Obituaries

Oct 30, 2017

Eva J. Bender

Eva J. Bender , 91, Englewood, Frackville, passed away peacefully Monday morning at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville.

Born in Frackville, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Rose Kamansky Bender. She was a member of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Frackville....

Oct 30, 2017

Betty Guziewicz

Betty Guziewicz , 75, Frackville, passed away Monday morning at her home.

Funeral services and interment will be private at the convenience of the family.

Oct 24, 2017

Kevin D. Eye

Kevin D. Eye, 59, Girardville, passed away peacefully Tuesday night at UPMC Pinnacle Hospital, Harrisburg.

Born in Ashland, he was a son of the late Robert Sr. and Virginia Grady Eye.  He was a member of the former St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Girardville.

In addition to...

Oct 15, 2017

Christina B. Pukas

Christina B. Pukas , 97, Frackville, passed away peacefully Sunday at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Schuylkill East, Pottsville.

Born in Frackville she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Pauline Labanosky Stefanowicz.

She was a member of St. John the Baptist Polish...

Oct 14, 2017

Jane Becker

Jane Becker , 67, Bradenton, FL, died unexpectedly on Saturday October 14 th in Bradenton.

Born in Frackville she was a daughter of the late Peter and Catherine Becker.

She graduated from Glassboro State College in New Jersey and then worked in business...

Oct 4, 2017

Barbara Pelak

Barbara Pelak , 83, formerly of Frackville, passed away on October 4, 2017 at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Florida.

Born in Maizeville and raised in Frackville, she was the daughter of Michael and Anna (Welikonich) Comishock.  Barbara was married to Peter Pelak for 60...

Sep 27, 2017

Helen Heine

Helen Heine , 89, Frackville, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Schuylkill East Norwegian St.,  Pottsville, with her family by her side.

Born in Corktown she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Veronica Pinchot Mallick.

She was a...

Sep 20, 2017

Ruth M. Conti

Mrs. Ruth M. Conti , 91, Girardville, passed away peacefully while under hospice care on Wednesday, September 20, 2017.

Ruth was born January 16, 1926 in Brandonville, PA and was a daughter of the late James and Ethel Trexler Albright.

She was employed as...

Sep 20, 2017

Nancy A. Roche

Nancy A. Roche , 78, Ashland, passed away peacefully early Wednesday at her home, with her family at her side.

Born in the former Ashland Hospital she was a daughter of the late George and Cecelia Pitts Shivelhood. She had been employed as a...

Sep 11, 2017

Charles H. "Charlie" Hepler

Charles H. "Charlie" Hepler , 77, Frackville passed away peacefully Monday evening, with his family at his side , at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill East, Pottsville.

Born in Pitman he was a son of the late John "Wimp" and Coletta "Lettie" Donlan Hepler. He had been...

Sep 11, 2017

Madeline A. Buchanan

Madeline A. Buchanan , 79, Frackville, passed away peacefully at home on Monday morning surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Ashland, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Veronica Abromitis Luscavage. She had been employed as a secretary for Zapatas and Domalakes Insurance...

Sep 10, 2017

Mary A. Tobias

Mary A. Tobias , 80, Ashland, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday afternoon.

Born in Ashland, she was a daughter of the late James and Anna Corrigan Brennan. She had been employed as an insurance agent for American General and then later as a...

Aug 20, 2017

William "Bill" Turner

William Terry "Bill" Turner , 67, Frackville, passed away Sunday August 20, 2017 at Schuylkill Center in Pottsville, with his wife Cindy by his side.

Born in Visalia, CA, February 3, 1950, he was the son of the late Irene Clevenger Turner and William Harrison Turner....

Aug 20, 2017

Florence Bulcavage

Florence "Flossie" Bulcavage , 90, Ashland, passed away peacefully Sunday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown.

Born in Morea she was a daughter of the late Onufer and Fatina Mackenka Seamon. She had been employed as a sewing machine operator for the former Model Garment Factory, Frackville,...

Aug 13, 2017

William E. Faust

William E. Faust , 89, Girardville, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, Allentown surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Mahanoy City, he was the son of the late William G. and Beatrice M. Narbutitis Faust. He was employed as...

Aug 3, 2017

Mary Catherine "KiKi" Downey RN, BSN

Mary Catherine "KiKi" Downey RN, BSN , 60, Frackville, passed away peacefully Thursday evening at her home surrounded by her family and friends.

Born in Shenandoah, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and Helen A. Brennan Downey. She had been...

Jul 20, 2017

Kathryn M. Kudrick

Kathryn M. Kudrick , 93, Girardville passed away peacefully Thursday at Mount Carmel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Mount Carmel.

Born in Connerton she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Senuta Abromitis.

She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Girardville, Sacred Worship...

Jul 18, 2017

Anne Carduff Bramley

Anne Carduff Bramley of Frackville, died Tuesday, July 18, 2017, surrounded with love in the final months of her 87 years by the children, grandchildren, brothers and sister she had cared for and served her entire life.

Born in West Mahanoy Township, April 16, 1930, she...

Jul 16, 2017

Donna M. Bernotas

Donna M. Bernotas , 58, Pine Gove, formerly of Girardville, passed away unexpectedly Sunday at her residence.

Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Vincent and Theresa Hiczan Bernotas. She last worked for Michael's Arts and Crafts in Hazleton.

In addition...

Jul 2, 2017

Dolores S. Kutchinsky Dolores S. (Heddish) Kutchinsky (Dolores, Mom, MomMom Dee, Aunt Dolores, Dimples) Frackville, age 81, passed away on July 2nd, 2017 at Seton Manor in Orwigsburg, PA. She grew up in Frackville, PA. As a child she enjoyed music and dance and collecting snapshots. She was a 1953 graduate of Frackville High where she...