Roy E. D. HANEY

HANEY, DUNLAP, POOCKER, EMOND

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/26/2010 at 23:45:31

The Westfield Leader
Thursday, March 4, 1999

OBITUARY
ROY HANEY, 85, CHEMICAL ENGINEER
For EXXON OIL CO. in FLORHAM PARK

Roy E. D. HANEY, 85, of South Bristol, Maine, died on Wednesday, February 24, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta [after a two-year illness], Maine.

Born in Knowlton, Iowa, he was the son of Willie and May (DUNLAP) HANEY.

Mr. HANEY received his public education in Des Moines Schools. He earned a Bacholer of Science degree form Iowa State University and a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University.

Mr. HANEY was a chemical engineer with Exxon Oil Co. in Florham Park, New Jersey for 33 years. During that time, he, his wife Helen and their children, resided in Westfield, N.J. Retiring in 1976, the couple split their time between South Bristol and West Palm Beach, Fla. For over 50 years, Mr. HANEY was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society.

Mr. HANEY'S closest friends and relatives would all agree that he could be quite cantankerous in a benign sort of way. He treasured his times with those friends, particularly Ernie and Ruth MUSSELWHITE of Stowe, VT. His curiosity never waned and he began surfing the Internet at age 84.

He was precedeased by his parents, Willie and May DUNLAP HANEY.

Surviving are his wife, Helen POOCKER HANEY; three children, William D. HANEY of East Boothbay, Maine, Margaret N. EMOND of Atlanta, Georgia, and Richard P. HANEY of Greensboro, North Carolina; and three grandchildren.

All services will be private. Arrangements were handled by the Strong Funeral Home in Damariscotta.

Memorial donations may be made to the South Bristol Volunteer Fire Department.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. -- E. E. CUMMINGS

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2010