Obituaries
Ann C. Kurelja
Nov 19, 2013
Ann C. Kurelja, age 91, 74 Hunt Club Drive, Bloomsburg and formerly of Tomâs River, NJ, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Columbia Montour Hospice at Maria Hall, Danville, where she was a patient for one week. She resided at Maria Joseph Manor since 2008. Born on May 14, 1922 in West New York, NJ, she...
Lois I. Roberts
Nov 18, 2013
Lois I. Roberts, age 75, 91 Schoolhouse Road, Bloomsburg (Buckhorn) died at her home at 11:06 a. m. Monday, November 18, 2013. She was in failing health since being involved in an accident in April, 1995. Born in Pine Township on January 11, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Larue and Mabel (Glidewell) Bitler. She was a 1956 graduate of...
Gladys R. Laubach
Nov 16, 2013
Gladys R. Laubach Gladys R. Laubach, age 89, 7 Penn Brook Drive, Bloomsburg, died at 5:30 a. m. Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Health care Center, where she resided since October, 2011. Her death followed a lengthy illness. Born in Bloomsburg on March 6, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Ernest G. and Laura (Michael) Hartman. Her...
Martha M. Hahn
Nov 15, 2013
Martha M. Hahn Martha M. Hahn, age 89, formerly of East Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 1 p. m. Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Statesman Woods Personal Care facility, Levittown, where resided since March, 2005. Born in Roaring Creek Township on February 22, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Eugene and Bessie (Blass) Helwig. She was a graduate of the...
Kathy L. Hirlinger
Nov 5, 2013
Kathy Lynn Hirlinger, 57, entered into rest Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at her home in Stillwater, Pennsylvania. Born in Lancaster, on August 13, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Glenn and Jacqueline (Carrigan) Hirlinger. She was a member of Cornerstone Bible Church in Nescopeck, and attended Town Hill United Methodist Church in Shickshinny, where she sang and played...
Paul W. Johnson
Nov 3, 2013
Paul W. Johnson Paul W. Johnson, age 80, 1146 Ridge Road, Bloomsburg, died at his home on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 2 a. m. He was in failing health since being injured in an accident in December, 1999. Born in Pine Township on January 31, 1933, he was a son of the late Warren and Ella (Stackhouse) Johnson. He resided in...
Gary E. Payne
Nov 2, 2013
Gary E. Payne Gary E. Payne, age 48, 1962 Old Reading Road, Catawissa, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 1:50 p. m. Born in Bloomsburg on October 4, 1965, he was the son of Ronald D. Payne, Almedia and the late Shirley (Kitchen) Tyson. He resided at his present home for the past year and spent much...
Shirley M. Faux
Nov 1, 2013
Shirley M. (Robbins) Faux, age 76, 401 Mill St., Orangeville, died at 4:55 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2013 at the Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient for one year. Born in Orangeville on October 9, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Glenn W. and Leona M. (Muffley) Robbins. A lifelong resident of Orangeville, she...
Raymond M. Belles
Oct 30, 2013
Raymond M. Belles, age 94, 350 Mount Pleasant Road, Orangeville, died at 8:55 a. m. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville where he was admitted Tuesday. He was in failing health for the past two months. Born in Orange Township on May 7, 1919, he was a son of the late Jay Hutchison and Emma (Reice)...
Edward T. Babb
Oct 29, 2013
EDWARD T. BABB Edward T. Babb, age 42, 325 W. Pine Ave., Bloomsburg, passed away unexpectedly at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Elyria, Ohio on April 21, 1971, he was a son of Robert G., Sr. and Donna J. (McKlveen) Babb, with whom he resided. Ed had lived in Bloomsburg since 1995,...
Gary M. Hock
Oct 24, 2013
Gary M. Hock, age 68, of Santa Barbara, Ca., and formerly of Bloomsburg, passed away peacefully at his home Thurs., October 24, 2013 after a lengthy illness. Born in Bloomsburg, Pa. on October 27, 1944, he was a son of the late Horace H. âTinkerâ and Thelma D. (Wood) Hock. He was educated in the Central Columbia District and Bloomsburg...
Edward P. Scardigli
Oct 20, 2013
Edward P. Scardigli, age 74, 10-B Mountain Road, Orangeville, died at his home at 5:45 p. m. Sunday, October 20, 2013 after being in failing health since January, 2011. Born in Philadelphia on November 24, 1938, he was a son of the late Dominic and Jennie (Croupie) Scardigli. He resided at his current home since 1995 and previously lived in Philadelphia....
Barbara A. Fornwald
Oct 16, 2013
Barbara A. Fornwald, age 77, 231 W. Ninth Street, Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly and was found dead at her home on Wednesday and was pronounced dead of natural causes by Columbia County Coroner Dr. Lori Masteller at 3:50 p.m. Born in Bloomsburg on December 18, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Rollin S., Sr. and Catherine (Smith) Adams. A...
Thomas Boyd Turner
Oct 11, 2013
Thomas B. Turner, age 63, 644 Bloom Road, Danville, died unexpectedly at his home and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p. m. Friday, October 11, 2013. Born in Bloomsburg on May 13, 1950, he was a son of Merle B. Turner, Orangeville and the late Ida Margaret (Magill) Turner. Tom was a 1968 graduate of Bloomsburg High School and received his...
Clair R. Swisher
Oct 1, 2013
Clair R. Swisher, age 72, 412 Millville Road, Bloomsburg, died at 8:10 a. m. Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was a patient for three days. Born in Bloomsburg on April 9, 1941, he was a son of the late Melvin and Margaret (Hartzell) Swisher. A lifelong resident of Bloomsburg, he graduated from Bloomsburg High...
Floyd G. Shepperson, Sr.
Sep 30, 2013
Floyd G. Shepperson, Sr., age 85, 23 Alton Street, Danville, died unexpectedly at his home and was pronounced dead on Monday, September 30, 2013. Bornn in Danville on October 18, 1927, he was a son of the late Allen C. and Catherine (Horn) Shepperson. He spent his entire life in Danville and attended the Danville High School. Floyd was employed at...
Dale R. Wynings
Sep 28, 2013
Dale R. Wynings Dale R. Wynings, age 81, 233 Fisher St., Bloomsburg (Rupert), died unexpectedly at 4:50 p. m. Saturday in the emergency room of the St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh, NY. Born in Lime Ridge on October 5, 1931, he was the only child of the late Ezra and Margaret (Mausteller) Wynings. He resided in the Bloomsburg area his entire life....
Margaret L. Steege
Sep 22, 2013
Margaret L. Steege, age 92, 1095 Elk Grove Road, Benton, died unexpectedly at her home and was pronounced dead at 2:42 p. m. Sunday, September 22, 2013. Born in Austin, Minn. She was the 13th child and last surviving of 15 children born to the late Phillip and Mary (Hessler) Lembrick. She resided in Sugarloaf Township since 1969 and formerly lived in Vienna...
David J. Warfel
Sep 22, 2013
David J. Warfel, age 63, 540 Valley Road, Bloomsburg, died at 5:15 a. m. Sunday, September 22, 2013 at his home after being seriously ill since June. Born in Chula Vista, California on January 27, 1950, he was the son of Rena L. (Warner) Warfel of Riverside and the late Leon M. Warfel. David was a 1969 graduate of Penn...
Charles O. Michael
Sep 22, 2013
Charles O. Michael, age 86, formerly of Upper Raven Creek Road, Benton and Newark, Del. Died at 1:26 p. m. Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Grandview Health Homes, Danville. Born in Centralia on August 24, 1927, he was a son of the late Edward and Jeanette (Turner) Michael. He resided in Bensalem, Bucks County for many years and in Raven...


