Obituaries
Obituaries for Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.and Hudak-O'Shea & Gabriel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.
Patricia Gensiak
Aug 17, 2015
Patricia Gensiak, 69, of Olyphant, died on Monday at home. Her husband, Stanley, died on March 30, 2004. They were married for 37 years. Born in Scranton, she resided in Olyphant most of her life. Her parents were the late Thomas P. and Anne M. Boyan Gatens. A 1964 graduate of Clarks Summit-Abington High School, she also graduated from Empire...
Joan Anne Arthur
Aug 4, 2015
Joan Anne Arthur, 84, of Hampton, VA, died on August 4 in Newport News, VA. Born in Scranton, she resided in Hampton, VA for the last 30 years. Raised in Olyphant, she was the daughter of the late Gerard and Hortense Mary O'Hara Arthur. She was a 1950 graduate of Olyphant High School. Joan retired as a manager of Catherine's....
Jean Tokash
Jul 11, 2015
Jean Tokash, 84, of Blakely, died Saturday morning at Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center. Her husband of 57 years was the late Joseph Tokash.Born April 23, 1931, in Jessup, daughter of the late James and Gertrude Kearney Hoban, she attended Jessup schools. She resided in Blakely for 57 years before moving in with her daughter, Diane and son-in-law, Frank. Jean...
Olga Grunza
Apr 5, 2015
Olga Grunza, 93, of Olyphant, died on Sunday at St. Mary’s Villa, Elmhurst. Her husband, Michael Grunza died in October of 1958. She was also preceded by her first husband, Joseph Perechensky.Born in Jessup, she resided in Olyphant most of her life. Her parents were the late John and Anastasia Grasko. She was a member of Ss. Cyril & Methodius...
Anna May Misiura
Mar 17, 2015
Anna May Misiura, 95, of Olyphant died Tuesday morning at Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center. Her husband of 55 years, Casimir Misiura died April 20, 1995.Born on January 6, 1920 in Olyphant, she was the daughter of the late Kornel and Theodozia Matruniack Klem, she was a graduate of Olyphant High School, and a member of Holy Cross Parish at...
Joseph R Weston
Mar 2, 2015
Joseph R. Weston, 92, a resident of Blakely for most of his life, died on Monday night at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. His wife is the former Leona G. Fedorchak. They were married for 72 years.Born in Jessup, son of the late Ernest and Mary Fischi Weston, he was a graduate of Jessup High School. He...
Marion C Hoffman
Feb 19, 2015
Marion C. Hoffman, 72, of Factoryville died Thursday night at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband, John “Jack” Hoffman. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 25.Born in Newfoundland, Canada, she resided in Factoryville for the last 20 years, and previously lived in Tunkhannock. Her parents were the late Alexander and Martha Hewitt....
Bernard S Kosydar
Jan 16, 2015
Bernard S. Kosydar Sr., 89, of Olyphant, died Friday at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. His wife, the former Jean Novajosky, died in 2012. They were married for 66 years.Born in Olyphant, son of the late Michael and Anna Kosydar, he resided in Dickson City for most of his life. He was a graduate of St. Michael the Archangel School and...
Braxton Allen LaChance
Jan 15, 2015
Braxton Allen LaChance, infant son of Danielle A. Araneo and Brian LaChance, died shortly after birth at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, on Thursday evening.He is also survived by his maternal grandfather, Donald Araneo; maternal grandmother and stepgrandfather, Farrin and Michael Barbato; paternal grandparents, Pat and Kathi LaChance; aunts, uncles and cousins.Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of...
Reie Agnes Novak
Jan 9, 2015
Reie Agnes Novak, 83, of Olyphant died on Friday night at Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center, Peckville. Her husband, Anthony F. Novak Sr., died Jan. 1, 2000. They were married for 45 years.Born in Osaka, Japan, she moved to the U.S. in 1957, and resided in Olyphant since 1965. Her parents were the late Chosuke and Ise Imaoka. She graduated...
Edward Robert Doughton
Dec 24, 2014
Edward R. Doughton, 45, of Olyphant, died peacefully Wednesday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 19 years, the former Joy Trapani.Born in Scranton, son of Robert and Jean Bonish Doughton, Olyphant, he resided in Olyphant most of his life and was a graduate of Mid Valley High School. He was a member...
Dennis Joseph Canny
Dec 23, 2014
Dennis J. Canny, 78, of Vero Beach Florida, died peacefully on December 23, 2015. Born in Bronx, New York, he was the son of Denis and Winifred McGeehan Canny. He was a graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School, Bronx, New York and a US Marine Veteran. He was employed as an international union organizer working in New York and later,...
Rosemary Kollar
Dec 20, 2014
Rosemary Kollar, 71, of Olyphant, died Saturday morning at Lackawanna Health and Rehabilitation Center, Peckville. Her husband, Eugene J., died July 5, 2011.Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Michael and Mildred Peernock Oprishko, she was a graduate of Olyphant High School and a member of Holy Cross Parish at St. Patrick’s Church. She was formerly employed by ICS, Scranton...
Eleanor B Mashie
Dec 10, 2014
Eleanor Mashie, 85, of Dickson City, died Wednesday at home. Her husband, Martin, died on Jan. 10. They were married for 62 years.Born in Dickson City, she was a lifelong resident and a graduate of Dickson City High School. Her parents were the late Stanley and Agnes Jantos Lebida. She was a member of St. Mary of the Visitation Church,...
James A Haas
Dec 10, 2014
James Alois Haas of Olyphant died Wednesday at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Lynn (nee Yablonsky) Haas.Born in Santa Monica, California, on May 14, 1964, son of Professor James Anthony and Judie Sullivan Haas, Glenburn, he attended Abington schools, and was a 1983 graduate of St. Francis...
Mary E Cummings
Nov 24, 2014
Mary E. Cummings, 90, of Olyphant, died Monday night at Fountainview Rehabilitation and Care Center, Lakewood, N.J. Her husband, John J., died in 1978.Born in Olyphant, daughter of the late Frank P. and May Barrett Loftus, she was a lifelong resident who recently moved to Bricktown, N.J. She was a graduate of Olyphant High School, Lackawanna Business School and received...
Pauline Saldi
Oct 19, 2014
Pauline Saldi, a lifelong resident of Peckville, died on Sunday evening at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. Her husband of 50 years, Arthur R., died on May 22, 2008.Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Gallick Hovan, she was a graduate of Holy Ghost School, Olyphant, and was a member of Sacred Heart of...
Joyce Hopkins Wilding
Oct 3, 2014
Joyce Hopkins Wilding of Archbald, died on Friday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband of 62 years, is Henry Wilding.Born in Olyphant, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Kathleen Quinn Hopkins and step-daughter of the late Roman Swierczek. She attended St. Patrick’s School, graduated from Olyphant High School, Lackawanna Business College and St. Mary’s School of...
Helen M Wisniewski
Sep 30, 2014
Helen M. Wisniewski, 88, a lifelong resident of Dickson City, died Tuesday at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Her husband of 59 years, Walter F., died Dec. 18, 2008.Born in Dickson City, daughter of the late Paul and Anna Grick Kishel, she was a graduate of Holy Ghost School, Olyphant and attended Dickson City High School. Helen retired in 1988 from Classic Dress,...
Patricia Gensiak
Aug 17, 2015
Patricia Gensiak, 69, of Olyphant, died on Monday at home. Her husband, Stanley, died on March 30, 2004. They were married for 37 years. Born in Scranton, she resided in Olyphant most of her life. Her parents were the late Thomas P. and Anne M. Boyan Gatens. A 1964 graduate of Clarks Summit-Abington High School, she also graduated from Empire...
Joan Anne Arthur
Aug 4, 2015
Joan Anne Arthur, 84, of Hampton, VA, died on August 4 in Newport News, VA. Born in Scranton, she resided in Hampton, VA for the last 30 years. Raised in Olyphant, she was the daughter of the late Gerard and Hortense Mary O'Hara Arthur. She was a 1950 graduate of Olyphant High School. Joan retired as a manager of Catherine's....
Jean Tokash
Jul 11, 2015
Jean Tokash, 84, of Blakely, died Saturday morning at Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center. Her husband of 57 years was the late Joseph Tokash.Born April 23, 1931, in Jessup, daughter of the late James and Gertrude Kearney Hoban, she attended Jessup schools. She resided in Blakely for 57 years before moving in with her daughter, Diane and son-in-law, Frank. Jean...
Olga Grunza
Apr 5, 2015
Olga Grunza, 93, of Olyphant, died on Sunday at St. Mary’s Villa, Elmhurst. Her husband, Michael Grunza died in October of 1958. She was also preceded by her first husband, Joseph Perechensky.Born in Jessup, she resided in Olyphant most of her life. Her parents were the late John and Anastasia Grasko. She was a member of Ss. Cyril & Methodius...
Anna May Misiura
Mar 17, 2015
Anna May Misiura, 95, of Olyphant died Tuesday morning at Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center. Her husband of 55 years, Casimir Misiura died April 20, 1995.Born on January 6, 1920 in Olyphant, she was the daughter of the late Kornel and Theodozia Matruniack Klem, she was a graduate of Olyphant High School, and a member of Holy Cross Parish at...
Joseph R Weston
Mar 2, 2015
Joseph R. Weston, 92, a resident of Blakely for most of his life, died on Monday night at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. His wife is the former Leona G. Fedorchak. They were married for 72 years.Born in Jessup, son of the late Ernest and Mary Fischi Weston, he was a graduate of Jessup High School. He...
Marion C Hoffman
Feb 19, 2015
Marion C. Hoffman, 72, of Factoryville died Thursday night at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband, John “Jack” Hoffman. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 25.Born in Newfoundland, Canada, she resided in Factoryville for the last 20 years, and previously lived in Tunkhannock. Her parents were the late Alexander and Martha Hewitt....
Bernard S Kosydar
Jan 16, 2015
Bernard S. Kosydar Sr., 89, of Olyphant, died Friday at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. His wife, the former Jean Novajosky, died in 2012. They were married for 66 years.Born in Olyphant, son of the late Michael and Anna Kosydar, he resided in Dickson City for most of his life. He was a graduate of St. Michael the Archangel School and...
Braxton Allen LaChance
Jan 15, 2015
Braxton Allen LaChance, infant son of Danielle A. Araneo and Brian LaChance, died shortly after birth at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, on Thursday evening.He is also survived by his maternal grandfather, Donald Araneo; maternal grandmother and stepgrandfather, Farrin and Michael Barbato; paternal grandparents, Pat and Kathi LaChance; aunts, uncles and cousins.Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of...
Reie Agnes Novak
Jan 9, 2015
Reie Agnes Novak, 83, of Olyphant died on Friday night at Lackawanna Health and Rehab Center, Peckville. Her husband, Anthony F. Novak Sr., died Jan. 1, 2000. They were married for 45 years.Born in Osaka, Japan, she moved to the U.S. in 1957, and resided in Olyphant since 1965. Her parents were the late Chosuke and Ise Imaoka. She graduated...
Edward Robert Doughton
Dec 24, 2014
Edward R. Doughton, 45, of Olyphant, died peacefully Wednesday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 19 years, the former Joy Trapani.Born in Scranton, son of Robert and Jean Bonish Doughton, Olyphant, he resided in Olyphant most of his life and was a graduate of Mid Valley High School. He was a member...
Dennis Joseph Canny
Dec 23, 2014
Dennis J. Canny, 78, of Vero Beach Florida, died peacefully on December 23, 2015. Born in Bronx, New York, he was the son of Denis and Winifred McGeehan Canny. He was a graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School, Bronx, New York and a US Marine Veteran. He was employed as an international union organizer working in New York and later,...
Rosemary Kollar
Dec 20, 2014
Rosemary Kollar, 71, of Olyphant, died Saturday morning at Lackawanna Health and Rehabilitation Center, Peckville. Her husband, Eugene J., died July 5, 2011.Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Michael and Mildred Peernock Oprishko, she was a graduate of Olyphant High School and a member of Holy Cross Parish at St. Patrick’s Church. She was formerly employed by ICS, Scranton...
Eleanor B Mashie
Dec 10, 2014
Eleanor Mashie, 85, of Dickson City, died Wednesday at home. Her husband, Martin, died on Jan. 10. They were married for 62 years.Born in Dickson City, she was a lifelong resident and a graduate of Dickson City High School. Her parents were the late Stanley and Agnes Jantos Lebida. She was a member of St. Mary of the Visitation Church,...
James A Haas
Dec 10, 2014
James Alois Haas of Olyphant died Wednesday at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Lynn (nee Yablonsky) Haas.Born in Santa Monica, California, on May 14, 1964, son of Professor James Anthony and Judie Sullivan Haas, Glenburn, he attended Abington schools, and was a 1983 graduate of St. Francis...
Mary E Cummings
Nov 24, 2014
Mary E. Cummings, 90, of Olyphant, died Monday night at Fountainview Rehabilitation and Care Center, Lakewood, N.J. Her husband, John J., died in 1978.Born in Olyphant, daughter of the late Frank P. and May Barrett Loftus, she was a lifelong resident who recently moved to Bricktown, N.J. She was a graduate of Olyphant High School, Lackawanna Business School and received...
Pauline Saldi
Oct 19, 2014
Pauline Saldi, a lifelong resident of Peckville, died on Sunday evening at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. Her husband of 50 years, Arthur R., died on May 22, 2008.Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Gallick Hovan, she was a graduate of Holy Ghost School, Olyphant, and was a member of Sacred Heart of...
Joyce Hopkins Wilding
Oct 3, 2014
Joyce Hopkins Wilding of Archbald, died on Friday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband of 62 years, is Henry Wilding.Born in Olyphant, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Kathleen Quinn Hopkins and step-daughter of the late Roman Swierczek. She attended St. Patrick’s School, graduated from Olyphant High School, Lackawanna Business College and St. Mary’s School of...
Helen M Wisniewski
Sep 30, 2014
Helen M. Wisniewski, 88, a lifelong resident of Dickson City, died Tuesday at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Her husband of 59 years, Walter F., died Dec. 18, 2008.Born in Dickson City, daughter of the late Paul and Anna Grick Kishel, she was a graduate of Holy Ghost School, Olyphant and attended Dickson City High School. Helen retired in 1988 from Classic Dress,...
