Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg
Serving Bloomsburg, PA and surrounding area
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Lloyd J. "Butch" Hunsinger
Feb 23, 2015
Lloyd J. "Butch" Hunsinger, age 59, a lifelong resident of Bloomsburg, died on Monday, February 23, 2015 a recent resident of the Grandview Health Homes in Mahoning Township in Danville Butch was born on Monday, June 13, 1955, a son of the late James G. and Frances A. (Evans) Hunsinger. Butch completed his formal education upon graduation from the Bloomsburg...
Larry E. Stackhouse
Feb 23, 2015
Larry E. Stackhouse, age 57, of Rohrsburg, died on Monday, February 23, 2015 at his home in Greenwood Township. Larry was born on Monday, March 4, 1957 in Bloomsburg a son of Jay R. and Ruth E. (Fiester) Stackhouse of Rohrsburg. Larry was a resident of his Greenwood Township home for 33 years. He completed his formal education upon graduation...
I. Lucille Vought
Feb 19, 2015
I. Lucille Vought, age 90, of Bloomsburg, died on Thursday evening, February 19, 2015, a patient of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital in Bloomsburg. Lucille was a resident of her home in Bloomsburg for over 30 years. Lucille was born on Saturday, November 22, 1924 in Mayberry Township of Montour County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late John M. and Carrie (Martz)...
Leo F. Hons
Feb 19, 2015
Leo F. Hons, age 94, of Mainville, died on Thursday morning, February 19, 2015, at his home and under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Hospice. Leo was a resident of his home in Main Township since 1949. Leo was born on Wednesday, July 28, 1920 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Harvey F. and Produs (Hunsinger) Hons....
Ronald E. St. Clair
Feb 18, 2015
Ronald E. St. Clair, age 65, of Orangeville, died on Wednesday evening, February 18, 2015, a patient of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Ronald was a resident of his home in Orangeville for over 39 years. Ronald was born on Sunday, May 1, 1949 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Hugh E. and Marion (Davis) St. Clair....
Harriet Z. (Zeigler) Jones
Feb 17, 2015
Harriet Z. (Zeigler) Jones, age 99, of Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday morning, February 17, 2015. Harriet was a resident of her home in Bloomsburg for over 60 years. Harriet was born on Sunday, October 17, 1915 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Harry Marvin and Elsie Mildred (Barkel) Zeigler. Throughout her younger years, Harriet attended the Bloomsburg area...
George M. Daily
Feb 10, 2015
George M. Daily, age 95, recently of Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 a resident since July of 2014 of the Emmanuel Center for Nursing in Danville. Prior to moving to Bloomsburg where he was lovingly cared for by his niece Kathleen Johnson and husband, Thomas, George was a life-long resident of Chester, Pennsylvania. George was born on Wednesday,...
Dolores J. (Stewart) Sneidman
Feb 4, 2015
Dolores J. (Stewart) Sneidman, age 84, of Almedia, died on Wednesday morning, February 4, 2015, at her home surrounded by family and under the care of Columbia Montour Hospice. Dolores was born on Wednesday, October 1, 1930 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Roy and Ruby (Farnham) Stewart. Throughout her younger years, Dolores attended the Bloomsburg area schools, and...
Verna F. Kasinowski
Jan 31, 2015
Verna F. Kasinowski, recently celebrating the age of 91, and formerly of Kulpmont, died on Saturday evening, January 31, 2015 a resident of Balanced Care at Bloomsburg. Verna had been battling health challenges over the past year. Verna was born on Thursday, January 24, 1924, in Kulpmont, a daughter of the late Alexander and Anna (Olbrish) Kasinowski. Throughout her younger...
Helen (Tomaszewska) Kramer
Jan 29, 2015
Helen (Tomaszewska) Kramer, age 94, died on Thursday evening, January 29, 2015 a resident of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she had resided since 2008. Helen was born on Monday, January 17, 1921 in Poland a daughter of the late Stephen and Michalina (Tizdebsca) Tomaszewska. In September of 1939, Poland was invaded by Germany when Helen was taken by...
Herbert N. Hewlett, Jr.
Jan 26, 2015
Herbert N. Hewlett, Jr. age 82, of Bloomsburg, died Monday, January 26, 2015 in the Emergency Room of Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital where he was taken after being stricken at home. Herbert was born in Bloomsburg on Saturday, October 15, 1932. He was the son of the late Emma Yohey Hewlett Moser and the step-son of Roy Moser. Herb completed his education...
Betty S. (Savage) Penman
Jan 22, 2015
Betty S. (Savage) Penman, age 97, of Bloomsburg died peacefully on Thursday morning, January 22, 2015 at her son's home in Virginia Beach, Virginia with her son and daughter-in-law at her side. Betty was born on Wednesday, November 28, 1917 in Espy, a daughter of the late Nevin W. and A. Leona (Lehman) Savage. Throughout her younger years, she attended...
Donna M. (Allen) Hower
Jan 22, 2015
Donna M. (Allen) Hower, age 59, of Danville and formerly of Bloomsburg, died on Thursday evening, January 22, 2015, a patient of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Donna was born on Friday, September 16, 1955 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Jacob and Reba (Whitmoyer) Allen. Throughout her younger years, she attended the Bloomsburg area schools, and graduated in...


