THROOP - A 74-year-old Scranton man died Monday when a headstone fell on him while he and his wife were visiting a relative'??s grave at St. Joseph'??s Cemetery, according to the Citizen's Voice. Stephen and Lucy Woytack were attaching a religious ornament to the stone when it toppled, pinning Stephen Woytack underneath, according to Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland. The warmer weather "??made the terrain, monument and its base unstable,"? Rowland said in an emailed press release Monday. The coroner listed the manner of death as accidental. "??It happened so quickly,"? said Lucy Woytack, his wife of 46 years. She described her husband as a kind and loving man who was very involved with the church, she said. He served as a Eucharistic minister at Mary, Mother of God Parish in Scranton, which oversees the cemetery. "He would never hesitate to help someone else,"? Lucy Woytack said. For years, cemetery caretaker Ed Kubilus saw the Woytacks when they visited the grave site, and he said he knew Stephen Woytack well. After the stone fell on her husband, Lucy Woytack found Kubilus on the other side of the cemetery. He called police and rushed to the grave site, where he tried to lift the 300- to 400-pound granite block, but couldn'?t. Police arrived a few minutes later, but by then it was too late, he said. "??It'??s just a freak thing that happened," he said. "??It'??s heartbreaking." Every year in the spring as the ground thaws and becomes softer, grave stones tip over, he said. Around this time of year, Kubilus fixes about five toppled or tipping stones, but so far, he said, the ground has been too soft to repair them. Bishop Joseph C. Bambera was notified of the death, Diocese of Scranton spokesman William Genello said. "??It is unimaginable to think that a visit of a faithful couple to the grave of loved ones in anticipation of the celebration of Easter could have ended in such a tragic manner,"? Bishop Bambera said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the deceased and his family."