Marie Regina Burrell Roberts, 97, of Carbondale, died Saturday, surrounded by family at Gino Merli Veterans Center. Her beloved husband of 71.5 years, Francis Leonard Roberts Sr., preceded her in death on June 23, 2015. Marie was the only daughter of the late William and Clotilda Smith Burrell. She was a graduate of St. Rose High School (1940) and St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Carbondale (1943) where she received her degree as a Registered Nurse. On January 15, 1944 she...

Julius Joseph Dobitsch, Jr. 61, of Clifford Twp., died Wednesday, January 8th at home after a brief illness.  His wife is the former Edith Machiesky. Born in Darby, son of Julius J. Dobitsch, Sr., Salem Twp., and the late Joan Campbell Dobitsch, who died in December, he was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Carbondale.  He was a graduate of Western Wayne High School.  He was currently employed as a respiratory technician in the Polysomnography Department at the VA...

It is with heavy hearts that the family of Czeslawa “Jessica” Kawash, 73, of Fell Twp., announces her passing on Monday January 6th at the Regional Hospital of Scranton.  She was the widow of Michael Kawash, who died in 2017. Born in Sarby, Poland, daughter of Josephine Lechka Kopchian, Indian Shores, FL and the late William Kopchian, she was a member of Saint Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale.  Jessica was kind and compassionate and devoted her life to raising her...

Cindy Howell, 55, of Childs, died Monday December 30th at Allied Services William Warren Scranton Residence, Scranton. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Howard and Nettie Bell Lee Howell, she was a graduate of Carbondale Area High School, Class of 1982.  She was a member of the Berean Baptist Church, Carbondale.  She was previously employed in the cafeteria at the former Marian Community Hospital, Carbondale and at the Wendy’s Restaurant, Dickson City.  She loved...

Rosemarie Ann (Babe) Pelick-Jones, age 96, met her Lord on December 24, 2019 after a long illness.  She was living in Anchorage, Alaska with her son, William. She was born in Richmondale, daughter of the late Andrew & Mary (Shino) Pelick and Anna (Pribics) Pelick. Rosemarie (Babe) earned her Registered Nursing Diploma from New York’s Mt Sinai School of Nursing as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps during WWII.  She married William T. Jones II of Ft Ransom, ND in 1947 and...

Theresa Rose Shipshinski, 89, of Browndale, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Saturday December 21st at Wayne Woodlands Manor, Waymart.  She and her husband Edward Shipshinski celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary on October 17th. Born in Forest City, daughter of the late Paul and Theresa Pavlacka Steiner, she was a member of St. Michael’s Church, later joined as Ascension Parish, Forest City.  During her membership at St. Michael’s...

Jean M. Kelly, R.N., 87, of Daytona Beach, FL and formerly of Carbondale, died Thursday December 19th at Halifax Hospice Care Center, Port Orange, FL. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Lawrence and Helen Hughes Kelly, she was a former member of St. Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale.  She was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and the Saint Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, both of Carbondale.  She attended Villanova University and she was a graduate of...

Howard Albert Yepson, 92, of Carbondale, died Monday December 16th at the Forest City Nursing Center.  His wife, the former Barbara Anne Belles, died December 29, 2018. Born in Carbondale, son of the late John Maurice and Leah Phillips Cole Yepson, he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carbondale.  He was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Class of 1945, and a graduate of the Penn State Worthington Scranton Campus.  He was a US Navy veteran of World...

Cindy Lavone Warburton, 48, of Tunkhannock, died Saturday December 14th at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton after a couragous battle with cancer. Born in Bridgeport, CT, daughter of Albert and Louisa Terry Rodriguez, Sr., Pleasant Mount, she was a member of the Herrick Center Baptist Church.  She was a graduate of Forest City Regional High School, Class of 1989, and she attended Keystone College, where she earned her Associates and Bachelors Degrees in Accounting.  She...

Margaret Laura Schempp, 87, formerly of Union Dale, died Saturday December 14th at the Dunmore Health Care Center.  She was the widow of William J. Schempp, Sr., who died in 2012. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Laura Mathers Vadney.  Prior to retirement, she was employed by the Fisher and Porter Company, Philadelphia, as a billing clerk.  Margaret loved to play the piano, and she collected stamps all of her life.  She loved animals,...