Obituaries in Benton, PA

Sherry L. Fink Cole 70 of Benton Township died Saturday January 3 2026 at Geisinger Medical Center Danville. Born December 30 1955 at the Bloomsburg Hospital she was a daughter of the late Gordon and Dorothy Gardner Fink. Sherry was a 1973 graduate of Benton High School and had been employed by vari...

John Iwan Eric Wereschagin beloved husband father grandfather brother uncle and friend to many died peacefully Tuesday after a life far too large for one obituary. He was 85. Born in Kiev U.S.S.R. he escaped the Soviet Union during World War II and survived the concentration camp of Auschwitz as a s...

Frances I. Turner Wenner 86 of Bendertown Road Orangeville went home to be with the Lord on Thursday morning January 1 2026 at the home of her daughter and soninlaw in Conway South Carolina. Born May 4 1939 in Southdale Huntington Township she was the oldest daughter of the late George L. and Grace ...

Carol Ann Morgan Nickles 78 of Madison Township passed away early Wednesday morning December 24 2025 at her home. Born May 2 1947 in Scranton she was a daughter of the late Edmund T. and Lydia Forney Morgan. She and her husband Gary Thomas Nickles celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on Septemb...

Sharlet Marie Johnson 101 of Mt. Pleasant Township passed away on Saturday January 10 2026 on the family farm surrounded by her family. She was born on January 31 1924 in the Orangeville area of Pennsylvania to Cleatus and Erma Karns Wagner the third of eight children. During WWII while working at t...

Dorothy M. "Dot" Hippensteel OHandley 90 of Lake Ganoga Sullivan County died early Friday morning January 9 2026 at her home surrounded by her family. Born March 18 1935 in Carlisle she was a daughter of the late William G. and Helen Clever Hippensteel. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62...

Richard G. Evans 67 of Benton Township died Thursday morning December 25 2025 to be with Jesus on His birthday at his home following a lengthy illness. Born September 29 1958 at Bloomsburg Hospital he was a son of the late Henry Evans who died October 20 2000 and Pearl A. McHenry Evans on September ...

Joseph Edward Joe Gizenski 80 of Berwick passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday December 27 2025. After graduating from Northwest High School Joe enlisted in the United States Air Force where he proudly served our country from 19631967. After returning from the Air Force Joe primarily worked...

William D. Bill Schamberger 77 of Berwick passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday December 30 2025. Bill was born on December 15 1948 in Regensburg Germany son of the late Darwin Berta Schamberger Siegfried. Bill graduated from Nescopeck H.S. in 1967 and then enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968...

Annette K. Sagar of Benton Township passed on January 9 2026 at The Gardens Nursing Home in Orangeville. Born August 19 1961 in Ohio she was the daughter of the late Tonia Osinski Sagar and Robert Sagar. Annette spent most of her life in Columbia County Pennsylvania living in Benton since she was te...