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Simulated stone facade is going up at the abutments and pier for the new Church Street Bridge in Honesdale. Leeward Construction workers are shown on Monday, March 24.

Karen A. Lizotte, South Canaan, died Monday, February 25, 2008 in the Lehigh Valley Medical Center after an illness.

Beatrice G. Munger, 91 of Prompton, died Friday Feb. 22, 2008 at the home of her daughter and son in law Cheryl and Paul Guinther, her caregivers, after a lengthy illness from Alzheimers.

Daniel Edward Wormuth, age 44, of Tink Wig Mountain Lake Estates, Hawley, died Thursday, February 21, 2008, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley.

Doris Robinson, 85, of Allentown and formerly of Waymart, died Wednesday, February 20, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill.

Helen Cole, 76, of Columbia, KY and formerly of Equinunk, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008.

William F. Buckingham III, 82 of White Mills, died Wednesday February 20, 2008 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

Ethel (Sonn) Zelonis, of Sharon Avenue, Torrington, Connecticut, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, after a brief illness.

Olga (Malti) Smith, 82 of Cherry Ridge Twp., died Tuesday February 19, 2008 at the Hospice Unit at Mercy Hospital in Scranton.

Phyllis P. Valenzano, age 90 of Honesdale PA, passed from this earth on Friday, February 15, 2008 in the Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale, PA.

Dorothy Gormley, 90, of Honesdale, PA, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2008.

George L, Cook, 52, also known as ‘Monster’ passed away suddenly on Friday, February 15 at his residence in Rock Hill, SC.

Anna M. Hoehne of Shohola, PA a homemaker and life long resident of the area died Thursday, February 14. 2008 at VNA Hospice House in East Stroudsburg, PA.

David Lee Mason, a 23-year resident of Rowlands, PA, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY.