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Elizabeth Laura Christian

Elizabeth Laura Christian

Oct 3, 2014

Elizabeth Laura Christian, age 58, of 23 Westover Road, Benton, passed away peacefully at 5:00 a.m.  Friday , October 3, 2014 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, after a heroic six month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 10, 1956 in Glenolden, the daughter of E. Jayne (Davis) McCann, Benton and...

Louise K. Lewis

Louise K. Lewis

Sep 24, 2014

Lewis K. Lewis, age 85, formerly of Market St., Benton, died at 5:45 p. m. Thursday, September 24, 2014,  at the Orangeville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Orangeville, where she was a patient since August 1.  She previously resided at Loyalton of Bloomsburg for three years. Born in Benton on October 3, 1928, she was a daughter of the late H. Hurl and...

Jay Howard Belles

Jay Howard Belles

Sep 20, 2014

Jay  Howard  Belles   Jay Howard Belles, age 77, 205 Belles Road, Orangeville, died at his home under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice, at 5:45 p. m. Saturday, September 20, 2014. He was in failing health since June, having been diagnosed with a rare virus, J.C., which attacks the immune system. Born on June 5, 1937 in Bloomsburg, he was the...

Dolores  A. Ziminsky

Dolores A. Ziminsky

Sep 19, 2014

Dolores  A.  Ziminsky Dolores A. Ziminsky, age 76, formerly of R. R. #1, White Haven, died at 5:09 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, where she was admitted on Wednesday. She had been a guest at the Mountain City Nursing Home, Hazleton. Born on November 5, 1937  in Dennison Township, Luzerne County, she was daughter of the...

Dorothy J. Eckhart

Dorothy J. Eckhart

Sep 17, 2014

Dorothy J. Eckhart, age 73, 134 Huntington Creek Road, Sweet Valley,. died at 8:31 p. m. Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient for one day. She had been in ill health for several years. Born in Nanticoke on January 27, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Thelma...

Ruth A. Carlough

Ruth A. Carlough

Sep 17, 2014

Ruth A. Carlough, age 91, Bloomsburg, died at her home on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 9:45 a. m. while under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice. Born in Main Township on September 10, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Warren Robert and Ida (Young) Mauser. Ruth graduated from the former Mifflin Township High School in 1942...

Merle B. Turner

Merle B. Turner

Sep 15, 2014

Merle B. Turner, age 89, formerly of Wedgetown Road, Bloomsburg, died at 2 a.m. Monday, September 15, 2014 in Orangeville Nursing and Rehab. Center, where he had been a guest since February 2010. Born in Mt. Pleasant Twp., Columbia County on July 5, 1925, he was a son of the late Ellis and Ruth A. (Beagle) Turner. He had resided...

Vicki L. (Davis) Sherwood

Vicki L. (Davis) Sherwood

Sep 10, 2014

Vicki L. (Davis) Sherwood, age 52, 2700 Lackawanna Ave., Lot 19, Bloomsburg, died at her home at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Bloomsburg on August 14, 1962, she was a daughter of Barbara (Bason) Davis, Bloomsburg and the late Donald J. Davis. She was a 1980 graduate of Bloomsburg High School...

Paul A. Merook

Paul A. Merook

Sep 4, 2014

Paul A. Merook, age 70, 61 Three Springs Road, Stillwater, died at his home at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, September 4, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Born in Coaldale, Schuylkill County on November 30, 1943, he was a son of the late Leo Merook and the late Elizabeth (Williams) Minalda. A 1962 graduate of Mahanoy Area High School, he resided in...

Paul R. Coxe

Paul R. Coxe

Aug 28, 2014

Paul R. Coxe, age 80, 93 Avon Avenue, Bloomsburg, died at 3:09 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he had been a patient for 11 days. Born in Bloomsburg on September 23, 1933, he was a son of the late Richard and Carolla (Watts) Coxe. He was a 1951 graduate of Bloomsburg High School, and...

Donald R. Carl

Donald R. Carl

Aug 26, 2014

Donald R. Carl, age 76, 251 E. Ninth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2014 in Geisinger Bloomsburg Health Care Center, where he had been a guest for four months. Born in Locust Twp., Columbia County on June 17, 1938, he was a son of the late Alvah and Edna Mae (Beltz) Carl. A graduate of the...

Margaret J. Franklin

Margaret J. Franklin

Aug 21, 2014

Margaret J. Franklin, age 92, 311 Center Street, Danville, died at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 21, 2014 in Emmanuel Nursing Center, Danville, where she had resided for the last month. She was in failing health for several years. Born at Southdale in Huntington Twp., Luzerne County on May 17, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Amos and Helen...

Armando J. "Al" Lenzini

Armando J. "Al" Lenzini

Aug 19, 2014

Armando Joseph “Al” Lenzini, age 95, of 339 Orchard Drive, Catawissa, died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 9:55 p.m. He spent most of his adult life in Bloomsburg and was fondly called “Big Al”. Al was born in Mocanaqua on January 28, 1919 and was the youngest son of Giovanni and Ottavia (Nesti) Lenzini’s nine...

Charles C. Housenick, II

Charles C. Housenick, II

Aug 16, 2014

Charles  C. "Nick"  Housenick, II Charles C. "Nick" Housenick, II, age 76, of  Bloomsburg, an investment advisor, former Ford dealer and avid Philadelphia Phillies fan died at 4:45 a. m. Saturday at his summer home in Eagles Mere from complications of congestive heart failure. Nick was born in Bloomsburg on October 13, 1937 to the late John C. and Mary (Berwind) Housenick and...

Richard E. "Richie" Herbert

Richard E. "Richie" Herbert

Aug 9, 2014

Richard E. “Richie” Herbert, Jr., age 42, 109 W. Mahoning St., Danville, died in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, August 9, 2014. Born in Camp LeJeune, NC on July 31, 1972, He was a son of Patricia (Asbury) Herbert, Danville and the late Richard E. Herbert. A 1990 graduate of North Shore High School in Slidell, La.; Richie resided in Danville the...

Catherine Jean Sitler

Catherine Jean Sitler

Aug 8, 2014

Catherine Jean Sitler, age 86, 3 Avon Avenue, Bloomsburg, died at 10:15 a.m. Friday, August 8, 2014 in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Trevorton on May 14, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Rachel (Blanksby) Strohecker. Jean was a 1945 graduate of Trevorton High School and a 1948 graduate of the former Geisinger Hospital School...

Richard F. Klenert

Richard F. Klenert

Aug 7, 2014

Richard  F.  Klenert

Richard F. Klenert, age 84, 85 Hill St., Benton, died at 7:03 p. m. Thursday, August 7, 2014, at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was a patient for three weeks.

Born in Brooklyn, New York on May 21, 1930, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary (Lafferty) Klenert.. He resided in Benton...

Dorothy V. Arnold

Dorothy V. Arnold

Aug 7, 2014

Dorothy  V.  Arnold

Dorothy V. Arnold, age 94, 330 W. Third St., Bloomsburg, died at 4:46 p. m., Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital where she was admitted earlier in the day. She had been ill for two weeks.

Born in Fairview, Maryland on December 13, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Edward L. and...

Carlisle C. Horne

Carlisle C. Horne

Aug 6, 2014

Carlisle C. Horne, age 93, 1335 Continental Blvd., Danville, died at his home on Wednesday evening, August 6, 2014 after having been in failing health for several years.

Born in Cleveland Township, Columbia County on May 6, 1921, he was a son of the laate Robert E. and Bertha Mae (Fritz) Horne. He was a graduate of the former Locust...

Glenn M. Spayde

Glenn M. Spayde

Aug 4, 2014

Glenn M. Spayde, age 85, 240 Crabapple Lane, Bloomsburg, went to be with his Lord at 10:27 a.m. Monday, August 4, 2014 at Balanced Care at Bloomsburg, a nursing facility in Scott Township, where he was a patient since July 19. He was in failing health for ten years.

Born in Bloomsburg on February 6, 1929, he was a son...