Obituaries

Karen A. Fedor, 66, a resident of Lehman, passed away peacefully, with her husband by her side, on Monday evening, September 19, 2016, at Allied Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Scranton.

Edward S. (Biely) Bieley, 97, a resident of Swoyersville, passed into eternal life on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Sadie M. (Moran) Ferrance, 97, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2016.  For the past 3 months she was a resident at the New England Home for the Deaf in Danvers, Massachusetts.  

Margaret M. “Marge” Romanowski, 76, a resident of Swoyersville, passed into eternal life late Thursday evening, August 25, 2016, at Celtic Healthcare Hospice, Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, with her loving family at her side.

 Josephine Tumminello Koscielski, 86, a longtime resident of Swoyersville, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Tuesday, August 02, 2016, at Kingston Health Care Center, where she was a guest for a short time.

Joan L. Trosko, 83, a resident of Swoyersville, passed away peacefully late Friday evening, July 29, 2016, at Celtic Healthcare Hospice, Inpatient Unit, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Martha A. Lopko, 89, a resident of Saint Luke’s Villa Personal Care Unit, Wilkes-Barre, and a longtime resident of Swoyersville, passed into eternal life on Thursday evening, July 21, 2016, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Mildred “Nan” Andreas, 94, a resident of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully on Thursday afternoon, July 14, 2016, at the Riverstreet Manor, Wilkes-Barre, where she was recently a guest.

Norma R. Romanowski, 80, a lifelong resident of Swoyersville, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, July 09, 2016, at Celtic Healthcare Hospice, Inpatient Unit, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Pauline (Slipetz) Smolko, 88, a lifelong resident of Swoyersville, passed into eternal life on Tuesday morning, July 05, 2016, at D’Youville Senior Care Center, Lowell, Massachusetts, where she moved over a year ago to be closer to her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.