Frederick J. "Fred" Bennett, Jr.

Frederick J. “Fred” Bennett, Jr., age 83, of West 6th St., Bloomsburg, passed away Wednesday night October 30, 2024, at The Gardens At Orangeville, where he had resided.

Born on July 14, 1941, in Hemlock Township, Columbia County, he was a son of the late Frederick J. and Christine (Girton) Bennett. He was a 1959 graduate of Bloomsburg High School.

Fred was employed as a mechanic by several automobile dealers for 20 years. In 1980, he bought into the Fishingcreek Transportation Company and sold it in 2002.

He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church and Oriental Lodge #460, F&AM, Orangeville.

Fred enjoyed traveling in his R.V., loved to ski, and was an avid hunter. He learned to fly in 1996 and received his commercial pilot’s license.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, the former Carol R. Cromley, on September 25, 2018; four siblings, Robert Bennett, Nancy Bennett, Shirley Zimmerman, and Alice Erlston; and a son-in-law, Dan English.

Surviving are his three children, Jill M. English, of Mountain Top, Erin L., wife of Gordon Hartmann, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Frederick J. Bennett, III, and his wife Melissa, of Bloomsburg; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Monday November 4, 2024 at 11 a.m. in the Dean W. Kriner Inc. Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg, with his pastor, Rev. Mark F. Reisinger, officiating. Interment will be made in Elan Memorial Park at the convenience of the family. Viewing will be held on Monday from 10-11 a.m.