DEATHS IN LUZERNE COUNTY The following information is posted for the sole purpose of family research within the Yahoo Group, The Court House Gang. It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc. without prior written permission and guidelines from the group owner, to ensure that proper credit is given to the group and all of our volunteers that helped with this project. Among prominent men and women claimed by death since November 30, 1951, were: DECEMBER, 1951 1. F. Spencer Russell, 51, president and treasurer of Russell Ice Cream Company 3. Julius Baltimore, 97, father of Louis Baltimore, owner of Station WBRE 4. Philip J. McCabe, former supervising principal of Hanover Township High School James W. Hennihan, 63, former UMWA official and sports figure 5. George W. Yeisley, 95, retired contractor 7. Joseph McTague, 52, VA training officer Earl H. Courtright, 61, merchant 12. Mrs. Ruth Little Dills, funeral director's wife William B. Schaeffer, 86, banker 13. Attorney James McCabe, 73, lawyer James Prideaux, retired mine official Eugene A. Costello, 59, lawyer 20. Rev. Joseph W. Buda, priest 21. Lewis C. Atwood, 87, retired silk mill owner 24. W. Frank Dolbear, 75, former auditor and school director in Plains Township 25. J. Harry Drew, former school principal 26. Rev. Stanley R. Evans, minister 29. Samuel McCracken, 75, banker 31. Warren S. West, 67, sportsman JANUARY, 1952 4. Charles K. DeWees, Jr., 57, engineer and contractor 5. Ridgway B. Espy. Sr., banker Joseph P. Newcomb, 68, coal dealer 14. Rev. Leo J. Moylan, 55, priest 17. William H. Danner, 81, candy manufacturer 18. Dr. C.F. Netzel, 58, physician 19. Edward "Ted" Griffiths, 75, musician 21. Dr. J.A. Norstedt, physician Jesse G. Dixon, 59, educator 23. Thomas Goss, 81, alderman 24. Rev. Martin J. Maher, 58, priest 29. Dr. Thomas A. Gallagher, dentist J.B. Hourigan FEBRUARY 8. Joseph Schraeder, 65, former Newport Township commissioner 12. John Masel, 82, former Wyoming Burgess 13. Dr. John Carl Flemming, 63, Back Mountain physician 15. Harry T. Butts, 77, former Luzerne County controller James G. McCrindle, 86, Laurel Run, former superintendent of E.I. duPont de nemours and Company powder mills at Oliver Mills Delbert Evans, 57, city assessment engineer 29. Attornet Stanley Kuryloski, 81 MARCH 3. Wallace Fry, 62, president of Sardeson Company Monsignor Joseph L. O'Brien, 67, native of Avoca 4. John Adam Hugo, 65, Nanticoke physician William H. Amesbury, Jr., brick contractor 10. William Kelley, attorney 13. W.B. Moseman, 63, retired Woolworth executive 14. Ralph A. Cameron, 59, former Ashley constable 17. George H. Brown, 78, former city school director Isaac VanHorn, 82, Forty Fort, former school principal 20. William E. Williams, 52, Nanticoke Republican leader Douglas J. Kulp, 55, building contractor 21. Timothy LaBar, 65, Dallas councilman 24. Ralph L. Brickel, 71, Dallas undertaker John Thiel, known for portrayal of Abe Lincoln APRIL 2. Edward Owen Belton, survivor of Nazi torpedoing of Liner Athenia Rev. Joseph P. Connor, native of Kingston, accomplished musician 8. Frank Correale, Hazelton political leader and contractor 11. George Sweetra, 39, Plymouth, bowler 14. Joseph Kacala, Glen Lyon, banker 15. Mrs. Mary Valentine, 71, wife of President Judge W. Alfred Valentine 16. Rev. Alexis Dankevich, 58, pastor Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church, Alden Station Joseph Joyce, Kingston Harry H. Jones, Spanish American War veteran MAY 4. Lloyd P. Robertson, 60, Wilkes-Barre Record telegraph editor 8. Dr. Ambrose V. Sloan, Glen Summit 19. Rev. Nazarius DeScianni, retired administrator of Holy Rosary Church, in Italy Attorney Thomas J. Grover, 78 24. Joseph G. Upton, 66, retired Publishing Company employe 26. Dr. George W. Woodward, Philadelphia, former State Senator, native of Wilkes-Barre JUNE 1. Michael J. Battle, Pittston, in charge of the FBI office at Albany 4. Mrs. Vivian Kappler Kniffen, former Wilkes-Barre Record employe 6. George Saricks, 81, brother of Fire Chief Ambrose Saricks William Challenger, Nanticoke, 79, business man and real estate dealer 12. C.J. "Neil" O'Brien, Wyoming businessman 17. Louis Dahl, 65, production manager and director of General Cigar Company Jerome McCrystle, mining engineer 19. Erastus C. Deal, 75, former president of Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service Company William A. Higgins, 68, manager of Stone Acres Eugene V. Degnan, 65, Kingston businessman 20. Rev. Edward A. Loux, 82, Presbyterian minister 21. Joseph Giampa, (Jump), retired grocer 23. Isaac E. Jones, 82, West Side grocer 25. Dr. Anthony J. Caffrey, prominent physician Lawrence J. Casey, 26 Mrs. Walter A. Hearn, wife of Rev. Dr. Walter Hearn R. Guy McHenry, realtor and businessman 27. Bridgetr McNulty, 99, Pittston 29. John L. Mundy, East End, killed in sutomobile accident JULY 1. Mrs. Teresa P. Swift, wife of vice-president and general manager of Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Dr. Hugh W. Heim, chief surgeon of Nanticoke State Hospital 2. James Baldwin, Nanticoke victim of automobile accident 3. Mrs. Regina Shobert Colley, city, mother of three druggists Mrs. Edith D. Patton, Plymouth Robert W. Slaon, retired conciliator J. Nelson Whipp, Dallas, auditor for Dallas Township 6. Lewis Zwiebel, partner in the Belner Machine Company 8. Harold C. Bachman, city 9. Michael Chopeck, owner of the Chopeck Vending and Amusement Machine Company Elizabeth Haiges, White Haven 11. Rev. Vincent Beyma, assistant pastor at St. Ignatius Church, Kingston 12. W. Kenneth Moffat, Forty Fort, partner of the Moffat Coat Company 16. Geraldine A. Mooney, proprietor of the Mooney Funeral Home 19. Fred L. Hobbs, Plains, coal dealer 20. Max Yudkovitz, scrap dealer 26. Mrs. Emma Davidow, wife of real estate man Alun S. Williams, wholesale grocer 27. Judge Andrew Hourigan of Luzerne County Orphan's Court 29. Herman Engel, city jeweler Col. Frank P. Strome, Ashley native, retired Army doctor Dr. Sherman R. Schooley, Shavertown AUGUST 1. Gaetano Capone, yatesville, son of coal operator 2. George Abrahams, retired city fireman William F. Moxley, Glen Alden Coal Company electrical engineer 3. Mary A. McGinley, Pittston, aged 109 7. William J. Jones, Parsons 9. Nathan J. Iscovitz, Luzerne store owner 13. Frances W. McCarty, Trucksville police chief Hannah M. Silverstein, Navy nurse 14. Dr. Oscar Williams, Glen Lyon dentist 17. Millard W. Hughes, Mining engineer for Glen Alden Coal Company Charles A. Chissler, one of the city's oldest plumbers 20. Rosa L. Greenstein, retired city school teacher 24. Mark J. Luksic, Luzerne coal operator 26. Mrs. I.S. Long, widow of city merchant 27. Mrs. Anna Pluto, Nanticoke, aged 102 Mrs. Helen R. Elko, Kingston Daniel F. Mohon, Kingston jeweler 29. James J. McCauley, former caretaker of Wilkes-Barre police horses SEPTEMBER 1. William E. Stoker, 48, Newport High School teacher Harvey J. Fine, 78, uncle of Governor John S. Fine 3. Mose H. Salsburg, 71, attorney 4. Mrs. Mary Godlewski, 32, Army nurse 5. Edward F. Roman, 32, paralyzed mine worker Josephine Hillard, 89 7. Mrs. Myrtle Martin, 66, Beaumont teacher 8. Norman Johnstone, 68, Motor Club secretary 13. Mrs. William J. Rooney, wife of proprietor of Rooney's Restaurant John J. Kane, 55 14. Mrs. Betsy Roberts Warner, 64 15. Harry Cimmet, 68, vice-president of Miners National Bano of Nanticoke John D. Griffiths, Sr., 80 John Joseph Gibbons, mine foremen 17. William R. Reese, 55, head of music department of Forty Fort Borough schools 18. Edward N. Nugoff, 62, theater owner 20. Patrick J. Kearney, Nanticoke street commissioner Michael J. Conway, secretary at Luzerne County Prison Joseph J. Walsh, 78, deputy secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Mines 22. Arthur J. Pruett, 59, entomologist for U.S. Bureau of Entomology and Gypsy Moth Control 28. Clarence E. German, 54, burial vault builder 30. Ellsworth W. Deeter, 53, John B. Armstrong, 75, sales engineer of W.H. Nicholson Company OCTOBER 1. Archie Lahr, employe of Sunday Independent 5. Hiram H. Curtis, diamond driller 6. Mrs. Elizabeth Schwartz, 94 7. Rev. William E. Lewis, retired Presbyterian minister 8. Col. Edward Warren Stirdevant, Jr., retired U.S. Army and Marine officer Dr. Charles Kuschel. Pittston doctor 9. David T. Davis, 89, retired mine inspector 10. Edward A Wakeman, 81, retired vice-president of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company 12. Mrs. Ellen Millnamow, 92 13. Henry A. Dierlf, 86, retired city fireman 14. Thomas Fogarty, Sr., 70, singer and former professional baseball player 19. John M. Hislop, 50, Dallas, owner of restaurant and market Charles W. Quicksell, 84, former city artist Boyd Sackett, Sr., city barber William J. Kuhns, 72, former vice-president of Kuhns Transfer 20. Joan Lynch, 25, instructor of student nurses at General Hospital David C. Thomas, retired mail carrier 21. John Mock, 59, Larksville, former State Representative John J. Mahon, 78, retired businessman 22. Daniel C. Jenkins, 60, Wyoming businessmsn 23. Henry Klose, Sr., 87, retired stationary engineer Ralph E. Thomas, 56, owner of the Huntington Dairy 26. Elizabeth N. Lavis, organist at St. Ignatius Church, Kingston Sarah Palmer, 86, former city teacher Leo Knorr, 85 27. Anthony J. Harcharik, 47, former U.S. Army Signal Corps major 28. Thomas Grohowski, 58, Kingston businessman Martin Lavin, former Hanover Township school director Mrs. Mary Morgan Ayres, 86, retired kindergarten teacher 30. Mrs. Delphine M. Poust, 98, Forty Fort Dr. Fred W. Hosler, 52, former principal of Schickshinny schools NOVEMBER 1. Frank Shannon, 83, grand secretary of IOOF in Pennsylvania Joel Nygren, Coughlin High School teacher 2. Anthony M. Strish, Jr., member of Mine Examining Board Mrs. Amelia White, 69, Osterhout librarian 3. Abraham D. Newman, 46, manager of the Sanitary Cleaning and Dyeing Company Charles A. Barone, Pittston druggist 4. Edmund N. Carpenter, 87, former Congressman Myron E. Shales, 88, former lumberman William D. Williams, 88, employed by Glen Alden Coal Company 63 years 5. Rose Mary Harrington, a dietitian at Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia Elizabeth Wagner, buyer for Pomeroy's Department Store 8. Albert A. Stocks, 74, former general manager of Columbia Mills 9. Peter D. Bush, superintendent of Bear Creek Ice Company Agnes K. Condon, 63, former organist and choir director of Holy Name Church at Swoyerville Charles L. Bush, 63, Kingston 11. Mrs. Gisela Adams, wife of Luzerne police chief 12. Stephen J. Lesko, 42, employe of the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company Jacob S. Raub, 52, operator of shoe store chain 14. Mrs. Maria Huntley Snowden, 90, mother of two funeral directors and grandmother of two funeral directors 15. Mrs. Maude O'Connell, wife of Ashley Borough councilman William Glace, 60, employe of Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company Ferdinando Franconi, 72 17. Paul "Bill" Liem, 51, former Kingston teacher Rev. Charles G. Richards, Pittston Presbyterian clergyman Mrs. Mary Maier Bennett, 44, former Army nurse John A. Brislin, hardware and plumbing supply dealer Albert E. Carr, 74, Kingston florist 23. Edward W. Davis, grocer Malcolm S. Leonard, 59, city school teacher 24. William L. Mullery, representative of the Otis Elevator Company Mrs. Lillian E. Oliver, 76, former Ross Township school teacher 26. William J. Tremayne, Nanticoke businessman Fred L. Henebaul, 67, choir director Typed by Janie Symons, June 2004