Obituaries

Walter J. Redel

 Walter J. Redel Sr. of N. Abington Twp., Pa., died peacefully in the Commonwealth Hospice at Regional Hospital of Scranton on Sunday, September 28, 2014.  His wife of 49 years was the former Barbara Ann Acker who passed away in 2012. Born in Peckville in 1929 to the late Dr. Walter A. and Luretta Brong […]

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Marilyn Kearney

Marilyn Kearney September 28, 2014   Marilyn Kearney, Scranton, died Sunday in the Geisinger Community Medical Center after an illness. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Joseph and Pamela Kovach.  She was a 1969 graduate of Scranton Central High School and went on to become an LPN working in area hospitals and nursing […]

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Loretta Mantell

Loretta Mantell September 25, 2014   Loretta Mantell, Scranton, formerly of Old Forge, died early Thursday morning in the Moses Taylor Hospital after an illness with her loving daughter Patricia at her side.   Born 1933 in Old Forge, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Mary Falbo Mantell and attended school in Old […]

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Margaret Dunton Gerrity

 Margaret Dunton  Gerrity September 23, 2014   Margaret Dunton Gerrity, Clarks Summit, died late Tuesday night in the Dunmore Healthcare Center after an illness.   She was the widow of Frank R. Gerrity who died in 2009.  At the time of his passing the couple had been married 61 years. Born in White Stone, Virginia in […]

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Thomas H.E. Campion

Thomas H.E. Campion September 14, 2014 Thomas Harold Edmund Campion of Scranton, died unexpectedly Sunday evening. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Mary Penyak Campion and T. Harold Campion, former Clerk of the Federal Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of the Scranton Preparatory School and […]

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Mary Frances Dailey McGeehin

Mary Frances Dailey McGeehin September 12, 2014   Mary Frances Dailey McGeehin, Green Ridge Section of Scranton, passed away Friday morning at home.   She was the widow of Frank McGeehin, Jr. who passed away on April 9, 2008. Born in McAdoo, in 1923, she was the daughter of the late Dr. John J and Mary […]

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Ruth Estelle Brust

Ruth Estelle Brust September 11, 2014 Ruth Estelle Brust, 92, passed away peacefully with family by her side on September 11, 2014, in Scranton, Pa. The daughter of Frank and Pearl Saunders, she was born on January 5, 1922. Ruth grew up on the family farm she loved so dearly in Leesburg, Virginia. During World […]

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Sr. Joseph de St. Gabriel Kilkenny, l.s.p.

Sr. Joseph de St. Gabriel Kilkenny of the Little Sisters of the Poor died Wednesday morning at Holy Family Residence. Born Marie Patricia Kilkenny, daughter of the late Joseph Albert Kilkenny and Ida Marie Le May, she made her religious profession on December 13, 1947 at the Novitiate of the Little Sisters of the Poor […]

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George Luis Vargas, Jr.

 George Luis Vargas, Jr. September 8, 2014 George Luis Vargas, Jr., infant son of Margaret Goble and George Luis Vargas, Sr. died during child birth on Monday in the Moses Taylor Hospital. George will always be in his mom, dad and family’s hearts forever and ever.  He will never be forgotten.    He will always be […]

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Earl W. Jones

Earl W. Jones September 7, 2014 Earl W. Jones, West Scranton resident, died Sunday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center, after a brief illness. He and his wife the former Ruth Healey celebrated 68 years of marriage in June. Born in Taylor, son of the late Earl and Jesse Owens Jones, he was journeyman at […]

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