\t\t\tJoAnn C. Ceresi \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
JoAnn C. Ceresi, 87, Newton Township, passed away at Geisinger, Scranton. She was the widow of John Chic Ceresi, who died in 2004.<\/p>\n
\nBorn in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Ann Koziol Cummings. She was a 1956 graduate of Newton-Ransom High School and a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church, Clarks Summit. She enjoyed being a member of the Red Hat Society, Abington Bowling League and The Mother\u2019s Softball League.<\/p>\n
\nSurvived by daughters: Sharon Chmiel (Bear Creek), Lori Brickel and husband Scott (South Abington Township); sons: John Jr. and wife Leslie (North Carolina) and Scott (Clarks Summit); five grandchildren: Paul Chmiel and wife Kim, Austin Ceresi and fiance Allyssa Idacavage, Olivia Ceresi and husband Steve Derenberger, Krista Brickel, and Eric Brickel and fiance Colleen Sullivan; and great grandson: Callan Chmiel.<\/p>\n
\nShe was also preceded in death by her son-in-law, Joseph Chmiel; sister, Mary Ann Murray; and brother, Robert Cummings.<\/p>\n
\nJoAnn was an avid gardener who took pride in her flower garden. She enjoyed her travels with friends and family. Everyone enjoyed JoAnns themed parties. JoAnn took pride in all of her families achievements and will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n
\nFriends may pay their respects on Wednesday, May 20 starting at 12 noon at Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State Street, Clarks Summit. The blessing service will begin at 2 pm.<\/p>\n
\nJoAnn C. Ceresi<\/p>\n
\nMay 13, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JoAnn C. Ceresi OBITUARY JoAnn C. Ceresi, 87, Newton Township, passed away at Geisinger, Scranton. She was the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-194398","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\/194398","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=194398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}