Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Bloomsburg

Serving Bloomsburg, PA and surrounding area

Genevieve E. Yacko

Genevieve E. Yacko

Feb 6, 2011

Genevieve E. Yacko, age 72, of Spring Garden Avenue, Berwick, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family on Sunday, February 06, 2011 a patient at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Prior to living in Berwick, Genevieve also resided on Numidia Drive in Catawissa. Genevieve was born on Thursday, March 17, 1938 in Tunkhannock, a daughter of the...

Marilyn E. Johansen

Marilyn E. Johansen

Feb 4, 2011

Marilyn E. Johansen, age 82, formerly of Sun City West, Arizona died Friday, February 04, 2011, a ten year resident of Nottingham Village in Northumberland. Marilyn was born on Tuesday, April 3, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of the late George and Emily Hutchinsen Fish. She was an Elementary School Teacher for the Old Tappan School District in...

Dorothy M. (Edwards) Whitmoyer

Dorothy M. (Edwards) Whitmoyer

Jan 31, 2011

Dorothy M. (Edwards) Whitmoyer, age 86, formerly of Penn Brook Drive, Bloomsburg died on January 31, 2011, a resident of Riverwoods Senior Living Community in Lewisburg. A resident of Bloomsburg for over 50 years, she also resided on West 3rd Street. Dorothy had been failing in health for the pas four years. Dorothy was born on Friday, July 25, 1924...

Dr. Marylou F. John

Dr. Marylou F. John

Jan 30, 2011

Dr. Marylou F. John, age 86, of Bloomsburg, died on Sunday, January 30, 2011 a resident of Grandview Health Homes. She resided in Grandview since being admitted in May of 2006. Marylou was born on Friday, February 15, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of the late Dr. Howard Fenstermacher. She was a member of the 1941 Graduating Class of...

Marian M. Stauffer

Marian M. Stauffer

Jan 29, 2011

Marian M. Stauffer, age 83, a three year resident of Balanced Care Bloomsburg, died on Saturday, January 29, 2011, in the Bloomsburg Hospital where she was admitted the previous Saturday. Marian was a former resident of Railroad Street, Bloomsburg for over 65 years. Born on Friday, October 7, 1927, Marian was raised by her Lupini grandparents. She attended the Mifflinville...

Dr. Drew R. Miller

Dr. Drew R. Miller

Jan 29, 2011

Dr. Drew R. Miller, age 77, of Park Street in Bloomsburg, passed away peacefully at his residence on Saturday, January 29, 2011, after a long illness. Drew was born on Thursday, September 14, 1933 in Berwick, the son of the late Ray W. and Blanche E. Baker Miller. He was a graduate of the former Mifflinville High School. He attended...

Elva M. Shaffer

Elva M. Shaffer

Jan 29, 2011

Elva M. Shaffer, age 88, of Bissetts Lane, Bloomsburg passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at her residence under the care of her daughter. Elva was born on Thursday, July 20, 1922 in Scotch Valley, a daughter of the late William and Laura Hunsinger LeVan. She attended the Tomhicken Schools. A Charter Member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God...

Samuel W. Bordner

Samuel W. Bordner

Jan 27, 2011

Samuel W. Bordner, age 53, of Boiling Springs, PA died unexpectedly on Thursday morning, January 27, 2011 in the Emergency Room of the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Sam was born on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 in Danville, the son of William Bordner of Northumberland and Betty Girton Long of Danville. During his childhood years, he earned the honor of Eagle...

Mark A. Haney

Mark A. Haney

Jan 24, 2011

Mark A. Haney, age 51, of Harriet St., Bloomsburg, died Monday, January 24, 2011 in the Bloomsburg Hospital Emergency Room. Mark had been ill since late November. Mark was born on Saturday, July 4, 1959 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Wayne E. "Mike" and Janice F Chappell Haney. A 1978 graduate of the Bloomsburg High School, Mark was...

Carl E. Derr

Carl E. Derr

Jan 23, 2011

Carl E. Derr, age 71, of East Hillcrest Drive, Bloomsburg died on Sunday, January 23, 2010 a resident of Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Carl was born on Sunday, June 11, 1939 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Myron and Jean Keyser Derr. He was a member of the 1957 Graduating Class of the Bloomsburg High School and also...

Earl "Sam" B. Huntington

Earl "Sam" B. Huntington

Jan 16, 2011

Earl "Sam" B. Huntington, age 83, of Shuman Street in Catawissa, died on Sunday, January 16, 2011, a resident of Bloomsburg Health Care. Sam was a resident his home on Shuman Street for over 31 years and previously of Mill Street in Catawissa Sam was born on Wednesday, September 14, 1927 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Herman and...

Cooper Jaxson Karaffa

Cooper Jaxson Karaffa

Jan 15, 2011

Cooper Jaxson Karaffa, the nine month old son of Stephen and Jennifer Kingston Karaffa of Fourth Street in Bloomsburg, died suddenly on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Cooper was born on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Geisinger Medical Center. In addition to his parents, survivors include two sisters, Kaitlin and Sierra and a brother,...

Diane R. Magagna

Diane R. Magagna

Jan 8, 2011

On January 8, Diane Ringawa Magagna of Friar Road in Sherwood Village, Bloomsburg died peacefully at her home after a lengthy illness, surrounded by her loving children. She passed from this life in the same manner in which she lived it: with extraordinary grace, remarkable courage, and a loving heart. Diane was born in Nanticoke on June 7th, 1940, the...

Doris D. Good

Doris D. Good

Jan 7, 2011

Doris D. Good, age 84, of Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg died on Friday, January 07, 2011 a resident at Bloomsburg Health Care Center. Doris was born on Wednesday, December 15, 1926 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late William A. and Odessa Boyer Deeter. She was a member of the 1944 Graduating Class of the Bloomsburg High School. She was...

Ruth N. Fedder

Ruth N. Fedder

Jan 5, 2011

Ruth N. Fedder, age 74, of Iron Street in Bloomsburg, died on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 a patient of the Bloomsburg Hospital following her admittance on December 15. Ruth was born on January 9, 1936 in Milton, a daughter of the late Samuel and Martha Lucas Gensel. She was a member of the 1954 Graduating Class of the Danville High...

Stephen A. Tloczynski

Stephen A. Tloczynski

Jan 3, 2011

Stephen A. Tloczynski, age 55, of Bloomsburg, died on Monday, January 3, 2011 a patient of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville where he was admitted on December 30. Stephen was born on Thursday, November 17, 1955 in Ashland, a son of Stephen J. Tloczynski of Mt. Carmel and the late Mary L. Hoffman Tloczynski. He was a member of the...

Sara M. Girton

Sara M. Girton

Jan 2, 2011

Sara M. Girton, age 58, of East Street, Bloomsburg died Sunday, January 02, 2011 at the Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she was admitted on December 28. Sara was born in Bloomsburg on Friday, May 30, 1952, a daughter of the late James G. and Frances Arlene Evans Hunsinger. She was a 1970 graduate of the Bloomsburg High School. Sara...

Jacqueline L. Mcbride

Jacqueline L. Mcbride

Jan 1, 2011

Jacqueline L. McBride, age 81, of 45 Knights Drive Bloomsburg, died on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at her home. She was born January 8, 1929 in Bloomsburg a daughter of the late Vernon and Alma Minnick Albert. Jacqueline attended the Bloomsburg Schools and was a member of the Canby Lutheran Church of Mt. Pleasant Twp. She was preceded in death...

Naomi B. Letteer

Naomi B. Letteer

Jan 1, 2011

Naomi B. Letteer, age 94, formerly of Carroll Park, Bloomsburg, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 01, 2011, a resident of Columbia Montour Home Hospice at Maria Hall in Danville. Naomi was born on Friday, February 25, 1916 in Buckhorn, a daughter of the late Harry R. and Margaret Brobst Kline. She was a member of the...

Judith A. Meegan

Judith A. Meegan

Jan 1, 2011

Judith A. Meegan, age 71, of Ft. Jenkins Lane, Bloomsburg, died on Saturday, January 1, 2011 in the Geisinger Medical Center where she was admitted on December 21. Judith was born on Saturday, February 4, 1939 in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of the late Donald B. and Virginia Horst Wall. In 1957, Judith graduated from the Verona High School in...