Philip M. Meyer, 53, of Wayne, passed away late Wednesday evening, January 18, 2023 in Bryn Mawr Hospital.   Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Joseph and Rosalyn Gelb Meyer and was a graduate of Coughlin High School and Temple University, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree.  Philip was a claims adjuster in the insurance industry and enjoyed hiking, traveling and spending time with his family, especially his nieces and nephews.   Philip is survived by...

Doris Brown, 89, of Kingston, Harvey’s Lake and Wesley Village, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023 with family by her side. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Eli and Hannah Gordon and was a graduate of Scranton High School and Penn State University. Doris was a member of Congregation Ohav Zedek; Hadassah; the Jewish Community Center; member and past president of the National Council of Jewish Women and many other civic and religious organizations. Prior to...

Sandra S. Feldman, 82, of Pittston, PA, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Washington, DC on January 18, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Louis Feldman and Betty Tracht Feldman. A graduate of Kingston High School and Wilkes College, Sandy, as she was called by her friends, had a thirty-five year elementary school teaching career in Kingston, Groton, CT, and the Wilkes-Barre Area School Districts. Once Sandy retired,...

Sydney Weinstock, 81, of Dallas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center with his family at his bedside.   Born in Wilkes-Barre on February 13, 1941, he was the son of the late Jacob and Sophie Savitz Weinstock. His father (who died when Syd was 16 years old) was a tremendous role model who Syd deeply adored throughout his entire life. Despite the loss of his father at a young age, Syd’s willpower and perseverance led him...

Ava Marie Fellerman     It is with great sadness that the family of Ava Fellerman announces her sudden passing from a tragic car accident in Florida, on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at the age of 20. She was a beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, and friend.    Ava was born on April 29, 2002, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Tonia Barrouk and Gregory Fellerman. Ava graduated from Elmer L. Meyers High School, class of 2020, where...

Barbara L. Rappaport, 82, of Kingston, died at home on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Irving E. and Alfreda Lottie Osband Frank; attended Elmer L. Meyers High School, Wilkes University and the Albert Einstein School of Nursing in Philadelphia.  Barbara was employed as a registered nurse, taught nursing education at LCCC and spent over 20 years as an administrator at John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation in Wilkes-Barre. She was a...

Saul Kranson passed away early Sunday morning at the John Heinz Center. He was 100 years old. He immigrated to America at the age of 7 years old from Lithuania. He was the youngest of 6 children. He was an outstanding basketball player for Coughlin High School, leading the league in scoring in his senior year. He was attending Scranton University, where he played basketball, till WW2 broke out. He served overseas in the Army. After the war, he...

Stanley Bertram Smulyan passed away peacefully at home in Wilkes-Barre, PA on Day, November 13, 2022 at age 94, in the presence of loved ones after a brief bout of cancer.   He is survived by his partner of seven years, Terry Nelson, his two children, Deborah and David Smulyan, his daughter-in-law Betty Smulyan, and three adoring grandchildren, Stephanie, Sam, and Xochi.   Preceding him in death are Gladys Smulyan, his mother, Myra Smulyan, his wife of 61 years, and his sister,...

Sally Connor, 92, of Pittston, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 30, 2022. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Hannah Shindel Cohen. Sally was a graduate of Meyers High School and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society.  Those who knew Sally would say that she was a woman of grace, optimism, intelligence, and that she had a giving heart and loving, sweet spirit. She always had...

Max Bartikowsky, 92, formerly of Forty Fort, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 18 th, 2022 at Highland Park Senior Living in Wilkes-Barre Township. Max was born in 1930 in Wilkes-Barre to the late Bernard and Camilla (Tintner) Bartikowsky. Raised on Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre, Max became something of a local celebrity as a kid; he was the inspiration for cartoonist Ham Fisher’s “Little Max” in the Joe Palooka comic strip, which ran in up...