Dennis E. Sands

Dennis E. Sands of Tunkhannock, died Thursday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
He was born at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen, May 1949, a son of Gerald and Annabelle Lunger Sands. He graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1967 and from the University of Miami, Fla., in 1971 with a B.S. in Business Administration. He was a manager of many shoe stores in Pittsburgh and Mansfield. He was a technician for Procter and Gamble for 22 years, and worked for Tyler Memorial Hospital for four years and later on as a volunteer. He was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church and Mansfield Jaycees; he coached Tunkhannock Squiget Football and was one of the founders, and also coached Little League.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Cheryl Boyce Sands; his parents, Gerald and Annabelle Sands of Tunkhannock; two sons, Sean and wife, Patricia Sands, of Odenton, Md., Eric and wife, Tracy Sands, of Lebanon, Pa.; three grandchildren, Gabriela and Victoria Sands of Odenton Md., and Laura Sands of Lebanon, Pa.; a sister, Susan, and her husband, William Stephens, of Tunkhannock, PA; three nephews; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 West Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with the Rev. Craig Gromer of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church and the Rev. Doug Posegate of the Firwood United Methodist Church in Wilkes-Barre officiating. Interment will be at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkannock.
Friends may call on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church, Warren and Church Streets, Tunkhannock, Pa. Online condolences can be sent to www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com .