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<p>Lynn Benkowski and John Paul Kopicki, together with their families, announce their engagement and approaching marriage.</p><p>The bride-to-be is the daughter of Leonard and Suzanne Benkowski, Larksville. She is the granddaughter of the late Zigmund and Helen Benkowski and the late Earl and Muriel Evans.</p><p>She is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Arcadia University. Lynn received her Montessori teaching certificate from the Center for Montessori Education in New York in 2007 and is employed as a lead toddler teacher at Wyoming Valley Montessori School, Kingston.</p><p>The prospective groom is the son of Carol Buss, Forty Fort, and Mark Kopicki, Kingston. He is the grandson of Anna Mae Potomis, Swoyersville; the late John Potomis and Clare Kopicki, Kingston, and the late Paul Kopicki.</p><p>John is a graduate of Bishop O&#8217;Reilly High School and earned an associate&#8217;s degree from Simmons Institute of Funeral Service. He is employed as a funeral director at the A. J. Kopicki Funeral Home, Kingston.</p><p>The couple will exchange vows ,Oct. 6, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Swoyersville.</p><style>
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Lynn Benkowski and John Paul Kopicki engagement