{"id":179044,"date":"2026-04-29T07:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179044\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T07:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:52:11","slug":"michael-fontini-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179044\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Fontini \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tMichael Fontini \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Michael Fontini, 67, of Scranton, died unexpectedly at home on Sunday. His fiance is Jennifer Triolo.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Scranton December 13,1959, son of the late Anthony and Rita Fontini, he grew up in Olyphant, was a graduate of Bishop O\u2019Hara High School and worked for Smertz Tire for the last few decades. Everyone knew to see Mike when they needed tires. He enjoyed fishing and looked forward to attending the annual Fathers Day Car Show at Nay Aug park, which he did since its inception. Mike\u2019s favorite thing to do was spend his free time with his fianc Jennifer &amp; daughter Kayla.<\/p>\n<p>\nMike was a kind, quiet man who lived quietly and happily with his family. He was an expert on vehicle tires. He could look at a tire and tell you how many more miles you had before you were in trouble. He saved many from unnecessary tire troubles. He worked hard to provide for his family and took pride in what he did.<\/p>\n<p>\nSurviving are his daughters Nikki Leah Mauger 41 and Kayla Fontini 20; four brothers David, James, Mark, &amp; Anthony; two sisters, Joann and Christine, all of whom reside locally.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe was preceded in death by his beautiful sister Marie Eileen Fontini in April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\nA viewing will be held Thursday from 6-8pm in the Thomas J Hughes FH Inc, 1240 St. Ann St, Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>\nMichael Fontini<\/p>\n<p>\nApril 26, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Fontini OBITUARY Michael Fontini, 67, of Scranton, died unexpectedly at home on Sunday. His fiance is Jennifer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-179044","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\/179044","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=179044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}