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 It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc.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 men and women claimed by death from November 30, 1959 to November 30, 1960 DECEMBER 1959 1. James T. Comerford, city, retired executive of Comerford Amusement Company. 2. Anthony G. Reisser,Kingston, bookbinder; Phillip Deutsch, city, former ice cream manufacturer. 3. Lewis Pugh, retired businessman; Bernard A. McCadden, Plains, Publishing Company printer. 4. Irvin C. Davis, Shavertown, former postmaster;Celia White, city employee. 7. Dr. Xavier K. Collman, city; Fred (Ski) Graboske, Nanticoke, county employee; John Reedy, city, insurance broker. 9. Rev. William C. Havey, formerly of King's College. 10. Joseph P. O'Hara, Jr.,Avoca, former burgess. 11. Alexander Murray, art school founder. 15. Joseph F. Gillis, city, retired merchant and former county treasurer. 16 Alexander H. Mitchell, West Pittston, retired railroad superintendent. 17. Michael Kurpis, city, Lithuanian leader; Frank C. Kachensky, Kingston, Democratic councilman. 20. Henry J. Zinn, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, composer. 22. Nellie G. Loftus, Kingston, registered nurse. 23. James M. Kneiger, Dallas, former Kingston businessman, 25. Mary E. Scott, Sabastopol, teacher. 26. William H. McCauley, Wyoming, former mine operator; Harold M. Jones, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, engineer. 28. Vincent (Lefty) Stukoski, Swoyersville, former Baron pitcher; Andrew E. Rushin, Alden, county schools aide. 29. James J. O'Neill, Kingston; William R. McGoey, salesman. JANUARY 1960 1. Mrs. Emma M. Himmler, Dallas, artist; Rev. Brendan Boyle, Wilkes-Barre native. 4. Joseph Herman, Wilkes- Barre fireman. 6. Mrs. Earl R. Stout, city; Harold Synder, city; Stanley M. Carle,, Forty Fort, salesman. 8. John Kupstas, formerly of Nanticoke, design chief; John N. Ritts, city, retired coal merchant; F. Laurent Schott, Kingston, former Bartels Brewery head. 9. Joseph A. Barrett, Pittston, former Erie Railroad conductor. 11. Frank G. Harrison, city, lawyer and former officer of Veterans Administration; John J. Jump, city, father of State Representative , James J. Jump; Mrs. Anna Singer, Laurel Run, mother of Rev. Edgar F. Singer, Forty Fort Methodist Church. 12. Joseph S. McCracken, coach and state head of American Legion; Mrs. Joseph Gibbons, city. 13. William R. Turnbaugh, city; Rev. Paul Clemow, Dallas; John Bosack, city, retired businessman. 17. Frank R. Devers, city, building contractor; Mrs. Mary G. Slavin, city; E. H. Witney, Hazleton, president of Kingston Contracting Company. 18. Charles F. Boldt, Trucksville, former county jail warden. 19. Harry S. Nicholson, retired president and general manager if W. H. Nicholson and Company; Thomas Trethaway, retired official of Pomeroy's Department Store; Frank S Lubrecht, Hazleton, county mining engineer. 21. Alice B.Maher, Plymouth, former school; teacher; Thomas F. Feeney, retired supervising principal of Larksville schools; Harry Goldberg, Kingston, realtor and insurance broker. 23. Matthew Forgach, Newport Township police officer; Harry Stanton, Pittston, salesman. 24. Jacob F. Griesmer, city, hotel operator. 25. Grayden L. West, Shavertown, businessman. 26. Dr. Albert R. Feinberg, physician and member of Wilkes-Barre school board. FEBRUARY 1. William J. McDonald, composing room foreman of Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company. 3. Harry C. Hughes, Plymouth, druggist. 4. May A McHale, Pittston, Catholic Charities secretary. 5. Walter Palchanis, stained glass designer and artist. Corp. John Billow, Trucksville, state trooper. 8. Mrs. Lucille K. Evans, city. 9. Rev. E. R. Roberts, city, retired Presbyterian minister. 14. Walter H. Steinhaurer, Shavertown, businessman. 17. Michael Petro, insurance agent; Ray Poepperling, retired Wilkes-Barre policeman; Owen D. Williams, West Hazleton furniture dealer; Anna Miles Olcott, former principal of Wilkes-Barre Institute. 18. Augustus C. Landmesser, retired Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company printer. 21. Earl C. Henwood, Sr., Shavertown, pharmacist. 22. Thomas A. Hahn, city, retired claim agent. 24. Ronald W. Pace, Wyoming, mechanic; George Z. Keller, Kingston, retired banker and widely known poet. 27. Henry C. Hartley, Lehigh Valley locomotive engineer. MARCH 1. Donald F. Innes, Huntsville, architect. 2. Dr. John J. Malinowski, Sr., Nanticoke, physician; Frank Tracey, city. 4. George R. Ohlman, city, retired mechanical superintendent of Wilkes-Barre Record; James Abram Adams, former dean of Wyoming Seminary. 5. Captain Harold Elwood Cole, Kingston native, naval officer; Charles A. Carle, city, retired contractor; Robert C. Carroll, city, retired railroader. 7. Joseph Straub, Kingston, patrolman. 8. Dr. Herman A. Fischer, Sr., city physician. 9. Mrs. Elizabeth Shillabeer, East End, aged 93; Samuel E. Booker, founder of brokeraie firm. 11. Jacob Allheim, retired food merchant. 13. John Hogrebe, retired blacksmith; Jonathan Robertson Williams, member of colonial Plains family. 14.John Dando, Mountaintop, former assistant district attorney. 15. James V. O'Donnell, Hanover Township, educator.; Thomas Stroh, Kingston, Spanish War veteran. 16. Andrew Furey, city, former boxing matchmaker. 17 John A. Wagner, Exeter, retail coal dealer and borough tax collector. 18. Daniel W. Traver, Harveys Lake, who left 142 descendants. 23. Martin Cawley, Sebastopol, retired mine foreman; Conrad N. Jacobs, city, hotel proprietor. 27. Ralph O. Smith, retired president of Wilkes-Barre Iron Manufacturing Company; Bruno Drapiewski, Nanticoke. Retired druggist. 28. Charles Ross, Dupont, assistant police chief; John J. Loughney, Pittston, Contractor. 30. Walter R. Balbach, Kingston, hauling contractor. 31. Mrs. Elizabeth (Grandma) Barrall, city, 103. APRIL 3. Martin J. Healey, Plains, retired coal operator. 4, Thomas Newman, former city worker. 7. Mrs. Bertha Roberts, West Pittston, retired teacher. 8. Albert P. Leonard, Jr., Pittston, funeral director and fire chief; Margaret Burns, RN, retired social worker. 10. John T. Reese, city, musician; David Miller, grocer. 11. Adam J. Burdick, Jr., Mountaintop, garage owner. 12. Robert C. Luck, city, fireman; Mrs. Samuel M. Wolfe, Sr., city, civic leader; John Hajuga, organizer of Polish Veterans Post 147. 13. Mrs. Elizabeth McNevin, city. T. Sterling Williams, Dallas, council president. 17. Walter Howatt, Hanover Township, retired carpenter. 19. Nichols R. Keller, Sr., Nuangola burgess. 20. G. Harold Wagner, former Dallas resident and former county and state official; Edward Burke, city, father of three priests; Thomas J. O'Malley, Jr., Nanticoke, police officer; Mrs. Samuel Kornfield, city. 21. James Anspacher, Dallas, camp director. 23. William L. Davis, Hanover Township, retired Glen Alden official; Rev. Henry A Diehl, Pittston, Roman Catholic priest. 24. Caroline F. Hicks, Kingston, retired teacher. 25. Edward P. Harkins, retired city police captain; David J. Edmund, Nanticoke, captain of ambulance unit. 26. John Rickard, Ashley, Central RR boilermaker. 28. Phillip L. Drum, Kingston, lawyer; Gordon S. Watkins, Parsons, retired county employee. 29. William M. Phillips, city, radio announcer. MAY 2. Mrs. Nan D. Wallis, Kingston, widow of former County treasurer; Agnes M. Walsh, daughter of pioneer banker and businessman. 3. J. Beverly Bennett, Wyoming, general manage of Pittston Gazette. Mrs. Stephan Wilson, West Pittston. 5. Neil Dadurka, Forty Fort, U. S. Marine Corps pilot. 6. Mrs. Blodwen A. Davies, wife of retired Glen Alden foreman. 7. John Bellus, Exeter, Pittston bank official and Exeter school board president; Mrs. Morris Nelson, city wife of manufacturer. 9. Hugh G. Jones, city, retired mine engineer. 10. Clarence F. Beck, city, retired Kingston Coal Company official; Mrs. John H. Blackman, West Pittston; Homer Mallow, Laurel Run, former Hotel Sterling owner. 11. Mrs. R. Alvin Beisel, city, wife of former mayor of Hazleton. 12. Simon Kaufer, Plains, furniture merchant. G. Guthrie Marvin, Kingston, florist. 16. Mr. Julia Rowan, Luzerne, retired teacher; Airman 2/c William J. Schutz, city, Air Force pilot. 22. Fred J. Ball, city, theater property manager. 25. Edward Morris, city native, jewelry store chain founder and operator. 26. Dr. J. Thomas Williams, Hanover Township surgeon. 27. Prof. Ernest E. Quay, Kingston, retired Wyoming Seminary teacher and coach; Charles C. Betz, Luzerne, funeral director; Elmer K. Spangler, city, retired coal firm official. 29. Kenneth R. Moules, city, Publishing Company printer. JUNE 1. Jacob Ernst, city, retired founder of jewelry store. 2. Joseph A. Vrabel, Ashley, county prison employee. 3. Judge Paul R. Selecky, Glen Lyon, Orphans' Court jurist; Bert P. Stroh, Havertown, telephone pioneer. 4. G. Robert Hoover, City, Electrician. 5. James LaMas, city, Concordia librarian. 8. Joseph F. Maceina, Sebastopol, jury commissioner. 9. Peter F. Stazinski, Larksville, principal of high school. 10. Alfred E. Nelson, city, manufacturer. 14. Stanley Simonavictus, retired church organist. 15. John Pochalonis, Duryea, police officer. 16. Mrs. Thomas F. Heffernan, city, widow of publisher of Sunday Independent from 1916 to 1951. 17. Dr. Harry J. Milkman, Pittston chiropractor. 19. Wilhelmina O. Reichard, city, bank employe. 20. Arthur B. Cole, road contractor and president of Fox Hill Country Club. 22. Dr. Alphonse S. Warakomski, Nanticoke native. 25. Arthur H. Lewis, city, Elk's steward. 26. Mrs. George W. Reickert, city, retired Internal Revenue Department employee; Mrs. Arthur L. Stull, city, former Travelers' Aid Society head.27. William Alden, teacher. 28. Worthy Hood, West Pittston, police chief. JULY 1. Louis E. Webster, city, retired consulting engineer; John F. Higgins, Pittston, retired editor of Pittston Gazette. 2. Dr. Gerald N. Fluegal, city, physician and surgeon. 4. Justin Bergman, Sr., City, store founder. 5. Harry Galdida, Sr., Hanover Green, restaurateur. 6. Harry A. Kellow, West Pittston, oil company foreman. 7. Anthony J. Kilgallon, former deputy boxing commissioner; Mrs. Kate Albert, city. 8. Michael T. Lenahan, city, retired fire boss. 9. Capt. Thomas H. Templeton, former Plymouth resident; Mrs. Rose C. Clark, Wyoming, widow of Maj. W. A. Clark, former State Police commander; Anthony and John Yanklunis, Kingston, who died 36 hours apart. 13. Rev. Frederick C. Krapf, former pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Hughestown. 14. John M. Mangan, Kingston, Pennsylvania Economy League official; George Churney, city barber; Sister Mary Hope, faculty member of St. Leo's School, Ashley. 19. Mrs. George N. Solomon, city; Harold J. Cook, Trucksville, druggist. 20. J. Joseph Green, West Pittston, retired druggist. 21. Mrs. Lillian Pugsley, city, widow of Palace laundry founder. 23. Charles H. Watkins, manager of Wilkes-Barre Barons basketball team and lumber broker; Alice B. Phillips, city, retired teacher. 24. Morgan A Davies, city, retired. 26. Julia Karalus, Nanticoke. 28. Mrs. Jennie Michlosky, city, merchant. 29. Leonard Terlesky, Exeter, council secretary. 30. George A. Blewitt, vice president of First National Bank of Wilkes-Barre; Wilson H. Moyer, West Pittston, manager of Pittston Bell Telephone office. 31. Arthur A. Scureman, city, gas company foreman. AUGUST 1. Ida M. Eyer, city, retired school principal. 2. John J. Dougherty, Kingston, petroleum dealer. 3. Carl F. Dodson, Luzerne, salesman. 4. E. Byron Strome, city, Post Office employe. 5. Mrs. Edward Kuzma, Edwardsville; Joseph M. Cefalo, West Pittston, UMWA officer. 6. Gomer Joseph, city, retired banker. 7. Edward Warakomski, Nanticoke, jeweler. 8. John C. Furman, Forty Fort, circulation supervisor for Publishing Company. 9. Harry Kornblatt, city, bakery owner; Frank Foster, Kingston, businessman. 10. Ralph Rood, Dallas, school director, council secretary and teacher. 11. Joseph Karasinski, Larksville, businessman and former borough treasurer; Mrs. John Gazey, wife of retired policeman. 12. William F. Sutter, Nescopeck, contractor; Stanley S. Williams, city, businessman. 13. John W. Lloyd, Nanticoke. 14. Benjamin E. Gower, Ashley, retired railroader. 15. George Malligo, Kingston, World War I veteran; Mrs. Florence Palmer, Forty Fort. 17. Zigmond C. Scamona, Larksville, mine accident victim. Theodore R. Morgans, city, retired mine foreman. 18. William Nadzan, city, auto-bicycle fatality; Thomas J. Tudgay, Sugar Notch. 19. Mrs. George Smith, Forty Fort. 20. Fred J. Ney. City, pioneer silk screen printer; William Robertson, Plains, veteran of Spanish American War; Solomon Zelkovitz, founder of Empire Furniture Company. 21. Harry Sprow, Plymouth, veteran bus driver. 22. Donald E. Wilke, Plymouth. 23. Anthony Jones, Forty Fort, employee of Boston Store. 24. Mrs. George W. Batey, Plains, age 100; Mrs. Gertrude Atwell, Plymouth. 25. Harry Freeman, Shavertown, jeweler.26. Robert A. Williams, Pittston; Leroy Troxell. Dallas Borough auditor. 28. Stephen Haverlak, Alden. 29. Rev. Herbert Gabriel, White Haven, pastor; David J. Jones, City. 30. Ralph Ferrel, New York, former City Editor of Wilkes-Barre Record. 31. John J. Morgan, Hanover Township, mine foreman. SEPTEMBER 1. Peter Sincavage, Bear Creek Township. 2. Charles McGovern, Ashley, retired railroader. 3. Frank Gorski, City employee. 4. Mrs. Eleanor Williams, city. 5. Hugh Leanahan, City, electrician. 6. Dr. W. J. Davis, physician. 7. Philip Nice, Larksville, retired miner; Louis Novachek, Nanticoke. 8. Herbert Smith, former Dallas burgess; George J. Krulick, Exeter.9. Dr. Frank A. Cronauer, city dentist; Harry Toole, retired city policeman. 10. Mrs. Edward Boyle, Kingston. 12. Mrs. Mary Damsky, Kingston, mother of 10. 13. Capt. Lewis Wagner, navy officer. 14. James Mulligan, Second National Bank president; Patrick Cunningham, city school custodian. 16. Mrs. Esther Newhart, Hudson; Agostino Franconi, West Wyoming, grocery store owner. 17, Mrs. Susan Kearney, city resident for 80 years; John J. Welker, Trucksville, businessman. 18. Eugene Singer, city. 19. Frank Gorski, Nanticoke. 20. Theodore A. Schmidt, engineer; Evan Jones, former Shickshinny police chief. 21. Alfred Fisk, Kingston; former school teacher; Carl Merritt, Dallas pharmacist; Anthony Mantione, Pittston, attorney. 23. Charles C. Sayre, Forty Fort, businessman; Mrs. Nora Kleeman, city; Anthony Pugliese, West Pittston, merchant. 24. Leonard Beers, former manager of Sears, Roebuck and Company. 25. Howard Clinton Bisbing, Duryea; Mrs. Margaret Alles, city; George A. Gimber, Kingston health officer; Sister Mary Amadeus, Plains parochial school principal; Oscar H. Phillips, West Pittston, borough secretary. 26. Harry Blaine, city; William Ziefgneus, city. 27. Mrs. Helen Boyle, city resident 83 years; Frank Wills, formerly of Ashley, accountant for Scranton Times; Howard R. Stevens, Nanticoke. 28. Paul Perdikaris, retired restaurateur; John Smith, city, former treasurer of the Democratic Party. 29. Allan W. Smiles, Pittston, merchant. 30. James W. Rule, former chief of police of Newport Township. OCTOBER 1. Thomas Millington, Forty Fort; John J. Rooney, city. 2. Joseph Hirko, Plains, merchant; Neil H. Drum, retired teacher; Mrs. Mary Lengal, Larksville, mother of priest. 3. James M. Rutter, city, portrait painter and photographer; George E. Nicholas, Plymouth teacher. 4. Stanley B. Jones, Nanticoke lawyer. 5. John Pensyl, city; George Kulp, Hunlock Creek. 6. John E. Morris, Edwardsville; Frank Schneck, Exeter, veteran of Spanish American War; Miss Agnes Morgan, city, retired teacher. 7. Daniel J. Mahoney, retired city principal; John Hinchcliff, Avoca, retired mine foreman. 8. Mrs. Lyne Bell, assistant administrator of YWCA. 9. Edgar Walp, city; Cyril Westfield, city. 10. Michael Hospodar, father of 13; Edward martin, Sr., city; Mollie Kenedy, former merchant. 11. Ruben Simon, city merchant. 13. Roscoe B. Smith, Kingston, attorney; Philip Kane, Hanover, lawyer; G. E. Miller, West Pittston. 14. Rev, John J. Tomasko, priest; Mrs. Harry S. Baut, Kingston. 16. William R. Johns, former Miners Mills police chief. 17. Albert W. Dearing, Kingston, mail carrier; Rev. John Krashkevich, pastor of Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cathedral. 19. Paul B. Lewis, retired teacher and band leader. 20. Luther M. Kniffen, former Mayor of Wilkes-Barre; Charles L. Lauer, city merchant; Robert O'Connell, Ashley. Gustive H. Kasch, retired mine foreman. 22. Harold J. Dixon, Sr., Wyoming building contractor; Leo J. Vaskorlis, former official of GNAC; Attorney Albert Carrozza, Exeter; Clarence H. Searles, Kingston. 23. Lina S. Monroe, Plymouth, retired teacher; Murray S. Scureman, Dallas, former Kingston school director. 24. William C. Brown, Wanamie, retired Glen Alden engineer; Nelson L. Shaver, Dallas justice of peace. 26. Donald O. Coughlin, Forty Fort, lawyer. 27. Nicholas S. Burns, retired Delaware and Hudson official; Mrs. Netta Owens, Nanticoke; Mrs. Sara I. Fein, city. 28. Jesse Hann, Sweet Valley school director; Edna Fairchild, Nanticoke. 29. Andrew Pacvosky, retired Lehigh Valley Railroad employee. 30. Mrs. Clara Shaner, city; Gregory Ferenbach, textile manufacturer; Mrs. Mary Guchanyk, Luzerne. 31. John Edwards, Edwardsville, retired state employee; Ambrose hart, West Pittston, musician. NOVEMBER 1.Mrs. Margaret G. Dworske, city nurse; Elmer J. Ritts, retired fireman; Joseph H,. Harris, retired employee of Lace Company. 2. Stephen M. Baloga, former state official; Theodore Alexander, bank official; Michael Trudnak, merchant. 3. Harvey Houghton, Plymouth hotel owner; Anna Lukacinsky, Swoyersville, stricken on bus. 4. William J. Keating, Nanticoke, ex-policeman; James P. Cassidy, Pittston, store manager. 5. Sister Mary Edward Callahan. 6. Earl Moore, garage mechanic; Herbert E. Crane, Harveys Lake; Mrs. Nance Conway, Plains. 7. Richard Bosworth, architect. 8. Mrs. Mary Ann Vonsavage, Edwardsville; Sadie Shiber, wife of contractor. 9. James Stallone, city, injured in fall. 10. Glenn James, West Pittston, State Police sergeant; James Carney, former Kingston policeman. 11. Jesse Carey, West Pittston, retired Lehigh Valley Railroad employe; Eugene L. Spitler, Forty Fort, official of Sordoni Construction Company; Evan Hughes, Kingston, Luzerne County employee; Henry May, mine foreman. 12. Mrs. Marie Parry, city. 13. Frank J. Messmer, retired contractor; George Repa, Kingston, photographer. 14. J. Paul Davis, Nanticoke, merchant; Elmer Brehm Alden, father of minister. 15. Dr. Catherine Davies, Plymouth; John J. Morrissey, tailor; Dr. Robert N. Clark, Kingston. 16. Mrs. Priscilla Hillman, Nanticoke; Stephen W. Alexander, Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania railroader. Louis P. Schmeig, Exeter. 18. H. George Schuler, owner of storage firm; Mrs. Bertha F. Gunn, sister of former Governor John S. Fine. 20. Mrs. Geneieve Hadsel, Dallas, mother of Martha Hadsel, Record reporter; Pvt. Kurt Schweiss, Dallas, State policeman. 21. James Butler, Larksville, building contractor. 22. Lawrence w. Koch, Duryea; John Tyron, Kingston, retired railroader. 24. William V.. Davis, Harveys Lake, automobile dealer; Robert Cavanaugh, Sugar Notch, victim of auto accident. 25. Charles Allen, retired Lehigh Valley employe; Nichols Buynak, musician; Mrs. Natalie Russell, Mountaintop; Thomas Oliver, Kingston, auto accident victim. 26. John F. Dougherty, city; Catherine G. Ferry, retired Lehigh Valley Coal Company employe. 27. Andrew J. Putera, Edwardsville; William H. Goodman, Larksville. 28. George McCaa, noted football star. 29. Kathleen F. Elward, Plains, school teacher. 30. Mrs. Amelia Norton, city. Typed by Jeannette Phethean, June 2004