First Posted: 10/28/2007
Bruce L. Barner, 47, of Jenkins Township, passed away, Friday morning, October 19, 2007, at his home after an illness.
Born in Jersey Shore, Pa., he was a son of LeRoy and the late Marguerite Miller Barner. He graduated from the Northern Senior High School, Class of 1978.
Prior to his death he was co-owner and driver for Barner Freight Incorporated.
Bruce served as the president of the Polish Air Force Amateur Radio R/C Club in Wyoming and loved to fly his model R/C planes and enjoyed spending hours talking on his amateur (hamm) radio.
He was an active member in the Jonestown Mountain Repeater Association.
He will be terribly missed by his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marguerite, who died in 1999.
He is survived by his daughter, Kristy Barner, of Wilkes-Barre; son, Paul, of Jacksonville Fla.; father, LeRoy Barner, of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; brother, Brian, of New Cumberland; brother, Robert, of Lewisberry, Pa.; sister, Lori Grassmeyer, of Gettysburg.
A memorial service was Oct. 27 from the Graziano Funeral Home Inc., 700 Township Blvd., Pittston, Township. Donations can be made to the Jonestown Mountain Repeater Association, P.O. Box 171, Plymouth, PA 18651.
