Obituaries

Nov 5, 2021

Nov 2, 2021

       

Mr. August “Butch” Caccia, age 77, of Orlando, FL, passed away early Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

 

          August was born January 23, 1944, in Towanda, PA, a son of the late August and Irene C. “Snookie” Walosin Caccia O’Connor. He attended Turnpike High School in Mildred, PA.

 

Butch worked for Palmer Industrial Coating Inc., in Williamsport, PA, where...

Oct 29, 2021

 

Mrs. Anne Pawlak Elchak, a longtime resident of Monroeton, PA, passed away on Friday morning, October 29, 2021, at the Guthrie Towanda Memorial Personal Care Home in Towanda, PA.  Anne was 106 years old.

 

Anne was born in Plains Township, near Wilkes-Barre, PA, on April 20, 1915, a daughter of the late John & Eva Pawlak. She grew...

Oct 25, 2021

Mrs. Thelma Oliver Mancuso, age 91, formerly of Nicholson, PA, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2021, at the Providence Place Senior Living Center in Drums, PA.

 

          Thelma was born July 22, 1930, in Johnson City, NY, a daughter of the late Gerald W. & Arvilla Adeline Hunsinger Oliver. In her teen years she moved to the Wyalusing area....

Oct 21, 2021

Wayne Leroy Thompson, age 84, of Hillsgrove, PA, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at his home with his loving family at his side.

 

Wayne was born May17, 1937, in Tower City, PA, son of the late James William and Helen Mae Miller Thompson. He attended Tower City High School and later graduated from the Williamson Trade School...

Oct 17, 2021

Francis “Stick”  Chilson, age 62, of Towanda, PA, passed away on late Sunday evening, October 17, 2021, at the Robert Packer Hospital, in Sayre, PA.

 

          Stick was born in Sayre, PA, on February 8, 1959, a son of the late Francis Allen and Ruth M. Rought Chilson. He graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School a member of the class...

Oct 10, 2021

Florence “Flip” R. Dunklee, age 93, of Sugar Run, PA passed away peacefully on late Sunday evening, October 10, 2021.

 

          Flip was born in Camptown, PA, on March 7, 1928, daughter of the late Julius & Rose Wells Thiesen.

 

          She graduated from the Wyalusing High School, a member of the class of 1946.

 

She married Dale Elanson...

Oct 2, 2021

Mrs. Joyce Edsell Fassett, age 73, of Laceyville, PA, passed away early Saturday morning, October 2, 2021, at the Guthrie Troy Community Hospital.

 

          Joyce was born on April 16, 1948, in Sayre, PA, a daughter of the late Andrew Bryce and Estella Gertrude Moore Edsell. She graduated from the Northeast Bradford High School a member of the class of...

Sep 29, 2021

James William Yates, age 72, of Sugar Run, PA, passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at the Robert Packer Hospital, in Sayre, PA. Jim was born in Philadelphia, PA, on December 11, 1948, a son of the late Edward Richard & Stella Trusila Yates. He served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1977. In the army he...

Sep 21, 2021

Victoria A. (Devine) Brown passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at Jefferson Bucks Hospital in Langhorne at the age of 63.

 

Born, January 16, 1958, in Trenton, NJ, the daughter of the late Frances M. (Martinangelo) and William Devine, Mrs. Brown has been a long time resident of Levittown and was a member of Saint Michael the Archangel...

Sep 14, 2021

Ann Marie Vanderpool, age 51, of Laceyville, PA, passed away on late Tuesday evening, September 14, 2021, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital, in Tunkhannock, PA.

 

          Ann was born in Sayre, PA, on January 6, 1970, a daughter of Leonard Vanderpool and Penny Lou Umber Walter. She attended Towanda High School.

 

          For most of her life she was a...

Sep 12, 2021

    

    

Mr. James Michael D’Orazio Jr., age 62, of Dushore, PA., passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at the Guthrie Memorial Hospital, in Towanda, PA.

 

          Jim was born September 27, 1958, in Bryn Mawr, PA, the son of the late James M. & Theresa Mary D’Angeli D’Orazio Sr.  He graduated from the Upper Merion High School a...

Sep 7, 2021

Ms. Bonnie Jean Pennay, age 50, of Eagles Mere, PA, and formerly of Towanda, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, September 7, 2021, at the Highlands Care Center in Laporte with her lifelong friend Tara at her side.

 

          Bonnie was born on November 22, 1970, in Towanda, PA, the daughter of Mary Ellen Brennan Pennay and the late...

Aug 29, 2021

Helen T. Evangelisti, a lifelong Dushore resident, age 93, passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2021.

 

          Helen was born in Dushore, on October 13, 1927, a daughter of the late Leo Henry & Emma Elizabeth Minier Tourscher.  She graduated from St. Basil’s High School, a member of the class of 1946.  Helen went on to graduate from Miss Wheaton’s...

Aug 27, 2021

William Francis Saxe, age 86, of Dushore, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021.

 

Bill was born in Lopez on December 22, 1934, a son of the late Bernard and Mary Lotsman Saxe.  He graduated from the Cherry Township High School, president of the class of 1952, and then attended Penn State University.

 

In 1955 Bill played minor...

Aug 24, 2021

          Ruth Lindberg Reuter, age 78, of Hollywood, FL, formerly of Colley, PA, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.

 

          Ruth was born in Hartford, CT, the daughter of the late Harry Knut & Irene Margaret Lindberg.  She graduated from East Hartford High School, a member of the class of 1961. She is remembered for being a member of the...

Aug 18, 2021

Constance Rae Upson, age 69, of Laporte, PA formerly of Elmira, NY, passed away on late Wednesday evening, August 18, 2021, at the Highlands Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Laporte, PA.

 

          Connie was born October 19, 1951, in Elmira, NY, the daughter of the late Arthur and Marie Clark Upson. 

 

Surviving:

Brother:

Paul M. (Darlene) Upson                         Latrobe,...

Aug 6, 2021

John Alexander Nolan, age 44, of Dushore, Pa, passed away on Friday, August 6, 2021. 

 

John was born in Chester, Pa, on October 21, 1976, a son of Margaret Wertman Catalano, and the late James Edward Nolan III. 

 

John moved to Sullivan County circa 2000, where he worked as a general contractor in the Sullivan and...

Jul 24, 2021

          Mary McGaw Rubel, age 96, of Eagles Mere, PA, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2021.

 

Mary was born in Hersham, England on October 18, 1924, daughter of the late Ernest Stanley Joseph McGaw and Madeline Carman McGaw. 

 

Mary was known by most of the people in Sullivan County as the proprietor of “Eagles Mere East” for...

Jul 19, 2021

     

Joan A. Kithcart, age 81, of Rochester, NY, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021, with her loving husband at her side.

 

          Joan was born in Nichols, NY, a daughter of the late Walter & Marian L. Tompkins White. She graduated from High School and married Raymond W. Kithcart of Camptown, PA, on April 14, 1962.  They recently...