First Posted: 7/1/2014

SMURKOWSKI

TUNKHANNOCK — Carrie Sue Smurkowski, 33, beloved daughter, sister, friend and animal lover passed away at her childhood home in Tunkhannock, early July 2, 2014, after a brave four-year battle with cancer. Funeral services were held July 5 from the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Meshoppen, with a Mass of Christian Burial in the St. Joachim’s Roman Catholic Church, Meshoppen.

OFFSHACK

WILKES-BARRE — Josephine V. Offshack, of North Wilkes-Barre, died July 2, 2014, in the Riverside Manor, Wilkes-Barre. She had family in Tunkhannock. Services were held July 5 from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.

BUTTON

Claud M. Button, Sr., 48, of Falls, went to be with the Lord on July 4, 2014, at the Geisinger South Hospital Wilkes-Barre. Funeral services were held July 7 at the Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, 123 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.

PANGONIS

MESHOPPEN — Beatrice Mae Pangonis, of Meshoppen, passed away on July 7, 2014, at the home of her daughter. She had family in Tunkhannock. Funeral services 9 a.m. Saturday at Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. in the Church of the Nativity BVM, Tunkhannock. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

BROTZMAN

TUNKHANNOCK — Tammy Brotzman, of Tunkhannock, died July 1, 2014, in the Celtic Healthcare Hospice Unit of Geisinger South Wilkes Barre. Graveside interment was held July 5 in Fairview Cemetery, Lake Winola. Arrangements by the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.