Kenneth E. Bond

Kenneth E. Bond, 67, of Wyalusing, formerly of Greene, N.Y., and Madisonville, died Friday morning at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre. His wife of 30 years is the former Cheryl Haluska.

Born in Massachusetts, he was the son of Ernestine Smith Bond, Anaheim, Calif., and the late Dwight Bond. Educated in Harpursville High School, New York, he was employed as a truck driver by Oneida Motor Freight, New Jersey; Reisch, Hop Bottom; Consolidated Freightways, Mount Pocono and Carlisle; Atkinson Freight Lines, Bensalem; Yellow Freight, Middletown, N.Y.; and Calex, Pittston, from where he retired. He was a member of Teamsters Local 707. He attended St. Catherine of Siena Church, Moscow, and St. Mary's of the Assumption Church, Wyalusing.

He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son and brother who was a great man and a good provider. He was a dependable worker who told the truth for your own good. He was strong in his ways and was always there for his family and friends. He enjoyed taking road trips with his family and especially looked forward to family gatherings. He will always be remembered and deeply missed by those whose lives he touched.

Also surviving are five daughters, Christy Laird and husband, John, Clarks Summit; Lynnae Bond, West Scranton; Traci Bond and companion, Gene Herman-ski, Dunmore; Nannette Yost and husband, Bill, Morgan Hill, Calif.; and Teresa Dries and husband, Larry, Pennsburg; four sons, Robert E. Bond, Wyalusing; Kenneth E. Fial and wife, Lee Ann, Mississippi (Katrina survivors); David Black and wife, Patricia, Philadelphia; and Kenneth Jay Bond, Lakeland, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Arlene Grace and husband, Lloyd, Spartansburg, S.C.; and Alice Hand and husband, Mike, Anaheim, Calif.; a brother, David Bond and wife, Linda, Kennedy, N.Y.; nieces and nephews.

He also was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia Brown Bond; two daughters, Constance and Anna Bond; and a son, Frank Bond.

The funeral will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. from the Brian Arthur Strauch Funeral Home, 3 First St., Spring Brook Twp., with Mass at 10 in St. Catherine of Siena Church, Moscow, to be concelebrated by the Rev. Robert Simon, pastor, and the Rev. Joseph Weber. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow. Friends may call Wednesday, 5 to 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may go to the American Heart Association, 613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 3, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. For directions or to leave an online condolence, visit www.strauchfuneralhomes.com.