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Dorothy Shunk Obituary

SMETHPORT - Dorothy A. Shunk, 79, of Smethport, passed away Sunday (Nov. 6, 2016) in Sena-Kean Manor in Smethport.
She was born June 7, 1937, in Keating Summit, a daughter of Chester and Ethel Pelchey Haynes. On April 30, 1955, she married James Rinamon, who died on Oct. 25, 1984. She then married Robert Grimes on May 3, 1986, in Port Allegany. He passed away on May 28, 1991. She then married Donald E. Shunk on Sept.5, 1992, who survives.
Dorothy was a homemaker and a very talented artist.
She was a member of the East Smethport United Christian Church and the Doll Club of Hinsdale, N.Y.
In addition to her husband, Donald, she is survived by two daughters, Janet (Jerry) Russell of Smethport and Laurie (Kevin) Burford of Port Allegany; two sons, Henry Rinamon and Kenneth (Margie) Rinamon, both of Smethport; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three sisters, Vernice Burtron and Florence Rossman, both of Coudersport, and Eleanor Sebring of Grand Junction, Colo.; one brother, Harry Haynes of State College.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by three sisters; and three brothers.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hartle-Tarbox Funeral Homes Inc., 2 Bank St., Smethport, where funeral and committal services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Allen D. Young, pastor of the East Smethport United Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Card Creek Cemetery, Roulette.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hartle-Tarbox Funeral Homes Inc., Smethport.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the East Smethport United Christian Church.
Online condolences may be made at www.hartle-tarboxfuneralhomes.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Bradford Era from Nov. 7 to Nov. 14, 2016.

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