A Memorial Service will be held for Michael J. Durkin Jr., 20, Melbourne, FL, formally of Hamlin and Newfoundland, who died May 14, 2008.

Born in Hamlin, son of Michael J. Durkin and Debra Zippi, Durkin, Caputo, he had been a student at BCC, Florida. He was an avid New York Yankees fan and a New York Giants fan. He loved to play baseball and be with his cousins and friends in the summer. He was a devoted son, brother, cousin, grandson, and nephew, a family statement reads.

Also surviving are step-mother, Debbie Durkin, Lake Ariel; step-father, Frank Caputo, Melbourne, FL; two brothers, Luke Durkin, Lake Ariel and Damion Kamarauskas, Harrisburg; two sisters, Jennifer Durkin, Melbourne, FL, and Korryn Bogdan, Harrisburg; nieces, Whitley Kamarauskas, Sarah and Rachel Bogdan, Harrisburg; paternal grandparents, Eugene and Mary Durkin, Hamlin; maternal grandmother, Marcia Zippi, Mount Cobb; an aunt , Mary Ellen Boandl, Hamlin; an uncle, Joseph Durkin, Hamlin; two aunts, Mary Herner, and Aunt Donna Laniewski; an uncle, Anthony Zippi; many cousins and good friends in Pennsylvania and Florida.

He is preceeded in death by maternal grandfather Anthony Zippi and an uncle, Andy Boandl.

A Memorial Service to be performed in Pennsylvania will be announced at a later date.