WILKES-BARRE RECORD ALMANAC 

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DEATHS IN LUZERNE COUNTY

Among prominent men and women claimed by death since November 20, 1944, were:

DECEMBER, 1944

5- Mrs. Jean B. FRANTZ, clubwoman
5- Calvin FERREY, Vulcan Iron Works cashier;
7- Mrs. Hannah E. ASTON;
18- Harvey WEISS, former city clerk;
20- Mrs. Isabelle M. BRADSHAW, wife of late Rev. John Bradshaw;
23- Jerome WALSH, newspaperman;
25- Dr. H. I. HEWISH, well-known physician;
27- Dir. Lovisa I. BLAIR, well-known physician;
30- Capt. Michael J. RAMSEY, Wilkes-Barre Fire Department.

JANUARY, 1945

9- H. B. DAVENPORT, Plymouth Bank president;
20- Edward D. GOWER, retired Lehigh Valley Railroad employe;
25- Dr. Edward E. MARSH, city school doctor;
27- Victor Lee DODSON, president, Wilkes-Barre Business College;
29- Lewis H. BACHMAN, veteran printer.

FEBRUARY, 1945

1- Peter F. KLEIN, Wilkes-Barre, retired railroad worker;
7- Francis P. HEDLUND, Wilkes-Barre, artist;
7- Dr. F. P. LENAHAN, California, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, noted surgeon;
9- John T. LYNN, Kingston, member of Pennsylvania State Guard;
11- Patrick J. COLLINS, Wilkes-Barre, retired clothing merchant;
22- Robert R. HARVEY, Wilkes-Barre, sportsman and lodgeman;
22- Amandus LEHR, Wilkes-Barre, member of 40-Plus Club;
22- D. R. KEELER, Kingston, Miners Bank accountant;
23- Rev. Austin L. PRYNN, pastor of Dallas Methodist Church;
27- William F. HOWELL, secretary-treasurer of Thompson Derr & Bros., Inc.

MARCH, 1945

12- William B. DAVIS, Edwardsville, pharmacist;
18- Rev. Wilson TREIBLE, Mehoopany, retired Methodist minister;
19- Dr. Sarah WYCKOFF, Kingston, physician;
22- Arthur B. SCHOOLEY, Wyoming, banker; 
22- John M. DOBBIE, Pittston, city assessor;
24- Dr. John HOWORTH, city, physician and surgeon;
27- August CZULEGER, Dallas, aged resident.

APRIL, 1945

2- Mrs. Amanda BRYDEN, West Pittston, aged 101;
3- Miss Katherine TOOHEY, retired school teacher;
3- Mrs. Jule AYERS, Kingston, wife of pastor of First Presbyterian Church, city;
3- Fred FEITUSCH, Sr., Luzerne café owner;
10- Max TEPPER, merchant;
10- Shubel KELLY, Merchandise broker;
12- Rev. P. T. BROCIUS, former Plains minister;
22- Rees S. DAVIES, choir leader;
26- Jasper OFTEDAHL, former State Police commander;
27- Rev. Robert S. BOYCE, retired Methodist minister.

MAY, 1945

5- W.P. WILLIAMS, Kingston, Spanish-American War Vet;
5- Harold BERK, insurance agent;
8- T.A. GIBBONS, banker at Pittston;
10- Sister Ruth, music teacher at St. Ann’s Academy;
10- Gladys MARKLE, Hazleton, wife of banker;
15- Evan PHILIPS, contractor;
15- Rev. S. Howard SHUBB, former local Evangelical minister;
20- Margaret Mary CANNON, Red Cross director;
30- Rev. W. A. E. SCHEWE, pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church;
30- Stanley LOWE, well-known business man;
31- Maude BROTHERHOOD, former executive secretary of Red Cross.

JUNE, 1945

3- A. C. McHENRY, retired businessman;
4- Judge Samuel SHULL, Stroudsburg, judge;
5- T. A. DONOHOE, retired businessman;
6- J. LUCAS, Williams, salesman;
8- Frances E. BROOKS, GAR School Librarian;
8- Lyman W. BYERS, retired utility official;
12- M. E. GROVER, retired school teacher;
20- Jonathan JOHNSON, retired pattern maker at Vulcan Iron Works;
24- Hugh G. MURRAY, retired Hazard worker;

JULY, 1945

1- Julius HECHT, Nanticoke merchant;
6- Rev. Ferris CORNELL, Methodist minister;
7- Msgr. J. J. KOWALEWSKI, pastor Blessed Virgin Mary Church;
8- Charles H. RINGSDORF, Kingston;
9- A. A. KILLIAN, educator;
9- Mrs. Sarah KEHOE, wife of coal operator; 
14- Herbert EVANS, retired businessman;
16- Ralph MORRIS, National treasurer of Junior Mechanics;
21- Dr. J. H. MILINELLI, Pittston physician;
22- James COSTELLO, Sr., Hazleton attorney;
29- Daniel LOUGHRAN, clothier and merchant.

AUGUST, 1945

2- Corey FRANTZ, president of Dallas Bank;
2- A. Clark STAHL, Kingston mining engineer;
3- Ben WEISS, furniture dealer;
3- Dr. J. T. NEWTH, Pittston physician;
6- Dr. G. A. CLARK, physician;
7- Fred C. KIRKENDALL, former city controller;
9- R. A. HOUSER, Martz firm official;
19- Harry WILLIAMS, former newspaperman;
21- W. N. WHITE, retired Forty Fort school director;
29- Dr. John F. CONNOLE, Wilkes-Barre physician and surgeon.

SEPTEMBER, 1945

3- John P. MURPHY, Dallas, Chamber of Commerce director;
4- Frederick P. HILEMAN, city druggist;
5- Mrs. William P. HUNT, wife of Rev. William HUNT, formerly of Wilkes-Barre;
9- L. G. SAMPSON, Wyoming Seminary professor;
25- W. L. CAREY, West Wyoming school director and councilman;
27- Fred B. MOORE, veteran postal employee;
29- Adam GLAHN, mine foreman;
30- Frank ANSTETT, musician.

OCTOBER, 1945

4- Archbishop ARSENY, Russian Orthodox bishop;
8- “King” Faustin WIRKUS, former Dupont resident;
9- Paul YAROMA, one of founders of St. Peter and Paul’s Ukranian Church;
10- William H. DEAN, chemist;
10- J. H. BROOKS, broker;
12- Hugh BRISLIN, member of Times-Leader, The Evening News staff;
24- John FALLON, former Pittston city policeman;
25- Mrs. Anna F. COMERFORD, widow of theater owner;
26- Edward HART, former Parsons burgess.

NOVEMBER, 1945

5- Daniel BLAINE, Larksville councilman;
12- Walter C. SCHMINK, State Highway Department attaché;
13- Rev. Edgar A. CONLON, pastor Sacred Heart RC Church, Plains; 
19- William J. STOUT, General manager, Eastern Pennsylvania Supply Company;
25- Rev. Llewellyn THOMAS, Presbyterian minister;
26- John STENGER, Sr., radio station owner;
26- Dr. Charles ROBASKIEWICZ, dentist;
26- Dr. O. F. KISTLER, physician;
27- Dr. J. P. GILLIGAN, physician.

Typed by Gail Elm, August 2004