Deaths in Luzerne County

Some of the prominent men and women claimed by death in Luzerne County from December 1, 1938, to November 30,
 1939:

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DECEMBER, 1938

2, Andrew Comerford, Plymouth native, at Los Angeles;
2. Rev. T. F. Kelly, 54, Avoca native, at Allentown;
4, John Wainwaring, former Recorder of Deeds, at Scranton;
5, Rev. Edgar B. Singer, 72. White Haven native, at Nicholson;
10, Rev. Joachim Cuniffe, O. F. M.. founder of Georgetown Franciscan monastery, at Denber, Col.;
12, Stephen Hartman. 63, former Recorder of Deeds; 
20. fireman Fred R. MacFadden. 42. Wilkes-Barre;
26, Rev. Leonard C. Murdock, 76, former city minister, at Cape May, N.J.;
27, Internal Revenue Collector James F. Mundy, 70, at Philadelphia.

JANUARY, 1939

1. Rev. Patrick Durkan, Wilkes-Barre priest;
3, Mrs. John D. Farnham, 54, Wilkes-Barre;
4, Dr. Jules Frankel, 49, city native, in New York;
5, Mrs. Caroline M. Sorber, 89, pioneer Noxen resident;
20, Meyer Abelson, 50, merchant;
21, Octavius Jones, 57, city plumbing inspector;
21, Fred O. Smith, 62, Vulcan Iron Works executive;
30, Police Sergeant Frank P. Redington, 65, Wilkes-Barre.

FEBRUARY, 1939

1. M.E. Comerford, 71, motion picture pioneer, at Miami, Fla.;
1, Samuel Smulowitz, 81, retired city merchant;
7, John McCarthy Plymouth. A. O. H. Leader; 
16, Rev. Williams J. Gibson, 53, Miners Mills priest;
13, Thomas Moran, of Plains, U.M.W.A. auditor, at Washington, D.C.;
18, Mrs. George W. Carr, wife of physician;
19, Attorney Peter J. McCormack, 63, Wilkes-Barre;
20, John C. Ritchie, 75, Wilkes-Barre, 26, William E. Smith, 63, department store executive.
26, William E.Smith, 63, department store executive.

MARCH

7, Charles E. Ash, Glen Alden Coal Company executive;
7, Mrs. Charles B. Lenahan, wife of attorney;
25, Horace N. Weller, Avoca bank cashier;
31, Charles Rhenard, 96, Wilkes-Barre, last valley Civil War veteran;
31, Martin Hughes, Wilkes-Barre Railway superintendent.

April

3. Dr. Michael A. Murray, 72, of Wilkes-Barre physician;
3, William Miner Barnum, 78, first Wilkes-Barre Record carrier;
5, Felix T. Levy, 72, retired Wilkes-Barre merchant and Jewish leader;
8, Samuel Bulford, 92, Huntsville; 
11, Amelia Lape, 99, Nanticoke;
18, Rev. William J. Heffron, Catholic priest;
20, Daniel B. O’Donnell, former city councilman;
24, Daniel J. Cray, Wilkes-Barre, educator;
24, Rev. Irwin G. Snyder, Conyngham minister;
24, Rev. Harvey P. Walter, formerly of Pittston, at Bethlehem;
26, James J. Woods, West Pittston councilman, at Philadelphia.

May

5, Robert F. Fahringer of Wilkes-Barre, pioneer engraver;
6, John J. Robert, 48 Plymouth official, at Philadelphia;
7, Dr. William E. Davis, 64, Kingston dentist, at York;
8, Robert J. Wood, retired policeman; 
9, Burgess William Walsh, 25, Laflin;
10, John MacCallum, Wilkes-Barre, retired business man;
14, Rev. Henry J. Buckingham, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, at New Castle;
16, Dr. Byron H. Jackson, Scranton radiologist, Dallas native;
17, Adam P. Liefer of Dallas, retired chain store executive, at Miami, Fla;
18, John Torrey Fuller, Mining engineer, in New York City; 23, Mrs. Emily Andrews, 93, Nanticoke;
27, Isaac S. Long, 82, retired Wilkes-Barre merchant;
27, Charles B. D. Wood, 54, Kingston, steel executive;
28, Dr. Harry Archey, 74, retired Plymouth dentist.

JUNE

17, P. H. O’Brien, 78, of Duryea, retired coal company official;
17, W. A. Schlingman, 67, former Wilkes-Barre banker;
23, Charles W. Kichline, 65, White Haven merchant;
24, Rev. Rudolph Runtagh, 59, Swoyerville;
25, Rev. Patrick F. Cawley, Pittston native, at Archbald;
25, Charles J. Virtue, Plymouth Township educator;
28, M. A. Oppenheim, 73, rttired store executive; 
      John F. Duddy, Plains Township;
30, William Ginter, 64, former Nanticoke grocer;
30, Charles W. Guthrie, 68, theatrical man.

JULY

1. C. Roscoe Lee, 60, Kingston businessman;
2, Grace King, 61, Forty Fort teacher, accident;
2, Rev. Brother Flamian, University of Scranton faculty member;
7, Llewellyn Richards, 53, Hazleton city official and newspaperman;
10, Dr. Elmer W. Tiffany, 70, formerly of Kingston, at Ithaca
11, Frank H. Silvernail, 70, coal company official;
17, Rev. Malachi Kittrick, city native, in Florida;
19, Dr. John A. Kozak, 34, Wilkes-Barre dentist;
20, William N. Hawke, 32, Ashley Borough and coal company official;
20, G. B. Crump, 71, former school teacher; 
30, Teofil J. Varhely, 54, Hanover Township, editor.

AUGUST

1., Jenkin L. Rowe, 53, Nanticoke merchant;
5, Dr. T. R. Dorris, 39,
7, George Z. Robbins, 93, last civil War veteran of Post 97, G. A. R.;
8, C. P. Stackhouse, 68, former city physician, in Idaho;
9, Pasco Schiavo, 56, Hazleton attorney, at Danville;
11, Lady Diana M. Daly, descendant of pioneer residents, in England;
11, Fred W. Ahlborn, Wilkes-Barre insurance broker;  
13, Jonathan R. Davis, 75, county commissioner; 
18, Judge Oliver Hull Fowler Williams, 80, city native, in Rhode Island.

SEPTEMBER

12, Theodore Ellis, 61, Kingston banker;
13, Raymond Newmann, 41, Laurel Run official;
17, Arthur H. James, Jr., 20, son of Governor James, in Missouri;
20, Anna V. Mackin, department store executive;
12, Patrick F. Kielty, 68, city insurance executive;
24, A. C. Laning, 73, Wilkes-Barre broker;
30, Alexander Krulikowski, 70 Glen Lyon Tax Collector.

OCTOBER

1. C. H. Schaefer, 47, Wilkes-Barre;
2, William D. Brown, 71, Kingston fire chief;
3, Dr. A. M. Northrup, 62, Ashley leader and former State official, in Canada;
19, William E. Traxler, Kingston, educator;
21, Hannah Sheldon Loomis, 103, Thunkhannock;
22, W. C. Sutherland, 77, Pittston merchant;
26, T. S. Barber, 67, Wilkes-Barre, coal operator;
29, George Scheuer, 84, baker president.

NOVEMBER

1. Louis P. Bierly, West Pittston, educator;
2, John A. Kopicki, Kingston, mortician;
4, Dr. Stanley T. Monahan, Plains physician;
    William S. Jones, 53, Kingston official;
6, Dr.  E. L. Wilkinson, 83, formerly of Kingston, physician;
7, Attorney Evan C. Jones, 63, Wilkes-Barre; 
    Dr. A. D. Thomas, 64, Hazleton, educator; 
9, Mrs. Sarah C. Maxfield, 93, Wilkes-Barre;
10, Rev. Thomas M. Nichols, 75, formerly of West Pittston;
12, Harry F. Geddes, 67, Wilkes-Barre court reporter;
12, William D. Berryman, 46, Wilkes-Barre;
16, E. J. Edwards, 71, Drifton, banker;
17, Vincent Bayard Sheeder, 81, Wanamie banker;
      Walter S. Rae, 61, Pittsburgh, Market Street bridge builder
19, Dr. George T. McGuire, Wyoming;
19, Peter R. Smaltz, 68, Hughestown, sports figure;
20, Judge Daniel Ackley Fell, 81;
21, Richard R. Harris, 86, West Pittston, water company manager;
22, Michael Kmetz, 37, Wilkes-Barre policeman;
22, Attorney Charles M. Bowman, 67, Wilkes-Barre;
22, Harry W. Taylor 72, father of Chief of Police J. Russell Taylor;
22, A. Dana Rice, 63, Jackson Township official;
24, Dr. William Henderson, 65, former county official;
25, Attorney F. Merle Mackin, 50, Exeter;
26, Harry Strack, Hazleton official.

Typed by Robin Stone,  May 2004