{"id":77457,"date":"2026-01-04T06:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77457\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:29:07","slug":"geraldine-frost-lang-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77457\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldine (Frost) Lang \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tGeraldine (Frost) Lang \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Geraldine (Frost) Lang, of Yardley and a West Scranton native, passed away on Monday evening at Green Ridge Health Care Center in Scranton, following illness. She was 88 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn February 17, 2009, she was preceded in death by her husband, A. Louis Lang.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Scranton on April 17, 1937, and daughter of the late Albert and Catherine (Lynch) Frost, Geraldine was a graduate of the former South Catholic High School\u2019s Class of 1955. A proud academic, she studied nursing before becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse. After briefly working in health care, she returned to school to study education, ultimately earning her master\u2019s degree in Special Education from College Misericordia.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe would go onto a career in education, having worked as a special education teacher for the NEIU 19. In 1983, she moved to Yardley where she married and raised her son. While in Yardley, she worked as a substitute teacher for St. John the Evangelist School for nearly a decade. A devoted Roman Catholic, she was also a member of the St. John the Evangelist Church Parish in Yardley.<\/p>\n<p>\nA woman of devotion to God and loyalty to her family, she will forever be missed by her loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe is survived by her son, Louis Lang and wife Gia Novembre-Lang of Yardley; her sister, Marion Needham of Scranton; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe was also preceded in death by her brothers, Ray, Gerald \u201cButch\u201d and John \u201cJack\u201d Frost; and sisters, Ann Marie Smith, Jean McAndrew and Betty Viola.<\/p>\n<p>\nHer son would like to acknowledge and thank the entire staff of Green Ridge Care Center, as well as Geraldine\u2019s nieces, Cathy Berghauser, Mary Needham and sister, Marion Needham, for their collective care and compassion throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>\nServices with a Mass at St. Patrick\u2019s Church and burial at Cathedral Cemetery will be announced.<\/p>\n<p>\nArrangements are under the care of the Kevin K. Kearney Funeral Home, Inc., 125 North Main Avenue, Scranton. Please visit the funeral home\u2019s website to leave a condolence.<\/p>\n<p>\nGeraldine (Frost) Lang<\/p>\n<p>\nDecember 29, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geraldine (Frost) Lang OBITUARY Geraldine (Frost) Lang, of Yardley and a West Scranton native, passed away on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-77457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77457","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=77457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}