First Posted: 5/5/2014

LAFRATTA

FALLS — Joseph “Smokey” Lafratta, 87, of Falls, passed away May 3, 2014, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. The funeral will be 9 a.m. Saturday from Baloga Funeral Home Inc., 1201 Main St., Pittston (Port Griffith), with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Marello Parish, 237 William St., Pittston. Relatives and friends may pay their respects 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.