Obituaries

Grover N. Keiper, 67, of Scranton, died Thursday evening March 15 at home. He and his wife, Sharon Marie Hoffman, were married 33 yearsBorn in Scranton, son of the late Grover C. and Margaret Sandy Keiper he was a 1969 graduate of West Scranton High School. He later went on to Graduate from the former Keystone Junior College with an...

Charles Romanic, 92, of Scranton, died Sunday morning, February 25, 2018, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, after a brief illness. His wife, Mary Panco Romanic, died in 2003.Born in Hazleton, son of the late Mark and Eva Besida Romanic, Charles was a graduate of Hazleton High School. He then joined the United States Army Air Corps, where he...

Vivienne W. Yaggi, 89, a life long resident of Scranton , died Friday evening in Geisinger Mountain View Care Center, Scranton.Born in Scranton daughter of the late Anthony E and Gerturde E Wentland she was educated in Scranton Public Schools and graduated from Scranton Technical High School with Valedictorian Honors in 1945.Married May 28, 1955 to Francis C. Klien until...

Alan Jay Anderson, 67, a resident of Moosic, died Friday in Geisinger Community Center, Scranton.Born in Wilkes-barre, son of Catherine Bednar Anderson, Wilkes-barre and the late Floyd Anderson, he was a graduate of Coughlin High School. Alan worked for Golden Technology, Laflin as a warehouseman. He was also served with the Merchant Marines.Alan was a hard working man who loved...

Vernon W. Sallack, 97, of Johnsonburg Pa., died January 29, 2018 in Elk Haven Nursing Home, St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania. His wife, the former Virginia Stolz, passed away November 17, 2000.Vernon was born in Johnsonburg on October 2, 1920, the son of the late William and Rose Launer Sallack. He was a graduate of Johnsonburg Area High School and Thiel College,...

Barbro Hedvall Whitman, 90, a resident of West Scranton, died Sunday evening, Jan. 14, 2018 at Abington Manor, Clarks Summit.Born Sept. 14, 1927, in Rattvik, Sweden, she was the daughter of the late Sivert Hedvall and Maria Daniels Hedvall of Rattvik, Sweden. Barbro married Edward Eugene Whitman of Scranton on Aug. 31, 1947 and emigrated to the United States. In...

Ruth Weber Salvin Reuther, 100 years old, a Scranton and Lake Sheridan resident of 90 years, died Tuesday, January 9th at Solaris Health Center, Merritt Island, Florida. She is the widow of her husband Henry J. Salvin who was killed in action in WWII and her husband of 33 years, Eugene Reuther.Born and educated in Scranton, she was the daughter...

Donald E. Sporer, 98, formerly of Scranton and Lake Kahagon, Madisonville, died peacefully on Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania. He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Alice Sporer, who died on August 18, 2012.Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Joseph Sporer and Leopoldina Hirschler. Donald graduated...

Marion A. Strauch, 96, a lifelong resident of Scranton, died Tuesday morning at Mountain View Care Center, where she was a resident. She is the widow of the late Herbert R. Strauch who died in 1994. The couple was married 53 years.Born in Scranton daughter of the late Walter and Alice Warman Kuhn she was a graduate of Scranton Technical...

Helen Ann Moran , 93 a resident of St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst Twp., passed from this earth to join the rest of the “Moran Clan” on Saturday evening at the facility.Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Timothy and Elizabeth Coleman Moran, she was a graduate of Scranton technical High School and went on to get her graduate...

Harriet Garfinkel Mandelman, 82, of Scranton, died Thursday in Hospice of the Sacred Hearts, Dunmore. She is the wife of Morton Mandelman. The couple had been married 58 years.Born in Brooklyn, the daughter of the late George and Renee Moskowitz Garfinkel she was a graduate of Jefferson High School, Brooklyn. She enjoyed writing short stories and poems.Surviving in addition to...

Jeanne M. Johnston Gavern, 89, longtime resident of Scranton, died Tuesday morning in Montrose at the home of her daughter. She was the widow of Nicholas Gavern, who died Jan. 23, 1998.Born in Scranton daughter of the late William and Mary Bossert Johnston, she was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and attended Marywood College. She was the manager...

Joseph Anthony Stewart, 28, of Dunmore, died Saturday at home.Born in Princeton, New Jersey, son of Wendy Devinoff Stewart Ward, Dunmore and Joseph A. Stewart, Crystal River, Florida, he was a 2007 graduate of North Pocono High School. He attended East Stroudsburg University and studiedBio-Chemistry.Surviving in addition to his parents are daughter Natalia Mae Stewart, 5, of Crystal River Florida;...

Joseph E. Verrastro, Jr., 81, a life long resident of Dunmore, died Tuesday at home. His wife of 34 years is Shirley M. Kimble Verrastro.Born in Scranton son of the late Joseph E. and Carmella Guimento Verrastro he was a 1954 graduate of Dunmore High School and served with the United States Navy. He was a life long member of...

Joseph J. Spalluto, 94, a life long resident of Scranton, died Monday morning at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, Scranton.Born in Scranton, son of the late Daniel and Sarah Preno Spalluto he was a graduate of Scranton Central High School and attended the University of Scranton. Prior to retirement, he was employed as a professional engineer with GSGSB of Clarks...

Tribute VideoWilliam “Bill” F. Boland, Jr., 91, a lifelong resident of Scranton, died Sunday after a brief stay in Mountain View Care Center, Scranton. He and his wife, Margaret “Peg” Sokalsky Boland would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on August 14, 2017.Born in Scranton, son of the late William F. and Anna Klingler Boland, he was a graduate of...

Virginia Griffith Dionne, 78 a longtime resident of Scranton died Wednesday morning in Sacred Heart Hospice, Dunmore.Born in Scranton daughter of the late John and Margaret Maurer Vaccarella she was a 1956 graduate of Scranton Central High School. After graduating she worked at Gracey Farms, Scranton Dry Goods and the Globe Store. She and her husband James Lloyd Griffith Sr....

Roger William Stachel, 83, a long time resident of the East Mountain Section of Scranton, died Tuesday in Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA. He is survived by his beloved wife Thelma Ziegler Stachel. Wed on November 24th 1960, the couple celebrated 56 years of marriage.Born in Scranton son of the late William and Helen Moessner Stachel he was a...

William Martin McCann, 66, a life long resident of Scranton, died Tuesday in Geisinger Community Medical Center. His wife is Kathren Harrington McCann. The couple has been married 43 years.Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late William and Katherine Burke McCann. He was a graduate of South Scranton Central Catholic High School and Lackawanna Junior College.He was...

Patricia Bienick Noto, age 70, went to be with her Lord on July 3, 2017. She passed away at her home in Aiken, SC after a long illness. Born and raised in Scranton, PA, she was a graduate of West Scranton High School and earned her RN diploma from Community Medical Center School of Nursing.  She worked at the University...