Robert H. Carey Jr.
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Bethlehem Mines retiree played the harmonica
Robert H. Carey Jr., 87, of Bentleyville, formerly of Fallowfield Township, died Monday, January 13, 2014, in Mon Valley Hospital.
He was born March 30, 1926, in Masontown, a son of the late Robert H. Sr. and Minnie G. Mechling Carey.
Mr. Carey was a 1944 graduate of Ellsworth High School.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion. He served in campaigns in Central Europe and Rhineland. For his service, he was awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal.
In 1990, he retired from Bethlehem Mines, Mine 51, Ellsworth, and was a member of United Mine Workers of America Local 1197.
Mr. Carey was a member of the former Memory Chapel, Eighty Four.
As a child, he played the harmonica, accompanying his mother, and he continued to play his entire life. He loved watching the Pittsburgh Penguins on television and enjoyed gardening.
On May 10, 1973, he married Betty J. Fisher, who died April 23, 2010.
Surviving are a daughter, Roberta Adams of Hamburg, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Ericka Jo Adams of Baltimore, Md., and Robert Adams of Hamburg; two sisters, Betty Myers of Bentleyville and Sara McIlvaine of Sebring, Fla.; a brother, Hugh “Buzzy” Carey and wife Mildred of Monongahela; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Friends will be received from 4 to 6 p.m., the hour of services, Thursday, January 16, in Greenlee Funeral Home, 619 Main Street, Bentleyville, with the Rev. Andy Scott officiating. Private interment will be in Beallsville Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. A guest book and personal condolences may be accessed at www.GreenleeFuneralHome.com.