Obituaries

Gregory Alan Madaus

Gregory Alan Madaus, 56, passed away on Friday, December 8.  He was born on November 4, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois.  At the age of six he relocated with his mother and siblings to Whitehall where he lived with his grandmother, Ruth Roeder, also.  He was a good baseball player in his youth.  As a young […]

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Mitzi V. Rybitski

Mitzi V. Rybitski of Scranton died Wednesday at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania. Her husband was the late Michael Rybitski. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late George G. and Josephine H. Javor Hamborksy, she was a graduate of the former Scranton Central High School and Lackawanna Business College. She retired from Ohio Casualty […]

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LeRoy (Roy) G. Demuth

LeRoy (Roy) G. Demuth, 101, of Scranton died early Sunday morning at home surrounded by his family.  He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, the former Lucille E. Aveline on September 7, 2007. Born March 18, 1916, in South Scranton, son of the late Frank and Frances Brunner Demuth, he graduated […]

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Dorothy Price

Dorothy Price, West Scranton, passed away Sunday afternoon in the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center after an illness.   She was the widow of Llewellyn J. Price, Jr. who died in 1995. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Eleanor Bowser Jones.  She was a graduate of the Scranton Central High […]

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Chester W. Sloski

Chester W. Sloski, formerly of West Scranton, died late Wednesday in the Holy Family Residence where he had been a resident for the past 3 years.  His wife was the former Frances J. Osmolia who died in 2004. Born April 16, 1937 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Walter and Natalie Olecki […]

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Stephen F. Gavin

Stephen F. Gavin, a resident of Scranton’s Hill Section and previously Dunmore, died peacefully Monday morning at Holy Family Residence.   His wife of 49 years was the former Ellen DelRosario who died in 2012 also at the Holy Family Residence. Born in Dunmore, he was the son of the late James and Anna Allman Gavin.  […]

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Dale Ardith Smith

Dale Ardith Smith, 83, of Clarks Summit died Saturday at Abington Manor.   She and her husband Leslie Earl Smith had been married 60 years when he died on February 7, 2017. Born in Scranton, the youngest of 9, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lila Mae Jones Aston. She was a graduate of West […]

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Warren “Butch” Ware

Warren “Butch” Ware, 60, Dunmore, died Friday evening in Geisinger Community Medical Center after a life long illness. Born 1957 in Scranton he was the son of Winifred Mayer Ware of Taylor and the late Arthur Ware, Sr.  He was a graduate of the Riverside High School and prior to his passing he had been […]

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Richard D. Hopkins

Richard “Pastor Rick” D. Hopkins, 66, of Scranton, died Tuesday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. His wife 29 years is the former Cheryl Bauer. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Donald and Elizabeth Jones Hopkins. He was a 1970 graduate of Scranton Technical High School and was employed […]

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Michael Joseph Horwath

Michael Joseph Horwath, a resident of St. Joseph’s Center, died Friday afternoon in the Center after a long illness. Born October 16, 1965 in Hazleton, he was the son of Monica Paladino Horwath of Hazelton and the late Michael B. Horwath.   Michael had been a resident of St. Joseph’s Center since 1972.  He was of […]

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