Jacqueline R. Pienta, 80 of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Friday morning, March 6, 2020 at The Gardens at East Mountain Manor, Plains, Township.

Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Wilson Hendricks and Mary Ellen (Donely) Smith.

Jackie was a graduate of West Catholic High School, Philadelphia, and Central Carolina Community College, Sanford, North Carolina, earning her nursing degree. She was employed as a nurse and pharmacy technician at the VA Medical Center, Plains, until her retirement. Jackie was a member of St. Francis Church, Miners Mills, until its closure and merger.

She was preceded in death by her son David Walterson and daughter Tami Walterson.

Surviving are her husband Daniel Pienta, Wilkes-Barre, daughters Roberta Grant and Kym Grant, both of Alabama, Cheryl Pinto, New Jersey, Teddi Walterson-Berryman and Kelli Adcock, both of North Carolina, and Danielle Adcock, Plains, several grandchildren, sister Jillian Brewer, Bensalem, PA.

Funeral Services for Jackie will be held Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 6:00 pm at the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, Plains, PA 18705, with Father Joseph A. Kearney, officiating. Interment will be held at the convenience of the family. Family and friends may call Tuesday afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.