Obituaries
Gladys Knoebel Persing
Sep 18, 2012
Gladys Hope (Knoebel) Persing Gladys Hope (Knoebel) Persing, age 101, formerly from Elysburg, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend went home to her Lord on September 18, 2012 at 12:14 p.m. in the Emmanuel Nursing Center, Danville, where she resided for the past seven years. Born on October 13, 1910 in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, she was a...
Betty Jean Fillman
Sep 15, 2012
Betty Jean (Waters) Hutton Fillman, age 64, formerly of 117 Elm St., Milton, died at 8:15 p. m. Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Manor Care Health Services, Sunbury where she was a patient for one year. Born in Catawissa on Feb. 26, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Cameron E. and Anna Mae (Trump) Waters. She resided in...
Laszlo Balla
Sep 6, 2012
Laszlo Balla, age 82, 279 Summit Avenue, Bloomsburg, died at 3:21 a. m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 at the Lehigh Valley Medical Center, Allentown where he had been a patient since being burned in an accident at his home on August 30, 2012. Born in Budapest, Hungary on April 5, 1930, he was a son of the late Janos and...
Diane D. Koons
Sep 5, 2012
Diane D. Koons, age 78, 370 Park Street, Benton, died at her home at 6 a. m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 after having been in failing health for five years. Born in Muncy on Jan. 20, 1934, a daughter of the late Nevin and Gladys (Bastian) Decker, she was a 1952 graduate of Montgomery High School. Diane resided in Benton since 1983...
Jason W. Ryman
Sep 3, 2012
Jason W. Ryman Jason W. Ryman, age 27, 2231 Cedar St., Philadelphia, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in a sailboat accident on the Chesapeake Bay near Gibson Island, Maryland. Born at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville on October 26, 1984, he was the son of Vernon D. Ryman, and Victoria A. (DeWald) Ruk. He resided in Philadelphia for the past five years...

John "Jack" Lenhart
Aug 31, 2012
John M. "Jack" Lenhart John M. "Jack" Lenhart, age 86, 472 (rear) East Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, died at 12:50 p. m. Friday, August 31, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was a patient for three days. He was in failing health for the past three months. Born in Berwick on June 25, 1926, he was a son of the late John...

Mary V. Ritsko
Aug 29, 2012
Mary V. Ritsko, age 85, 1475 Sunbury Road, Buck Run, Pottsville, died at 6:54 a. m. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, several hours after she was admitted. Born on Nov. 18, 1926 in Bellaire, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Fern (Strausser) Robinson. She resided in Baltimore, Maryland for many years...
Harriet L. Kocher
Aug 21, 2012
Harriet L. Kocher, age 94, Lake Ridge, Va., died at 1:35 p. m. Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the Westminster At Lake Ridge Nursing Center, Lake Ridge. She was born on Sept. 10, 1917 at the Bloomsburg Hospital, a daughter of the late Dr. Frank T. and Anna (Kline) Kocher. She was a 1935 graduate of the former Scott Township High School,...
Daniel W. Long
Aug 18, 2012
Daniel W. Long Daniel W. Long, age 71, 34 Perry Ave., Bloomsburg, died at 6:07 p. m. Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Centrer, Danville, where he was a patient for two weeks. He was in failing health for three years. Born in Bloomsburg on December 20, 1940, he was a son of the late Carl J. and...
Ruth P. Drake
Aug 15, 2012
RUTH PAULINE (FOWLER) DRAKE Beloved Ruth Pauline (Fowler) Drake, age 99, formerly of 325 Penn St., Bloomsburg, died at 10:55 p. m. Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at the Providence Place Assisted Living, Drums, under the care of Allcare Hospice of Hazleton. She resided there for the past three years. Born in Berwick on June 14, 1913, she was a daughter of the late...
Michael J. Johnson
Aug 13, 2012
Michael J. Johnson, age 28, 17120 Thorntondale Court, Olney, Md. died at 9:10 p. m. Monday, August 13, 2012 in the emergency room of the Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Del. Where he was taken following a motorcycle accident on Delaware route 1. Born in Charlotte, N.C. on March 18, 1984, he was the son of Craig A. and JoAnn (Magill) Johnson,...
Robert M. Beagle
Aug 11, 2012
ROBERT M. BEAGLE Robert M. Beagle, age 85, 29 Shawnee Road, Bloomsburg, died at 5:15 p. m. Sat. Aug. 11, 2012 at the Columbia Montour Hospice at Maria Hall, Danville, where he was a guest since Tuesday. Born in Bloomsburg on Oct. 4, 1926, he was a son of the late Ralph H. Beagle and Kathleen (Farley) Beagle-Walker. A lifelong resident of...
Reber L. Slusser
Aug 6, 2012
REBER L. SLUSSER Reber L. Slusser, age 86, 2390 Riverview Avenue, Bloomsburg (Espy) died at 11:35 a. m. Monday, August 6, 2012 at the Bloomsburg Health Care Center, where he was a patient since June 27, 2012. Born in Scott Township on Dec. 20, 1935, he was a son of the late Raymond and Ethel A.. (DeWald) Slusser..He resided in Espy most...
Leon H. Greenly
Aug 5, 2012
Leon H. Greenly, age 92, 480 Hillside Drive, Bloomsburg, died at his home at 6 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. He was in failing health for the past year. Born In Turbotville on Nov. 18, 1919, he was a son of the late Roy and Stella (Moser) Greenly. He moved to Bloomsburg as a young man and was a...
Mary Anna Kline
Aug 4, 2012
MARY ANNA (WRIGHT) KLINE Mary Anna (Wright) Kline, age 83, 180 Chestnut St., Bloomsburg, broke the chains of earthly life and went into the arms of her Lord, surrounded by her loving family at 7:39 p. m. Sat., Aug. 4, 2012, at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was a patient for one week. Born in Bloomsburg on Jan. 18, 1929, she...
Betty A. Hayman
Aug 3, 2012
BETTY A. "NANA" HAYMAN Betty A. "Nana" Hayman, age 85, 1690 Old Tioga Turnpike, Stillwater (New Columbus) died at 10:35 P. M. Friday, August 3, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Janet, in New Columbus. She was in failing health for the past three years. Born at Waterton, Huntington Township, Luzerne County on Sept. 10, 1926, she was a daughter of the...
Charles Edward Rhoades, Jr.
Jul 30, 2012
C. Edward âEdâ Rhoades, Jr., age 65, 465 E. Main St., Catawissa, died in the emergency room of the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, at 10:49 a. m. on Monday , July 30, 2012, following a bicycle accident in Catawissa Twp. earlier in the morning. Born in Mahoning Township, Montour County on December 9, 1946, he was a son of the late Charles Edward,...
Mary Catherine Linn
Jul 27, 2012
Mary C. (Sands) Linn, age 89, 147 Sunken Heights Ave., Bloomsburg, died at 6:15 a. m. Friday, July 27, 2012 at the Columbia-Montour Hospice At Maria Hall, Danville, where she was a guest for four months. Born on May 22, 1923 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Myron Sands and Pauline (Welliver) Sands Shuman. She was a lifelong resident of Bloomsburg and...

Jane Theresa Tobin
Jul 25, 2012
Jane T. Tobin, age 79, Raleigh, N.C. died early Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Oaks of Mayview, a health care facility in Raleigh. She was seriously ill for the past month. Born on Jan. 14, 1933 in Jersey City N.J., she was the only child of the late John Sroczynski and Irene (Kuchler) Sroczynski Gaugler. She resided in New Jersey until moving...
William H. Yuhas, Jr
Jul 21, 2012
WILLIAM H. "Bill" YUHAS, JR. Willian H. "Bill" Yuhas, Jr., age 69, 42 Walnut Street, (Fernville) Bloomsburg, died at 6:35 p. m. Sat. July 21, 2012 in the emergency room of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital where he was taken after being stricken at his home. He was in failing health for two years. Born on July 11, 1943 in Nanticoke, he was a son of...