Rick A. Harrison, 58, of Fairmount Springs died Friday, March 23, 2018, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, following a five-month battle with cancer.
Born Aug. 14, 1959, at the Bloomsburg Hospital, he was the son of the late Charles H. Harrison, who died Sept. 1, 1995, and Phyllis J. (Young) Harrison, who died April 22, 2014.
Mr. Harrison attended Northwest Area Jr.-Sr. High School.
He worked as a truck driver for the Stroehmann Bread Company in Hazleton, where he was the union steward for the Teamsters Local 463 for 10 years. He also drove truck for Anchor Motor Freight, Lordstown, Ohio, where he lived for 20 years. He had also lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, for several years before moving to Ohio. A lifetime professional truck driver, Mr. Harrison had a record of more than one million miles of safe driving.
He was of the Methodist faith and was a member of the Oriental Lodge No. 470, F&AM. He was a member of the NRA and an avid outdoorsman, and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Surviving are his son, Jared F. Clark, and his fiancée, Tiffany Winkler, of Salem, Ohio; three grandchildren: Jason, Hailey and Adalie; sisters: Victoria M. Kidd and her husband, James, of Selinsgrove, and their family, Sheila Thompson of Stillwater and her family, Diane Elder of Bainbridge and her family.
Family and friends are invited to a graveside service on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at 2 p.m., at the Fairmount Springs Cemetery with Pastor Scott Lyons officiating.
Rick A. Harrison, 58, of Fairmount Springs died Friday, March 23, 2018, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, following a five-month battle with cancer.
Born Aug. 14, 1959, at the Bloomsburg Hospital, he was the son of the late Charles H. Harrison, who died Sept. 1, 1995, and Phyllis J. (Young) Harrison, who died April 22, 2014.
Mr. Harrison attended Northwest Area Jr.-Sr. High School.
He worked as a truck driver for the Stroehmann Bread Company in Hazleton, where he was the union steward for the Teamsters Local 463 for 10 years. He also drove truck for Anchor Motor Freight, Lordstown, Ohio, where he lived for 20 years. He had also lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, for several years before moving to Ohio. A lifetime professional truck driver, Mr. Harrison had a record of more than one million miles of safe driving.
He was of the Methodist faith and was a member of the Oriental Lodge No. 470, F&AM. He was a member of the NRA and an avid outdoorsman, and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Surviving are his son, Jared F. Clark, and his fiancée, Tiffany Winkler, of Salem, Ohio; three grandchildren: Jason, Hailey and Adalie; sisters: Victoria M. Kidd and her husband, James, of Selinsgrove, and their family, Sheila Thompson of Stillwater and her family, Diane Elder of Bainbridge and her family.
Family and friends are invited to a graveside service on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at 2 p.m., at the Fairmount Springs Cemetery with Pastor Scott Lyons officiating.
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