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Marie M. DeLaughter

 MARIE M. DELAUGHTER   Scranton PA- Marie M. DeLaughter, formerly of Latham, passed away in peace on Friday August 14, 2015 at Holy Family Residence in Scranton PA.   Born November 12, 1926 in Brooklyn, She was the daughter of the late Harry and Marie (Kleid) Hamm.   Marie was a former resident of Otisville, […]

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Emma M. Sherman

Emma M. Sherman July 31, 2015   Emma M. Sherman, West Mountain Section of Scranton, passed away Friday afternoon in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness.   She was the widow of George “Dutch” Sherman who passed away in 1996. Born in Scranton, in 1921, she was the daughter of the late Richard and […]

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Connie Lou Slater

Connie Lou Slater, resident of West Scranton, died Friday  in VNA Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Geisinger Community Medical Center.  She was the widow of Franklin Slater who died July 25, 2014.   The couple had been married 57 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late  Louis and Constance Thomas Markiewicz.  She […]

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Benjamin Fortunato

Benjamin Fortunato July 21, 2015   Benjamin Fortunato, a lifelong resident of the Bunker Hill Section of Scranton, died Tuesday afternoon in the VNA Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Geisinger Community medical center after an illness.   His wife was the former Alice Mayers who died in 2009.   At the time of her passing the couple […]

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Robert Dixon

Robert Dixon  July 17, 2015   Robert Dixon, Taylor, formerly of West Scranton, passed away early Friday morning in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit after a short illness. Born in Scranton in 1930, Bob was a graduate of West Scranton High School and attended the University of Scranton on the GI Bill.   Bob  had […]

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Barbara F. Bourgeois

 Barbara F. Bourgeois July 7, 2015   Barbara F. Bourgeois was born February 16, 1955 and raised on Long Island, New York to Beatrice and Joseph Heimbuecher.    She was the oldest of 11 siblings.   The wife of Thomas Bourgeois and loving mother of Beth Ann and Trish Bourgeois and mother in-law to Denise Cosenza and […]

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Peter C. Rauner

 Peter C. Rauner July 4, 2015 Peter C. Rauner, a lifelong resident of the Petersburg Section of Scranton, died Saturday night in the Gardens at Green Ridge after an illness.   His wife of 69 years in the former Doris Monie.  The couple was married in 1946. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Frederick […]

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Eleanor G. Cannon

Eleanor G. Cannon June 30, 2015   Eleanor G. Cannon, a resident of the Gino J. Merli Veteran Center, Scranton, formerly of Englewood, FL, died early Tuesday morning in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness.  She was the widow of James Cannon.   The couple had been married 57 years. Born January 25, […]

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Eleanor M. Deviney

Eleanor M. Deviney June 27, 2015   Eleanor M. Deviney, Scranton, died Saturday after an illness at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit in Dunmore. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Marie Monaghan Deviney.   She was a graduate of the Scranton Central High School and Marywood University […]

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Gary W. Evans

Gary W. Evans June 24, 2015 Gary W. Evans, born July 13, 1946 of West Scranton, died Wednesday at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Inpatient Unit following an illness. Born in Scranton son of the late William J. and Ruth Evans, he was a graduate of West Scranton High School Class of 1964 and […]

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