\t\t\tFrancis \u2018Fran\u2019 DeSando \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Francis DeSando 87, of Dunmore, died Thursday evening, surrounded by his family at Reginal Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nBorn in Scranton son of the late Nicholas and Eleanor San Giuliano DeSando.<\/p>\n
\nFrancis was educated in Dunmore schools.<\/p>\n
\nFrancis was a skilled heavy equipment operator for 45 years and a member of the Operator Engineers Local 542 union.<\/p>\n
\nHe was a member of Saint Rocco\u2019s parish where he sang in the choir and volunteered his kitchen skills at the annual summer picnic and pasta dinners. He was also a member of the Eternal Friendship Club.<\/p>\n
\nFrancis was an avid Harley motorcycle rider where he was \u2018King of the Road\u2019. He traveled through 48 states alongside some his best friends. He looked forward to his morning coffee gatherings with his friends and long chats at the Harley dealership. He also enjoyed hunting and hosting \u2018Hightower\u2019s Deer Fest\u2019 every February. During the summer months, Francis enjoyed spending time with friends and family at How Kola campground and winter months in Florida. His musical talents included singing and playing the accordion, guitar, mandolin and drums.<\/p>\n
\nFrancis is survived by son Francis Jr. and wife Lynne, Jefferson Township, son Anthony and wife Deborah, Old Forge, daughter Debora DeSarro and husband Ralph, Throop, son Nicholas and wife Amy, Dunmore, daughter Jamie and fiance Sergio, Jefferson Township and ex-wife, Loretta DeSando.<\/p>\n
\nGrandchildren Kimberly and Paul Hnatko and Francis III DeSando, Anthony Jr. and Andrea DeSando, Nicholas Jr., Alec and Domenic DeSando. Great grandchildren Aurora and Ian Hnatko and Nicholas DeSando III.<\/p>\n
\nHe was preceded in death his wife Dorothy, brother Nicholas DeSando and infant great-grandchildren Sweet Pea and Michael Hnatko.<\/p>\n
\nThe Funeral will be held on Thursday at 11:00 AM in St Anthony\u2019s Church, 208 Smith Street.<\/p>\n
\nViewing will be held Thursday from 8:30 AM until 10:30 AM in the Morell-LaBelle Funeral Home, 301 Chestnut Street, Dunmore.<\/p>\n
\nFrancis \u2018Fran\u2019 DeSando<\/p>\n
\nJune 11, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francis \u2018Fran\u2019 DeSando OBITUARY Francis DeSando 87, of Dunmore, died Thursday evening, surrounded by his family at Reginal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-220724","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\/220724","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=220724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}