Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Stroudsburg, PA, and Monroe County.
Gladys B Mckay
Jun 8, 2017
Gladys Barbara McKay, 89, passed away peacefully after a short illness on June 8, 2017, at VNA Hospice House, East Stroudsburg, PA. Gladys was born on July 10, 1927, to the late Ernest Harding and Mabel Seeburger Harding in Jersey City, NJ. After marrying Raymond McKay and raising her 5 children, Gladys became the “voice” of Spex Industries in...
Edwin Lawrence Seese
Jun 6, 2017
Edwin L. Seese 74, of Canadensis passed away on Tuesday June 6, 2017 at Lehigh Valley Pocono Hospice House. He was born in Canadensis on November 18, 1942 the son of Claude and Martha (Asquith) Seese. Ed was a lifetime resident of Monroe County. Ed was an operating engineer and worked for F&F Paving and Excavating and Besecker’s Paving....
Scott Weikel
Jun 5, 2017
Scott Weikel, 51, of Stroudsburg went to Heaven on the morning of June 5, 2017. He was born on May 20, 1966 in East Stroudsburg. He was the son of Anna Lewis of Stroudsburg, James Lewis of Stroudsburg and Freddie Mason of Florida. He is survived by his two sons who loved him dearly Cameron Weikel and Curtis Weikel...
Leonard R. Altemose
May 23, 2017
Leonard R. Altemose 87, of Klecknersville, passed away on Tuesday May 23, 2017 at Saint Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem. He was the husband of the late Stella May (Miller) Breiner Altemose, who died September 11, 2015. Born June 17, 1929 in Saylorsburg, the son of the late Raymond F. and Martha (Bush) Altemose. Prior to is retirement, Len was a...
Joyce Mcrae
May 20, 2017
Joyce McRae, 90, of LaBar Village in Stroudsburg, peacefully passed from this life to be with her husband Donald, on May 20, 2017. She is survived by her children, David McRae and his wife Louise Chadez of Spokane, WA; Lynn McRae and her husband Michael Whitman of Lyme Center, NH; Allen McRae of Bealeton, VA and Douglas McRae and...
Alverna Mae Mayer
May 11, 2017
Alverna Mae Mayers, of Wind Gap, who would've turned 77 on May 19th, joined the Lord on May 11, 2017. She and her husband Ernest W. Mayers shared over 60 years of marriage. Alverna was born in Easton, PA. She was the daughter of the late Woodrow W. And Mary (Johnson) Counterman Sr. She is finally remembered as a...
Jesus D. Rivera
May 6, 2017
Jesus D. Rivera, 61, of Long Pond, Passed away on Saturday May 6, 2017 at his home. He was the husband of Amanda M. (Moreira) Rivera, they were married in 1983 Born February 14, 1956 in San Miguel, El Slavador, the son of the late Angel Rodriguez and Eva Rivera. He was a resident of Monroe County for the...
Jose R Delgado
May 5, 2017
Jose Robert Delgado, 73, of Bushkill passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Oklahoma. Jose was born on December 8, 1943 in Humacao, Puerto Rico the son of Jose Delgado and Luz Medina. He was a man of many faiths a truly religious person but loved his science. Jose was a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico...
Diana Shanley
Apr 30, 2017
Diana Bryan Shanley, 89, of Snydersville, passed away peacefully on April 30, with her loving children by her side. Diana was born March 16, 1928, in New York City to Margret Adams, a stage actress, and Vladimir (Val) Rosing, a composer, tenor opera singer, and founder of the American Opera Company. She had an interesting and colorful childhood living...
Mary Ann B Reed
Apr 15, 2017
Mary Ann B. Reed (Breithaupt), our loving Mom, grandma, nana, great grandmother, and great-great-grandma (and don't forget "Corn Fairy"), passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017. Mary Ann was born on May 2, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa. In the mid-1940's, she moved to New Jersey where she and her husband Robert R. Reed Sr. (deceased) raised six children. Then...
Amanda R. Dehaven
Apr 14, 2017
With heavy hearts, we are sad to announce the passing of Amanda Renee Diaz. This unexpected death has caught us by surprise. She was 32 years young, and the daughter to Sonya and Jesse Diaz, as well as a sister to Paige and Jesse Diaz Jr. Beloved by all, she brought light and happiness to anyone she talked to....
Robert L. Stout
Apr 9, 2017
Robert Lee Stout, 61, of Bangor passed away on Sunday April 9, 2017 at the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg. He was the loving husband of Cindy (Read) Stout, they were married June 10, 1979. Born January 1, 1956 in East Stroudsburg, the son of Douglas and Shirley (LaBar) Stout of Mount Bethel. He was a graduate of North Warren...
Janet Repsher
Apr 9, 2017
Janet Repsher, 56 of Wind Gap passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 in her home surrounded by her family. Born February 28, 1961 in Wilson Borough to the late Woodrow and Mary Counterman Sr. She attended Pen Argyl High School. She worked in the textile field until becoming a homemaker. Survived by husband of 36 years, Roy Repsher; Daughter...
Robert L Wolfertz
Apr 9, 2017
Robert L. Wolfertz born on April 5, 1963 to Alfred Wolfertz and Sandra Morrow. He was the oldest of three children. Robert leaves behind one sister Ann Wolfertz; two nieces Amanda Counterman and Melinda Wolfertz and a nephew James Wolfertz. Robert went to North Warren High School in Columbia, New Jersey. Right after high school Robert went straight to...
Joseph A. Kiernan
Apr 6, 2017
Joseph A. Kiernan, 71, of Bartonsville passed away Thursday April 6, 2017 due to compllcation of a massive heart attack. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Joseph served in the Ntional Guard and served on year in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. Joseph and his family moved to Pennsylvania in 2001. Joseph retired from Jay & Dee trucking where...
Margaret A. Kelleman
Apr 2, 2017
Margaret A. Kelleman, 80, of Henryville, passed away on Sunday April 2, 2017 at the Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono. She was the wife of the late William J. Kelleman Sr. Born November 27, 1936 in Glasglow, Scotland, the daughter of the late James and Margaret (Allen) Fraser. She was a resident of Monroe County for the past 7...
Billy Harold Hamilton
Mar 25, 2017
Bill H. Hamilton, 89, of East Stroudsburg, PA, passed away on March 25, 2017. Bill is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of 65 years; his children Patricia and husband Charles (Ilsley), of Bridgewater, New Jersey, Richard and his wife Cindy, of Richmond, Virginia, Robert and Jim (Rego), of Webster, New York, and Karen and husband Norman (Frankel), of Montgomery,...
Robert R. Pipher
Mar 21, 2017
Robert "Bob" R. Pipher, of the Black Hat, Creator and Appreciator of Beautiful Things, left this world on March 21, 2017. He is survived by his partner Christine Bonelli of Sandyston, NJ; his children Derek and Jessica Pipher of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Lyle Pipher of Boulder, Colorado; and a grandson, Thomas Pipher of San Antonio, Texas. He was...

Catherine M. Howard
Mar 19, 2017
Catherine (Link) Howard, 99, passed away on Sunday March 19 at Gluco Lodge, Stroudsburg. Catherine was born in Long Island City, NY on January 2, 1918 to Thomas and Mary (Boyle) Link. She grew up in Garden City, LI NY. She lived most of her life in Bellerose LI, NY, Yorktown Heights NY and most recently in East Stroudsburg...
John Christopher Frisbie
Mar 17, 2017
John Christopher Frisbie, 61, of East Stroudsburg, passed away peacefully on Friday March 17, 2017, at his home. He was the husband of Wanda Lee Lippincott Frisbie, they were married for 26 years. Born April 11, 1955 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the son of John E. and Joan A. (Becker) Frisbie of Oxford, NJ. He was a resident of...