrew, died in 2017. Born in Carbondale, son of the late Joseph and Marie ...April 6, 2019
Hazen M. Gardner April 6, 2019 Hazen M. Gardner, 53, Westfield Pa., died Saturday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Blossburg Pa., he was the son of the late Monroe and Edith O’Dell Gardner. Survivors include: a son, Samuel, ...March 31, 2019
Jennie J. Gillott March 31, 2019 Jennie J. Gillott, 91, Carbondale, died Sunday at Carbondale Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late John and Madeline Ricci Villano, Jennie was a seamstress for more ...March 26, 2019
Loretta Smith March 26, 2019 Loretta A. Smith, 98, Carbondale, died Tuesday at home. Born in Brooklyn NY, she was the daughter of the late Michael P. and Mary Wheeler McCarthy. Before retirement, Loretta spent many years as a bookkeeper. ...March 25, 2019
Kathryn Swingle March 25, 2019 Kathryn Swingle, 89, Lake Ariel, died Monday night at Regional Hospital, Scranton. Born in Long Pond, the daughter of the late Russell and Bessie Miller Altemose, she grew up enjoying the outdoors, hunting and ...March 19, 2019
Lawrence J. Laurynas March 19, 2019 Lawrence J. Laurynas, 79, Fell Twp., died Tuesday at home. His wife is Karen Solt Laurynas. Born in Scranton, son of the late Benedict and Anna Yadouga Laurynas, he was a psychologist and served in the N...March 4, 2019
Joseph James Caporali March 4, 2019 Joseph James Caporali, 84, “the Hair” of Carbondale, passed away Monday at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Carbondale, he was the son of the late Frank (Jake) and Jose...March 3, 2019
Frances N. Falvo March 3, 2019 Frances N. Falvo, Carbondale, died Sunday at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Her husband is John J. Falvo. Born in Carbondale, Frances was the daughter of the late Dominick and Anna Vadala Trich...