{"id":197397,"date":"2026-05-20T03:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197397\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T03:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:06:21","slug":"james-r-neville-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197397\/","title":{"rendered":"James R. Neville \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tJames R. Neville \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>James R. Neville, 80, a South Scranton resident, died on May 15 at St. Mary\u2019s Villa Nursing Home.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Scranton, he was the son of the late Edgar and Agatha Bour Neville. He was a member of St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral and was a 1966 graduate of Scranton Technical High School.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe was employed as a machine operator at Saqoit Fibers as well as at the Radisson, Proferra\u2019s Pizza and Krispy Kreme Donuts until his retirement. Jim was an avid reader, enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and taking long walks in the city in which he grew up and loved.<\/p>\n<p>\nSurviving are his brother, Edgar Neville and his wife, Ellen and his sister, Audrey Rabecs, all of Scranton; niece, Ellen Formica and husband, Joseph, Stroudsburg; nephew, John Neville and wife, Holly, Sweet Valley; great-niece, Braelyn Neville, Sweet Valley; great-nephews, A.J. Formica, Stroudsburg, and Bryce Neville, Sweet Valley; and many loving cousins.<\/p>\n<p>\nPreceding James in death was his sister, Joanie Neville, who he adored and his twin brother, Joey Neville.<\/p>\n<p>\nFriends may call Thursday at 9:00 a.m. at St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery. Arrangements are being provided by August J. Hass Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.woundedwarriorproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/support.woundedwarriorproject.org<\/a>) or call (855.448.3997). To leave an online condolence, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augusthaasfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.augusthaasfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nJames R. Neville<\/p>\n<p>\nMay 15, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James R. Neville OBITUARY James R. Neville, 80, a South Scranton resident, died on May 15 at St.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-197397","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\/197397","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=197397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}