All Obituaries

Frank E. Schneck May 23, 2021 Frank E. Schneck, 70, of Deturksville Rd., Pine Grove,  passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2021 in the Hershey Medical Center. Born on April 11, 1951 in Pine Grove, he was a son of the late Ernest And Emily Hoy Schneck. He was a 1970 graduate of Pine Grove Area High School and was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove. Frank was a truck driver for 47 years for The Haven Line Industries, Schuylkill Haven He loved his family, especially his...

Carrie E. "Betty" Long May 21, 2021 Carrie E. "Betty"  Long, 97, of Pine Grove,  passed away on Friday, May 21, 2021 at the Tremont Health & Rehab Center. Born on July 18, 1923 in Pine Grove, she was a daughter of the late Bruce and Lillian Pierson Fritz. She was a 1941 graduate of Pine Grove Area High School and was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove. Betty worked with her husband at Bob's Home and Auto in Pine Grove. She was a...

Gary L. Herring May 20, 2021 Gary L. Herring, 72, of Sweet Arrow Lake Rd., Pine Grove,  passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. Born on July 31, 1948 in Reading, he was a son of Esther Kerschner Herring of Tremont and the late Richard Herring. He was a 1968 graduate of Pine Grove Area High School and a member of St. Mark's (Brown's) Church, Schuylkill Haven. Gary was a Vietnam Veteran serving in the United States Navy from...

Carol R. Sholl May 20, 2021 Carol R. Sholl, 78, of Northcrest Acres, Lebanon,  passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at home. Born on December 28, 1942 in Lebanon, she was a daughter of Violet Koch Frantz of Schubert and the late A. James "Jim" Frantz. She was a member of St. Paul's UCC in Ravine. Carol was a Heavy Cook and Grill Cook for Big Jakes Restaurant in Schaefferstown for 17 years and Sholl Family Restaurant in Pine Grove for 15 years. She loved her family,...

Barbara J. Donmoyer May 14, 2021 Barbara J. Donmoyer, 60, of Sweet Arrow Lake Rd., Pine Grove,  passed away on Friday, May 14, 2021 at home. Born on July 20, 1960 in Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Frank Natale and Alice Zackus Natale. She was a 1978 graduate of Pine Grove Area High School and studied horticulture at VoTech.   Barbara worked in various greenhouses including Royers in Lebanon and Trail Gardens in Pottsville. She then worked for Excel Home...

Alvin D. Lemmon, Jr.  May 13, 2021 Alvin “Al" D. Lemmon Jr, 61, of Tremont passed away on Thursday, May 13 due to natural causes.  Al is the son of late Alvin D. Lemmon and Alice Lemmon and was born in San Francisco, CA in 1959.  Like his father, Al joined the U.S. Army at a young age and spent 23 years defending his country in places like Honduras, Germany, Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.  Al was married to Janet Swartzlander from 1979 until her passing in 2015...

Lorraine T. Horning May 13, 2021 Lorraine T. Horning, 94, of Hetzel's Church Rd., Pine Grove, passed away on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at home. Born on June 26, 1926 in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Edith Ferhat Joulwan. Lorraine was a 1943 graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School and attended Cosmetology School.   She was a member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Schuylkill Haven. Preceding her in death was her husband of 63 years, Robert J....

Sharon J. Rittenbaugh May 7, 2021 Sharon J. Rittenbaugh, 70, of Laurel Court, Pine Grove, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born on September 13, 1950  in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the late Earl "Corky" and Sevilla Reichert Stine. She was a 1968 graduate of Pine Grove Area High School and was a member of Jacob's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove. Sharon was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and aunt...

Barbara A. Gibbon May 3, 2021 Barbara Ann Gibbon, 86, of Laurel St., Pine Grove,  passed away with her daughter by her side on Monday, May 3, 2021 at Providence Place, Pine Grove after battling cancer and surviving COVID. Born on March 14, 1935 in Edwardsville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Barbara Mihal Zoshack. She was a graduate of Edwardsville High School and attended Penn State.  She was a parishioner at the Most Blessed Trinity Parish in Tremont. Barbara...

Elaine M. Kreiser April 26, 2021 Elaine M. Kreiser, 63, of Glore Dr., Pine Grove, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 in the Tremont Health & Rehab Center. Born on August 30, 1957 in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the late Hazel and Marie Tobias Miller. She was a 1975 graduate of Pine Grove High School. Elaine was a Housekeeping and Laundry Supervisor for Tremont Health & Rehab, and then worked for Waterbridge in Pine Grove. She loved spending time with her grandchildren...