Obituaries

Jul 12, 2021

Irene Balsavage Long

Irene Balsavage Long ,, 71, Girardville, passed away Monday July 12 th at home with her family by her side.

Born October 5, 1949, she was the daughter of the late John and Genevieve Balsavage. She worked in the garment industry for many years and was...

Jul 10, 2021

Michael T. "Mook" Butler , 38, Girardville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday at his residence.

Born in Pottsville he was a son of Debra Subick Butler, Girardville and the late Michael S. Butler. He was employed by Gould Pumps, Ashland, in the cleaning department.

Mike was an avid Red Socks and Dallas Cowboys fan...

Jul 7, 2021

Susan Smith

Susan Smith , 39, Shenandoah, passed away at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, Allentown on Wednesday July 7 th

Born in Ashland, she was a daughter of John and Mary Ann McCole Smith, Shenandoah. She was a 2000 graduate of Shenandoah Valley High School.

Susan...

Jul 5, 2021

Mary Ann Mekosh

Mary Ann Mekosh , 90, Roberto, GA, formerly of Girardville passed away on July 5th at Houston Healthcare Medical Center, Warner Robins, GA.

Graveside services will be held in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Fountain Springs.

Thomas M. Sullivan...

Jul 2, 2021

Alan D. Foster

Alan D. Foster , 73, Girardville passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday July 2 nd .

Born in Susquehanna, he was a son of the late Floyd and Grace Postlethwate Foster. He was employed as a truck driver before retiring.

Alan is...

Jun 30, 2021

Barbara P. Russo

Barbara P. Russo , 83, Frackville, formerly of Philadelphia, passed away on Wednesday, June 30 th at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville.

Born in Beverly, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Palmer and Charlotee Chaiken Cramer. She worked as a check processor...

Jun 29, 2021

Gloria J. Haluska

Gloria J. Haluska , 75, Ashland, formerly of Girardville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville with her family by her side.

Born in Ashland, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Anna Abromitis Nagg. She was a member of...

Jun 24, 2021

Barbara Mary Kane Herwick

Barbara Mary Kane Herwick — a mother, sister, mentor and teacher who quietly transformed the lives of countless people — passed away peacefully on Thursday at the age of 69.

Barbara was born in Ashland Hospital on May 16, 1952, one of 15 children born...

Jun 15, 2021

Ros Ann Zucosky

Ros Ann Zucosky , 72, Girardville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday June 15 th at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehab Center, Frackville.

She was a daughter of the late Peter and Helen Jablonski Barry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Jun 14, 2021

Catherine "Kate" Uholik

Catherine "Kate" C. Uholik , 70, of Harrisburg passed away on Monday, June 14th, at UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital, surrounded by her friends and family following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Kate was born in Ashland, on August 1, 1950, and grew up in Shenandoah.

Jun 7, 2021

Brenda L. Kerstetter

Brenda L. Kerstetter , 60, Ashland, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 7 th at Shenandoah Senior Living Community.

Born in Ashland, she was a daughter of Miriam Smith Hummel, Lavelle and the late Glenn Hummel.

Brenda worked as a long term care LPN...

Jun 7, 2021

Robert F. McCann

Robert F. McCann , 69, Manville NJ, passed away unexpectedly on Monday June 7 th at his home.

Born in Ashland PA, he was a son of the late Robert G. and Mary English McCann. Robert was preceded in death by his brother Gregory McCann.  Robert...

Jun 7, 2021

Robert G. McCann

Robert G. McCann , 96, Manville NJ, passed away peacefully at Bridgeway Care and Rehab Center at Hillsborough.

Born in Mahanoy Plane PA, he was a son of the late James and Elizabeth Koppenhaver McCann. He worked as a lathe operator for Johns-Manville for 35 years...

Jun 4, 2021

Nicholas A. Kazemka

Nicholas A. Kazemka , 74, Frackville passed away on Friday June 4 th at Shenandoah Senior Living Community.

Born in Mahanoy Plane he was a son of the late Michael and Stella Trosky Kazemka. He had been a laborer for Nyleve  Construction until becoming disabled.

Jun 2, 2021

Helen Margret Neary

Helen Margret Neary , 94, of Sharon Hill, PA, formerly of Mahanoy City, PA passed away at her residence on Wednesday June 2 nd surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Mahanoy City, she was a daughter of the late Nicholas and Anna Kubis Karlik. Helen...

May 31, 2021

Sean Boylan

Sean Boylan , 38 of Girardville, passed away on Monday May 31, 2021 in Tampa, Fl. where he had been living since December 2018.

Born July 19, 1982, he was the son of the late Jacklyn and Daniel Boylan. He grew up in Gerardville and graduated from...

May 21, 2021

Tiffany G. Kase

Tiffany G. Kase , 39, Frackville passed away on Friday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, Allentown.

Born in Danville, she was a daughter of Sally Kase Lawrence and her step-father Dave Lawerence and was preceded in death by her father, Roy Drumheller, her son...

May 20, 2021

Jeffrey J. Troxell Sr.

Jeffrey James Troxell was born on Friday the 13 th in June of 1952 at Ashland Hospital to the late Franklin H. and Julia (Takach) Troxell. He passed away on May 20, 2021 in Clearlake, CA after a valiant battle with esophageal cancer.

After an...

May 18, 2021

Clyde W. Fetterolf Jr.

Clyde W. Fetterolf Jr. , 85, Ashland, passed away on Tuesday May 18 th at Lehigh Valley Hospital Schuylkill, Pottsville.

Born in Locustdale, he was a son of the late Clyde and Ruth Lieser Fetterolf.  He had been employed as the maintenance supervisor at the...

May 11, 2021

Constance A. Blozusky

Constance "Connie" Blozusky , 84, Maizeville passed away unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday evening.

Born in Butler Twp., she was the daughter of the late Costy and Mary Yekenchick Ketusky.

Connie graduated from St. Vincent's School in Girardville and then was a 1957...