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Eugene R. "Pete" Wawroski

Eugene R. "Pete" Wawroski

Dec 1, 2013

Eugene R.  "Pete" Wawroski, age 85, 90 E. 11th Street, Bloomsburg, died late Sunday, December 1, 2013 in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He had been in failing health for two months. Born in Bloomsburg on July 27, 1928, he was a son of the late Stanley and Catherine (Juskoviak) Wawroski. A 1948 graduate of Catawissa High School, he resided in Catawissa...

John W. Remphrey

John W. Remphrey

Nov 27, 2013

John  W.  Remphrey John W. Remphrey, age 62,  91 Italy Street, Mocanaqua, died at 12:10 p. m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Plains Township, Luzerne County where he was admitted Tuesday. He had been in ill health since March. Born in Lancaster on April 24, 1951, he was a son of the late Harold Remphrey and Betty J....

Earl E. Robinson, Jr

Earl E. Robinson, Jr

Nov 24, 2013

Earl  E.  Robinson,  Jr. Earl E. Robinson, Jr., age 56, 138 E. Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 9 a . m. Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was a patient for three weeks. Born at Geisinger Medical Center on September 4, 1957, he was the son of Ruth E. “Betty” (Zimmerman) Robinson, with whom he resided and...

Ann C. Kurelja

Ann C. Kurelja

Nov 19, 2013

Ann C. Kurelja, age 91, 74 Hunt Club Drive, Bloomsburg and formerly of Tom‘s River, NJ, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Columbia Montour Hospice at Maria Hall, Danville, where she was a patient for one week. She resided at Maria Joseph Manor since 2008. Born on May 14, 1922 in West New York, NJ, she...

Lois I. Roberts

Lois I. Roberts

Nov 18, 2013

Lois I. Roberts, age 75, 91 Schoolhouse Road,  Bloomsburg (Buckhorn) died at her  home at 11:06 a. m. Monday, November 18, 2013. She was in failing health since being involved in an accident in April, 1995. Born in Pine Township on January 11, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Larue and Mabel (Glidewell) Bitler. She was a 1956 graduate of...

Gladys R. Laubach

Gladys R. Laubach

Nov 16, 2013

Gladys  R.  Laubach Gladys R. Laubach, age 89, 7 Penn Brook Drive, Bloomsburg, died at 5:30 a. m. Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Health care Center, where she resided since October, 2011. Her death followed a lengthy illness. Born in Bloomsburg on March 6, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Ernest G. and Laura (Michael) Hartman. Her...

Martha M. Hahn

Martha M. Hahn

Nov 15, 2013

Martha  M.  Hahn Martha M. Hahn,  age 89, formerly of East Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 1 p. m. Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Statesman Woods Personal Care facility, Levittown, where resided since March, 2005. Born in Roaring Creek Township on February 22, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Eugene and Bessie (Blass) Helwig. She was a graduate of the...

Kathy L. Hirlinger

Kathy L. Hirlinger

Nov 5, 2013

Kathy Lynn Hirlinger, 57, entered into rest Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at her home in Stillwater, Pennsylvania. Born in Lancaster, on August 13, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Glenn and Jacqueline (Carrigan) Hirlinger. She was a member of Cornerstone Bible Church in Nescopeck, and attended Town Hill United Methodist Church in Shickshinny, where she sang and played...

Paul W. Johnson

Paul W. Johnson

Nov 3, 2013

Paul  W.  Johnson Paul W. Johnson, age 80, 1146 Ridge Road, Bloomsburg, died at his home on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 2 a. m. He was in failing health since being injured in an accident in December, 1999. Born in Pine Township on January 31, 1933, he was a son of the late Warren and Ella (Stackhouse) Johnson. He resided in...

Gary E. Payne

Gary E. Payne

Nov 2, 2013

Gary  E.  Payne Gary E. Payne, age 48, 1962 Old Reading Road, Catawissa, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 1:50 p. m. Born in Bloomsburg on October 4, 1965, he was the son of Ronald D. Payne, Almedia and the late Shirley (Kitchen) Tyson. He resided at his present home for the past year and spent much...

Shirley M. Faux

Shirley M. Faux

Nov 1, 2013

Shirley M. (Robbins) Faux, age 76, 401 Mill St., Orangeville, died at 4:55 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2013 at the Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient for one year. Born in Orangeville on October 9, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Glenn W. and Leona M. (Muffley) Robbins. A lifelong resident of Orangeville, she...

Raymond M. Belles

Raymond M. Belles

Oct 30, 2013

Raymond M. Belles, age 94, 350 Mount Pleasant Road, Orangeville, died at 8:55 a. m. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville where he was admitted Tuesday. He was in failing health for the past two months. Born in Orange Township on May 7, 1919, he was a son of the late Jay Hutchison and Emma (Reice)...

Edward T. Babb

Edward T. Babb

Oct 29, 2013

EDWARD T. BABB Edward T. Babb, age 42, 325 W. Pine Ave., Bloomsburg, passed away unexpectedly at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Elyria, Ohio on April 21, 1971, he was a son of Robert G., Sr. and Donna J. (McKlveen) Babb, with whom he resided. Ed had lived in Bloomsburg since 1995,...

Gary M. Hock

Gary M. Hock

Oct 24, 2013

Gary M. Hock, age 68, of Santa Barbara, Ca., and formerly of Bloomsburg, passed away peacefully at his home Thurs., October 24, 2013 after a lengthy illness. Born in Bloomsburg, Pa. on October 27, 1944, he was a son of the late Horace H. “Tinker” and Thelma D. (Wood) Hock. He was educated in the Central Columbia District and Bloomsburg...

Edward P. Scardigli

Edward P. Scardigli

Oct 20, 2013

Edward P. Scardigli, age 74, 10-B Mountain Road, Orangeville, died at his home at 5:45 p. m. Sunday, October 20, 2013 after being  in failing health since January, 2011. Born in Philadelphia on November 24, 1938, he was a son of the late Dominic and Jennie (Croupie) Scardigli. He resided at his current home since 1995 and previously lived in Philadelphia....

Barbara A. Fornwald

Barbara A. Fornwald

Oct 16, 2013

Barbara A. Fornwald, age 77, 231 W. Ninth Street, Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly and was found dead at her home on Wednesday and was pronounced dead of natural causes by Columbia County Coroner Dr. Lori Masteller at 3:50 p.m. Born in Bloomsburg on December 18, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Rollin S., Sr. and Catherine (Smith) Adams. A...

Thomas Boyd Turner

Thomas Boyd Turner

Oct 11, 2013

Thomas B. Turner, age 63, 644 Bloom Road, Danville, died unexpectedly at his home and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p. m.  Friday, October 11, 2013. Born in Bloomsburg on May 13, 1950, he was a son of Merle B. Turner, Orangeville and the late Ida Margaret (Magill) Turner. Tom was a 1968 graduate of Bloomsburg High School and received his...

Clair R. Swisher

Clair R. Swisher

Oct 1, 2013

Clair R. Swisher, age 72, 412 Millville Road, Bloomsburg, died at 8:10 a. m. Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was a patient for three days. Born in Bloomsburg on April 9, 1941, he was a son of the late Melvin and Margaret (Hartzell) Swisher.  A lifelong resident of Bloomsburg, he graduated from Bloomsburg High...

Floyd G. Shepperson, Sr.

Floyd G. Shepperson, Sr.

Sep 30, 2013

Floyd G. Shepperson, Sr., age 85, 23 Alton Street, Danville, died unexpectedly at his home and was pronounced dead on Monday, September 30, 2013. Bornn in Danville on October 18, 1927, he was a son of the late Allen C. and Catherine (Horn) Shepperson. He spent his entire life in Danville and attended the Danville  High School. Floyd was employed at...

Dale R. Wynings

Dale R. Wynings

Sep 28, 2013

Dale  R.  Wynings Dale R. Wynings, age 81, 233 Fisher St., Bloomsburg (Rupert), died unexpectedly at 4:50 p. m. Saturday in the emergency room of the St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh, NY. Born in Lime Ridge on October 5, 1931, he was the only child of the late Ezra and Margaret (Mausteller) Wynings. He resided in the Bloomsburg area his entire life....