Annalee (Larish) Stout
Jan 31, 2020
Annalee Stout, 75, of Berwick, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Berwick Hospital Center. Born in Berwick July 26, 1944, she was a daughter to the late Raymond and Minnie (Kishbaugh) Larish. Annalee was a graduate of Berwick High School, Class of 1962. Following graduation she worked as a secretary at the Pentagon. Later, she was a nurses...
Headley K. Killian
Jan 27, 2020
Headley K. Killian, aged 77, of 75 Mountain Road, Berwick, passed away on January 27, 2020, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Headley was born February 8, 1942, in Berwick. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry W. and Dorothy (Folk) Killian. He joins his parents in heaven. Headley was a graduate of Berwick High School in 1960 and...
Fredie Taul
Jan 18, 2020
Fredie Taul, 62, of Berwick, passed away peacefully in his home Saturday, January 18, 2020. Born in McCook, Nebraska on September 10, 1957, he was a son to the late Donald and Hazel (Ransom) Taul. Following high school graduation in Nebraska, Fredie proudly served his country in the US Navy. After having met the love of his life, Debra Giangirolami,...
Sherryl S. (Shaffer) Cope
Dec 28, 2019
Sherryl Ann "Sherry" Cope, 75, of Lime Ridge, died Saturday, December 28 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Bloomsburg April 13, 1944, she was a daughter to the late Thomas and Elmira (Bankes) Shaffer. Sherryl grew up in Lime Ridge and graduated from Central Columbia High School, Class of 1962 and Bloomsburg State College. In 1965, she married the...
Betty J. (Keck) Koval
Dec 28, 2019
Betty J. Koval, 96, of Berwick, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Berwick Retirement Village II, where she had made many friends. Born January 24, 1923 in Evansville, she was a daughter to the late Arthur and Louise (Grasley) Keck. Betty attended the Evansville School. In her early years, she worked as a waitress and a cook and...
Florence S. (Smith) Benjamin
Dec 15, 2019
Florence S. Benjamin, 73, of Berwick, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family, Sunday, December 15, 2019. Born in Rohrsburg June 9, 1946, she was a daughter to the late Michael and Florence (Force) Smith. Florence was a graduate of Berwick Area High School, Class of 1965. She worked as a seamstress at several local textile mills....
Paul Kocela
Dec 11, 2019
Paul Kocela, 85, of Berwick, entered into eternity Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Berwick Retirement Village II. He was born May 10, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY, a son to the late George and Mary (Stas) Kocela. Paul was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Girard, PA and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He was...
John Franklin Bower, Sr.
Dec 10, 2019
John Franklin Bower, Sr., 69, of Berwick, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in Berwick July 29, 1950, he was a son of the late Joseph Henry and Bess (Zettle) Bower. John was a graduate of Berwick Area High School, Class of 1968. He obtained his Bachelors in Engineering from Penn State...
Lois M. (Benscoter) Krommes
Dec 9, 2019
Lois M. Krommes, 78, of Berwick, passed away peacefully Monday, December 9, 2019 at Berwick Retirement Village I. Born in Baltimore, MD June 28, 1941, she was a daughter to the late David and Mildred (Sorber) Benscoter. Lois was a graduate of Cheningo Valley High School, Class of 1959, and Milligan College, Class of 1963. She taught school in Binghamton,...
Ralph ´Rj´ J. Norce, Iii
Dec 3, 2019
Ralph J. Norce III, 52, of Nescopeck Township, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Born in Berwick June 12, 1967, he was the son of the late Dr. Ralph J. Norce, Jr. and Carol (Donahue) Norce. RJ was a graduate of Berwick High School, Class of 1985, and Dickinson College, Class of 1989, where...
Paul W. Canouse, Jr.
Dec 2, 2019
Paul W. Canouse, Jr., 73, of Berwick, passed away unexpectedly at his home Monday, December 2, 2019. Born in Bloomsburg June 15, 1946, he was a son to the late Paul and Gladys (Major) Canouse. Paul was a graduate of Berwick High School, Class of 1964, and Bloomsburg State College, Class of 1969. He taught business at Jersey Shore Area...
Gladys C. (Ward) Moore
Nov 17, 2019
Gladys C. Moore, 93, of Berwick, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 17, 2019 at Emmanuel Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Danville. Born in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania September 15, 1926, she was a daughter to the late Edward and Catherine (Graham) Ward. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years,...
Robert J. Felix, Sr.
Nov 14, 2019
Robert John Felix, Sr., 91, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at the Gardens at Orangeville on Thurs., November 14, 2019. He was born March 22, 1928 in Berwick, Pennsylvania. He was the son of the late Rudolph and Frances (Klapal) Felix. A lifelong resident of Berwick, he worked as a welder for the former AC&F Industries, the Berwick Forge...
Peter Horvat
Oct 22, 2019
On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, Peter Horvat, 96, of Berwick, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at his residence. He was born October 12, 1923 in Berwick, a son to the late Eva and Frank Horvath. Peter served as a Coxswain in the Navy during WWII in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. After the war, he came...
Frances ´Fran´ Lee (Fink) Kirchdoerfer
Oct 13, 2019
Frances Lee Kirchdoerfer, 96, of Berwick, passed away peacefully Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Born in Berwick April 1, 1923, she was a daughter to the late Harold and Lena (Hicks) Fink. Frances was a graduate of Berwick High School, class of 1942. She had worked for many years at Wise Foods and later at...
Helen E. Nutaitis
Oct 2, 2019
Helen E. Nutaitis, 100, of Hanover Township, formerly of Berwick, passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Guardian Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke. Born in Hazleton December 5th, 1918, she was a daughter to the late John and Isabel Perry and foster parents Clark and Pearl Yost. Helen was a graduate of Berwick High School, Class of 1935. Following...
Shirley C. Gearhart
Sep 20, 2019
Shirley C. Gearhart, 89, of Berwick, passed away peacefully Friday, September 20, 2019 at Berwick Retirement Village II. Born in Berwick September 23, 1929, she was a daughter to the late Roscoe and Jessie (Roberts) Gearhart. Shirley was a graduate of Berwick High School, Class of 1947. Following graduation, she worked at the AC&F in Berwick and later as an...
Clara Jean (Hough) Smith
Sep 8, 2019
CLARA JEAN SMITH Clara Jean (Hough) Smith, 87, formerly of Berwick, died Sunday, September 8, 2019 at Brookdale Assisted Living, Bloomsburg, where she had been a resident since 2011. Born August 31, 1932 in Berwick, she was a daughter of the late Barton and Evelyn (Bomboy) Hough. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Robert W....
Phyllis June (Ritter) Sitler
Sep 5, 2019
Phyllis June Sitler, 84, of Bloomsburg, died Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Geisinger Medical Center Danville. She was born in Berwick September 14, 1934, a daughter of the late Alfred L. and Eva (Nunkester) Ritter. Phyllis was a graduate of Berwick High School in the Class of 1952. After graduating, she married the love of her life, Richard Lawrence Sitler,...
Tennis Robert Keck
Aug 8, 2019
Tennis Robert Keck, 87, of North Centre Township, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2019 at his residence. He was born May 24, 1932 in Berwick, a son of the late Homer and Ida (Davis) Keck. Tennis served in the Navy as a SeaBee during the Korean Conflict. After his discharge he worked at U. S. Radium for ten years before...