Obituaries
Terry P. Troy
Mar 18, 2023
Terry P. Troy, age 65, of Zachery Road, Stillwater, passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Bonham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Stillwater.
Born in Bloomsburg on June 8, 1957, he was a son of the late Warren E. and Dorothy (Rickmers) Troy. He was a 1975 graduate of Bloomsburg High School and of Bloomsburg State College where...
Donald E. Deitrick
Mar 16, 2023
Donald E. Deitrick, age 84, formerly of Orangeville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at the home of his daughter, Linda Deitrick in Bloomsburg, surrounded by his family.
Born at the Bloomsburg Hospital on August 25, 1938, he was a son of the late Clyde E., Sr., and Beatrice S. (Dent) Deitrick. He received a diploma from Bloomsburg...
Charles Howard Carlson, Ed.D.
Mar 15, 2023
Charles Howard Carlson, Ed.D., age 94, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Wednesday March 15, 2023 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Born on November 5, 1928 in Kingsburg, CA, he was the son of the late Gustav A. and Sigrid (Johanson) Carlson. He resided in Bloomsburg since 1959.
Dr. Carlson was a 1946 graduate of Kingsburg High School and received...
Doris L. Creveling
Mar 13, 2023
Doris L. (Thomas) Creveling, age 79, of Bloomsburg, passed away Monday March 13, 2023 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Born in Orangeville on May 31, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Harold D. and Margaret J. (Hartman) Thomas. She resided in Orangeville and Bloomsburg most of her life. She was a 1961 graduate of Central...
Anna Mae (Kingston) Chernesky
Mar 12, 2023
Anna Mae (Kingston) Chernesky, age 90, of 330 W. Third Street, Bloomsburg, died early Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Bloomsburg Care & Rehabilitation Center.
Born in Fernville on September 5, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Manley Roy and Lucy (Law) Kingston. She resided in Fernville all of her life until moving to the Bloomsburg Towers. She...
Gloria E. Parker
Mar 11, 2023
Gloria E. Parker, age 66, of Bloomsburg, died Saturday March 11, 2023 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Born at the Bloomsburg Hospital on May 22, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Jay C. and Edna V. (Baker) Parker. She was a lifelong resident of Bloomsburg and a 1974 graduate of the Columbia-Montour Vocational Technical School, where...
Matthew S. Donnelly
Mar 11, 2023
Matthew S. Donnelly, age 54, of Hillside Village, Catawissa died at his home on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
Born in Long Beach, California on November 21, 1968, he was a son of Ronald R. Donnelly of Palm Desert, California and Maxine (Long) Donnelly of Catawissa. He attended Southern Area High School and was a 1987 graduate of Los Alamitos High...
Betty Jean (Perry) Helwig
Mar 11, 2023
Betty Jean (Perry) Helwig, age 92, of English Hill Road, Bloomsburg, died Saturday, March 11, 2023 at the Bonham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Stillwater.
Born in Bloomsburg on July 10, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Perry and Leona B. (Vannatta) Perry Ledger. She lived in Mount Pleasant Township since 1951 and was a 1948 graduate...
Shirley M. (Thomas) Bower
Mar 10, 2023
Shirley M. (Thomas) Bower, age 84, of Sweet Valley, died Friday, March 10, 2023, at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Born in Orangeville on July 15, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Harold D. and Margaret J. (Hartman) Thomas. She was a graduate of the former Orangeville High School and resided in Sweet Valley for 54 years.
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Timothy M. O'Dell
Mar 7, 2023
Timothy M. O’Dell, age 57, of 13 West View Court, Berwick, died at his home on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 after being in failing health since June, 2022.
Born at the Berwick Hospital on May 16, 1965, he was the son of Nancy (Davis) O’Dell of Berwick and the late Clarence J. O’Dell.
Tim was a lifelong resident of the...
Pepper M. Robbins
Mar 5, 2023
Pepper M. Robbins, age 77, of 3779 State Route 487, Stillwater, died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Born in Nanticoke on July 28, 1945, he was a son of the late Sarah Jane Robbins.
Pepper was self employed as a scrap collector most of his life.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Deborah A. (Pembleton) Haden
Mar 3, 2023
Deborah Anne (Pembleton) Haden, age 74, of Benton (Talmar), entered eternal rest on March 3, 2023, at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Wilkes-Barre on February 5, 1949, a daughter of the late Robert W. and Anne M. (Honas) Pembleton, she was a resident of the Benton-Millville area for the past 34 years...
Doris E. (Steffen) Conner
Mar 2, 2023
Doris E. (Steffen) Conner, age 91, of Riverside, passed away on Thursday March 2, 2023 at Grandview Nursing & Rehabilitation in Danville, where she had been a resident for six weeks.
She was born in October 1931 in Conyngham Twp., Luzerne County, a daughter of the late Herbert J. and Alberta P. (Hower) Steffen. She was a 1950 graduate of...
Kimberley Ann Heller
Feb 22, 2023
Kimberley A. (Kershner) Heller, age 60, 131 Lake Road, Berwick passed away at Geisinger Medical Center while under the care of Geisinger Hospice on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Born in Bloomsburg on November 9, 1962, she was the daughter of Clyde E. Kershner of Bloomsburg and the late Joyce E. (Wilson) Kershner.
Kim was a 1980 graduate of Central Columbia...
Sheila Ann Riley
Feb 21, 2023
Sheila A. (Hendricks) Riley, age 80, of 363 Boyd Station Road, Danville passed away at Grandview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Danville on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Born in Mahoning Township on April 10, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Frank W. and Elsie (Belle) Hendricks. She was a lifelong resident of the Danville area and a 1960 graduate...

Dolores I. "Dody" McCloskey
Feb 20, 2023
Dolores I. “Dody” McCloskey, age 87, of Columbia, Kentucky and formerly of Bloomsburg died on February 20, 2023 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, Kentucky.
Born in Bloomsburg on March 27, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Isaiah, Sr., and Irene (Davis) McCloskey. Her step-mother was the late Lena McCLoskey.
Dody was a...
Elaine P. (Tanner) Pringle
Feb 20, 2023
Elaine P. (Tanner) Pringle, age 70, of 234 Pepper Hills Dr., Danville passed away at her home on Monday morning February 20, 2023 after an illness.
Born in Danville on December 2, 1952, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Mary C. (Crossley) Tanner. A 1970 graduate of Danville High School, she spent her life in the...
Karen Louise "Sis" Payne
Feb 19, 2023
Karen L. “Sis” Payne, age 77, of 39 Payne Lane, Nescopeck (Mifflin Township) went to be with her heavenly Father Sunday morning, February 19, 2023, at the Emmanuel Center For Nursing in Danville. Karen lived at Johnson’s Personal Care Home in Hobbie for several years before transferring to Maria Joseph Manor, Danville and last to Emmanuel Center.
Born in Mifflin...
Diane I. Keefer
Feb 19, 2023
Diane I. Keefer, age 79, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Sunday evening February 19, 2023 at the Bloomsburg Care & Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided since September 2018.
Born in Danville on January 4, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Howard E. and Ernestine V. (Boyer) Jones. She was a 1962 graduate of Slatington High School.
Diane...
Kathie E. (Stackhouse) Sheridan
Feb 17, 2023
Kathie E. (Stackhouse) Sheridan, age 75, formerly of Central Road, Benton died early Friday, February 17, 2023 at the Bloomsburg Care & Rehabilitation Center where she resided since November 11, 2014.
Born at the Bloomsburg Hospital on October 24, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Herman L. and Doris I. (McHenry) Stackhouse. Her early life was spent in...