Sharon Taranto, 58, of Berwick, died Friday, February 14, 2020.   She was the daughter of the late Mark and Gilda Taranto and step daughter of Carol Taranto of Berwick. In addition to her step mother, she is survived by brother, Steven Taranto of Durham, NC.   Graveside funeral service will be Sunday, February 16, 2020, at 2:00 pm in Ohav Shalom Cemetery, Berwick.

Dr. Lionel Bernson, of Dallas, died Thursday morning, February 6, 2020.   Born in Patterson, NJ, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Shirley Starke Bernson. He graduated from University of Pennsylvania and University of Chicago School of Medicine and served his country proudly in the Untied States Air Force. He and his wife had a flourishing private family therapist practice and touched many people. Being a well respected Psychiatrist, he ran the psychiatric Unit at Mt. Sinai...

Ethel Feldman Moskow, 98, of Kingston, passed away February 5, at home.   Born in Swoyersville, she was the youngest and last surviving of 13 children born to the late Zali Klein and Shmuel Mayer Feldman. She married the late Benjamin Moskow in 1954, with whom she shared the same birthday, and they settled in Kingston in 1962, where they raised their family.   Ethel was a graduate of Swoyersville High School and Wyoming Seminary Business School. She was a member of Temple...

Michael Kurtz, a Korean veteran, passed away at age 87, on February 5, 2020 at the VA Medical Center.   He was the brother of Miriam (Tobi) Grossman and lived at B'nai B'rith Apartments in downtown Wilkes-Barre. He served his country with distinction. Arrangements have been entrusted to Rosenberg Funeral Chapel, Wilkes-Barre.   Private funeral service and interment, with Military Honors, will be held in Indiantown Gap Cemetery, Annville.

Ruth Taren, 89, of Lansdale, PA, passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at the Abramson Center in N. Wales, PA.   Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Dora Iskovitz Weisberger and she was a graduate of Edwardsville High School.   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold and sisters, Malka Kaufer and Esther Kislin.   She is survived by sons, Jeffrey Taren and his wife, Carolyn of Seattle, WA; Alan Taren and his...

Charlotte Grossman, 97, of New York City, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020 in the Atrium Assisted Living, NYC.   Born in Romania, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Sally Rudich Brier and earned her Masters Degree in Special Education when she was in her 40's. She worked as a Special Education Teacher and was a member of many civic and religious organizations.   She is survived by sons, Robert Grossman, MD, Dean and CEO of NYU Medical Center, NYC and Jay...

Irv Lebowitz, 79, of Kingston, died Thursday morning, January 23, 2020, in the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania, Scranton.   Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Sidney and Helen Lebowitz and was a graduate of Wilkes College, where he earned his Masters degree in Elementary Education and attended Brooklyn College.   During the Cubian Crisis, he served 6 years in the Army Reserves; worked as the Athletic Director Talmudical Academy in Baltimore; Mesivta Yeshiva...

Scott Magid, 69, of Mifflinville, PA, formerly of Philadelphia, died Tuesday morning, January 14, 2020 of a long illness.   Scott spent many years working in the garment industry; in his leisure he enjoyed being with his many friends.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Irving and Eileen Magid. He is survived by his daughter, Iris, of San Diego California, and his sisters, Ellen (Jedd) Stillman and Deena (Ron) Whitfield, four nieces and nephews, eight grandnieces and...

Ruth Betty Baltimore (93) formerly of Kingston and Dallas died Wednesday evening, January 8, 2020 at Highland Park Senior Living, where she had been a resident for the past three years.   Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Lt. Col. Samuel Bloch Jr. and Theresa Bergsmann Bloch. Ruth Betty (RB) graduated from Wyoming Seminary and Skidmore College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. RB began her career as a case worker for the Department of Public Welfare...

Louis M. Robinson, 87, of Harrisburg (West Hanover Township), and formerly of Wilkes Barre and Baltimore, passed away on December 25, 2019.   Lou was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University (’54), earning a degree in civil engineering.  He served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was honorably discharged.   In 1959 Lou began his career with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.    He retired in 1986 as Assistant District Engineer for...