Obituaries
Obituaries for Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.and Hudak-O'Shea & Gabriel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.
W William Kalowsky
Apr 19, 2013
W. William Kalowsky, 75, of Peckville, died Friday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife is the former Mary Kathryn Brennan. They were married Dec. 30, 1961.Born in Scranton, he resided in Peckville for most of his life. He was the son of the late William G. and Kathryn A. Homza Kalowsky. He was a graduate of...
Martin J Dempsey
Apr 9, 2013
Martin J. Dempsey, 87, of Matawan, NJ, died on Tuesday April 9 at Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT. He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Gert Dempsey.Born in Scranton, and formerly of Olyphant, he resided in Matawan, NJ for the past 56 years. His parents were the late James and Eva Dempsey.He was a graduate of the University of Scranton...
James Gaughan
Mar 11, 2013
James Gaughan, Olyphant Postmaster from 1968 until his retirement in 1980, died, Monday, March 11th at his daughter’s home in Columbia, MD. His wife of 40 years, Kathleen Husvar Gaughan, died in 1985. He resided in Olyphant most of his life, moving to Maryland in 2000.Born in 1925 in Peckville, to James and Mary Stanton Gaughan, he graduated from Olyphant...
Dennis D Diamond
Feb 6, 2013
Dennis D. Diamond, 74, of Scranton, died on Wednesday at Hospice Community Care, Dunmore.Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he was formerly of Cranford, NJ and resided in Scranton since 1993. His parents were the late Harry and Florence Diamond.He was a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in civil engineering and was employed by Elizabeth Ironworks from 1960-1980.Dennis...
Beth Ann Dougherty Devine
Feb 2, 2013
Beth Ann Dougherty Devine, 32, of Blakely, died Satruday night at Commonwealth Hospice inpatient unit at Regional Hospital of Scranton after a courageous battle with melanoma. She was married to Stephen R. Devine on May 28, 2006 .Born January 23, 1981, in Scranton, she is the daughter of Thomas J., Sr. and Ethel Honney Dougherty. She was a 1999 graduate of Valley View High School. Beth spent most of her career as a certified nurse’s aide at the...
Ellen Cherry
Jan 25, 2013
Ellen Cherry, 87, a resident of Manor Care, Bethlehem, and formerly of Olyphant, passed away, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 at Manor Care, Bethlehem.Born Oct. 19, 1925, in Olyphant, Ellen was the daughter of the late Peter and Nellie Dziama Jula.She was a graduate of Olyphant High School, and prior to her retirement, had been employed in the local garment industries.Ellen was a...
Patricia Lynn Butler
Jan 5, 2013
Patricia Lynn Butler, 63, of Olyphant, died on Saturday morning at home. Her husband, Philip M. died in October 2004. They were married for 36 years.Born in Oak Park, Illinois, she resided in Olyphant over 40 years. Her parents were the late William and Lyllis Ward Repetto.She retired in 2010 from Wegmans with 17 years of service and was a veteran...
Rose Marie Olfano
Jan 5, 2013
Rose Marie Olfano, 87, of Olyphant, died unexpectedly at home on Saturday. Her husband Charles, died in 1977. They were married for over 25 years.Born in Peckville, she resided in Olyphant since 1952. Her parents were the late Catoldo and Frances Atmanavage Giambra. She was a graduate of Blakely High School and was a member of Holy Cross Parish at...
Lillian Mary Kaszuba
Dec 28, 2012
Lillian Mary Kaszuba, 76, of Olyphant, died on Friday night at her son Michael’s home in Olyphant. Her husband, Joseph Stanley Kaszuba, died on August 1, 1985. They were married for 25 years.Born in Olyphant, she was a lifelong resident. She was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Koscielna Cerene and attended St. Patrick’s School and Olyphant High...
Albert A Amoedo
Dec 15, 2012
Albert A. Amoedo, 85, of Clarks Summit, died on Saturday at VNA Hospice and Home Health of Lackawanna County at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton. His wife is the former Barbara Ann Burris. They were married for 30 years.Born in Manhattan, NY, his parents were the late Charles Anton and Wilhelmena Amoedo. Raised in Stamford, CT, he spent most of his...
Michael F Sheridan
Nov 10, 2012
Mike Sheridan, 77, of Justus, died on Saturday morning at home. His wife was the former Sarah Dempsey. They were married on July 7, 1956.Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of the late Michael and Minerva Nichols Sheridan. A 1953 graduate of Clarks Summit High School, he completed a certificate of industrial electronic technology at Penn State Extension....
Mary Roman Ozga
Oct 29, 2012
Mary Roman Ozga, 97, of Olyphant, died on Monday at Lackawanna Health & Rehab, Peckville. Her husband was the late John “Boots” Ozga.Born in Peckville, she resided in Olyphant for the last 67 years. She was the daughter of the late Constantine and Helena Prystasz Roman.She was a member of Holy Cross Parish at St. Patrick’s Church, formerly St. Michael...
Thomas William Coombes Sr.
Oct 17, 2012
Thomas William Coombes, Sr., 81, of Carbondale, died on Wednesday morning at home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ann J. McGuire Coombes. He was the son of the late Harold and Anna Coombes.Born in Chester, he resided in Carbondale for the last 30 years. A gunsmith by trade, he was a former Chester police officer and a...
Theresa Marie Tully
Oct 2, 2012
Theresa Marie Tully, 82, of Olyphant, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at her daughter Erin’s home in Peckville. Her husband, Gerard F. Tully, Sr. died on June 26, 2004. They were married for 54 years.Born in Peckville, she was a resident of Olyphant since 1961. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Gizella Gregor Jackanin. She was a...
Thomas A Littman
Sep 14, 2012
Thomas A. Littman, 60, of Throop, died on Friday evening at home. He was the son of the late Lucy Youshock Littman.Born in Peckville, he resided in Throop for over 20 years and previously, Olyphant. He was a graduate of Mid Valley High School and retired from Community Central Energy of Scranton with over 20 years of service.He enjoyed spending...
Albert Paul Luchetti
Aug 17, 2012
Olyphant resident Albert P. (“Aber”) Luchetti died early Friday at the age of 80, after complications from a fall. He leaves the legacy of a devoted husband, father, grandfather, blue-collar stalwart and community volunteer. He is the son of the late Primo Luchetti and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tomasetti Luchetti, Browntown/Pittston and Olyphant, PA.Although the National Guard and Army weren’t his introduction...
Margaret Mary Fitzgerald
Aug 12, 2012
Margaret Mary “Mazie” Fitzgerald, 95, of Throop, died on Sunday at Abington Manor Nursing Home, Clarks Summit. Her parents were the late William and Sarah Corcoran Fitzgerald.Born in Throop, she was a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School, Olyphant and graduated with a Bachelors degree from Mansfield State Teachers College and received her Master’s degree...
Andrew A Cucura
Jul 31, 2012
Andrew A. Cucura, 59, a lifelong resident of Olyphant, died on Tuesday at VNA Hospice at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton.Born in Peckville, he was the son of Nadia Swallow Cucura and the late Andrew Cucura. He was a graduate of Cathedral/Bishop Hannan High School and East Stroudsburg University.He was formerly employed at St. Michael’s School for Boys, Tunkhannock and Cinram,...
Sharon Oprishko
Jul 21, 2012
Sharon Oprishko, 62, of Olyphant, died on Saturday morning at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton. Her husband is Michael J. Oprishko, Jr. They were married on August 11, 1973.Born in Carbondale, she was raised in Clifford and was the daughter of the late Peter and Anna Chelik Barna.She was a graduate of Mountain View High School and was employed by Cinram,...
W William Kalowsky
Apr 19, 2013
W. William Kalowsky, 75, of Peckville, died Friday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. His wife is the former Mary Kathryn Brennan. They were married Dec. 30, 1961.Born in Scranton, he resided in Peckville for most of his life. He was the son of the late William G. and Kathryn A. Homza Kalowsky. He was a graduate of...
Martin J Dempsey
Apr 9, 2013
Martin J. Dempsey, 87, of Matawan, NJ, died on Tuesday April 9 at Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT. He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Gert Dempsey.Born in Scranton, and formerly of Olyphant, he resided in Matawan, NJ for the past 56 years. His parents were the late James and Eva Dempsey.He was a graduate of the University of Scranton...
James Gaughan
Mar 11, 2013
James Gaughan, Olyphant Postmaster from 1968 until his retirement in 1980, died, Monday, March 11th at his daughter’s home in Columbia, MD. His wife of 40 years, Kathleen Husvar Gaughan, died in 1985. He resided in Olyphant most of his life, moving to Maryland in 2000.Born in 1925 in Peckville, to James and Mary Stanton Gaughan, he graduated from Olyphant...
Dennis D Diamond
Feb 6, 2013
Dennis D. Diamond, 74, of Scranton, died on Wednesday at Hospice Community Care, Dunmore.Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he was formerly of Cranford, NJ and resided in Scranton since 1993. His parents were the late Harry and Florence Diamond.He was a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in civil engineering and was employed by Elizabeth Ironworks from 1960-1980.Dennis...
Beth Ann Dougherty Devine
Feb 2, 2013
Beth Ann Dougherty Devine, 32, of Blakely, died Satruday night at Commonwealth Hospice inpatient unit at Regional Hospital of Scranton after a courageous battle with melanoma. She was married to Stephen R. Devine on May 28, 2006 .Born January 23, 1981, in Scranton, she is the daughter of Thomas J., Sr. and Ethel Honney Dougherty. She was a 1999 graduate of Valley View High School. Beth spent most of her career as a certified nurse’s aide at the...
Ellen Cherry
Jan 25, 2013
Ellen Cherry, 87, a resident of Manor Care, Bethlehem, and formerly of Olyphant, passed away, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 at Manor Care, Bethlehem.Born Oct. 19, 1925, in Olyphant, Ellen was the daughter of the late Peter and Nellie Dziama Jula.She was a graduate of Olyphant High School, and prior to her retirement, had been employed in the local garment industries.Ellen was a...
Patricia Lynn Butler
Jan 5, 2013
Patricia Lynn Butler, 63, of Olyphant, died on Saturday morning at home. Her husband, Philip M. died in October 2004. They were married for 36 years.Born in Oak Park, Illinois, she resided in Olyphant over 40 years. Her parents were the late William and Lyllis Ward Repetto.She retired in 2010 from Wegmans with 17 years of service and was a veteran...
Rose Marie Olfano
Jan 5, 2013
Rose Marie Olfano, 87, of Olyphant, died unexpectedly at home on Saturday. Her husband Charles, died in 1977. They were married for over 25 years.Born in Peckville, she resided in Olyphant since 1952. Her parents were the late Catoldo and Frances Atmanavage Giambra. She was a graduate of Blakely High School and was a member of Holy Cross Parish at...
Lillian Mary Kaszuba
Dec 28, 2012
Lillian Mary Kaszuba, 76, of Olyphant, died on Friday night at her son Michael’s home in Olyphant. Her husband, Joseph Stanley Kaszuba, died on August 1, 1985. They were married for 25 years.Born in Olyphant, she was a lifelong resident. She was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Koscielna Cerene and attended St. Patrick’s School and Olyphant High...
Albert A Amoedo
Dec 15, 2012
Albert A. Amoedo, 85, of Clarks Summit, died on Saturday at VNA Hospice and Home Health of Lackawanna County at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton. His wife is the former Barbara Ann Burris. They were married for 30 years.Born in Manhattan, NY, his parents were the late Charles Anton and Wilhelmena Amoedo. Raised in Stamford, CT, he spent most of his...
Michael F Sheridan
Nov 10, 2012
Mike Sheridan, 77, of Justus, died on Saturday morning at home. His wife was the former Sarah Dempsey. They were married on July 7, 1956.Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of the late Michael and Minerva Nichols Sheridan. A 1953 graduate of Clarks Summit High School, he completed a certificate of industrial electronic technology at Penn State Extension....
Mary Roman Ozga
Oct 29, 2012
Mary Roman Ozga, 97, of Olyphant, died on Monday at Lackawanna Health & Rehab, Peckville. Her husband was the late John “Boots” Ozga.Born in Peckville, she resided in Olyphant for the last 67 years. She was the daughter of the late Constantine and Helena Prystasz Roman.She was a member of Holy Cross Parish at St. Patrick’s Church, formerly St. Michael...
Thomas William Coombes Sr.
Oct 17, 2012
Thomas William Coombes, Sr., 81, of Carbondale, died on Wednesday morning at home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ann J. McGuire Coombes. He was the son of the late Harold and Anna Coombes.Born in Chester, he resided in Carbondale for the last 30 years. A gunsmith by trade, he was a former Chester police officer and a...
Theresa Marie Tully
Oct 2, 2012
Theresa Marie Tully, 82, of Olyphant, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at her daughter Erin’s home in Peckville. Her husband, Gerard F. Tully, Sr. died on June 26, 2004. They were married for 54 years.Born in Peckville, she was a resident of Olyphant since 1961. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Gizella Gregor Jackanin. She was a...
Thomas A Littman
Sep 14, 2012
Thomas A. Littman, 60, of Throop, died on Friday evening at home. He was the son of the late Lucy Youshock Littman.Born in Peckville, he resided in Throop for over 20 years and previously, Olyphant. He was a graduate of Mid Valley High School and retired from Community Central Energy of Scranton with over 20 years of service.He enjoyed spending...
Albert Paul Luchetti
Aug 17, 2012
Olyphant resident Albert P. (“Aber”) Luchetti died early Friday at the age of 80, after complications from a fall. He leaves the legacy of a devoted husband, father, grandfather, blue-collar stalwart and community volunteer. He is the son of the late Primo Luchetti and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tomasetti Luchetti, Browntown/Pittston and Olyphant, PA.Although the National Guard and Army weren’t his introduction...
Margaret Mary Fitzgerald
Aug 12, 2012
Margaret Mary “Mazie” Fitzgerald, 95, of Throop, died on Sunday at Abington Manor Nursing Home, Clarks Summit. Her parents were the late William and Sarah Corcoran Fitzgerald.Born in Throop, she was a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School, Olyphant and graduated with a Bachelors degree from Mansfield State Teachers College and received her Master’s degree...
Andrew A Cucura
Jul 31, 2012
Andrew A. Cucura, 59, a lifelong resident of Olyphant, died on Tuesday at VNA Hospice at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton.Born in Peckville, he was the son of Nadia Swallow Cucura and the late Andrew Cucura. He was a graduate of Cathedral/Bishop Hannan High School and East Stroudsburg University.He was formerly employed at St. Michael’s School for Boys, Tunkhannock and Cinram,...
Sharon Oprishko
Jul 21, 2012
Sharon Oprishko, 62, of Olyphant, died on Saturday morning at Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton. Her husband is Michael J. Oprishko, Jr. They were married on August 11, 1973.Born in Carbondale, she was raised in Clifford and was the daughter of the late Peter and Anna Chelik Barna.She was a graduate of Mountain View High School and was employed by Cinram,...
