Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg
Serving Bloomsburg, PA and surrounding area
David Allen Eck
Jan 22, 2016
David A. Eck, age 46, of Catawissa, passed away on Friday, January 22, 2016, at his home with his family and under the care of Columbia Montour Hospice. David was a resident of his home in Catawissa for over 8 years. David was born on Thursday, September 4, 1969 in Reading, Pennsylvania, a son of the Robert A. Eck of...
Dolores "Hatch" G. Miller
Jan 17, 2016
Dolores "Hatch" G. Miller, age 87, formerly of Lighstreet , died on Sunday, January 17, 2016, a patient of Brookdale Assisted Living in Scott Township where she had resided since 2011. Dolores was a resident of her home in Lightstreet for over 55 years. Dolores was born on Friday, June 1, 1928 in Conyngham, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late...
Joseph P. Vaughan
Jan 15, 2016
Joseph Peter Vaughan, who flew kites across the world to entertain sultans and delight children, drifted off peacefully from this life on Jan. 15, 2016, circled by loving family, friends and neighbors. He was 85. Joe was born into poverty in Brooklyn during the Great Depression, the fourth of Mary McBride Vaughan's six children and a largely absent father. Though...
Thomas E. Foust
Jan 15, 2016
Thomas E. Foust, age 78, of Bloomsburg, died on Friday morning, January 15, 2016, a patient of the Geisinger Bloomsburg Health Care Center in Bloomsburg. Thomas was a resident of Bloomsburg his entire life. Thomas was born on Friday, July 2, 1937 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Paul and Gertrude (Nuss) Foust . Throughout his younger years,...
Joseph P. Vaughan
Jan 15, 2016
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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
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
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.
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...


