{"id":284080,"date":"2026-09-11T22:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/284080\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:10:23","slug":"bob-bolus-scranton-businessman-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/284080\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Bolus, Scranton businessman, dies at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 Bob Bolus, a renowned Scranton businessman and philanthropist, died Thursday night at 83, according to a longtime friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bolus was best known for his staunch political activism, his nationwide trucking and towing company, and his generous philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notably, Bolus hosted his annual &#8220;Christmas Dinner&#8221; in Scranton for 32 years, an event that served thousands free meals and camaraderie to combat loneliness on Christmas night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bolus also ran for Scranton mayor several times, although he was unsuccessful. He frequented political protests and rallies with large, decorated trucks in support of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of death and a service date are unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 Bob Bolus, a renowned Scranton businessman and philanthropist, died Thursday night at 83,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[118477,118478,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-284080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-bob-bolus","tag-bolus","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284080","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=284080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}