Raymond F. "Buster" Harned Jr.

Raymond F. "Buster" Harned Jr., 81, of Harned Lane, Shickshinny, Bloomingdale, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at his home, following an illness.

Born Oct. 8, 1937, he was the son of the late Raymond and Margaret Hamilton Harned. He graduated from High School in 1955 and proudly served his country, enlisting in the U.S. Air Force.

Buster was employed by Proctor and Gamble, Mahoopany, for 24 years until retiring in 1992. Following retirement, he kept busy being self-employed doing various jobs.

In his younger years, he was talented at baseball, and for many years, he enjoyed bowling and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association, belonged to the Bloomingdale Grange, Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company and the Bloomingdale Cemetery Association, where he had served some time as president.

Surviving are his wife of 26 ½ years, the former Laura Derhammer; son, Richard Harned and wife, Barbara, Swoyersville; daughter, Nicole Harned, New Braunfels, Texas; stepchildren, George Fullerton and wife, Joyce, Huntington Mills; Thelma Novak, West Nanticoke; Rhonda Davenport, Lake Silkworth; and Mark and Bryan Fullerton, both of Nanticoke; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends for a viewing and period of visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek.

The Rev. Rocky Bonomo of Sweet Valley Church of Christ will conduct a brief service at 6:30 p.m. Military honors will be accorded at 6:45 p.m. by officers and members of American Legion Post 495, Shickshinny.

Private interment will be in Bloomingdale Cemetery.