Obituaries

Janice A. Nash, RN

Janice A. Nash,RN, Clarks Green, formerly of Taylor died Saturday morning at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pa..   Her husband of  53 years is Bradley Nash, Sr.   Born 1940 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Beryl Jones Swarts.   She was a 1958 graduate of West Scranton High School and a 1961 graduate […]

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Gerald Evanski

Gerald Evanski March 5, 2015   Gerald Evanski, Scranton, died Thursday morning at home. Born March 18, 1975 in Scranton, he was the son of the Donna Weber of Scranton and the late Joseph Evanski who died in 1977.  He was a graduate of Scranton High School and after graduation moved to California where he […]

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Harriet Chapacharis O’Connor

 Harriet Chapacharis O’Connor, formerly of the Hill Section of Scranton, passed away Friday evening in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville after an illness.  She was the widow of her two husbands Albert Chapacharis who died in 1980 and Harold O’Connor who died in 1989. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. she was the daughter of the late […]

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Judith Ann Contessa

Judith Ann Contessa, a resident of the Holy Family Residence, died Wednesday at the VNA Hospice Inpatient Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center after an illness. Born in 1944 in Scranton, daughter of the late Cletus and Audrey Jackson Graham, Judy was a graduate of the Scranton Technical High School. She had been employed as a nurse’s […]

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Joan West

Joan West February 23, 2015   Joan E. West, formerly of the Tripp Park Section of Scranton, died Monday in the Allied Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an illness.   Her husband was Raymond West who died in 2008. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Marie Hope.   She was […]

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Scott R. Schultheis

 Scott R. Schultheis February 21, 2015   Scott R. Schultheis, 46, of Dickson City went home to be with the Lord on February 21.   He was the son of Shirley Redesky Schultheis of Cicero, New York and the late Robert Schultheis.   He was a graduate of Vestal High School and went on earn degrees in […]

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Joseph H. Young

Prominent Scranton Architect Dies at 94   Joseph H. Young, who practiced architecture in Scranton for over 60 years, and designed over 250 buildings and renovations in Northeastern Pennsylvania died on February 10, 2015 at the age of 94.   He was born in Unionville, Indiana, on October 14, 1920, son of Otis and Isabel Young. […]

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Ruth Lloyd Crane

Ruth Lloyd  Crane February 7, 2015   Ruth Lloyd Crane, 95, a resident of Wesley Village, Laflin, formerly of  the Petersburg section of East Scranton, passed away Saturday evening at Wesley Village after an illness. She was the wife of Vincent Crane who passed away January 2014.   Vince and Ruthie (who Vince often called “Jo”) were married […]

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Marian Yevitz

 Marian E. Yevitz February 6, 2015 Marian E. Yevitz, Scranton, died Friday February 6 after a full life.  Born 1918 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Jurbala Yevitz.   She was a graduate of Scranton Central High School and The Traphagen School of Fashion, New York, NY, where she completed an internship […]

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Frank B. Dartt

 Frank B. Dartt, Petersburg Section of Scranton, passed away January 29th in the Creekside Health and Rehabilitation Center , Carbondale, after an illness. Born in 1948, he was the son of the late Frank and Nancy Butler Dartt.   He is survived by his loving and devoted sister Nancy Mahoney and her husband William of Maryland, […]

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