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Living and dying in Sullivan County, one of Pennsylvania’s most rural counties

With deaths outpacing births, this rural Pennsylvania outpost, already small, is only getting smaller.

Manny and Shivani Patel (right) outside their Sunoco gas station in Forksville in June. “It’s peaceful and it’s beautiful,” Manny Patel said. “And we haven’t seen as many bears as you’d think.”
Manny and Shivani Patel (right) outside their Sunoco gas station in Forksville in June. “It’s peaceful and it’s beautiful,” Manny Patel said. “And we haven’t seen as many bears as you’d think.”Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer