Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg

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Joseph P. Vaughan

Joseph P. Vaughan

Jan 15, 2016

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Heather E. (Andrews) Slotterback

Heather E. (Andrews) Slotterback

Jan 8, 2016

Heather E. (Andrews) Slotterback, age 65, of Marion Heights passed away peacefully on Friday morning, January 8, 2016 in the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she resided since December 28. Heather was born on Saturday, September 8, 1950 in Toronto, Canada; a daughter of the late Donald and Doris (Armstrong) Andrews. After graduating from high school in Canada she attended...

Dorothy "Dot" M. (Confer) Folk

Dorothy "Dot" M. (Confer) Folk

Dec 31, 2015

Dorothy M. "Dot" (Confer) Folk, age 78, of Watsontown, died on Thursday evening, December 31, 2015 a recent resident of the Muncy Skilled Nursing Center. Prior to moving to Watsontown, Dot resided on Surrey Lane in Bloomsburg. Dot was born on Thursday, April 8, 1937 in Lewisburg, one of four daughters to the late Walter and Elsie (Beaver) Confer. While...

Shane Breach

Shane Breach

Dec 23, 2015

Shane Breach, age 46, of Bloomsburg and formerly of Danville, died on Thursday evening, December 23, 2015, in Franklin Township., Columbia County. Shane was born on Friday, July 18, 1969 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Guy P. Breach and Patricia (Blass) Kipp of Danville. In 1987, Shane completed his education by graduating from the Columbia Montour Vocational Technical...

Hendrick "Moe" E. Williams Sr.

Hendrick "Moe" E. Williams Sr.

Dec 15, 2015

Hendrick E. "Moe" Williams, Sr., age 89, of Danville, died on Tuesday evening, December 15, 2015 surrounded by his family at his home of seventy years and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Moe was born on Saturday, October 30, 1926, in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, a son of the late Remigius H. and Mary E. (Miller) Williams....

Janet D. (Pursel) Roeder

Janet D. (Pursel) Roeder

Dec 14, 2015

Janet D. (Pursel) Roeder, age 77 of Nuremburg, died on Monday morning, December 14, 2015 a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Janet was born on Tuesday, December 28, 1937 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of Marion (Gilpin) St. James of Oneida, Pennsylvania, and the late Ted Pursel. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Bloomsburg area schools. For...

Kathy A. (Hayman) Finsel

Kathy A. (Hayman) Finsel

Dec 12, 2015

Kathy A. (Hayman) Finsel, age 65, of Bloomsburg, died on Saturday afternoon, December 12, 2015 at her home of over 30 years surrounded by her family and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Kathy was born on Thursday, December 29, 1949 in Bloomsburg, one of three children to Keith L. and Florence (Mowery) Hayman, Sr. While growing up...

Rev. Joseph H. Fennessy

Rev. Joseph H. Fennessy

Dec 10, 2015

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Jeffery Allen Reichenbach

Jeffery Allen Reichenbach

Dec 5, 2015

Jeffery Allen Reichenbach, age 30, of Catawissa, died on Saturday morning, December 5, 2015 following the results of an automobile accident in Lycoming County. Jeffery was born on Tuesday, April 2, 1985 a son of Roger Reichenbach of Corinth, Texas and Tammy (Koser) Keefer of Catawissa. Throughout his younger years, he attended the Columbia Montour Vocational and Technical School and...

Permilla A. (Crawford) Keeler

Permilla A. (Crawford) Keeler

Dec 2, 2015

Permilla A. (Crawford) Keeler, age 82, of Bloomsburg died on Wednesday afternoon, December 2, 2015, in the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she resided since November 25. She was a resident of her Bloomsburg home for 38 years. Permilla was born on Friday, March 10, 1933 in Bloomsburg a daughter of Frank and Anna (Harp) Crawford. She graduated with the...

Fred J. Priestman

Fred J. Priestman

Dec 2, 2015

Fred J. Priestman, age 66, of Lightstreet, died on Wednesday morning, December 2, 2015 at his home surrounded by family and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Fred had been a resident of Scott Township for over 25 years. Fred was born on Sunday, June 12, 1949 in Wilkes-Barre, one of four children to Fred and Jean (Wermuth)...

Craig "Cj" J. Neeb

Craig "Cj" J. Neeb

Nov 28, 2015

Craig James "CJ" Neeb, age 26, of Bloomsburg, died Saturday, November 28. He was a lifelong resident of Bloomsburg where he was born on Tuesday, August 15, 1989 a son of Cindy (Cornelison) Neeb of Bloomsburg and Chris A. Neeb of Catawissa. Craig was a member of the Bloomsburg High School Class of 2007. He used his skills as a...

Barbara J. Gipple

Barbara J. Gipple

Nov 27, 2015

Services to celebrate Barbara's life were held privately by her family in the Elan Memorial Park Cemetery where she was laid to rest beside her late husband, John.

Linda L. Snyder

Linda L. Snyder

Nov 26, 2015

Linda L. Snyder, age 63, of Bloomsburg, died Thursday evening, November 26, in the Geisinger Medical Center where she was admitted Tuesday. Linda was born on Monday, July 20, 1952, a daughter of Donzella (Hartman) Sitler of Almedia and the late George Sitler. Linda completed her education upon graduation from Central Columbia High School in 1970. For many years she...

Gloria J. Chavez

Gloria J. Chavez

Nov 23, 2015

Gloria J. Chavez, age 80, of Bloomsburg died Monday, November 23, 2015 a resident of Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center. Prior to living in Bloomsburg, Gloria was a resident of San Antonio TX. Gloria was born of Saturday, August 10, 1935 in Philadelphia, a daughter of Dominick and Anna Zupito. Gloria was of the Catholic Faith. Most of her working life...

Thomas P. Tomaschik

Thomas P. Tomaschik

Nov 18, 2015

Thomas P. Tomaschik age 54 of Bloomsburg died Wednesday evening, November 18, 2015 in Briar Creek Township. Tom was born on Wednesday, March 4, 1961 a son of Bernadette (Jerome) Petro of Catawissa and Donald Tomaschik of Elysburg. Tom completed his education upon graduation from Southern Area High School in 1979. He was a proud member of the working class,...

James M. Shaw, Sr.

James M. Shaw, Sr.

Nov 16, 2015

James M. Shaw, Sr., age 49, of Lightstreet, died unexpectedly on Monday afternoon, November 16, 2015 at his home in Scott Township where he resided for the past 27 years. Jim was born on Thursday, January 20, 1966 in Hazleton, a son of Patricia (Hudsick) Shaw of Bloomsburg and the late Robert N. Shaw who passed on June 3, 2013....

William D. Shaffer

William D. Shaffer

Nov 13, 2015

William D. Shaffer, age 66, of Stillwater, died on Friday evening, November 13, 2015 a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Bill was born on Wednesday, May 18, 1949 in Berwick, one of five children of Morris and Elva (Levan) Shaffer. While growing up in the Bloomsburg area, he attended the Central Columbia area schools and graduated from...

Sharon L. (Crawford) Reichard

Sharon L. (Crawford) Reichard

Nov 8, 2015

Sharon L. (Crawford) Reichard, age 60, of Bloomsburg died on Sunday morning, November 8, 2015 a resident of Balanced Care at Bloomsburg and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Sharon was born on Friday, September 9, 1955 in Bloomsburg, one of three children to the late A. Dean and Janet (Montgomery) Crawford. While growing up in the Bloomsburg...

Betty L. Fisher

Betty L. Fisher

Nov 6, 2015

Betty L. Fisher, age 92, of Bloomsburg, died on Friday morning, November 6, 2015 a recent resident of Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center in Bloomsburg. Betty was previously a resident of the former Loyalton at Bloomsburg located in Scott Township for the past several years. Betty was born on Tuesday, February 27, 1923 in Bloomsburg, the oldest of six children to...