\t\t\tRaymond Archibald \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Raymond Archibald, 91, of Scranton and a resident of Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, died Tuesday morning following an illness.<\/p>\n
\nBorn May 15, 1934, in Scranton, Raymond was the son of the late John and Emma (Yeager) Archibald. He served his country as a member of the United States Army during the 1950s, earning a Good Conduct Medal for his service.<\/p>\n
\nRaymond was a graduate of Johnson Technical College and was employed for many years as a home improvement contractor. He was a member of the first Elk Mountain Ski Patrol and served for many years thereafter.<\/p>\n
\nAn avid outdoorsman, Raymond enjoyed huntingparticularly bow huntingas well as hiking, camping, photographing nature, and found great joy in traveling throughout the United States and Canada. He was also a skilled landscape oil painter.<\/p>\n
\nHe is survived by his sister, Carol Kozar of Moscow; his niece and caregiver, Doreen Healey and husband James of Scranton; and several other nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Lenore McGuire, Wilma Weber, and Mary Colosimo.<\/p>\n
\nRaymond was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Scranton.<\/p>\n
\nA memorial service will be held Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 238 Reese Street, Scranton, PA, with Rev. John Zimmerman officiating. Interment will be conducted privately at Evergreen Cemetery in Dickson City.<\/p>\n
\nMemorial contributions may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church, 238 Reese Street, Scranton, PA 18508.<\/p>\n
\nArrangements are by Duffy & Snowdon Funeral Home of Moscow, PA. Online condolences may be offered through the funeral homes website or Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\nRaymond Archibald<\/p>\n
\nJanuary 20, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raymond Archibald OBITUARY Raymond Archibald, 91, of Scranton and a resident of Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, died…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-94766","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\/94766","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=94766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}