Lynda Rosenthal, 76, of Sarasota, FL, died Sunday evening, January 9, 2022. Born in Wilkes-Barre she was the daughter of the late Max and Nan Schiffman Rosenthal and was a graduate of Wyoming Seminary and Hunter College in New York. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, David Rosenthal. Lynda is survived by son, Ian Greenblatt and his wife, Sarah of Chicago, IL; granddaughter, Libby and brother, Jim Rosenthal and his wife, Lisa of Dallas, Texas. The...

Gary Sandler, 66, of Hanover Township, a graduate of Wilkes University, died Thursday, January 6, 2022.  He was the husband of Bernadette Sandler.   Funeral service will be conducted on Monday, January 10, 2022, at 11:00 am from the Rosenberg Funeral Chapel, Inc. 348 S. River Street Wilkes-Barre. Friends are invited to join the family at 10:30 until 11 for a visitation.  Rabbi Larry Kaplan will officiate.  Interment will...

Gerald “Jerry” Robzen, 89, of Kingston, PA passed away peacefully on January 6, 2022. He was born in Kingston 1932, the son of the late Ben and Celia (nee Wolzinger) Robzen. He was a 1952 graduate of Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre. Jerry served proudly in the United States Army, during the Korean Conflict. Upon his return stateside, he immediately went to work at his Dad's meat packing plant in Brookside, alongside his brothers. He was a member of the...

Elliott Koppelson, of Nanticoke, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022.  

Jay Finkelstein, 64, of Kingston, Pa., died peacefully on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021, surrounded by family, after a short but fierce battle with cancer. Born December 24th, 1957, he was a son of the late Maynard and Helen Dymond Finkelstein. Jay was a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School, 1975 and Wilkes University, 1979. Jay was a decorated businessman working for many companies such as Yellow Pages, Geisinger, and up until his last days, ran a successful online small business....

A woman of great energy and “talking hands,” Jeanne Izenberg Handman, 94, died Monday, November 8, 2021. Recently a resident of Highland Park Senior Living, she was born in Paterson, New Jersey on May 16, 1927, the daughter of the late Lillian Fortinsky Izenberg and David W. Izenberg.  A 1944 graduate of Eastside High School in Paterson, she attended Hood College, graduating in June 1948. After marrying Edgar Handman later that June at Temple Emanuel in Paterson, they...

  David A. London, of St. Augustine, FL; formerly of Lake Harmony and Pocono Lake, died on October 12, 2021, in St. Augustine, FL. Born in Stanford, CT, he was the son of the late Milton and Marion London and was a graduate of Villanova where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business.  He was employed, most recently, by Split Rock Resort in the Financial industry and was a member of Temple Israel Synagogue, Wilkes-Barre. In addition to his parents, he was...

Surita (Greenberg) Coplan, 89, of Boynton Beach, FL died on Thursday, October 14, 2021, in MorseLife, West Palm Beach.   Born, raised and educated in Glen Cove, NY with her late sisters, Janice (Lipsen) and Gloria (Spector), she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Florence Greenberg. She was a graduate of Goucher College and earned her Masters in Public Administration from Marywood. Married in 1953 to her beloved Joseph...

Victoria S. Lallave, 74, of Wilkes-Barre, PA, died at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Born in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of Vincente Angel Sulsona and Anna Rita Soto  and received her Associate Degree as a registered nurse and hypnotherapist. She was the manager for Queens Gazette Newspaper; was active in a women's ministry with the First Assembly of God Church in Wilkes-Barre and active in Cub Scouts Girl Scouts and active in the...

Rena Iris Miller Rothschild died Oct. 8, 2021, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born and raised in East Durham, N.Y., to Benjamin and Julia Miller; graduated Cairo Central High school; and had a BA from Cornell University. She had an MBA from Columbia University, where she was a member of the first class that admitted women. Her career included hospital administration and years in retail, specifically ladies' fashion, starting with her role as...