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Samuel Benjamin Dakin

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Samuel Benjamin Dakin

Birth
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
30 Jan 1978 (aged 92)
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Son of Benjamin and Sarah (Manning) Dakin.
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Samuel B. Dakin Dies at Age of 92
   Samuel B. Dakin, 92, of South View Manor, Monroe Street, died Monday morning in Mercy Hospital.
   Born in Sunbury, Sept. 23, 1885, he was a conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad, retiring 22 years ago.
   Surviving are his widow, the former Elizabeth Rohrbach; son, William Dakin, Forty Fort; daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Meehan and Mrs. Renee Meckes Toole, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Mildred Kaluza, Williamsport; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
   Funeral will be Wednesday at 10 from M.S. Frederick and Sons Funeral Home, 617 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with Rev. Clarence R. Schaffer, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9.
(Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 30 Jan 1978)
Son of Benjamin and Sarah (Manning) Dakin.
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Samuel B. Dakin Dies at Age of 92
   Samuel B. Dakin, 92, of South View Manor, Monroe Street, died Monday morning in Mercy Hospital.
   Born in Sunbury, Sept. 23, 1885, he was a conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad, retiring 22 years ago.
   Surviving are his widow, the former Elizabeth Rohrbach; son, William Dakin, Forty Fort; daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Meehan and Mrs. Renee Meckes Toole, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Mildred Kaluza, Williamsport; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
   Funeral will be Wednesday at 10 from M.S. Frederick and Sons Funeral Home, 617 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with Rev. Clarence R. Schaffer, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9.
(Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 30 Jan 1978)


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