Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg

Serving Bloomsburg, PA and surrounding area

John L. 'Jack' Ickes

John L. 'Jack' Ickes

Jun 9, 2015

John L. "Jack" Ickes, age 77, of Orangeville, died on Tuesday morning, June 9, 2015 a recent resident of the Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Orangeville. Jack was born on Friday, November 8, 1937 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Harry W. and Florene K. (Eveland) Ickes. Throughout his younger years, Jack attended the Bloomsburg area schools and...

Verona M. (Smith) Oman

Verona M. (Smith) Oman

Jun 7, 2015

Verona M. (Smith) Oman, age 101, a resident of Bloomsburg for over 80 years, died on Sunday afternoon, June 7, 2015 a patient of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Verona was born on June 20, 1913 in Talmar, a daughter of the late James M. and Pearl (Davis) Smith. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Mount Grove area school. Shortly after...

Beverly J. (Gaugler) Dieter

Beverly J. (Gaugler) Dieter

Jun 7, 2015

Beverly J. (Gaugler) Dieter, age 88, of Bloomsburg, died on Sunday afternoon, June 7, 2015 a resident of Balanced Care of Bloomsburg since October of last year. Beverly was born on Monday, February 28, 1927 in Shamokin Dam, a daughter of the late Daniel D. and Edna E. (Fisher) Gaugler. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Shamokin Dam area...

Anita M. (Richart) Peckne

Anita M. (Richart) Peckne

May 30, 2015

Anita M. (Richart) Peckne, age 74, of Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, died on Saturday, May 30, 2015 in the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she was admitted May 19. Anita had been ill for the past year. Anita was born on Saturday, September 28, 1940 in Bloomsburg. She was one of twelve children of John and Amanda Gertrude (Runyon) Richart....

Joanne K. (Nichols) Stiner

Joanne K. (Nichols) Stiner

May 27, 2015

Joanne K. (Nichols) Stiner, age 84, of Bloomsburg, died on Wednesday morning, May 27, 2015 a recent resident of the Millville Health and Rehabilitation Center. Joanne was born on Wednesday, January 14, 1931 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late George and Clara (Ohl) Nichols. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Bloomsburg area schools and later graduated from the...

John T. Pickin

John T. Pickin

May 23, 2015

John T. Pickin, age 81, of Bloomsburg, died Saturday, May 23, 2015at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of Columbia Montour Hospice. John was a resident of his Main Twp. home for over 48 years. He had been in failing health for several months. John was born on Sunday, January 7, 1934 in Danville, a son...

Kenneth T. Wilson Jr.

Kenneth T. Wilson Jr.

May 23, 2015

Kenneth T. Wilson, Jr., age 83. of Bloomsburg, passed away Saturday evening, May 23, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Ken was born on Monday, December 21, 1931 in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Kenneth T., Sr. and Noreen Wagner Wilson. Ken graduated from Dormont High School in 1950; he continued his education at Edinboro State...

Peter P. Klemick

Peter P. Klemick

May 19, 2015

Peter P. Klemick, age 74, of Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday morning, May 19, 2015 a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Peter had been battling health challenges over the past three years Peter was born on Tuesday, February 25, 1941 in Shamokin, a son of the late John and Violet (Petro) Klemick. Peter completed his education in 1959...

Peter A. Cooke

Peter A. Cooke

May 15, 2015

Peter A. Cooke, age 48, of Orangeville, died on Friday, May 15, 2015 at his home where he had resided the past four years. Peter was born on Thursday, January 26, 1967 in Waterbury CN, a son of Jeanine P. Waters of Bloomsburg and Robert A. Cooke, Sr. of Orangeville. Peter honorably served his country in the US Army. He...

Rebecca S. Rhone

Rebecca S. Rhone

May 14, 2015

Rebecca S. "Becky" (Bieber) Rhone, age 60, of Bloomsburg, died Thursday, May 14, 2015 in the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. Becky had been in failing health for several months. Becky was born on Thursday, September 2, 1954, in Lewisburg a daughter of the late Preston and Thelma (Ranck) Bieber. Becky completed her education upon graduating from the Warrior Run High...

Anna Louise Rice

Anna Louise Rice

May 13, 2015

Anna Louise Rice, beloved infant daughter of Jeffrey W. and Cheryl M. (Drumm) Rice, briefly entered our world on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 and then went home to heaven at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. In addition to her parents, Anna is survived by her Maternal Grandparents: William and Cynthia (Williams) Drumm of River Vale NJ; Paternal Grandparents: Steven and...

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...