Kenneth W. Merritt, 72, of Gibson Township, PA, died Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Allied Hospice, Scranton, PA, after a brief illness.

Born March 23, 1951 in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen, PA, he was the son of the late William Frank and Mary Konsur Merritt.

Ken was 1970 graduate of Mountain View High School and devoted his career to the family dairy farm. He had also had been employed at Jeffers Tree farm in Kingsley. Ken had a passion for Case and I.H. tractors as well as participating in farm class tractor pulls.

He is survived by one son: William Kenneth Merritt and wife, Sarah of Gibson Township, PA; two grandchildren: Wynter and Wyatt Merritt; one brother: Stanley Merritt and wife, Jane of Phoenixville, PA; one nephew, two nieces, several cousins, and his close friends and caregivers: Bart and Stella Jerauld of Nicholson, PA.

The funeral was held Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. from the Shifler-Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 18 Airport Road, Clifford, PA, with Rev. Bonnie Resseguie, officiating. Interment, South Gibson Cemetery, South Gibson, PA.

Pallbearers: William Merritt, Wynter Merritt, Wyatt Merritt, Caden Roach, Cavin Roach, Bart Jerauld, James Jerauld and Angelo Paolella.

Viewing hours were held Thursday, December 21, 2023 from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.