Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg

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Charles F. "Skeeter" Wasko

Charles F. "Skeeter" Wasko

Mar 23, 2021

Charles F. "Skeeter" Wasko, age 69, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 23, 2021, at his Scott Twp. home. He was born on Wednesday, April 4, 1951 in Berwick, a son of the late Marvin Earl Wasko and Catherine Betty (Sponenberg) Harter. Charles graduated from the Berwick Area High School in 1969 and expanded his education by attending...

Mary E. (Dietrich) Slobinsky

Mary E. (Dietrich) Slobinsky

Mar 21, 2021

Mary E. (Dietrich) Slobinsky, age 74, of Millville, passed away on Sunday evening, March 21, 2021, at her home. She was a resident of her home in Millville for over six years. Mary was born on Thursday, September 12, 1946 in Pottsville, PA. She was the daughter of the late Victor and Helen Koury. Throughout her younger years, Mary attended...

Cherie A. (Seiple) Collins

Cherie A. (Seiple) Collins

Mar 20, 2021

Cherie A. Collins, age 72, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Saturday evening, March 20, 2021, surrounded by her family at the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Cherie was born on Thursday, January 27, 1949 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Tennis G. and Erma (Knorr) Seiple. Throughout her younger years, Cherie attended the Bloomsburg area schools, and later graduated from the Central...

Dawn M. (Leighow) Wright

Dawn M. (Leighow) Wright

Mar 12, 2021

Dawn M. (Leighow) Wright, age 90, formerly of Sherwood Village, Bloomsburg, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2021 and will join Bob, her loving husband of 62 years. Dawn was a resident of Brookdale Bloomsburg Assisted Living since March 2020, and just recently at The Gardens at Millville. Dawn was born on September 16, 1930 in Catawissa to the late...

Charles T. Reigle

Charles T. Reigle

Mar 7, 2021

Charles T. Reigle, age 73, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021, a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Charles was a resident of Bloomsburg for most of his life. He was born on Tuesday, August 5, 1947 in Mifflinville, a son of the late Warner H. Reigle and May C. (Girton) Graham. Charles graduated from the...

Salaam Aliff Jacobs Jr.

Salaam Aliff Jacobs Jr.

Mar 5, 2021

Salaam Aliff Jacobs Jr., of Bloomsburg, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021. He was born a beautiful flower just to bloom in heaven on Friday, March 5, 2021 in Bloomsburg, a beloved son of Salaam Aliff Jacobs, Sr. and Megan Patricia Taylor. Salaam was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Michelle D. Jacobs and Donald Webb and maternal...

H. Phillip Hill

H. Phillip Hill

Mar 3, 2021

H. Phillip Hill, age 77, of Bloomsburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at his home. Phil was born on Monday, August 16, 1943 in Big Stone Gap, VA, a son of the late Glenn Edward and Clara Pauline (Livesay) Hill. He is survived by his devoted wife Judy. They were married August 10, 1985. He was a...

Stetler H. "Barney" Honabach

Stetler H. "Barney" Honabach

Feb 27, 2021

Stetler Hurley "Barney" Honabach, age 85, of Catawissa, passed away peacefully at his residence on Saturday, February 27, 2021, with his two sons by his side. Born in Aristes on April 8, 1935, Stetler "Barney" Honabach was the son of the late Francis Stetler and Hannah (Brobst) Honabach. Barney and his late wife Marianne, built their home on her families...

Kaye A. "Ken" Wright

Kaye A. "Ken" Wright

Feb 22, 2021

Kaye A. "Ken" Wright, age 90, of Bloomsburg, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at his South Centre Twp. home. He was born on December 23, 1930 in Bloomsburg, the son of the late Kenneth and Mary (Krum) Wright. Throughout his younger years, Ken attended Bloomsburg area schools, and later graduated from Bloomsburg High School in 1949. On April 29,...

Nina K. Aikey

Nina K. Aikey

Feb 18, 2021

Nina K. Aikey, age 74, of Orangeville, went home to be with her Lord after a 2 1/2 year courageous battle with hodgkin's lymphoma on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Nina was a resident of her home in Greenwood Twp. for over 27 years. She was born on Sunday, May 5, 1946 in Lewisburg, a daughter of the late Gilbert and...

Douglas D. Fetterman

Douglas D. Fetterman

Feb 17, 2021

Douglas D. Fetterman, age 67, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at his Montour Twp. home. Douglas was a resident of Bloomsburg all of his life. He was born on Saturday, October 10, 1953 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Arthur Edward and Betty Lillian (Propst) Fetterman. On July 10, 1971, Douglas married his loving wife,...

Betty Jane "Bj" Wolf

Betty Jane "Bj" Wolf

Feb 17, 2021

Betty Jane "BJ" (Daubert) Wolf, age 95, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, a resident of Heather Court, Nottingham Village in Northumberland. BJ was a resident of Bloomsburg for over 70 years. She was born on Tuesday, November 10, 1925 in Milton, a daughter of the late Grant and Anne (Lloyd) Daubert. BJ graduated from the Milton...

Robert "Bobby" Gary Brooking

Robert "Bobby" Gary Brooking

Feb 16, 2021

Robert "Bobby" Gary Brooking, 79, passed away on Tuesday, February, 16, 2021 under the expert and compassionate care of the Angels on Earth at Highlands Healthcare in Laporte. Bobby was born in the Bloomsburg Hospital on March 23, 1941, the third child of the late John Jr. and Lucille (Millard) Brooking. Bobby was well known in the Bloomsburg area, having...

Leroy C. Yocum Sr.

Leroy C. Yocum Sr.

Feb 15, 2021

Leroy C. Yocum, Sr., age 70, of Bloomsburg, passed away suddenly on Monday evening, February 15, 2021. He was born on Monday, September 4, 1950 in Bloomsburg, a son of Doris (Small) Tomashefski of Bloomsburg and the late Carl Yocum. Leroy graduated from the Southern Columbia High School and served in the U.S. Army Reserves. For many years, Leroy was...

Joan R. (Rinker) Laidacker

Joan R. (Rinker) Laidacker

Feb 14, 2021

Joan R. (Rinker) Laidacker, age 86, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2021, a patient of the Bonham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Stillwater. She was born on Monday, September 24, 1934 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Donald Rinker and Patricia (Pursel) Low. Throughout her younger years, Joan attended the Bloomsburg area schools, and later graduated...

Claude W. Renninger

Claude W. Renninger

Feb 12, 2021

Claude W. Renninger, age 88, went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 12, 2021. He was born May 25, 1932 in Richfield, PA, a son of the late John S. And Sadie M. (Clotfelter) Renninger. He was a 1948 graduate of Freeburg High School, Freeburg, PA, and a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teacher's College, Thompson's School of...

Faye N. Kline

Faye N. Kline

Feb 12, 2021

Faye N. Kline, age 81, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2021, a patient of the UPMC, Williamsport. Faye was a resident of the Bloomsburg area all of her life. She was born on Thursday, November 16, 1939 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late C. Earl and Maida (Ryan) Nichols. Faye graduated from the Millville High School...

Charles Kenneth Hill

Charles Kenneth Hill

Feb 9, 2021

Charles Kenneth Hill, age 83, of Bloomsburg, passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at his Hemlock Twp. home. Charles was a resident of his home in Bloomsburg for over 17 years and previously of Toms River, NJ. He was born on Friday, October 1, 1937 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, a son of the late Glenn Edward and Clara...

Tresa Diann Neiderhiser

Tresa Diann Neiderhiser

Feb 5, 2021

Tresa Diann (Combs) Neiderhiser, age 58, of Bloomsburg, was called home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 5, 2021. She courageously confronted a diagnosis of advanced stage cervical cancer on January 1, 2021, which quickly took her life. Even in the midst of facing her own mortality, Tresa maintained her sense of humor and deep concern for her...

Dudley P. Cooley

Dudley P. Cooley

Feb 3, 2021

Dudley P. Cooley, devoted husband, father, grandfather, 82, died Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at Geisinger Medical Center with his family at his side. Born June 9, 1938, in Freeport, Illinois, he was the son of Pete E. and Mary G. Cooley of Decatur, Illinois, and later of Somerville, NJ. He and his wife Sue celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in...