As the funeral parade of fire trucks passed beneath an enormous U.S. flag suspended over the roadway, the citizens of the twin towns of Berwick and Nescopeck were dealing with tragedies that seemed out of proportion for such a small population. Sunday afternoon’s procession – going down Nescopeck’s main throughfare, across the Susquehanna to Berwick, and back – was for Dale Baker, 19, whose funeral was held alongside that of his sister, Star Baker, 22, earlier in the day. The siblings were two of the 10 victims of a house fire in Nescopeck on Aug. 5. Dale was an up-and-coming...