Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg
Serving Bloomsburg, PA and surrounding area
Arlene Tessie Lesnefsky
Jun 20, 2022
(Auntie Arlene wrote her own obituary with some additions by her niece, Kathy). Arlene Tessie Lesnefsky, daughter of the late Stanley and Mary (Zapach) Lesnefsky, died Monday morning June 20, 2022 at home with her niece, Kathy by her side. Arlene was born August 25, 1932 at home in Shumans, PA. She attended Beaver High School and graduated with honors...
Henry Cecil Turberville Jr.
Jun 13, 2022
Henry Cecil Turberville, Jr., 81, of Mifflinville, passed away at his home on Monday, June 13, 2022. Cecil was born on May 23, 1941 in Sardis, Alabama to Henry Cecil Turberville, Sr. and Dora Elizabeth (Langston) Turberville. He grew up in Pleasant Hill, Alabama, graduating from Carlowville High School in 1959. He married Ann Hardy in 1961 and had three...
Pauline Rearick
Jun 10, 2022
Pauline Rearick, age 93, of Bloomsburg, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, June 10, 2022, a patient of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Pauline was born on Sunday, February 17, 1929 in Mainville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Steven and Mary (Kuchar) Petock. Pauline was raised on a Mainville farm with her ten brothers and...
Arthur H. Swisher Jr.
Jun 10, 2022
Arthur H. Swisher, Jr., age 82, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Friday morning, June 10, 2022, at the Emmanuel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Danville. He was born on Sunday, July 2, 1939 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Arthur H., Sr. and Blanche (Crawford) Swisher. Arthur attended Bloomsburg Area High School and faithfully served his country in the United...
Sally A. Long
Jun 9, 2022
Sally A. Long, age 77, of Berwick, passed away on Thursday evening, June 9, 2022, a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Sally was a resident of her home in Briar Creek Township for the past six years and previously lived in Bloomsburg. She was born on Wednesday, November 29, 1944 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late...
Angelina Frances Lapchak
Jun 7, 2022
Angelina Frances Lapchak, age 84, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Tuesday morning, June 7, 2022, at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital. Angelina was a resident of her home in Beaver Township for over 39 years. She was born on Friday, April 8, 1938 in Baltimore, MD a daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine (Vecchioni) Catalano. Angelina graduated from Patterson High...
Richard S. Winand Jr.
Jun 7, 2022
Richard S. Winand Jr., age 70, of Bloomsburg passed away on Tuesday morning, June 7, 2022, at Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital after a brief battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 8, 1951 and grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey. In March 1990, on a blind date he met the girl he would spend the rest...
Vivianne D. Swisher
Jun 1, 2022
Vivianne D. (Chevrette) Swisher, age 82, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 1, 2022, a resident of the Brookdale Assisted Living of Bloomsburg since December. Vivianne was born on Thursday, May 23, 1940 in Central Falls, Rhode Island, a daughter of the late Leo and Dorianne (Lussier) Chevrette. Throughout her younger years, Vivianne attended and later graduated from...
Alberta L. Ciero
May 31, 2022
On 31 May 2022, Alberta L. Ciero, Bloomsburg, went home to be with the Lord. Born on February 12, 1939 to James and Helen (LaCoe) Vanderberg in Newton, PA, Alberta graduated from Newton-Ransom High School in 1957. She lived and worked in Scranton, PA until 1973 when she moved with her husband and kids to South Centre Township. She retired...
Mary D. Gregersen
May 31, 2022
Mary D. (Alba) Gregersen, age 88, of Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at her home of 33 years in Hemlock Township surrounded by her family and under the care of Commonwealth Hospice. Mary was born on Saturday, November 11, 1933 in Havana, Cuba, a daughter of the late Jose` and Ruth (Forcey) Alba. Throughout her younger years, Mary...
Roberta R. (Wegrzyniak) Kistler
May 29, 2022
Roberta R. (Wegrzyniak) Kistler, age 79, of Bloomsburg, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, May 29, 2022. She was born on Saturday, December 5, 1942 in Garfield, NJ, a daughter of the late Joseph and Sophie (Ochab) Wegrzyniak. Roberta graduated from Garfield High School, Garfield, NJ in 1956. On February 13, 1965, Roberta married her husband, James E. Kistler. Roberta...
Douglas W. Smith Jr.
May 17, 2022
Douglas W. Smith, Jr., age 50, of Lykens, PA passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at his home. Doug was a resident of his home in Lykens for over 10 years. He was born on Sunday, February 27, 1972 in Lewisburg, a son of Douglas W. Smith, Sr. and Denise K. (Bridge) Musser. Doug graduated from Warrior Run...
Jamie Lee Troup
May 7, 2022
Jamie Lee Troup, age 45, of Bloomsburg, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday morning, May 7, 2022, at Hillsgrove, PA. He was born on Monday, June 7, 1976 in Berwick, a son of the late John Charles Troup, Sr. and Nyoka D. (Headden) Troup. Jamie attended Central Columbia High School, Bloomsburg and was employed as a construction worker for Troup Home...
Connie E. Barnes
Apr 24, 2022
Connie E. Barnes, age 73, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Sunday evening, April 24, 2022, at Grandview Health and Rehabilitation Center, Danville. Connie was a resident of Bloomsburg all of her life. She was born on Wednesday, March 2, 1949 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Lamar H. and Margaret G. (Heimbach) Shaffer. Throughout her younger years, Connie attended...
Edward W. Spangler
Apr 22, 2022
Edward W. Spangler, age 95, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Friday morning, April 22, 2022, at his home with his loved ones by his side. He was born on Sunday, January 16, 1927 in Philadelphia, a son of the late Edward W. Spangler and Edna Mae. He faithfully served his country in the United States Army during WW II and...
Mabel M. Gordner
Apr 20, 2022
Mabel M. Gordner, age 96, formerly of Millville passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, April 20, 2022, at Sunset Ridge Healthcare Center, Bloomsburg surrounded by her family. She was born on Wednesday, March 3, 1926, in Lairdsville, a daughter of the late Jacob and Elza (Neufer) Miller. She was a 1943 graduate of Hughesville High School. During the war, Mabel...
Carol Ann (Evert) Ent
Apr 16, 2022
Carol Ann (Evert) Ent, age 83, of Bloomsburg, passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side on Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was born March 14, 1939, the daughter of the late Samuel H. and Dorothy W. Evert. In her early years she lived in Kulpmont, PA as well as Richmond, VA, eventually residing in Bloomsburg the...
Betty J. Penman
Apr 14, 2022
Betty J. Penman, age 92, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2022, at Sunset Ridge Healthcare Center in Bloomsburg. She was born on Monday, February 17, 1930, in Washingtonville, a daughter of the late Albert E. and Helen (Anderson) Reibsame. Betty graduated from the Danville High School. On May 10, 1952, Betty married her loving husband, Larue...
Gloria J. White
Apr 11, 2022
Gloria J. White, age 72, of Mifflinville, passed away on Monday morning, April 11, 2022, surrounded by her loving family at her home under the care of Geisinger Hospice. She was born on Thursday, February 2, 1950, in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Donald William and Betty J. (Beyer) Seltzer. Gloria graduated from the Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills,...
Patricia A. Shaw
Apr 2, 2022
Patricia A. Shaw, age 84 of Bloomsburg went to be with her Lord on Saturday April 2, 2022 with her children by her side. She was born on Thursday, November 11, 1937 in Tyler, PA a daughter of the late Frank and Helen (Maholtz) Hudsick. She graduated from Huston Township High School in Penfield, PA and Clearfield Hospital School of...


