Obituaries

May 28, 2012

Isaiah B. Giger, III, age 64, formerly of Middletown, Dauphin County, died at 6:05 p. m. Monday, May 28, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where had been a patient. Born in Bloomsburg on October 26, 1947, he was a son of the late Isaiah B., Jr. and Margaret (Valencik) Giger. He resided in Bloomsburg during his early life...

May 23, 2012

ESTHER  N.  LITTLE Esther N. Little, age 86, 250 Colley St., Benton, died peacefully at her home at 7:15 a. m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012. She was born in Lopez, Sullivan County, on March 12, 1926, one of 11 children born to the late Steven and Mary (Pishnak) Klem, who were first generation immigrants from Austria. She resided in Benton since 1949....

May 21, 2012

ALMA  D.  "AMY"  MERRELL Alma D. "Amy" Merrell, age 79, 110 Jerseytown Road, Danville, died at 5:23 p. m. Monday, May 21, 2012 in the emergency room of the Geisinger Medical Center, where she was taken after being stricken at her home. Her death followed a courageous three year battle with cancer. Born in Cooper Township, Clearfield County on May 15, 1933, she...

May 19, 2012

DAWN  E.  KRESSLER Dawn E. Kressler, age 82, 520 Kressler Ave., Bloomsburg, died at 4:05 a. m. Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Bloomsburg Health Care Center, where she had resided since June, 2010. Born in Numidia, Locust Township, on April 26, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mercy (Hower) Lindenmuth. Her early life was spent in the...

May 19, 2012

LILLIAN  E.  "BETTY"  LOVE Lillian E. "Betty" Love, age 73, 2350 Bloom Road, Danville, died at her home on Saturday, May 19, 2012 after an illness of five years. Born in Baltimore, Md. on October 8, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Melvin Hughes Seifert and Ruby Ware (Mawyer) Seifert. She resided in the Danville area since 1957. Betty was a...

May 15, 2012

Shirley K. Andrews Lewis,  age 65, 238 Country Terrace, Bloomsburg,  died at 2:51 a. m. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient. She was in failing health for the past year. Born on October 23, 1946 in Catawissa, she was a daughter of the late Larue and Alice (Hildebrandt) Andrews. She resided in the...

May 14, 2012

GRIER  A.  SHULTZ Grier A. Shultz, age 53, Jacksonville, Fla., and formerly of Danville, died at his home on Monday, May 14, 2012. Born in Danville on April 23, 1959, he was a son of the late Clifford  G. and Olive A. (Peeling) Shultz. He resided in Jacksonville for the past year and previously spent most of his life in Danville. Grier was...

May 12, 2012

MARGARET  M.  "Peg"  ROOT Margaret M. "Peg" Root, age 94, 161 Rainbow Hill Road, Benton, died at 2:30 p. m. Saturday, May 12, 2012 at her home after being in failing health for two months. Born in Philadelphia on Dec. 12, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Olga (Schams) Flanagan. She resided in the Benton area since 1978 and...

May 11, 2012

GARY  H.  KRESSLER Gary H. Kressler, age 52, 153 W. Scott Street, Orangeville (Stony Brook Circle) died at his home at 4:55 a. m. Friday, May 11, 2012 after being in ill health since August, 2011. Born in Bloomsburg on October 25,  1959, he was the son of Anna M. (Johnson) Kressler, a guest at Balanced Care At Bloomsburg and the late Gilbert...

May 10, 2012

EVELYN  L.  RYAN Evelyn L. Ryan, age 74, formerly of Danville, died at 2:30 a. m. Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Riverwoods in Lewisburg where she was a patient since Sept. 26, 2011. She had been in failing health for the past two years. Born in Bloomsburg on August 19, 1937, she was a daughter of the late William F., Sr.  and Cloma...

May 5, 2012

WILLIAM  H.  STANZIALE William H. Stanziale, age 87, 445 Hillside Drive, Bloomsburg, died at 9:25 p. m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 in the emergency room of the Bloomsburg Hospital after taking ill at his home. Born in Wilkes-Barre on July 17, 1924, he was a son of the late Henry C. and Louise (Cook) Stanziale. He was a 1942 graduate of Coughlin...

May 5, 2012

VIRGINIA  L.  YORKS Virginia L. Yorks, age 76, 1300 Grandview Drive, Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly at her home at 8:27 a. m. Saturday, May 5, 2012. Born in Fishingcreek Township on Aug. 21, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Ray Donovan and Bertha Marie (Hess) Bender. She resdied in Benton for many years before moving to the Lightstreet area in December,...

May 3, 2012

MARK  A.  JEIRLES Mark A. Jeirles, age 46, 1634 Taylor Place, Williamsport, was killed instantly when struck by a hit and run vehicle late Wednesday evening in Williamsport and pronounced dead at 12:05 a. m.  Thursday May 3, 2012 Born in Williamsport on May 4, 1965, he was a son of Ardell L. Jeirles, Bloomsburg and the late Margaret P. (Hughes) Jeirles. He...

Apr 26, 2012

John Joseph Willoughby, age 85, 915 Mt. Zion Drive, Danville, peacefully ended his life's journey at his home at 8:07 a.m., Thursday, April 26, 2012. Born on December 21, 1926 in Shamokin, he was a son of the late Joseph Aloysious and Lottie Mae (Moyer) Willoughby. John was a graduate of Danville High School, Class of 1944, where he played...

Apr 20, 2012

SARAH  I.  KELLUM Sarah I. Kellum, age 87, 1188 State Route 239, Huntington Mills, died at 2:30 p. m. Friday April 20, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient for six days. She was in failing health for several years. Born at Fisherdale, Cleveland Township on July 10, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Victor...

Apr 19, 2012

PATRICIA  GAIL  TREADO Patricia Gail Treado, age 59, 340 E. Prospect Ave., State College, died at 8:28 a. m. Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical center, Danville, where she was a patient for two days. Born In Washington, DC on Nov. 4, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Richard Ayo and Mary (Stevens) Ayo Orlando. She was a...

Apr 18, 2012

Joseph  T.  â€œTed”  Keller Joseph T. Keller, age 87, 122 Arbutus Park  Road, Bloomsburg, died at 12 noon on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in the emergency room of Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He had been in failing health for two years. Born in Scranton, on January 13, 1925, he was the only child of the late Joseph P. and Mary (Flanagan) Keller. As a...

Apr 17, 2012

VIRGINIA  A.  SWAYZE Virginia A. Swayze, age 94, 912 Race Street (P. O. Box 270), Mifflinville, died at 11:30 a. m. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Joan A. Troy where she resided.  She was in failing health for the past two years. Born in Trenton, N.J. on June 30, 1917,  she was the daughter of the late William M....

Apr 14, 2012

Dana D. Lamoreaux, age 81, 2418 Reichart Road, Bloomsburg died at his home at 9:50 a. m. Saturday, April 14, 2012. He was in failing health for five years.         Born At Muhlenburg, Luzerne County on May 8, 1930, he was a son of the late Clark and Blanche (Cragle) Lamoreaux. He resided in the Bloomsburg area for over 60 years....

Apr 3, 2012