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Saturday, December 30, 2000     Page: 8A

Josef Dukinas
   
Dec. 26, 2000
    osef A. Dukinas, of South Grant Street, Wilkes-Barre, formerly of Luzerne,
died Tuesday at his residence.
   

   
Born July 5, 1922, in Forty Fort, he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary
(Staninkinas) Dukinas. He was a graduate of Luzerne High School. He was an art
teacher for the Wyoming Valley West High School and also gave private lessons.
He was a member of Holy Family Parish, formerly St. Ann’s Parish, Luzerne,
member and president of the Wyoming Valley Art League, volunteer at St.
Vincent DePaul Kitchen and a Right to Life member.
   
He was preceded in death by his sister, Eleanor Cawley.
   
Surviving are his brother, Raymond Dukinas, Trucksville section of Kingston
Township; nieces and nephews.
   

   
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Bednarski Funeral Home,
27 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Holy
Family Parish in St. Ann’s Church, Bennett Street, Luzerne. Interment will be
in the parish cemetery~, Lehman. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until time of
service Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial ~donations may be made to St.
Vincent DePaul Kitchen, Wilkes-Barre.