Death Notices

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TUNKHANNOCK — Anna Joyce Barker, of Tunkhannock and formerly of Fair Haven, N.Y., and Westwood, N.J., died at the home of her daughter, Linda Howell, Tunkhannock, on Dec. 21, 2013. Funeral services were Dec. 27 from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.

FORTY FORT — Harold J. Jenkins, 81, of East Pettebone Street, Forty Fort, died unexpectedly on Dec. 21, 2013, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He had family in Clarks Summit. Funeral services were Dec. 27 in St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, 25 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, with arrangements by the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort.

MONROE TWP. — Robert L. Detrick, 70, of Monroe Township, passed away Dec. 23, 2013, in the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. He had family in Tunkhannock. Funeral services were held Dec. 28 at the Nulton-Kopcza Funeral Home, 5749 State Route 309, Beaumont, Monroe Township.

MONROE TWP. — David C. Derhammer, 55, of Monroe Township, passed away Dec. 26, 2013 in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, class of 1976. Funeral services were held Dec. 31 at the Nulton-Kopcza Funeral Home, SR 309, (Beaumont), Monroe Township.

TAYLOR —Joseph Rinkunas, Sr., 84, a resident of Taylor for more than 50 years, died Dec. 28, 2013 in Regional Hospital, Scranton. He had relatives in Clarks Summit. The funeral was held Dec. 31 at the August J. Haas Funeral Home, Inc., 202 Pittston Ave., Scranton, with Mass in Our Lady Of The Snows Church, South State Street, Clarks Summit.