Obituaries
James S. Giger
Sep 8, 2015
James S. Giger, age 74, 210 Mill Street, Orangeville, died at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Orangeville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, where he was a patient for two weeks. He was a resident of Orangeville Manor for 13 years prior. Born in Bloomsburg on June 23, 1941, he was a son of the late Isaiah B. and...

Charles D. Swisher
Sep 8, 2015
Charles D. Swisher, age 87, of Bloomsburg, died at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was a patient for six days. Born in Bloomsburg on June 8, 1928, he was a son of the late Charles and Bessie (Derr) Swisher. Charles resided in the Bloomsburg area his entire life. He was a...
George F. Acornley
Sep 8, 2015
George F. Acornley, age 71, of 305 Country Lane East, Orangeville (Stony Brook Circle), died early Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Bloomsburg on September 28, 1943, he was a son of the late Albert and Eudora (Dennis) Acornley. A 1963 graduate of Central Columbia High School, he resided in the Bloomsburg area his...
Joshua Lee Jones
Sep 4, 2015
Joshua L. Jones, 40, of 109 Tower Drive, Danville, died Friday afternoon, September 4, 2015, on State Route 54, Derry Twp, Montour Co., as a result of a motorcycle accident. Born July 27, 1975 in Williamsport, the son of Mary Ann (Haldeman) Miller, Ozark, AL and Ralph F. Jones and wife Betsy, Stillwater, PA. Joshua resided at his present address for the...
Richard E. Hack
Sep 1, 2015
RICHARD E. HACK Richard E. Hack, age 72, 87 Fisher Court, Danville, died at his home at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Born in Mahoning Township, Montour County on June 22, 1943, he was a son of the late Harold and Laura (Mullen) Hack, and resided in Danville his entire life. He served with the US Marine Corps in...
Marilee J. Miller
Aug 29, 2015
Marilee J. Miller, age 77, 122 Valley View Road (P. O. Box 497), Mifflinville, died at 6:10 p. m. Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Balanced Care At Bloomsburg in Scott Township where she was a patient for one week. Born in Mount Gilead, Ohio on December 26, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Charles B. and Gertrude A. (Davis)...
Lois J. Stackhouse
Aug 25, 2015
Lois J. Stackhouse, age 90, 246 W. Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 5 p. m. Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital where she was admitted on Monday. She resided at the Bonham Nursing Center, Stillwater for the past four months. She was born in Berwick on December 12, 1924, a daughter of the late Collins and Marjorie May...
Patti M. Steward
Aug 21, 2015
Patti M. Steward, age 62, 83 Coleman Development Road, Bloomsburg, died at 7 a.m. Friday, august 21, 2015 at the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. She was in failing health for three years. Born in Bloomsburg on January 8, 1953, she was a daughter of the late James and Madelyn (Whitenight) Travelpiece. Patti attended Berwick schools and graduated from Columbia Montour Vocational Technical...
Evelyn M. Rodman
Aug 20, 2015
Evelyn M. (Lamoreaux) Rodman, age 96, Cambra, died at her home at 1:05 a.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015 after a three month illness. Born in Kingston on July 24, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Corey F. and Marjorie âMargiaâ M. (Rood) Lamoreaux. Evelyn resided in Cambra since 1971, and formerly lived in King of Prussia. She was...
Barbara W. Lyon
Aug 18, 2015
Barbara W. Lyon, age 59, 123 Church Street, Bloomsburg (Almedia), was called from her earthly home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Born in Altoona on July 5, 1956, she was a daughter of the late Harold E. and Dorothy B. (Mathias) Wills. She resided in Bloomsburg since August 1997. Barbara was a 1974 graduate of...
Isabelle R. Scaran
Aug 10, 2015
Isabelle R. Scaran, age 90, 30 Tower View Circle, Danville, died at 9:15 p. m. Monday, August 10, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient for three days. She was seriously ill for the past month. Born in Atlas, Northumberland County, on September 4, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Rose...
Margarette M. Tanner
Aug 9, 2015
Margarette M. Tanner, age 63, 203 E. Mahoning St., Danville, died at 2:32 p. m. Sunday, August 9, 2015 at the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center, Bloomsburg, where she was a patient for one month. Born in Bloomsburg on November 13, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Virgil and Mary (McBryan) Burns. She resided in Danville for much of...
Alan C. Nagle
Aug 2, 2015
Alan C. Nagle, age 63, 440 Riverview Ave., Bloomsburg, died at 9:39 p.m. Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, as a result of injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident near Forks earlier in the day. Born in Berwick on December 17, 1951, he was a son of the late Clair B. and Harriet A. (Klinger) Nagle. He...
Margaret L. Mowery
Jul 24, 2015
Margaret L. Mowery Margaret L. Mowery, age 71, 1121 State Route 239, Shickshinny (Huntington Mills), died at her home at 12:03 a. m. Friday, July 24, 2015, after an illness of six months. Born in Huntington Township, Luzerne County on August 3, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Elmer R. and Ora Mary (Hartzel) Ridall. She resided in Huntington Mills...
Mary L. Brown
Jul 22, 2015
Mary L. Brown, age 82, 602 E. Fourth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 9:10 a. m. Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient for 10 days. Her death followed a brief illness. Born in Susquehanna Township, Juanita County, on March 9, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Henry M. and Agnes I....

Dean Williamson
Jul 21, 2015
DEAN WILLIAMSON Dean Williamson, age 42, of Berwick, PA, died at 1:02 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2015 in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, after a several month illness. Born in Peterborough, England on January 1, 1973, He was the son of Brian and Anne (Farrar) Williamson, of White Pine. Dean was a graduate of Shillington High School in Shillington,...
Anthony J. "Tony" Sedor
Jul 20, 2015
Anthony J. âTonyâ Sedor, age 94, 20 E. Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 1:50 a. m. Monday, July 20, 2015 at Balanced Care At Bloomsburg in Scott Township, where he was admitted Saturday. Born in Frackville on November 9, 1920, he was a son of the late John and Helen (Nush) Sedor. He resided in Bloomsburg since 1944. He was a...
Jane M. Achy
Jul 19, 2015
Jane M. Achy, age 72, 134 N. Second Street, Catawissa, died at 3:15 p. m. Sunday, July 19, 2015, at the Emmanuel Center For Nursing, Danville, where she was a patient since June 30, 2015. Born in Catawissa on January 1, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Grace Hoffman. She resided in Catawissa her entire life....

Norma J. Higgins
Jul 18, 2015
Norma J. Higgins, age 74, of 201 W. Mulberry St., Shamokin, died at 7:40 a.m. Saturday, July 18, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient for two days. Born in Shamokin on October 6, 1940, she was the daughter of the late William J., Sr. and Florence E. (Whalen) Higgins. Norma resided in the Shamokin...
Katharine L. "Kitty" Leech
Jul 16, 2015
KATHARINE LOUISE âKITTYâ LEECH Kitty [Katharine Louise], on July 16, 2015. Hemingway said that this world âkills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.â Our brilliant, lovely Kitty was all three of these and so much more, and we all suffer for her loss. She was an immensely talented costume designer, illustrator, and photographer. Above all, Kitty was a...