Norman W. Kraus, Jr.

Norman W. Kraus, Jr., age 94, formerly of Second Street, Bloomsburg (Almedia) died at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Scott Township on Thursday, June 16, 2022.

Born in Nanticoke on May 5, 1928, he was a son of the late Norman W. and Alice (Steckroat) Kraus. He resided in Almedia since 1957 and formerly in Bloomsburg for many years. He was a 1946 graduate of Bloomsburg High School.

Norm was last employed by the Columbia Montour Area Agency on Aging as Director of Transportation from 1976 until retiring in 2001. Prior to that he was employed by the former Bloomsburg Mills, Inc.

He was a life member of the former Winona Fire Co., the Bloomsburg Elks Lodge 436 and the former Bloomsburg Loyal Order of Moose Lodge.

Norm was a U. S. Navy veteran of service during World War II. He was a member of the Valley of Bloomsburg Post 273, American Legion and Ft. Fort McClure Post 804, VFW.

He was the last of his immediate family.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 7 p. m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg with the Rev. Gordon E. Smith, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Espy, officiating. Friends may call from 6-7 p. m. Military honors will be provided by the combined American Legion and VFW honor guard.

 Private interment will be made on Wednesday in the Fern Knoll Burial Park at Dallas, Luzerne County.

Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association at 2595 Interstate Drive Suite 100 Harrisburg, PA 17110 or www.alz.org/pa.