Fred A. Carr
April 14, 1923 — March 4, 2015
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Fred A. Carr
Fred A. Carr
Fred A Carr, age 91, 332 Dahl Road, Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly of natural causes, in the arms of his beloved wife, Betty, at their home on Wednesday evening, March 4, 2015.
Born on April 14, 1923 in Hemlock Township, he was a son of the late Raymond and Verna (Shoemaker) Carr and the last survivor of their seven children.
Fred attended the Buckhorn school through the eighth grade. He served with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Petrified Forest in Arizona and Glacier National Park in Montana.
He was drafted into the US Army where he served with the 81st Combat Engineers Battalion of the 106th Infantry Division. He participated in the campaigns of Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe and was a participant in the Battle of The Bulge. After his military service he resided in Bloomington, Ind. where he worked as a carpenter for several years before returning to Buckhorn.
Fred was selp employed as a contractor for many years and also farmed. He was a founding member and charter member of the Buckhorn Community Fire Co. and a former member of the Jerseytown Hunting Club.
He served on the Bloomsburg Area School Board during the 1960’s and was the Bloomsburg representative to the operating committee for the Columbia Montour Vocational Technical School, where he was instrumental in the planning and building of the school building. He continued to serve on both boards into the 1970’s.
Fred was preceded in death by a son, Charles Carr; a daughter, Patricia Moore; a granddaughter, Roseanna; two great-granddaughters: Abigail and Charlotte Haskell; his former wife, Mary; two brothers: John Carr and Arthur Rufus Carr; and four sisters: Oddessa Lehman; Madeline Mausteller; Margaret Hunsinger; and Mae Carr.
Survivors are his wife, the former Betty G. Brobst, with whom he celebrated his 59th wedding anniversary on June 4, 2014; seven children: Joyce Vance, Horseshoe, N.C.; Rollana, wife of Steve Williamson, Louisville, Ken.; Fred A. Carr, Jr., and his wife Susan, Apopka, Fla.; Daniel R. Carr, and his wife Deborah; Timothy Carr, and his wife Terry; Cathy, wife of Brian Holdren, all of Bloomsburg; Ginny, wife of Kirby Haskell, Nescopeck; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services will be held in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg, with Rev. Michael J. Orendi, Sr., pastor of the New Heart Christian Fellowship, Nescopeck officiating. Interment will follow in Columbia Hill Cemetery with full military honors by the combined VFW group.
The family will provide flowers. Memorials may be sent to the Buckhorn Community Fire Co., 19 Firehall Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.
Fred A Carr, age 91, 332 Dahl Road, Bloomsburg, died unexpectedly of natural causes, in the arms of his beloved wife, Betty, at their home on Wednesday evening, March 4, 2015.
Born on April 14, 1923 in Hemlock Township, he was a son of the late Raymond and Verna (Shoemaker) Carr and the last survivor of their seven children.
Fred attended the Buckhorn school through the eighth grade. He served with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Petrified Forest in Arizona and Glacier National Park in Montana.
He was drafted into the US Army where he served with the 81st Combat Engineers Battalion of the 106th Infantry Division. He participated in the campaigns of Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe and was a participant in the Battle of The Bulge. After his military service he resided in Bloomington, Ind. where he worked as a carpenter for several years before returning to Buckhorn.
Fred was selp employed as a contractor for many years and also farmed. He was a founding member and charter member of the Buckhorn Community Fire Co. and a former member of the Jerseytown Hunting Club.
He served on the Bloomsburg Area School Board during the 1960’s and was the Bloomsburg representative to the operating committee for the Columbia Montour Vocational Technical School, where he was instrumental in the planning and building of the school building. He continued to serve on both boards into the 1970’s.
Fred was preceded in death by a son, Charles Carr; a daughter, Patricia Moore; a granddaughter, Roseanna; two great-granddaughters: Abigail and Charlotte Haskell; his former wife, Mary; two brothers: John Carr and Arthur Rufus Carr; and four sisters: Oddessa Lehman; Madeline Mausteller; Margaret Hunsinger; and Mae Carr.
Survivors are his wife, the former Betty G. Brobst, with whom he celebrated his 59th wedding anniversary on June 4, 2014; seven children: Joyce Vance, Horseshoe, N.C.; Rollana, wife of Steve Williamson, Louisville, Ken.; Fred A. Carr, Jr., and his wife Susan, Apopka, Fla.; Daniel R. Carr, and his wife Deborah; Timothy Carr, and his wife Terry; Cathy, wife of Brian Holdren, all of Bloomsburg; Ginny, wife of Kirby Haskell, Nescopeck; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services will be held in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg, with Rev. Michael J. Orendi, Sr., pastor of the New Heart Christian Fellowship, Nescopeck officiating. Interment will follow in Columbia Hill Cemetery with full military honors by the combined VFW group.
The family will provide flowers. Memorials may be sent to the Buckhorn Community Fire Co., 19 Firehall Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.
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