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Home > Alumni > Alumni Society > Death Notices > 2021 > March > PURCELL, JOHN J., Class of 1970

PURCELL, JOHN J., Class of 1970

Date: Thursday 03/04/21

PURCELL, JOHN J., Class of 1970, West Pittston, on March 4. A private funeral Mass will be held in St. Mary's Church, Dunmore.

Arrangements are entrusted to Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral Home Inc., 318 E. Drinker St., Dunmore.

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