Arthur Searfoss

Arthur Searfoss, of Buck Township, Pa., passed away in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, shortly after greeting his newest great-grandchild on Sunday, July 27, 2025.

Born Oct. 13, 1930, in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Andrew and Mamie Glasson Searfoss.

Arthur was a 1948 graduate of Laurel Run High School and was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was employed by Central Slipper Shoe Company, Wilkes-Barre, for 20 years and worked as a trans filler at Liquid Carbonic, Laurel Run, for 22 years.

Arthur was a member of Laurel Run Primitive Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, in 2011; daughter, Margaret Dianne Searfoss; brothers, James, William, Richard and Jerry Searfoss; and sisters, Elizabeth Kohlis, Bessie Zendzon and Mamie Dominick.

Surviving are his daughters, Donna Marie Olson, of Parsons, Pa.; Carrie Jo Searfoss, of Buchanan, Ga.; and Robin An McGrady, of Rockmart, Ga.; grandchildren, Heather Sibert, of Greenville, N.C.; Brian Sibert, of Connecticut; Michael McGrady, of Mountain Top, Pa.; Lindsey Garrity, of Shavertown, Pa.; Jamie Olson, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; Billy Olson, of Wyoming, Pa.; April Olson, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; and Brooke Stepanski of Parsons, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday from Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment with military honors will follow in Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Carverton. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to service time.