\t\t\tRaymond J. Dick, Jr. \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Raymond J. Dick, Jr., 83, of Kingsley, died Wednesday at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Jeanette B. Kazmierczak.<\/p>\n
\nBorn March 24, 1943 in Port Chester, NY, he was the son of the late Raymond, Sr. and Alida Lorraine Dick.<\/p>\n
\nRaymond served in the United States Army, Vietnam War at Tan Son Nhut, Bien Hoa in Saigon, from March 1965 \u2013 March 1967. Ray received the Good Conduct Award, 3 Bronze Service Stars for overseas duty, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, National Defense Service Medal, Marksman Certification and Certificate of Service for Distinguished Service in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n
\nRay continued his career as a CDL truck driver after his military service. Before retirement, he was employed by Gentex Corporation. He was fiercely proud of his family and extremely supportive of all their achievements. He loved to travel, especially to Las Vegas, Nashville, Florida, Bermuda and beach vacations with his children and grandchildren. His family get togethers, with his brothers, were epic and he enjoyed bantering with his youngest brother, Paul. He loved hosting family holidays and picnics, always bringing the coleslaw which was his mother\u2019s recipe. At weddings, he never left the dance floor. He was a roller coaster enthusiast into his 80\u2019s and a life-long Yankees fan. He coached Little League and enjoyed playing baseball. He attended all sporting and academic events for his family. Golf was an occasional pastime. He volunteered for many years at the Clifford Volunteer Firemans picnic in the beer tent, and Bark in the Park events. Ray enjoyed hosting and serving meals for the Veterans at St. Francis Commons.<\/p>\n
\nHe is also survived by two children: Kelly Burke and husband, David and Brian Dick and wife, Diana; three grandchildren: Lauren Dick, Holly Burke and Logan Dick; one brother: Paul Dick and wife, Cindy; a sister-in-law: Rosie Dick; many nieces, nephews and cousins.<\/p>\n
\nHe was also preceded in death by two brothers: Edward Dick and wife, Carole, and Christopher Dick.<\/p>\n
\nA Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. from the Church of St. Gregory, 330 N. Abington Road, Clarks Green, celebrated by his nephew, Reverend Jonathan Dick, OSFS.<\/p>\n
\nInterment with military honors will follow at the Harford Cemetery, Harford.<\/p>\n
\nFriends and family may call Friday from 10:00 \u2013 11:00 a.m. at the church.<\/p>\n
\nArrangements by Shifler-Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Clifford.<\/p>\n
\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital or St. Francis Commons Veterans organization.<\/p>\n
\nExpressions of sympathy can be sent to the family on the funeral homes website.<\/p>\n
\nRaymond J. Dick, Jr.<\/p>\n
\nJuly 1, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raymond J. Dick, Jr. OBITUARY Raymond J. Dick, Jr., 83, of Kingsley, died Wednesday at Geisinger Community Medical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-237682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}