{"id":146932,"date":"2026-03-24T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146932\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:24:09","slug":"jonathan-phillip-stevens-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146932\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Phillip Stevens \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tJonathan Phillip Stevens \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Phillip Stevens, 55, of Scranton PA, passed away on March 17, 2026.  Jons life was defined by his military service, his academic achievements, and long career in finance.<\/p>\n<p>\nA 1990 graduate of Perkiomen High School, Jon served in the U.S. Navy from 1992 to 1998. He was a top graduate of the Underwater Mines Demolition School and served in Bahrain and Sigonella, Sicily, where he tested submarine-launched mines and trained international naval teams. He received the World of Wars medal at Great Lakes Boot Camp.<\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing his discharge, Jon earned a 4.0 GPA from Drexel University with double majors in Finance and Accounting. He spent over twenty years in the financial sector, most recently as a Senior Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager at Merrill Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>\nJon was active in local organizations, most recently serving on the board of the Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069. He was an avid reader and a life long wrestler who spoke English, Italian and Spanish fluently.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe is survived by his children, Halle Ann Stevens, Samuel Jonathan Stevens, and Luke Phillip Stevens; his wife, Sarah Ratchford Stevens; his father, Phillip Stevens; and his sister, Jennifer Stevens Wohlgemuth. He was preceded in death by his mother, Jane Below Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in Staten Island, NY or Scranton VET Center, Scranton, PA.<\/p>\n<p>\nA ceremony of life will be held on Sunday, March 29th, between 3:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. at the Waverly Club, Waverly, PA.<\/p>\n<p>\nArrangements Albert P. O\u2019Donnell Funeral Home, 2025 Green Ridge Street, Dunmore.<\/p>\n<p>\nJonathan Phillip Stevens<\/p>\n<p>\nMarch 17, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonathan Phillip Stevens OBITUARY Jonathan Phillip Stevens, 55, of Scranton PA, passed away on March 17, 2026. Jons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-146932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}