bucknell.edu\/InMemoriam<\/a> and share personal notes of sympathy and remembrance with\nothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJohn C. Bravman
President<\/p>\n\n\n\n
_____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bruce Kline, age 63,\nof Lewisburg, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 2. He was born in Lewisburg, Pa.,\non April 19, 1957, to Russell and Irene (Lucas) Kline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He worked at Bucknell\nUniversity for 41 years, starting first on the grounds crew, then working as a\ncarpenter until his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct. 10,1981, he\nmarried the former Karen George. He was a very loving husband. The two of them\nenjoyed traveling to different places and exploring new things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bruce was a member of\nthe Milton Kingdom Hall of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. He was also a volunteer at the\nLewisburg Penitentiary since 1988, where he loved teaching the Bible to the\ninmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bruce was preceded in\ndeath by his parents and a brother Alan. He is survived by his wife Karen; two\nsisters, Linda and Larry Kirkner, and Sylvia Kline; three nephews, Brent and\nAmanda Kline, Bradley and Aimee Kline and Travis Kline; two nieces, Josie and\nMatthew Thompson and JoAnn and Aggidio Lauria; two grand-nephews and one\ngrand-niece Cameron, Cora and Archer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will be a zoom\nmemorial service for Bruce given by elder Larry Kirkner on Saturday. Dec. 12,\nat 2 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arrangements by the\nJerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 309 Water St., Northumberland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The campus community mourns the passing of Bruce Kline, who died on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Bruce has worked in our Facilities Department for 41 years, having served as equipment operator on the grounds\/labor crew, as trades apprentice for carpentry, electrical, welding and plumbing, and then promoted to carpenter in 2007. Bruce has worked on many campus projects, most notably Freas Hall, Bostwick, President\u2019s Dining Room and O\u2019Leary office renovations. He was an active member of the Facilities Safety Committee. Bruce was known not only for his reliable and knowledgeable expertise, but also for his positive attitude, kind manner and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmemoriam.bucknell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}