Vanston and James Funeral Home was founded in 1917 based on the guiding principles of honesty, compassion and dedicated service. Today, these principles continue to be the cornerstones of our business. We make the pledge to the families which we serve that we will always be open and honest in our dealings, treat all with care and compassion and we will dedicate ourselves to serve those in our care to the best of our abilities.
Stephen D. Brown, a resident of Lima, Ohio and Baylor’s Lake, Fleetville, and formerly of Scranton, died Tuesday in the Regional Hospital of Scranton after being stricken ill. His wife is the former Denise Barber. The couple would have been married 47 years on August 28th. Born 1949 in Scranton, he was the son of […]
Thomas E. Ashman, 83, died July 16th at home following a long illness. Born in Scranton he was the son of the late Joseph and Josephine Yankelitis Ashman. He was a retired over the road Truck Driver after 47 years. He served in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne during the Korean conflict. He was a […]
Mary Beth Stanvitch, Scranton, passed away early Wednesday morning at home surrounded by her loving family after fighting a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Her husband of 49 years is Gerald Stanvitch. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Winifred “Betty” Wright. She was a graduate of the Cathedral High School […]
Elizabeth J. “Betty” Davis, Lake Winola, passed away early Sunday morning at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of William A. Davis. The couple had been married for 65 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Leonard G. and Grace L. Ball Hockin. She was a graduate of Dunmore High School class […]
Marilyn “Mame” McDonough Duffy Higgins, Scranton, passed away Friday morning in the Holy Family Residence after an illness. She was the widow of her first husband Donald Duffy who passed away in 1967 and her second husband Leo P. Higgins, Jr. who passed away in 2017. Born in Scranton and raised in the Bellevue Section […]
Patricia Alice McNulty, “Tricia”, of Dunmore passed away on June 1st after a long illness. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Patrick J. and Alice Roche McNulty, she attended St. Mary’s School and was a proud Class of 1982 graduate of Dunmore High School, where her mother was a teacher for many years. Tricia […]
Marie Gaul, 82, Scranton, passed away May 29th in the Geisinger Community Medical Center after being stricken ill. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Marie Gaul. She was a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Parish, West Scranton. Prior to her retirement she had been employed […]
Frances Ann Wittenbreder, a resident of Scranton’s Hill Section for over 70 years, passed away at Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore early Wednesday with family at her bedside. Born May 24, 1925 in Warren, Minnesota, and grew up on the family farm in Fisher, North Dakota and she was the daughter of the late […]
Margaret A. Roche, Scranton, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania. She is the wife of Ret. Det. Capt. Frank Roche. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late John and Mary Radzicki Korman, she graduated from Scranton Technical High School in 1959 and after graduation was […]
Mary Gene Butler, 82, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at home surrounded by her family. Mary Gene, born in Scranton, the daughter of the late John B. and Genevieve Hayes McDade, was married to the late Bruce E. Butler, for forty-one years. Mary Gene was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister […]