{"id":170031,"date":"2026-04-19T08:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170031\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:48:24","slug":"margaret-l-wanick-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170031\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret L. Wanick \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tMargaret L. Wanick \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Margaret L. Wanick 85, of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, died on Thursday, in Regional Hospital Of Scranton. She was the wife of William Wanick to whom she was married for 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn March 23, 1941 in Tunkhannock, PA she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Othella (Farr) Lillie. She graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School and Bloomsburg University where she earned a masters degree. She taught for over 37 years at Lackawanna Trail High School.<\/p>\n<p>\nMargaret was a member of Clarks Green United Methodist Church, a Golden Star Member of 54 years of Juanita Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Dalton Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary.<\/p>\n<p>\nSurviving in addition to her husband are her children: Erin and Erik Wanick, grandchildren, Joshua Wanick and Mary Melnikoff, nieces and nephews<\/p>\n<p>\nShe is preceded in death by a brother Kenneth Lillie Jr. and wife Martha, and sister Joyce Truesdale and husband Robert.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe funeral will be private at the convenience of the family. Interment, Hickory Grove Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Order of the Eastern Star- Diana Brown, 1571 Newton Randsom Blvd., Clarks Summit, PA 18411 or Clarks Green United Methodist Church, 119 Glenburn Road, Clarks Green, PA 18411.<\/p>\n<p>\nMargaret\u2019s care has been entrusted to Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Service Inc., 111 Colburn Ave., Clarks Summit, PA 18411.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor directions or to leave an online condolence, visit the funeral home website.<\/p>\n<p>\nMargaret L. Wanick<\/p>\n<p>\nApril 16, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Margaret L. Wanick OBITUARY Margaret L. Wanick 85, of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, died on Thursday, in Regional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-170031","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\/170031","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=170031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}