Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Williams
Oct 23, 2014
Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Williams, age 86, of Danville, died on Thursday morning, October 23, 2014 at home surrounded by family and under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice. Betty was born on Wednesday, July 25, 1928 in Kingston, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late William Leroy and Ruth H. (Owens) Coleman, Sr. In 1947, Betty concluded her education after...
Robert L. Thomas
Oct 23, 2014
Robert Lehman Thomas, a lifelong educator, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at his home in Carroll Park. He was 85. Bob was born in Shamokin on May 21, 1929, the son of the late Paul and Anne Thomas. He graduated from Millersville University and received a master's degree in education from Bucknell University. He also worked as a swimming instructor...
Capt. Hoa An Bui
Oct 20, 2014
Hoa an Bui, age 80, of Bloomsburg died on Monday evening, October 20, 2014 surrounded by his family at home and under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice. Hoa was born on Sunday, December 10, 1933 in Binh Chanh, Saigon in South Vietnam, a son of the late Ba Van and Hiep Thi (Ho) Bui. During the Vietnam War,...
Richard L. Drumm
Oct 16, 2014
Richard L. Drumm, age 76, of Lightstreet, passed away on Thursday afternoon, October 16, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loving family and under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice. Richard was born on Monday, May 30, 1938 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Paul H. and Hilda (Lee) Drumm. Throughout his younger years, Richard attended the...
Gailann Traugh
Oct 13, 2014
Gailann Traugh, age 54, of Bloomsburg, died on Monday, October 13, 2014 a patient of Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Gailann was born on Monday, October 19, 1959 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Donald G., Traugh, Jr. and Leatrice (Rhodes) Long. She completed her education upon graduation from the Columbia Montour Vo-Tech School in 1977. Gailann was an accomplished...
Todd E. Hess
Oct 12, 2014
Todd E. Hess, age 55, of Bloomsburg, died on Sunday morning, October 12, 2014 at his home of six years. Todd was born on Monday, July 6, 1959, in Bloomsburg a son of James L. Hess and wife, Nancy, of Bloomsburg and also Joanne (Ent) Hess also of Bloomsburg. In 1977, Todd graduated from the Columbia Montour Area Vocational Technical...
Sylvia M. Perotti
Sep 23, 2014
Sylvia M. Perotti, age 81, a life-long resident of Bloomsburg and proud Mother of six children, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday morning, September 23, 2014 at her residence. Sylvia was born on Friday, October 14, 1932 in Shamokin, a daughter of the late Louis John and Josephine (Concannon) Perotti. Throughout her younger years, she attended and later graduated in 1950...
Jesse M. Barfield
Sep 20, 2014
Jesse M. Barfield, age 86, of Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly on Saturday evening, September 20, 2014 at his residence of 43 years. Jesse was born on Monday, April 23, 1928 in LaGrange, North Carolina, a son of the late Jesse and Betty (Bryant) Barfield. Jesse was also proud of his heritage as descendent of Cherokee Indian. Immediately following his education, Jesse...
William L. Kishbaugh
Sep 14, 2014
William L. Kishbaugh, age 62, a life-long resident of Berwick, died on Sunday, September 14, 2014 following the results of a motor vehicle accident. William was born on Saturday, April 19, 1952 in Berwick, a son of the late Verncil and Carol (Cohick) Kishbaugh. Throughout his younger years, he attended the Berwick area schools and graduated in 1971 from the...
Nancy M. (Winn) Leighow
Sep 10, 2014
Nancy M. (Winn) Leighow, age 70, a life-long resident of Bloomsburg, died on Wednesday evening, September 10, 2014 a patient at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Nancy was born on Sunday, May 28, 1944 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Zender and Mary (Brown) Winn. Throughout her younger years, Nancy attended the former Scott School on Old Berwick Road in...
Olwen V. (Ruch) Adler
Sep 3, 2014
Olwen V. (Ruch) Adler, age 100, of Moscow, died on Wednesday morning, September 3, 2014 a resident of Balanced Care at Bloomsburg for the past seven years. Olwen was born on Thursday, December 11, 1913 in Scranton, a daughter of the late William and Olwen (Reese) Ruch. Throughout her younger years, Olwen attended and later graduated from the Scranton Technical...
Anne M. (Magera) Rishe
Aug 30, 2014
Anne M. (Magera) Rishe, age 98, a resident of her home in Bloomsburg since 1950, died on Saturday afternoon, August 30, 2014 under the care of Geisinger Columbia Montour Home Hospice at Maria Hall in Danville Anne was born on Wednesday, July 12, 1916 in Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Jacob and Mary (Matusek) Magera. She graduated from...
Edna L. Robinholt
Aug 26, 2014
Edna L. Robinholt, age 74, of Berwick, died on Tuesday evening, August 26, 2014 a recent patient of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Edna was born on Monday, April 22, 1940 in Berwick, a daughter of the late Raymond and Jennie (Hamilton) Robinholt. Throughout her younger years, Edna attended the Berwick area schools. Over the years, Edna was employed multiple...
Isaac Paul Hock
Aug 24, 2014
Isaac Paul Hock, age 96, of Bloomsburg, died on Sunday morning, August 24, 2014 at his home and under the care of Commonwealth Home Health & Hospice. Paul had been battling ill health for the past several years. Paul was born on Friday, August 2, 1918, in Berwick, a son of the late Harold and Letha (Benjamin) Hock. Throughout his...
Felipe Olalde
Aug 13, 2014
Felipe Olalde, age 54, of Mainville, died on Wednesday afternoon, August 13, 2014 following the results of a motor vehicle accident in Main Township. Felipe Olalde was born on Sunday, February 28, 1960 in Mexico. Felipe completed his education while living in Mexico, and became a citizen of the United States in 1988. He was also a resident of Texas...
Richard B. Keyser
Aug 9, 2014
Richard B. Keyser, age 88, of Bloomsburg, died on Sunday afternoon, August 9, 2014 a patient of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Richard had been a patient in Geisinger for the past two weeks, but battling health challenges for the past month. Richard was born on Friday, November 13, 1925 in Main Township, a son of the late Leslie and...
Janis S. Labour
Jul 31, 2014
Janis S. Labour, age 65, a lifelong resident of Mt. Pleasant Twp., Columbia County, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 31, 2014 in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she had been a patient for one week. Janis was born on Tuesday, February 15, 1949 in Bloomsburg, the only daughter of the late Byron and Esther Jean (Crawford) Labour. In 1967...
Catherine Kingsbury
Jul 25, 2014
Catherine Kingsbury, age 87, a former resident of Loyalton of Bloomsburg and Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, died Friday evening, July 25, 2014 in Geisinger-Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she had resided since 2009. Catherine was born on Tuesday, October 5, 1926 in Berwick a daughter of the late Herman and Pearl (Shadle) Funk. Following her graduation from the Benton High...
Alan "Alex" A. Mead
Jul 14, 2014
Alan A. "Alex" Mead, age 42, of Bloomsburg, died on Monday morning, July 14, 2014, a patient of Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Alex was born on Tuesday, December 7, 1971 in Utica, New York, a son of Rev. Alan C. Mead and Patricia (Willmot) Mead of Virginia Beach, VA. Throughout his younger years, Alex attended and later graduated from the...
Sara Elizabeth Brigham
Jul 13, 2014
Sarah Elizabeth Brigham, age 98, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014, a patient at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was admitted on Friday. For the past eight years, Sarah had been a resident of Nottingham Village in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Prior to that time, she was a twelve-year resident of Easton, Maryland. Sarah was born on Thursday, June 8,...
