Shirley Dillon

Jun 3, 2023

Shirley Dillon, 88, of Nanticoke passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023 a patient at Lakewood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Sheatown. She resided at Oplinger Towers until entering the nursing home in February, 2022.

Born in Nanticoke on May 26, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Bessie Dillon. Shirley was employed in...

Melissa Mary O'Connor Smith

Jun 3, 2023

Melissa Mary (O'Connor) Smith, 67, of Nanticoke passed away peacefully June 3, 2023, with her children by her side.

Born in Nanticoke on July 31, 1955, she was the daughter of late William and Dorothy Zorko O'Connor. She was a 1973 graduate of Greater Nanticoke Area High School, and she married her husband, Gary, on...

Earl Becker Jr.

May 31, 2023

Earl W. Becker Jr., 89, lifelong resident of Alden Station, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at his home.

He was born in his family's home in Alden, on December 8, 1933, a son of the late Earl W. and Alta Mae Woomer Becker. Earl graduated from the former Newport Township High School, class...

Leonard Daniel Nardozzo

May 30, 2023

Leonard Daniel Nardozzo, 79, of Nanticoke, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 30,, 2023 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.

A lifelong resident of Nanticoke, he was the son of the late Daniel R. and Rose A. Marshalek Nardozzo. He was educated in the Nanticoke schools and graduated with the class of 1962. Leonard served with...

Mary Plytage

May 24, 2023

Mary E. Plytage, 92, of Plymouth Township, passed away early Wednesday morning, May 24, 2023, a patient at Geisinger Wyoming Valley.

Born August 8, 1930 in West Nanticoke she was a daughter of the late Richard and Lillian Gorka Grout. She attended the Plymouth Township schools and graduated from Harter High School with the class...

Joseph Gorski

May 20, 2023

Joseph A. Gorski, 73, of the Honey Pot section of Nanticoke, passed away Saturday evening, May 20, 2023, a patient at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.

A lifelong resident of Nanticoke, he was born August 23, 1949, a son of the late Teofil and Pearl Zegarski Gorski. Joseph graduated from Nanticoke High School, class of...

Marian (Myers) Horn

May 15, 2023

Marian (Myers) Horn, born March 6, 1935, moved on to her heavenly home peacefully in her sleep on Sunday evening. We thank God that she is now home with Him and her loved ones who moved on to paradise before her.

We are confident that there is great rejoicing in heaven as she is again...

Kathleen Hower Szychowski

May 11, 2023

Kathleen Ann Hower Szychowski, 67, of West South Street, Nanticoke, passed away Thursday evening, May 11, 2023 at Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A long- time resident of the city, she was born September 8, 1955, a daughter of the late Edward and Alfreda Stavitski Hower, and married to the late Walter Anthony Szychowski, Sr....

Denise Salus

May 8, 2023

Denise M Salus, 68, of Pringle, passed away holding on to her daughter's hand until the end, on May 8, 2023 after a courageous battle from a rare neurological disease presumed to be Corticobasal Syndrome.

Born October 28, 1954 to the late Joseph Ridilla and Bernadine Evasic Ridilla who survives. She was a 1972 graduate...

Mark Cooper

May 6, 2023

Mark G. Cooper, 67, of Hanover Township and formerly Sheatown, passed away suddenly, Saturday, May 6, 2023 at his home.

Born July 11, 1955, he was the son of Sylvia Kotch Cooper, of Hanover Township and the late Walter Cooper. A graduate of the former E.L. Meyers High School, class of 1973, Mark began a...

Linda Buckley

May 3, 2023

Linda S. Buckley, 61, of Nanticoke was unexpectedly called home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

Born January 5, 1962, at Nanticoke State General Hospital, she was a daughter of the late John F. Sr. and Sophie (Baldygo) Buckley, of Nanticoke.

Linda attended John S. Fine High...

Chester Beggs

May 1, 2023

Chester D. Beggs, 79, of Nanticoke, passed away Monday afternoon May 1, 2023.

Born May 7, 1943 in Nanticoke, he was a son of the late Hugh Sr. and Genevieve Stoj Beggs. After graduating from Nanticoke High School, he enlisted and served with the U.S. Army for three years. He served in Vietnam and was...

Barbara "Babs" Stahl

Apr 29, 2023

Barbara Stahl, a lifelong resident of Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania passed away on April 29th, 2023 at her residence while under medical care by the hospice team and her family at the age of 77. She was the widow of Stephen Stahl who she shared nearly 41 years of marriage with upon his passing in 2006.

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Joseph Penko

Apr 28, 2023

Joseph E. Penko, 69, of West Nanticoke, passed away unexpectedly Friday, April 28th at his home.

Born July 10, 1953 in Nanticoke, he was a son of Lillian Wiesneski Penko, and the late Edmund Penko. Joseph graduated from John S. Fine High School with the class of 1972 and, in the fall, enlisted with the...

Francis "Babe" Sokolowski

Apr 26, 2023

Francis A. (Babe) Sokolowski, 90, of Nanticoke passed away Wednesday evening, April 26, 2023 at Hampton House, Hanover Township, where he was a patient for twelve days.

Born August 22, 1932 in Nanticoke, he was a son of the late Leon and Mary Sobieski Sokolowski. He graduated from Nanticoke High School in 1950 and enlisted...

Joan Krause

Apr 23, 2023

Joan L. Krause, 86, of Nanticoke passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023 at her home following an illness.

Born May 17, 1936, she was a daughter of the late John and Stella Zielandzinski Krause. A graduate of St. Ann's Academy, she continued her education graduating Magna Cum Laude from College Misericordia, earning a Bachelor of...

Veranne "Anne" Rinehamer

Apr 13, 2023

Veranne M. (Anne) Rinehamer, 94, of the Wanamie section of Newport Township, passed away Thursday April 13, 2023 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born July 26, 1928 in Wilkes-Barre Township she was a daughter of the late Luigi and Ester Casagrande Lombardelli. She was a graduate of the former Wilkes-Barre Township High School.

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Phyllis Hazleton

Apr 8, 2023

Phyllis J. Hazleton, 95, of Nanticoke, passed away Saturday morning, April 8, 2023 a patient at Birchwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke.

Born July 17, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Frances Maffett Patterson.

Phyllis and her husband, Robert G. Hazleton, were married seventy-one years. He preceded...

Joan Bohinski

Apr 5, 2023

Joan M. Bohinski, 78, of the Honey Pot section of Nanticoke, passed away Wednesday evening, April 5, 2023 surrounded by loving family and close friends, at Allied Services Hospice Center, Wilkes-Barre.

A life-long resident of Nanticoke, Joan was born June 24, 1944 to the late Ambrose and Eleanor Pavilitz Kubricki. She married Vincent R. Bohinski...

Bernice Buchkowski

Apr 2, 2023

Bernice Norczyk Buchkowski, 82, of Nanticoke and formerly Wanamie, passed away Sunday morning, April 2, 2023 at Allied Services Hospice Center, Wilkes-Barre, succumbing to a cancer she endured for five years.

She was born in Nanticoke to the late Walter and Chesterine Zajaczkowski Norczyk. Bernice was preceded in death by her husband of forty-two years,...