Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg

Serving Bloomsburg, PA and surrounding area

Donald P. Gaughan

Donald P. Gaughan

May 6, 2015

Donald P. Gaughan, age 83, a resident of Bloomsburg for 25 years, died on Wednesday evening, May 6, 2015 a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Donald was born on Friday, April 15, 1932 in Mount Carmel, a son of the late Joseph and Esther (Dropesky) Gaughan. Throughout his younger years, Donald attended the Centralia area schools, and...

Bessie J. Long

Bessie J. Long

Apr 30, 2015

Bessie J. Long, age 78, a lifelong resident of Bloomsburg, died on Thursday evening, April 30, 2015 at her home. She had been in failing health for several years. Bessie was born on Tuesday, June 9, 1936 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Frank and Emma Wolfgang Chrisman. She attended the Bloomsburg schools. On August 23, 1952, Bessie married...

Susan J. (Fisher) Karnes

Susan J. (Fisher) Karnes

Apr 27, 2015

Susan J. (Fisher) Karnes, age 56, a resident of Lightstreet for 31 years, died on Monday, April 27, 2015 at the Berwick Hospital where she was taken earlier in the day. Susan was born on Saturday, August 9, 1958 in Berwick, a daughter of the late Joseph Fisher and Judith (Culp) Fisher of Johnstown. She completed her education upon graduation...

Loren E. Girton

Loren E. Girton

Apr 21, 2015

Loren E. Girton, age 84, of Bloomsburg died on Tuesday afternoon, April 21, 2015 at the home of his daughter in Catawissa and under the care of VNA Hospice. Loren was born on Saturday, June 28, 1930 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Lloyd and Lenna (Black) Girton. Throughout his younger years, Loren attended the Bloomsburg area schools and...

Sandra J. (Sholly) Houser

Sandra J. (Sholly) Houser

Apr 16, 2015

Sandra J. (Sholly) Houser, age 76, of Zion Grove, died on Thursday evening, April 16, 2015 a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Sandra was born on Monday, March 13, 1939, in Selinsgrove, a daughter of the late William and Mary (Lindenmuth) Sholly. Throughout her younger years, Sandra attended the Nuremburg area schools, and graduated from the Nuremburg...

Rev. Vincent R. Siciliano

Rev. Vincent R. Siciliano

Apr 4, 2015

Rev. Vincent R. Siciliano, age 78, of Bloomsburg, died on Saturday evening, April 4 in the Emergency Room of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past four years. Vincent was born on Wednesday, November 18, 1936 in Westerly, Rhode Island a son of Joseph J and Mary (Biodine) Siciliano. He was very proud of his...

Beatrice E. (Derr) Zettlemoyer

Beatrice E. (Derr) Zettlemoyer

Apr 3, 2015

Beatrice E. (Derr) Zettlemoyer, age 87, a long-time resident of Rupert, died on Friday evening, April 3, 2015, a resident of Grandview Health Homes in Danville for the past eight years. Beatrice was born on Saturday, August 20, 1927 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Calvin Derr, Jr. and Beulah (Titman) Derr. Throughout her younger years, she attended the...

Robert Frankel Jr.

Robert Frankel Jr.

Mar 30, 2015

Robert Frankel, Jr., age 47 of Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 30, 2015 at his home. He had been a resident of Bloomsburg since attending Bloomsubrg University. Robert was born on June 7, 1967 in Allentown PA the only child of the late Robert Frankel, Sr. and Judith (Binder) Frankel of Northampton. Robert was a member of Northern Lehigh...

Eloise K. (Kile) Morris

Eloise K. (Kile) Morris

Mar 28, 2015

Eloise (Kile) Morris, age 83, a lifetime resident of Greenwood Township, died suddenly on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at her home. For over 55 years, she had lived on the family farm in Greenwood Township. Eloise was born on Tuesday, October 13, 1931 in Greenwood Township, a daughter of the late Willard and H. Lucille (Shaffer) Kile. She completed her...

Charles E. Hack

Charles E. Hack

Mar 27, 2015

Charles E. Hack, age 80, a life-long resident of Greenwood Township, died suddenly on Friday afternoon, March 27, 2015 at the Geisinger Medical Center Emergency Room in Danville. Charles was born on Monday, April 30, 1934 in Jerseytown, a son of the late Wallace and Vera (Shultz) Hack. Throughout his younger years, Charles attended the Jerseytown and the Millville Area...

Eileen K. (Grim) Campbell

Eileen K. (Grim) Campbell

Mar 22, 2015

Eileen K. (Grim) Campbell, age 71, of Briar Creek Twp., died on Sunday afternoon, March 22, 2015 a patient in the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Eileen was born on Saturday, February 5, 1944 a daughter of the late Charles and Catherine (Rickenbach) Grim. She was a 1961 graduate of the Brandywine Heights High School of Topton PA. On August 5, 1961 Eileen...

Donald E. Neyhard

Donald E. Neyhard

Mar 20, 2015

Donald E. Neyhard, age 80, died on Friday morning, March 20, 2015 a resident of the Orangeville Health and Rehabilitation Center for one week. Donald was a lifelong resident of Bloomsburg, being born in Bloomsburg on Friday, August 19, 1934 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late John and Louise (Gibb) Neyhard. After graduating from the Bloomsburg High School in...

Robert G. Ginader

Robert G. Ginader

Mar 17, 2015

Robert G. Ginader, age 55, of Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday morning, March 17, 2015 at his home surrounded by family and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Bob succumbed to his illness following a valiant, seven year fight with colon cancer. Bob was born on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 in Scranton, a son of George and Eleanor (Malia)...

Maxine A. (Fetterolf) Coxe

Maxine A. (Fetterolf) Coxe

Mar 16, 2015

Maxine A. (Fetterolf) Coxe, age 87, a life-long resident of Bloomsburg, died on Monday evening, March 16, 2015 at her home surrounded by family. Maxine was a resident of her home in Almedia for over 57 years. Maxine was born on Monday, October 3, 1927 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late John C. and Zula (Stiner) Fetterolf. Throughout her...

Margaret "Maggie" E. Long

Margaret "Maggie" E. Long

Mar 12, 2015

Margaret E. "Maggie" (Brightbill) Long, age 58, of Berwick, died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at her home surrounded by family and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Maggie was born on Sunday, October 21, 1956 in Shamokin, a daughter of the late Jonathan and Mae (Jones) Brightbill. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Shamokin area schools and...

Dean R. Kelchner

Dean R. Kelchner

Mar 12, 2015

Dean R. Kelchner, age 77, of Millville, died on Thursday morning, March 12, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Dean was born on Sunday, January 2, 1938 in Berwick, a son of the late Donald L. and Ida Mae (Kishbaugh) Kelchner. Throughout his younger years, Dean attended the former...

Dorothy M. (Parker) Atherton

Dorothy M. (Parker) Atherton

Mar 10, 2015

Dorothy M. (Parker) Atherton, age 88, formerly of Lime Ridge, died on Tuesday evening, March 10, 2015 a patient of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Dorothy was currently a resident of the Grandview Health Homes in Danville since this past December. Dorothy was born on Saturday, March 20, 1926 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Clark M. and Jennie...

Sara I. (Wolfe) Rubenstein

Sara I. (Wolfe) Rubenstein

Mar 1, 2015

Sara I. (Wolfe) Rubenstein, age 87, of Mifflinville, died on Sunday afternoon, March 1, 2015 a resident of Emeritus Assisted Living of Bloomsburg since March of 2013. Sara was born on Tuesday, July 5, 1927, in Ringtown, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late William and Emily (Strausser) Wolfe. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Bloomsburg area schools and later...

Dr. William A. Raymond

Dr. William A. Raymond

Feb 28, 2015

Dr. William Asa Raymond, age 76, of Benton, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon, February 28, 2015 at his home in Sugar Loaf Township. Bill had been battling ill health for the past few years. Bill was a native of McKean County, having been born at Kane Community Hospital on Monday, September 5, 1938, as the eldest child of Frank C....

Donald N. Rishe

Donald N. Rishe

Feb 23, 2015

Donald N. Rishe, age 96, a life-long resident of Bloomsburg, died Monday afternoon, February 23, 2015 under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice at Maria Hall in Danville. Don was born on Friday, October 18, 1918 in Bloomsburg, son of the late Jonathan and Ruth (Karns) Rishe. He attended Bloomsburg area schools graduating from Bloomsburg High School in 1935....