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Joel Bell Obituary
LARKSVILLE — Joel Bell, Sr., of Larksville, formerly of Bear Creek and Sweet Valley, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Plains Township. He was born Dec. 28, 1950, in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Walter Edward Bell and Bernice Zardus Bell.
Joel was a graduate of the Wilkes-Barre Area School District and served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a tractor trailer driver, and later worked at The Benton Foundry, Marquis Art and Frame, and TJ Maxx.
He was a member of the Larksville American Legion and liked camping and the outdoors. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Angela Bernice Bell; brother, Walter Bell; nephews: SGT Dale T. Lloyd and Scott Lloyd.
Surviving are his children: William Tabbit-Humphrey, Mary Bell Sott, Jennifer Gower, Joel Bell, Jr., Walter Bell, Nicholas Bell, Michael Bell, Christina Bell, Rebekah Swire, and Eugene Bell; numerous grandchildren; sisters: Elaine Hotelling, Amy Beaver; niece, Stephanie Porter; and nephew, Raymond Naperkowski. Also surviving are many extended family members.
Friends may call Saturday, Sept. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Private interment services will be held at St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Condolences can be sent to the family at: eblakecollins.com.
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Lindsay Powers
September 26, 2023
Amy and family, I’m so sorry for your loss thinking of you all
Christina Bell
September 21, 2023
RIP Dad I love you, you will be missed.
Jodie Miscavage
September 20, 2023
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Linda and Steve Corcoran
September 20, 2023
So sorry for the loss of your Dad. He suffers no more. RIP
Robert J. Miklas, AT2AC, USN, 1963-1967.
September 19, 2023
" A marine has passed away today." You are now relieved from your post. A job well done fellow Vietnam Veteran. America thanks you for your service to our country in the defense of freedom. The final bugle has sounded and taps is about to sound ending a successful career as a nation´s defender. Farewell fellow veteran. A Navy Vietnam Veteran.
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