Obituaries

June 9, 2025

Robert Lavelle

Robert Brooks Lavelle, 80, of Barbour Street passed away Saturday (June 7, 2025) at Bradford Regional Medical Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are under direction of Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.

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