Al Hunt
December 25, 2011
Al Hunt, 96, a longtime resident of Scranton,
died Sunday afternoon in the Moses Taylor Hospital after a brief illness.
His wife the former Helen Johler died August 1,
1981.
He was born in Worcester, MA, the son of late
William Alfred and Annie I. Brook Hunt.
He
was a member of the Saint Matthews United Evangelical Church and was on the
church council, a graduate of Ludlow High School, Ludlow, MA, Class of 1933 and
served in the United States Army during WW II.
Prior
to retirement he was employed from 1936 to 1976 by Burroughs Corp., now part of
Unisys.
He enjoyed playing poker with his friends over
the past 50 years, golfing at Lakeland until the age of 93, bowling, and having
breakfast at the Gourmet.
Surviving are four sons, William A. Hunt, III,
Scranton, Thomas R. Hunt and his wife Mary, Huntersville, NC, James R. Hunt and
his wife Janet, Scranton, Robert E. Hunt and his wife Deborah, Moscow; a
daughter, Joan E. Hunt and her husband Hank Hooks, Charlotte, NC; a sister
Caroline Emily Enger, Fort Washington; thirteen grandchildren, five great
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother Lincoln
B. Hunt and a daughter in law, Clara Hunt.
The funeral will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in the
Miller Bean Funeral Home, Inc., 436 Cedar Avenue, with services by the Rev.
Lester Stephenson, pastor of Saint Matthews United Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Interment will follow in the Dunmore Cemetery,
Dunmore.
