Ronald LaBar, 75 of Bangor, PA, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Slate Belt Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Bangor.
Ronald was born in Pen Argyl, PA, on April 18, 1944, a son of the late Erwin and Eleanor (Owens) LaBar. He and his beloved wife, the former Bonnie J. Cruver, were married 55 years on Feb. 22.
Ronald was a 1962 graduate of Pen Argyl High School and was employed by Met-Ed for 30 years, working as utility man, trainer and supervisor, retiring in 1999; he later worked as a salesman for Pocono RV Center in Wind Gap, PA, and also drove a school bus for Bangor area school district. He loved to go camping and traveling to Disney World and Maine and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
He was a member of the First United Evangelical Church, Bangor, and a member for 46 years of the Second Ward Fire Company, serving as assistant chief and captain.
In addition to his wife, Bonnie, he is survived by a son, Gregg and his wife, Paula, of Cleveland, OH, and a daughter, Cathy Portz of Winter Garden, FL, and grandchildren, Joseph Uliana Jr., Brent Portz and his wife, Landrie, Sarah Portz, Tim and his wife, Lauren LaBar, and Katie LaBar, and great-grandchildren, Hayden and Logan Uliana, and a brother, Scott and his wife, Jean LaBar, of Bartonsville, PA, and a mother-in-law, Patricia Cruver of Bangor.
Services will be Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m. in the Fiore Funeral Home, 230 Market Street, Bangor, with Rev. Ron Shipman officiating. Family and friends may call on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until time of services. The Second Ward Fire Company will be conducting services at 12:45 p.m. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Bangor.
Published in The Express Times on May 10, 2019
Ronald was born in Pen Argyl, PA, on April 18, 1944, a son of the late Erwin and Eleanor (Owens) LaBar. He and his beloved wife, the former Bonnie J. Cruver, were married 55 years on Feb. 22.
Ronald was a 1962 graduate of Pen Argyl High School and was employed by Met-Ed for 30 years, working as utility man, trainer and supervisor, retiring in 1999; he later worked as a salesman for Pocono RV Center in Wind Gap, PA, and also drove a school bus for Bangor area school district. He loved to go camping and traveling to Disney World and Maine and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
He was a member of the First United Evangelical Church, Bangor, and a member for 46 years of the Second Ward Fire Company, serving as assistant chief and captain.
In addition to his wife, Bonnie, he is survived by a son, Gregg and his wife, Paula, of Cleveland, OH, and a daughter, Cathy Portz of Winter Garden, FL, and grandchildren, Joseph Uliana Jr., Brent Portz and his wife, Landrie, Sarah Portz, Tim and his wife, Lauren LaBar, and Katie LaBar, and great-grandchildren, Hayden and Logan Uliana, and a brother, Scott and his wife, Jean LaBar, of Bartonsville, PA, and a mother-in-law, Patricia Cruver of Bangor.
Services will be Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m. in the Fiore Funeral Home, 230 Market Street, Bangor, with Rev. Ron Shipman officiating. Family and friends may call on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until time of services. The Second Ward Fire Company will be conducting services at 12:45 p.m. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Bangor.
Published in The Express Times on May 10, 2019
Ronald LaBar, 75 of Bangor, PA, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Slate Belt Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Bangor.
Ronald was born in Pen Argyl, PA, on April 18, 1944, a son of the late Erwin and Eleanor (Owens) LaBar. He and his beloved wife, the former Bonnie J. Cruver, were married 55 years on Feb. 22.
Ronald was a 1962 graduate of Pen Argyl High School and was employed by Met-Ed for 30 years, working as utility man, trainer and supervisor, retiring in 1999; he later worked as a salesman for Pocono RV Center in Wind Gap, PA, and also drove a school bus for Bangor area school district. He loved to go camping and traveling to Disney World and Maine and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
He was a member of the First United Evangelical Church, Bangor, and a member for 46 years of the Second Ward Fire Company, serving as assistant chief and captain.
In addition to his wife, Bonnie, he is survived by a son, Gregg and his wife, Paula, of Cleveland, OH, and a daughter, Cathy Portz of Winter Garden, FL, and grandchildren, Joseph Uliana Jr., Brent Portz and his wife, Landrie, Sarah Portz, Tim and his wife, Lauren LaBar, and Katie LaBar, and great-grandchildren, Hayden and Logan Uliana, and a brother, Scott and his wife, Jean LaBar, of Bartonsville, PA, and a mother-in-law, Patricia Cruver of Bangor.
Services will be Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m. in the Fiore Funeral Home, 230 Market Street, Bangor, with Rev. Ron Shipman officiating. Family and friends may call on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until time of services. The Second Ward Fire Company will be conducting services at 12:45 p.m. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Bangor.
Published in The Express Times on May 10, 2019
Ronald was born in Pen Argyl, PA, on April 18, 1944, a son of the late Erwin and Eleanor (Owens) LaBar. He and his beloved wife, the former Bonnie J. Cruver, were married 55 years on Feb. 22.
Ronald was a 1962 graduate of Pen Argyl High School and was employed by Met-Ed for 30 years, working as utility man, trainer and supervisor, retiring in 1999; he later worked as a salesman for Pocono RV Center in Wind Gap, PA, and also drove a school bus for Bangor area school district. He loved to go camping and traveling to Disney World and Maine and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
He was a member of the First United Evangelical Church, Bangor, and a member for 46 years of the Second Ward Fire Company, serving as assistant chief and captain.
In addition to his wife, Bonnie, he is survived by a son, Gregg and his wife, Paula, of Cleveland, OH, and a daughter, Cathy Portz of Winter Garden, FL, and grandchildren, Joseph Uliana Jr., Brent Portz and his wife, Landrie, Sarah Portz, Tim and his wife, Lauren LaBar, and Katie LaBar, and great-grandchildren, Hayden and Logan Uliana, and a brother, Scott and his wife, Jean LaBar, of Bartonsville, PA, and a mother-in-law, Patricia Cruver of Bangor.
Services will be Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m. in the Fiore Funeral Home, 230 Market Street, Bangor, with Rev. Ron Shipman officiating. Family and friends may call on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until time of services. The Second Ward Fire Company will be conducting services at 12:45 p.m. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Bangor.
Published in The Express Times on May 10, 2019
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