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 It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc.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 1960 to November 30, 1961 DECEMBER 1960 1. Rev. J. Albert Hall, former pastor of First Christian Church, Plymouth; Arthur H. Weaver, West Pittston, Lehigh Valley Railroad employe. 2. Mrs. Celestine Tarence, Plains Township. 3. Mr. L. D. Marshall, city. 4. Andrew Vrobel, Mountaintop, World War I veteran; Attorney Edgar Lare, Wyoming. 5. William D. Horton, formerly of Forty Fort, Spanish-American War veteran; John Lally, Laurel Run, real estate broker. 6. John J. Butler,, Larksville fire chief; Charles A. Duddy, formerly of Plains; George H. Rheinhart, Mountaintop, former officer of the 109th Artillery. 7. M. R. Beck, Kingston, former city merchant; Philip Conrad, former school director; Thomas G. Mason, parking lot owner. 8. Mrs. Sara Jones, Ashley, John J. Blanchard, Duryea, former chauffeur for General Pershing. 9. Mark Newell, Kingston, retired Glen Alden employe. 10. William J. Butler, Hanover Township; John McNulty, retired Delaware and Hudson Railroad employe. 11. Anthony Trukoski, Plymouth; Peter Eiserlo, Forty Fort, former manager of Grand Opera House; Charles Matthews, Dallas, retired engineer, William R. Watkins, city. 12. William Stryjak, Nanticoke, Adam Bayer, tavern owner; Clarence C. Shook, Courtdale, owner; Clarence E. Shook, Courtdale. 13. Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobs, city, aged 103; Michael J. Brown, Dallas, World War I Veteran; Theresa Petroziello, Pittston; John J. Rose, city. 14. Bruce Keller, West Pittston; Wesley Egleberger, city; Robert Miller, city, retired Post Office employe. 15. Mrs. Mary Lasman, Kingston; Harold Moore, city; Mrs. Edith Ashley, Ashley school teacher. 16. Norman R. Stark, Ashley; Mrs. Clementina Gajda, city. 17. Eugene McGarry, Avoca; Arthur Gensel, Fernbrook. 18. Francis Hatmaker, Pittston Township, Telephone Firm owner; Charles Brown, city, barber; Mrs. Philip L. George, city. 19. Jesmond T. Nicholson, retired Vulcan Iron Works executive. 20. Tom A. Evans, Wilkes-Barre City Controller; Albert L Watson, Clark Summit, Federal Judge. 21. William Roberts, city; Stanley G. Dennis, Plymouth electrician; Mrs. Anna Ellen, Wyoming, wife of police chief. 22. John F. Murphy, Pittston; John Oshinski, Plymouth barber; Rev. William Albrecht, Pittston, 23. Chris L. Milbrodt, Harveys Lake World War I veteran; Worthy Yale, Mountaintop restraurant owner; Wilbur J. Smiles, West Pittston. 24. William M. Schultz, Hughestown Borough Schooldirector; Paul T. Dietrich, Wilkes-Barre police officer for 27 years; Charles S. Landis, city. 25. Hiram Long, West Wyoming, former police chief; Ernest E. Besancon, city; Mrs. Mary Daniels, city, organist. 26. James P. Mulherin, formerly of Wilkes-Barre; Edward Davis, West Pittston. 27. John J. Kilcoyne, Sugar Notch; William Dorshefski, Hunlock Creek; James T. Nuttall, Kingston. 28. Joseph Reap, city; Bertha A. Jenkins, city, nurse; William J. Dykins, Nanticoke. 30. Merton A. McMillan advertising salesman for Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company; William F. Lee, Pittston; Mrs. Minnie F. Young, Mountaintop; Edgar L. Robacker, Kingston. 31. Byron D.Cocking, Exeter, former manager of the Wilkes-Barre-Wyoming Valley Airport. JANUARY 1961 1. Miss Martha Mather, first woman City Police Magistrate; Miss Elizabeth A. Donavan, Ashley, nurse; Michael F. Ginley, Forty Fort, Veteran of World Ward I; Sister Quirina, city. 2. Rev. Jesse H. Dickerson, Towanda former city pastor. 3. Louis W. Schuler,formerly of Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Carrie McLaughlin, Shickshinny tax collector. 4. Joseph J. Tomchak , Hanover Township; Charles M. Whitesell, Kingston Borough Councilman. 5. Mrs. Lydia P. Werts, West Pittston. 6. Mrs. Rose Strazalka, Glen Lyon; Joseph P. Hannon, city; Harry E. Williams, Forty Fort; retired Lehigh Valley Railroad employe. 7. Marion Olengenski, Glen Lyon; Miss Nancy A. George, dress factory manager. 8. Anthony Sciandra, Pittston; Thomas A. Rushton, Edwardsville. 9. William J. Ruff, Luzerne, former bank cashier; Ruth H. Coolbaugh, city, retired teacher. 10. Nathan Landau, former Wilkes-Barre businessman; Glenmore Snyder, Blytheburn, retired music store operator; Miss Ada L. Wolfe, city, school teacher; Mrs. Mary Schappert, Nanticoke, mother of priest. 11. Andrew Belinka, Plymouth. 12. Michael P. Kane, city. 13. Edwin A. Hoffman, Kingston, official of Transit Corporation; Floyd L. Jones, West Pittston accountant; Nicholas Montoro, city. 14. William G. Tosh, former Hanover Township school employe. 15. Mrs. Lettie Allen, city; Charles Benninger, formerly of Ashley, painting contractor;Frank Weinsheimer, city, former City Tax Clerk; Joseph Sabestinas, city; John V. Kosek, former Wilkes-Barre City Policeman. 16. Miss Carla Neupauer, Ashley; Eugene Stansfield, Forty Fort, State Trooper; Henry T. Katra, Nanticoke, jewler; Matthew G. Dogal, Kingston. 17. Carl Breymeier, Duryea, World War II veteran; John William Nevins, Wyoming; James J. Convery, Plymouth, retired Glen Alden Corporation foreman. 18. Mrs. Catherine Fleming, Exeter; Herbert H. Hooper, Forty Fort druggist; John M. Williams, Pittston, mine foreman. 19. Henry Golomb, Plainsville; Mrs. Edith Bensch, White Haven. 20. Mrs. Catherine Nicki, city; Attorney Charles A. Makar, Nanticoke City Mayor. 21. Claire McCarthy, city; Mrs. Eva Baer, city. 22. John Painter,city; John Lutchko, Plains, former baseball player; Martin Quinn, Pittston Township; Anthony J. Narvid, Pittston, automobile dealer.23. Robert C. Howell, city; David I. Hurley, Kingston; Mrs. L. Blanche Vosler, Hunlock Creek. 24. Mrs. Cecelia Hart, city; Thomas P. Leonard, retired city fireman. 25. Dr. Clarence E. Bennett, Nanticoke; Anthony J. Czyzyk, Nanticoke church organist; Arthur Ehret, Lehman, county school director; Mrs. Stella Burgio, Pittston. 26. Mrs. Rebecca Moss, Trucksville; Michael Skordinski, Nanticoke. 27. Mrs. Angelina Sangiuliano, city; Mrs. Annie Pollock, Luzerne; John J. Kackmar, Kingston, retired grocer; George Dunbar, city, cosmetologist. 28. John E. Shaw, Plymouth; Mrs. Ruth A. LeGrand, Dallas. 29. John S. Zweibel, Kingston, machine service engineer. 30. Byron J. Traver, city; Joseph Pringle, city; Thomas F. Lawler; Mrs. Mary Ann Morgan, city. 31. Mrs. Maude M. Barnecutt, city. FEBRUARY 1. Gustave V. Schall, city, businessman; Joseph E. Murphy, city, pharmacist; John Bednarczyk, Plains motel owner. 2. Chester W. Evans, Forty Fort. 3.Rev. Brother Kostka, the former John Curran, formerly of Larksville; Andrew H. Gabriel, former president of Wilkes-Barre Eagles; Charles A. Mann, Plains. 4. Edward Lawrence, city, mine contractor; Miss Agnes Wintle, Wyoming; Mrs. Patience Catrino, city, pharmacist's wife; William Pokorny, city, musician. 5. James A. Hofford, former foreman for Lehigh Valley Railroad; Frank Duffy, city, former school teacher and principal. 6. Mrs. Margaret S. Morris, Kingston; Mrs. John H. Clemow, Formerly of Parsons. 7. Dorothy Schultz, formerly of Wilkes-Barre; Rev. Victor M. Kazmierski, Nanticoke; Richard C. Miller, city; Victor Gaj, Swoyersville. 9. Howard V. Wickkizer, member of Wilkes-Barre Fire Department; Dr. A. W. Grover, Kingston; Augustus J. Fisher, Sugar Notch. 10 Wallace A. Baird, West Pittston; Jacob Pointek, city; Mathew Skladany, Mountaintop. 12. Mrs. Bert E. Schuman, city; Peter Rowker, Laflin, retired Pennsylvania Coal Company foreman. 13. William J. Tyson, city; Peter Conlon, city printer. 14. Michael A. Richie, city. 15. Mrs. Doris C. Carduner, Red Cross worker. 16. John J. Aponick, Nanticoke, President Judge of Luzerne County Courts. 17. Daniel F. Sakowski, first mayor of Nanticoke; Byron S. Peters, city. 18. oseph Makowski, Kingston. 19. Arthur C. Jenkins, Forty Fort accountant; Mrs. Anna Fabian, Larksville; Hugh Jones, Jr., Kingston; J. Herman Werts, city, veteran of World War I. 20. George Chukinas, Luzerne, retired miner; Walter S. Puterbaugh. Harveys Lake, retired postmaster. 21. William C. Griffith, Nanticoke insurance broker, Frank Considine, Kingston; Thomas Shone, Cortdale burgess. 22. Arthur Werts, Hughestown, veteran of World War I; Dr. Friedman Holmes Cathrall,, formerly of West Pittston. 24. John J. Kern, city; Mrs. Maria Nardone, city; Mrs. Libbie J. Seeben, Kingston. 25. Mrs. R. Ethel Besancon, Oliver Mills, Mrs. August Albrecht, Nanticoke, former vaudeville gymnast. 26. Florence H. Brown, Kingston; James Curley, Pittston, retired railroad worker; Joseph Lisman, city, president of St. Conrad's Society for 10 years. 27. George Garrahan, Inkerman, former school director; Antionette Scofield, Kingston nurse; Mrs. Joseph MacVeigh, Dallas; Alice Howorth, city, former school principal. MARCH 1. James J. Malloy, former State legislator; Walter E. Shonis Jr., Kingston; John Kanyuk, Nanticoke teacher; Frank D. McDonough, Kingston, printer for Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company. 2, Gerald E. Stout, Shavertown, suburban editor for Wilkes-Barre Record; John Hines, Hudson, former police chief; Edwin A. Miller, city, former State legislator; William H. Post, Forty Fort, former Lehigh Valley employe. 3. George W. Lacey, city sidewalk inspector. 4. Rev. Nicholas Choppey, Bear Creek; Dr. Edward McGinley, city physician; John Hudyck, Exeter, teacher; Harry Morrissey, city, former Pittston alderman. 5. Lyman Carle, Forty Fort, builder. 6. William B. Jeter, Jr., Trucksville, insurance agency owner; Royce W. Engler, Lake Nuangola; Richard W. Thomas, Sr. 7. Charles F. McCauley, Edwardsville, teacher. 8. Michael Gilsky, Edwardsville, grocer; Frank T. Hughes, Forty Fort. 9. John J. Zimmerman, Plymouth, Glen Alden official; Joseph Taylor, Duryea, veteran of Spanish American War. 10. Mrs. Teofila Baker, Nanticoke City treasurer and tax collector. 13. Daniel Zimmerman, Dallas Township, killed in explosion; Charles Strickland, Luzerne; Frank Miscavage, city, building contractor; Clement O'Donnell, city; Mrs. Josephine McDaniels, city, killed in auto accident. 14. Simon Francis (Si) Pauxtis, Edwardsville native, attorney and college football coach. 15. Frank Skirpunas, Swoyersville, miner, killed in rock fall. 16. Mrs. Joseph Mock, wife of Luzerne County Sheriff Joseph Mock, killed in auto accident near Berwick; Mrs. Helen Truscott, wife of Rev. Samuel Truscott. 17. John Pytell, former baseball umpire. 18. James H. Harvey, Mountaintop. 19. Dr. Joan Davison. 21. Mary Sheerin, city. 22. Joseph B. Frantz, city, who would have been 109 years old on March 23. 23. Rev. George Thomas Forve, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Luzerne; Joseph F. Shannon, Nanticoke insurance agent. 24. Anna Holcomb, Shavertown. 25. Rev. Daniel Doughton, retired Episcopal rector. 26. E. LeRoy Walter, Kingston, owner of Walter's Shoe Store, city; 27. John J. Butchko, Nanticoke. 28. Thomas J. Garrahan, Luzerne; Margaret Williams, city. 29. Mrs. Josephine Adonizio, Pittston. 31. Martin McClosky, city, president of Luzerne County Retail Liquor Dealer's Association; Joseph Esposito, Exeter, shoe repair shop owner. APRIL 1. Irven Davis, school teacher; Mrs. Maude W. Goff, of Pompano Beach, Florida, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, killed in auto accident. 3. Miss Mae B. Wilson, city, retired school teacher; Dennis S. Bonning, former Jackson Township Police Chief; Gordon P. DeHaven, city. 4. Charles V. Lyman, superintendent of Duryea Branch of Pittston Post Office. 5. Mrs. Margaret Moffitt, city, widow of Boston Store executive. 6. Mrs. Mary Pensyl, Nanticoke; Palmer Hess, Berwick, former clerk of Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. 7. Lindsley M. Washburn, formerly of Kingston. 8. Mrs. Eleanor Hazeslip, city, killed in auto accident near White Haven. 10. Michael Davitt, former principal of Plains High School. James D. Campbell, Plains, retired Hudson Coal Company official; Mrs. John Guresh, city. Mrs. Tessie Schaefer, registered nurse; Frank P. Wnuk, Plymouth building contractor. 14. Rev. John G. Valunas, pastor of St. Marys Church, Wanamie; Sister Mary Annunciata Merrick, Avoca, formerly Dean of College Misericordia. 16. Mrs. Anna Warnecke, Wilkes-Barre Township, mother of priest. 17. Oscar L. Roth, Dallas Township, jeweler. 18. Rev. V. L. Biczysko, pastor of St. Stanislaus Church, Nanticoke. 19. Norman Rosenthal, city, owner of Arrow Loan Company. 20, John J. Krzywicki, Kingston, retired Marine Corps master sergeant; Hallie A. Seville, Forty Fort, former manager of radio station WBAX. 21. Dominick T. Musto, Pittston, retired cigar company worker; Mrs. Emma Vnukowski, Kingston. 22. William E. Bonnice, Forty Fort store owner. 23. Leonard Regan, city, tavern operator; Claude Martin, city, former employe of Hess Goldsmith Company. 24. Jacob A. Fladd, city, D & H Railroad engineer; Margreta C. Linden, city, bank teller. 25. Dr. Frank P. McGuire, native of Plains, former dean at East Stroudsburg State College and PIAA official. 26. David S. Cummings, city, Secretary-treasurer of District 1, UMWA. 27. James E. Gibbons, Kingston, plumber. 28. Mrs. Phoebe Bradbury, city; William P. Williams, Scranton, former resident of Edwardsville. 29. Tobias J. Eichler, city, retired Glen Alden Coal Company mechanical engineer; David S. Lucchino, city, retired barber. 30. Peter P. Schneider, Kingston, retied construction worker; Mrs. Agatha Michalek, Kingston. MAY 1. Otto Bamert, Kingston, retired brewmaster at Stegmaier Brewery; Geremia Ducceschi, Exeter, retired coal miner. 2. John Niezzgoda, Larksville, restaurant operator; William F. Blythe, employe of City Treasurer's office. 3. Dr. John Tobias, city, physician for 60 years; Mrs. Charles Bush, Kingston. 4. Michael C. Keller, Parsons, retired postal worker. 5. Mrs. Bridget Gabel, city. 6. Mrs. N. Edwin Nelson, Dallas, wife of retired Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company executive. 7. Isaac S. VanScoy, Kingston, heating and plumbing contractor. 8. Mrs. John M. Humphrey, Nanticoke, widow of coal company president. 9. Mrs. Caroline Mazur, Plymouth, former restaurant operator. 10. Frank P. Kowaleski, city, chef. 11. Elizabeth James, Forty Fort, former Plymouth schools teacher. 12. Joseph A. Skibinski, city, former Democratic committeeman. 13. Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes, city; Chester Ziomek, Wanamie. 14. William A. Milner-Gibson, former vice president of Stegmaier brewing Company. 15. Alex Kostek,Sheatown, Glen Alden Coal Company official. 16. John Blaum, city, retired machinist. 17. Mrs. Caroline Krieg, Kingston, widow of the late Frank Krieg police chief of Wilkes-Barre. 18. Irving S. Gloman, Drums, business executive. 19. John Pmutko, Exeter, State game warden; George N. Solomon, city, owner of scrap yard. 20. Nate Finkelstein, Plymouth, Jeweler. 21. Mrs. Jane Starr, Forty Fort, retired teacher. 22. Alan C. Woodworth, Shickshinny, former merchant. 23. Sarah Rogan, Kingston, retired nurse. 24. Joseph Mosier, Nanticoke, druggist; Joseph Long, Hanover Green, Glen Alden employe. 25. John Smith, Nanticoke, retired educator; Herman Landau, former manager of Kingston Branch of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. 26. Martin A. Borosak, Plains, steward at Plains American Legion Home. 27. Basil Plummer, Forty Fort, flood control official; Frank J. Black, retired Wilkes-Barre Township educator. 28. Griffith Morgan, operator of a café; Arthur W. Hoppes, Harveys Lake, service manager of West Pittston schools; Helen Burns, Lee Park, teacher. 30. Louis Evans, Hess-Goldsmith employe. 30. Paul P. Lesser,Kingston, employed by Stegmaier Brewing Company. JUNE 1. Ralph F. Wood, city, retired educator; Gilbert W. Carpenter, Kingston, radio expert. 2. Edgar Maury, West Pittston, funeral director; George B. Courtwright, Idetown, employed by Kingston Coal Company. 3. J. Harold Flannery, West Pittston, president judge of Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. 4. Charles Warner, city, boilermaker in Jersey Central Railroads. 5. Mrs. Mary E. Eckhart, retired Wilkes-Barre Police Department captain; LeRoy Powell, city, retired carpenter foreman; John J. Wayne, Inkerman, retired mine official. 7. Dr. Elna H. Nelson, secretary of Caldwell Constitory; Primo Giuli, Yatesville, State trooper. 8. Peter A. Murphy, Ashley, former Ashley school director; Mrs. Esther E. Bray, Nanticoke, former Slocum Township school teacher. 9. Joseph F. Stortz, Luzerne, engineer; Thomas Snyder, city, retired building contractor. 10. Stanley C. Croop, Hunlock Creek, postmaster; Mrs. Fletcher Chapin, city. 12. Michael J. Brislin, Internal Revenue Service collector; Mrs. Victoria Zawatsky, Plains. 13. Willard Williams, city, former D & H railroader. 14. Leo Jacobs, Shavertown, musician; John A. Kraynak, Plymouth, former boxer. 15. Lawrence O. Biscontini, Harvey's Lake, retired mine operator; Alexander L. Stesney, Swoyersville, coal company worker; Ralph W. Leonard, Mountaintop. 16. Bernard Boyle, city, retired hotel proprietor; John Zawacki, Glen Lyon, Susquehanna Collieries worker. 17. John "Whitey" Motowidlak, Wilkes-Barre Township; Mrs. Maude L. Zarr, formerly of Nanticoke, widow of late bank cashier. 18. John Majikes, Ashley. 19. Patrick Fino, Pittston, pharmacist; William Moyer, Dorrence, former dealer in mine timber. 20. Charles B. LaBar, Kingston, Ralph A. Pacovsky, Edwardsville, Eberhard Faber employe. 21. Mrs. Catherine Thomas, city; Raymond A. Kingeter, city, Martz Bus Company employe. 22. Edward Laux, city, Okonite Company employe; William Harlow, Kingston, retired Glen Alden Coal worker. 23. John Kuzmak, former school director of Hanover Township. Ralph C. Shelly, city, buyer for White Hardware Company; George Wood, city, retired foreman Vulcan Iron Works. 25. Kenneth L. Morgan, Plymouth, deputy Luzerne County prothonotary; William Luft, Hunlock Creek, musician. 26. Mrs. Florence Secor, city, employe of Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company; John C. Casterline, Oliver Mills. 27. Michael J. Shimko, supervising principal of Larksville schools. Daniel H. Schwartz, West Pittston, retired businessman. 28. George Fitser, city, singer; Amedeo L. Mucci, Shickshinny, retired Glen Alden worker. 29. Walter E. Williams, Nanticoke, Alderman; Philip Cross, city,retired grocer. 30. Charles F. Terry, Forty Fort, retired food broker; Stephen Prebish, Askam, retired grocer. JULY 1. John Ney, city, retired Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company printer; William J. Cotter, West Wyoming burgess. 2. Potito De Muro. City, retired Lehigh Valley Freight Station employe; Mrs. Mary Stryjak, Nanticoke. 3. Richard H. Hitchner, West Pittston; Mrs. Mary Dugan, Plymouth; Leo Raub, city; 4.. Claude S. King, city, president of Central Clay Products Company; George W. Jenkins, Larksville, retired coal miner. 5. Stanley H. Flasser, city, bowler and letter carrier; George Barrett, city, grocer; Joseph W. Lusky, Hunlock Creek, Glen Alden Coal Company employe. 6. Mrs. Ida Corburn, Forty Fort; Mrs. Amelia Dziuba, Nanticoke. 7. Mrs. Michael O'Brien, Miners Mills; Patrick Mauriello, Exeter; Henry Davis, city, retired postal employe and Eisteddfod adjudicator. 8. Fred R. Colley, city, pharmacist; Brian J. McAndrew, Pittston Township, retired grocer and baker. 9. Mrs. Margaret Kavanaugh, Lee Park, former city cafateria operator; Mrs. Sarah Levy, city. 11. Frank S. Reiley, city, retired Vulcan Iron Works employe; Michael A. Gagliardi, city, Glen Alden worker; Stanley Casey, Dupont, coal operator. 12. David Jenkins West Pittston, Vulcan Iron Works employe. 13. Eugene Brown, city, Park Department employe; Jacob Barth, West Pittston, retired railroader. 14. Carl Brace, Kingston, former captain of Kingston Fire Department; Edgar G. Bastian, former assistant manager of Sears Roebuck Store. 15. Henry J. Walters, city. 16. Mrs. Annie Fleck, Kingston. 17. Harold L. Llewellyn, city supervisor in Wilkes-Barre schools; Anthony Henichek, Sugar Notch, retired Glen Alden Company worker. 18. Mrs. Helen Wawer, Edwardsville, Joseph Dolny, Nanticoke, Glen Alden employe. 19. Glenn R. Foote, city; Mrs. Joseph Straub, Kingston; August Morgan, Pittston, Pennsylvania Coal Company employe. 20. Edward A. Lynn, Wyoming, retired clerk for the Lehigh Valley Railroad; Sidney Levitt, Sr., Center Moreland, retired truck farmer. 21. Samuel Traher, Forty Fort, former chief of police of Lehigh Valley Coal Company; Anna Sirovic, city. 22. J. Bart Driscoll, Lee Park, formerly employed by American Tobacco Company Cora Mae Shaffer, Kingston, retired educator. 23. Paul G. Kokora, Shickshinny, steward for Berwick Elks Lodge; Rev.H. Jerome Leinbach, pastor of Zion Reformed Church, Nanticoke and First Reformed Church of Plymouth. 24. Mrs. Mary D. Hassel, city; Mrs. Blanche Morgan, Wyoming; Orville Atherton, Luzerne. 25. Henry Bennett, city, retired pharmacist; Attorney James T. Brown, formerly of Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Pauline Chiscon, Kingston. 25. John H. Miles, city, retired Vulcan Iron Works employe. Mrs. Annetta T. Johnson, Kingston; Rev. Joseph Savage,Parsons native. 27. Richard Gaughan, Ashley, retired Jersey Central railroader; Bruce Myers, Forty Fort, retired carpenter-contractor; Thomas I. Quinn, Kingston, retired machinist for Vulcan Iron Works. 28. Frank Bwyskal, Glen Lyon, miner; Emma J. McDaniels, Shickhinny; Robert Clark, Nanticoke, retired miner. 29. Mrs. Sarah K. Williamson, city, former Wilkes-Barre school teacher; Mrs. Elizabeth P. Gregory, West Pittston. 30. J. William Hildebrand, city, Odd Fellows official. 31. John M. (Ludd) Ludwikowski, Swoyersville, football and basketball coach at West Wyoming High School; Henry K. Walters, Ashley, retired ornamental plasterer. AUGUST 1. Frederick W. Weitz, former Wyoming businessman; George Petrokonis, Pittston, retired miner. 2. John Patsko, Ashley, retired miner; Mrs. Ruth Anderson Roat, Exeter. 3. Mrs. Ella J. Major, Lehman; John L. Brace, Plymouth, retired courthouse employe; Mrs. Stanley Urbanski, city; Rev. Michael A. Knapik, formerly of Wilkes-Barre. 5. Lehland Honeywell, Formerly of Luzerne; Corneilus A. Cannon, city, employe of International Color Press Company. 6. Rev. Mervyn W. Remlay, Forty Fort, retired minister; Alfred L. Bullock, Forty Fort, retired post office employe; Stanley Curtis, Parsons, musician; Ralph Dixon, Dallas, restaurant owner. 8. Mary R. Brislin, city, librarian and former school teacher; Joseph Kilgallon, city, railroader. 9. Max Goldstein, Kingston, founder of Goldstein Copperage; Mrs. Cologera Capitano, Pittston Township. 10. Arthur Johnson, city, industrial designer; Joseph A. Sulitka, Avoca, retired miner. 12. Frederick C. Harlow, Kingston, former electrical foreman; Edward Wytashek Wanamie, miner. 13. Edward C. Williams, Kingston, retired engineer; Edward Eyerman, Sr., city, building contractor; Edmund H. Kent, Forty Fort, retired school district employe. 14. Francis P. Fitzgerald, Kingston; Joseph Sulick, Nanticoke. 15. Edward F. Bouse, Wyoming, commanding officer of Troop B State Police at Wyoming; John Tierney, city, retired railroader. 16. Charles Austin, Sr., West Pittston, Spanish War veteran. 17. Mrs. Seady Rineheimer Sauers, Shavertown; Alexander Kervalavage, city, retired miner. 18. Frank L. Harrison, Plymouth, employe of Wilkes-Barre Transit Corporation; Rev. Ira J. Button, Fernbrook, retired minister; Walter B. Graboski, Nanticoke. 19. Mrs. Caroline Hoffman, city, William Edwards, Dallas, veteran of World War I. 20. Mrs. Harry Horan, Kingston; James D. Soringeour, W. Pittston, plumber. 21. Norman I. Jones, Warrior Run; Raymond A. Dotter, native of Wilkes-Barre. 22. Mrs. Margaret Neary, city, former teacher; John J. Mosler, Exeter, retired postal clerk; James Connell, Pittston City Assessor. 23. David Lloyd, Plymouth, miner. 24. Mrs. Rosalie Walaitis, city; Mrs. Margaret W. Thomas, Shavertown. 25. Miss Helen McAlave, Pittston; Samuel M. Yost, city; Gerdon A. Shook, retired merchant. 26. R. B. Shaver, Idetown, former Harveys Lake steamboat captain; Amelia J. Shotkosky, Forty Fort; 27. Lee Howells, city, drayman; Alice Ross Kingston, retired school teacher. 28. George Engler, city, railroad engineer. 29. Mrs. Mary J. Morris, city; Mrs. Emma Wesley Cairl, Dallas; John A. Hildebrant, Dallas; John P. Lynch, city, railroad engineer. 30. Mrs. Anna Rasimas, Plainsville. 31. Nicholas J. Stream. City, editor; Thomas F. Collins, former local printer. SEPTEMBER 1. Mary M. Loftus, Pittston; Leo J. Martin, city, retired railroader; David J. Lewis, city, former iron worker. 2.. William R. Thomas, Parsons, retired miner; John J. McCague, Dupont, retired railroad employe. 3. John Sorokas, retired city policeman; D. William H. Imhoff, Dallas, retired psychiatrist; Andrew Chewey, retired Larksville policeman. 4. Ben A. Reibicz, Ashley school teacher; Charles O. Miler, Mountaintop, retired mail carrier. 5.. Harry Prashker, city; Mrs. Rose R. Seibel, city; Mr. Helen Kaspre, city, former chairman for ILGWU. 6. Arthur C. Henrie, druggist; Charles Alexander, Duryea. 7. Frank T. Schevets, Pittston, accountant; Edmund E. Wills, Kingston. 8. Raymond J. Faust, city, former alderman and railroad policeman; Andrew (Ted) Walker, Kingston, Liquor Control Board supervisor. 9. John Fisher, Lee Park, former railroader. 10. Rev. John J. Bednarcik, pastor of St. John's the Baptist Church, Pittston; Thomas P. Kerrigan, city, retired railroader; Anthony Lispi, Plains; Mrs. Rose Neiman, Kingston. 12. Mrs. Richard Gill, Parsons; Thomas Walters, Nanticoke, retired miner. 13. Stephen Pelak, Plains, educator and former basketball coach; Ariel E. Roderick, city, retired railroader. 14. Philip DePhillip, Hughestown; Mrs. Samuel Giunta, Kingston; Mrs. Julia Connors, Pittston. 15. Dr. Bernard Androsky, Exeter; Dr. Charles A. Judge. 16. Rev. Oscar Vitale, Exeter, Presbyterian minister. 17. John M. Dziekan, Plymouth, bank officer; Mrs. Ida Mae (Owens) Olczak, Duryea. 19. Mrs. J. Frank Lee, city; George Wolfskeil, city, retired Lehigh Valley Coal Company employe; Clyde A. Harvey, employed by Wilkes-Barre City. 19. Andrew M. Perash, Kingston, World War I hero; Abram S. Galland, city, retired insurance executive. 20. Edward Werkheiser, Exeter; Mrs. Fred Schmitt, Kingston. 21. Rev. William C. Hickman, formerly of Plymouth; Harry H. Schmidt, Nanticoke, school principal. 22. Joseph Bucknavage, city; Raymond M. Dampf, Nanticoke. 23. William R. Thomas, city, retired miner; Miss Elizabeth McCadden, city, store buyer. 24. Samuel R. Dennis, Plymouth, retired electrical foreman. 25. Joseph P. McDonnell, Pittston, retired miner; Gilbert Kephart, Nanticoke. 26. Richard J. Whalen, Pittston, retired general yardmaster at Coxton Yards; George W. Sgarlat, Forty Fort, associated with sand and gravel firm. 27. Benjamin Weisberger, Kingston grocer; Philip Yeager, Larksville. 28. Mrs. Lorena Hess Girvan, Forty Fort; Mrs. Cora Boycott, Forty Fort. 29. N. Edwin Nelson, Dallas, retired classified as manager for Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company; Emil Bauman, Dallas. 30. Claude A. Stone, Kingston, retired salesman; John Hurrey, Hughestown, retired miner. OCTOBER 1. Robert R. Sheehan, Nanticoke, retired telephone worker; John H. Polinsky, Forty Fort, retired miner and father of priest. 2. Wilbur A. George, Kingston, operator of bowling alley; Delia McCormick, city; Mrs. Anna Kennedy, Parsons. 3.. Henry Smulowitz, city, president of Gibbon's Brewery; Mrs. Matilda Levi, formerly of Wilkes-Barre; Erakles Athanaesco, Pittston, restaurant proprietor. 4. John S. Schall, Plains, retired building contractor; Mrs. Anna Wytashael, Newport Township. 5. Joseph A. Munday, Shavertown, politician; Joseph (Harry) Tudgay, Warrior Run, retired Glen Alden and Lehigh Valley Coal Company employe. 6. Thomas S. Lloyd, Newtown, retired locomotive engineer; Mrs. James L. Brownlee, Forty Fort. 7. Edward F. Henry Aregood, city. 9. Frank Kirk, city, plumber; Ann M. Obici, city. 10. Charles Duchovny, city, merchant; Frank J. Beisel, city. 11. Frank Lispi, city; Mrs. Nancy Sutton Williams, city. 12. Clement Ritter, Plains, Pennsylvania Coal Company employe. 13. Michael P. Cirko, Pittston; Mrs. Stella Zegiestowsky, city. 14. Sylvester F. Basler, city steel company employe; Mrs. Nettie Lecher, city. 15. Arthur K. Williams, city, retired miner; John Shemanski, West Wyoming. 16. Mary M. Belefski, Glen Lyon, Newport school teacher; Andrew W. Roberts, Fernbrook, salesman. 17. John Stonik, city, former football player and coach; Stewart Morris, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, merchant. 18. Dr. J. Carpenter McNelis, city surgeon; Thomas J. Callahan, Swoyersville, insurance broker and real estate agent. 19. Walter F. Perrego, Shavertown, farmer; Mrs. Lottie Vanko, city. 29. John H. Super, city, retired Coughlin High School principal; Mrs. Alex Morton, West Pittston. 21. Frances L. Duddy, Plains, retired nurse; Charles Proshunis, Exeter. 22. George Zonko, Wilkes-Barre Township, Democratic leader; Charles Bolen, Plymouth, retired stationary engineer. 23. Mrs. Frances Rowe Sharp, Shavertown; Harry D. Hart, Shickshinny, retired ACF employe. 24. John McCauley, city, retired steel company employe; Anthony J. Morris, Edwardsville. 25. Joseph J. Stokes, city, retired city employe; Harold W, Kingsbury, city,manager of Williams Bakery. 26. Charles Shafer, city; Leda M. Ogan, city, business school instructor. 27. Percy T. Bray, Nanticoke, retired fire boss at Loomis Colliery; Charles J. Ford, city, engineer. 28. Jean V. Mac Meekin, city, private nurse; William Balcomb, Forty fort, retired miner. 29. William Winkler, Ashley, retired merchant; Thomas F. Larkin, city, retired miner; Michael Grady, sugar Notch. 30. Attorney Thomas L. Kennedy, Jr., Hazleton; chief counsel for the UMWA, districts 1, 7, and 9; Martin J. McMahon, Forty Fort, union official. 31. John C. Kehoe, Pittston area political leader; Harold (Bud) Davis, Shavertown, proprietor, Davis Cleaners. NOVEMBER 1. Anthony Giardina, Wyoming, bowler; John W. White, Kingston. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, Plains. 3. Harry H. Carver, Sr., Plymouth; William A Ward, Kingston, retired merchant. 4. Benjamin I. Siegel, Kingston, businessman and president of Wilkes-Barre Barons; Ben Heller, city food merchant. 5. Russell J., Watkins,city, retired fire boss for Lehigh Valley Coal Company; Mrs. Etta Walters, Nanticoke, former school teacher. 6. Leonard L. Roll, city, retired merchant; William C. Troutman, Wapwallopen, retired county employe. 7. Charles Weissman, city, founder of American Auto Stores Company; David Johnson, city, retired railroader. 8. Michael Elias, city, accident victim; Adalbert Rak, Parsons. 9. John R. Asher, city, chief clerk for D & H Railroad; Joseph S. Kowaleski, Dallas, hotel proprietor. 10. Albert Dennis, West Wyoming, jury commissioner; Walter Sudol, Mocanaqua. 11. Mrs. Almira L. Brittain, Kingston, centenarian; John J. Dwyer, West Pittston. 12. Griffith M. Lloyd, Warrior Run, retired salesman. 13. Joseph G. Langdon, Kingston; Mrs. Catherine Reese, city. 14. George Jacobs, Nanticoke; Charles Housenick, city. 15. Harry N. Kirkpatrick, city; Peter Felson, Plains. 16. Ira Hartman, Kingston; George E. Morgan, Plymouth. 17. Eckley Markle, Hazleton, bank director; Mrs. Julia Lawler, West Pittston; Patrick McHugh, Glen Lyon. 18. Stanley Beckish, Lyndwood; Evan Thomas, Slocum. 19. Joseph Kutzmas, Dupont; Michael Bell, Sr., Yatesville, former burgess; Stewart T. Romberger, Plymouth. 20. John C. Reese, city; Michael Handzo, city fireman. 21. Mrs. Catherine Bonomo, city; Benjamin Eynon, city. 22. Edward W. Sulima, Pittston; George Davis, Trucksville. 23. Joseph Young, City; Mrs. Alice E. Sullivan, city. 24. Mrs. Myra Bennett, Kingston; Miss Frances McDevitt, city. 25. Mrs. Frank F. Feenick, city; Frank L. Boris, city. 26. Eugene A. Tuzinski, Nanticoke, druggist; Paul Warchal, Glen Lyon; Jesse Rineer, West Nanticoke. 27. Anthony Teberio, city fireman; Carl Fino, Pittston Township; Mrs. Irene Kuprionas, Nanticoke. 28. Mrs. William Mrs. Henry Piasecki, Nanticoke. 29. Charles C. Eckhart, city; Clarence B. Cronauer, city. 30. Earl E. Frey, Sr., Georgetown; Stanley J. Cravitz, Nanticoke. Typed by Jeannette Phethean, July 2004