Obituary of Leonard W. Vincenti

Dr. Leonard W. Vincenti of West St. Tunkhannock died peacefully on Sunday in the Golden Living Personal Care Home in Tunkhannock. Born in Glen Lyon on August 2, 1932, he was a son of the late Celestino and Olga Ottaviani Vincenti. Dr. Vincenti was a graduate of Newport Twp. H.S., received a B.S from Elizabethtown University, and completed his education at the Palmer College of Chiropractic graduating third in his class. “Doc” practiced in Tunkhannock for 51 years retiring in 2008. He was an army veteran and served during the Korean War at the Army and Navy Hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas where he was a US Army Medical Corp X-ray Technician. He was preceded in death by his son, Kenneth M. Vincenti in 1978 and a brother Francis Vincenti in 1934. Surviving are his loving wife of 55 years, Ruth A. Freeman Vincenti; three sons: Stephen C. and wife Valerie Vincenti of Tunkhannock, Douglas R. and wife Betsy (Chaw) Vincenti of Bothell, WA, William F. and wife Sherri of Fresno, CA; one daughter: Anita A. Vincenti and Lisa M. Fahringer of Bossier City, LA: one brother: John R. and wife Cynthia Vincenti of State College, PA, and niece Lisa A. Vincenti of San Francisco, CA, as well as four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Friday, October 28 at 3 pm from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock with Mr. Stephen Vincenti officiating. Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 2 pm until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Triton Hose Company, PO Box 765, Tunkhannock, PA 18657 or to the Tunkhannock Community Ambulance Association, PO Box 322, Tunkhannock, PA 18657. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.