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MICHAEL RUDOLF Obituary
Mike was a long-time reporter for the New Age-Examiner which later became the Wyoming County Press Examiner, working there for a total of 17 years before retiring on disability in 2010. While working with the newspaper, Mike won numerous awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association for news reporting and for news photography. In addition, he worked for seven years as an assignment editor with WNEP-TV, as well as in video production with WVIA-TV.
He was well liked and much respected. He was intelligent, reliable, and kind; hard-working, courteous, and funny; inquisitive, unassuming, and creative.
Mike had a wide variety of interests. He was a founding member of the Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club, was a volunteer with the Dietrich Theater (both in the technical aspects and with the Dietrich Theater Radio Players), and a volunteer with the Endless Mountains Nature Center, to name three.
Mike was born on April 26, 1959, in Denville, N.J.
He was a 1977 graduate of Elk Lake High School, Dimock. After graduation, he attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, majoring in communications.
He was preceded in death by his father, Frank Rudolf, in 1993.
He is survived by his mother, Barbara Patterson Rudolf; by his siblings: Scott Rudolf and Kathleen Pisaneschi; by his sister-in-law, Kate Spelman; by his aunt, Blanche Rudolf, and her children; and by his nephews: Ryan Pisaneschi, Timothy Pisaneschi, and Sam Milner.
Mike's remains will be cremated, in accordance with his wishes. A memorial service will be scheduled for a future date, with that information to be found on Mike's Facebook page.
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Ryan
June 19, 2022
I honor my uncle's legacy every day. I miss him so dearly, and I do my best to succeed, knowing he would be proud and rooting for me if he was here.
Tom Carten
January 2, 2020
The memory starting with, "Mike was a dear friend," was written by me, but I forgot to include that in the piece. -Tom Carten
January 2, 2020
Mike was a dear friend. always there for his friends and a mainstay for many years of the King's College radio reading service for the blind. He created the logo for the service -- in
braille, no less. We will miss him greatly.
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