Ray worked as a machinist at Keystone Brass Company in Erie for 36 years. After retiring in 1972 he was the caretaker of the Edinboro Conference Grounds of the Christian Missionary Alliance, for 38 years.

He was a past member of the Erie Aviation Club and was a member, treasurer, deacon, trustee, and elder at the Christian Missionary Alliance Churches of Erie and Edinboro.

Ray is preceded in death by his wife Harriet A. “Suzy” Swalley Loomis and his sisters Wilma Thompson, Mildred Baldwin Bozell, his brother Richard Loomis and son-in-law Allen Bisbee.

Survivors include his sons, Larry Loomis and his wife Mary Lou of Independence, OR; and Timothy Loomis and his wife Mary of Byesville, OH; two daughters, Nada Bisbee of Akron, OH; Faye Gray and her husband Ronald of Atlanta, GA; two brothers, Thomas Loomis and his wife Catherine of Erie; Robert Loomis and his wife Ida Mae of Erie; three sisters, Iona Zimmer of Erie; June Zimmer of Erie and Nina Rose and her husband Dale of Atlanta, GA; seven grandchildren, LouAnne Wagner, Larry Loomis, Jr., Caryl Waller, Daniel Bisbee, Darlene Risjan, Patrick Gray and Michael Loomis; also ten great grandchildren.

Friends may call Tuesday, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, also from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday with Rev. Rick Crocker officiating.

Burial will be in Weis Library Cemetery, Fairview. Memorials may be made to Edinboro Conference Grounds of the Christian Missionary Alliance, 12940 Fry Road, Edinboro, PA 16412. To send condolences please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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After high school William joined the US Navy and served during WWII. He was an adult leader for the Boy Scout Troup 73 in McKean and was a member of the Edinboro/McKean VFW Post #740.

Bill was an insurance agent for the Western & Southern Life Insurance Company for more than 30 years retiring in Nov. of 1986. He enjoyed bird watching, hunting and just being in the outdoors. Bill was a real people person who loved a good joke and just being around his friends and family. He also loved spending time with his two wonderful cats.

He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Joyce (Suttles) Kemm in 2001; a daughter, Sandra Ott; a brother, Edwin Kemm; four sisters, Gladys Clark, Virginia Totman, Georga “Dot” Bush and Violet Harcourt; also, a granddaughter, Holly Muffie; a grandson, Jason Lewis; and a great-granddaughter, Angel Long.

Survivors include his three daughters, Gloria Gray and her husband, Leonard, of Tennessee, Sally Giles and her husband, Jim, of Waterford, and Tammy Sapp and her husband, Michael, of China; a son, William N. Kemm, III, and his wife, Mary, of Erie; also, 8 grandchildren, Candy Pendergrass, Laura Long, Brian & Lenny Gray all of TN, Neil Lewis of NY, Shonna Brown and Amanda Majczyk of Erie, and David Sapp of China; and 14 great-grandchildren, Talyn and Kylie Gray, A.J., Zachery and JeAnna Long, Kayden and Brayden Gray, Cammie Pendergrass of TN, Elexis Brown of Erie, Tristyn Lewis of NY, Lydia, Quentin, Miles and Melissa Majczyk of Erie.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be held there on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Barb English officiating.

Burial will be in Valley Cemetery with full military honors. Memorials may be made to the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, 130 West 8th Street, Erie, PA 16501. To send condolences please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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Arlene enjoyed her Electriconics, going to the movies and hanging out with freinds. She worked for 34 years at Penn Union before she retired in 2005.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Wright.

Survivors include her two daughters, Marie Yarington and her husband Dave, Alice Wright and her husband Frank of Edinboro; also six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, on Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A time of sharing will be held there on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m..

Burial will be in Erie County Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2115 W 38th St. Erie, PA 16508. To send condolences please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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Helene was a former member of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church and the Rosary Society of St. Francis Xavier. She was educated and lived in Pittsburgh, until 1955 when she moved to McKean. She worked in the nursing profession until retiring.

Survivors include her daughter, June McDill and her husband Sager of Pittsburgh; and her grandchildren, Erica Sharkey and her husband Shawn, of Roslyn, PA and Sager A. McDill, of Pittsburgh, also four great grandchildren, Sager A. Jr; and Christopher I. Sharkey; and Maria E. and Melanie A. McDill.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, on Friday, May 10, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Erie County Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Edinboro Fire Department, 125 Meadville Street, Edinboro, PA 16412. To send condolences please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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Lloyd Koester, General McLane Senior

Lloyd finished with a time of 1:29:43 placing him in the top 500 runners of the 35,000+ competitors. Lloyd is a distance runner on the GM track team and was also a member of the cross-country team.

Congratulations to Lloyd on a great finish!

Official Results: Lloyd finished in 384th place

Cynthia Kuhn

Women Making History is celebrating its 21st year of honoring phenomenal women in our community. It first began from an organization known as Grass Roots Organization for Women. Mercy Center for Women continued the tradition of honoring
12 dynamic women with the hope that these women will inspire many others to follow their dreams and help others in need.
The women being honored were selected because of their demonstration of the following criteria:

1. Dedicated service in her neighborhood, workplace, or community
2. Honesty, integrity, and strong moral values
3. A commitment to women’s issues
4. The courage of her convictions
5. A commitment to personal growth and development

This years Dynamic Dozen include: Kelly Armor, Sonya Arrington, Christine Colao-Nickson, Colleen Hammon, Rose Horton, Jane Matheis Kirk, Cynthia Kuhn, Sr. Rosemary O’Brien, SSJ, Shawnta’ Pulliam, Kathy Schriefer, Pattie Stempka, Michele Wheaton

Cynthia Kuhn lives her life with joy – love of neighbor and community is the hallmark of her life. This love is visibly evident through the compassionate dedication she displays in her workplace, church and local school district. Cynthia is the director of Thrifty Threads, a retail thrift store established as a Social Concerns outreach of Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Edinboro.

She patiently manages a staff of 35 committed volunteers and numerous intermittent helpers. She routinely receives adolescent students and young adults requiring court-appointed service hours. She never exposes their mistakes, she supports their efforts to help, encourages their strengths and praises their successes.

With integrity and a firm moral base she remains sensitive to each volunteer’s unique personality and strengths, from the elderly woman of 93 who wants to volunteer to the single teenage mother that needs to volunteer.

Cynthia works closely with women’s advocacy groups including House of Hope, Safe Journeys and the Women’s Care Center; supporting their programs and meeting specific needs when required.

Cynthia is quick to say the success of Thrifty Threads is due to at least two different groups of people. First, the wonderful donors in the Edinboro area who drop off gently used items with the purpose of helping others.

Second is her amazing group of volunteers. There are at least 35 people who loyally work every single week sorting and hanging clothes. Cynthia says it takes roughly 170 man hours every week to keep the store going, and it couldn’t be done without her volunteers. She counts herself lucky to have these wonderful people in her life and thanks God for each of them every single day.

Congratulations to Cynthia and many thanks to all at Thrifty Threads for all you do for Edinboro and the surrounding communities.

Born into farming life and a musical family. He loved to sing for God’s Service. Although recently it was take from him, God returned his voice in time to rejoice in his last days. He turned his farm into Mar-Da-Jo-Dy Campground for God’s Mission Field, while working at Marx Toys. Many enjoyed it and he in turn enjoyed the people. He was also involved in NCHA and after retiring RVICS while enjoying the sunny south. In the summer up north he helped manage another campground and enjoyed spending time with his family. While at Franklin Center United Methodist church he was a lay leader for 18 years. He also attended Weis Library United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a granddaughter Elizabeth Noel Boyd.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Johann Forbes Lawrence, whom he married on August 16, 1952, and they had 60 years together. He is also survived by a son, Mark Lawrence and his wife Barbara of Edinboro; two daughters, Margo Carraway and her husband Richard of Lake City; and Melody Boyd and her husband Terry of Erie; one sister Joy Westbrook and her husband Allan of Edinboro; also four grandchildren, Christina Boyd, Nicholas, Andrea and Jacob Lawrence, and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, on Thursday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. A service will be held at Franklin Center United Methodist Church on Friday at 2:00 p.m..

Burial will be in Erie County Memorial Gardens. In lieu memorials may be made to Franklin Center United Methodist Church, Music Department, 7471 Old State Rd, Edinboro, PA 16412 or to a charity of ones choice. To send condolences please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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Hayden Kuhn

Attending students spent three days rehearsing together during the Eastern Division Conference of The NAfME held in Hartford, Connecticut in preparation for performances on Sunday, April 7.

The NAfME All-Eastern Honors Ensembles, consisting of a concert band, symphony orchestra, mixed chorus, treble voice chorus, and jazz ensemble, are organized by members of The National Association for Music Education.

The concert band and symphony orchestra will each have approximately one hundred fifty instrumentalists, the jazz ensemble will have twenty instrumentalists, the treble voice chorus will have one hundred twenty vocalists, and the mixed chorus will have approximately three hundred fifty vocalists. Student participation from each state is determined by a percentage of the total NAfME Eastern Division membership, with no state given less than two percent representation.

Each of the state music educators associations in the Eastern Division (Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Massachussetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Europe) oversee the selection process in their state during the spring and early fall of the year before the event and compile ranked lists of recommended junior and seniors for consideration.

The method used to compile the participating student lists varies from state to state, although all recommended students must have participated in their home all-state festivals.

Hayden qualified for All Eastern Choir because of his placement at the PMEA All-State Festival, that was held in Lancaster, PA last April.

The 2013 NAfME All-Eastern Honors Ensembles performed for an audience of thousands on Sunday, April 7, at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Mortensen Hall, in Hartford, Connecticut.

The guest conductor for the mixed choir was Z. Randall Stroope, a very prominent American composer of choral music and has written over 95 pieces. He currently is on faculty at Oklahoma State University and has conducted choirs all over the world.

Congratulations to Hayden!

Photograph courtesy of Arron Conley

Mary was a past member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Edinboro Vol. Fire Department, a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star (OES), and a member of the Edinboro United Methodist Church. She enjoyed bowling in the Edinboro Women’s bowling league, playing cards, camping, crossword puzzles and attending the Albion Fair. Mary loved her Dachshunds.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward S. Lasher, Sr., her brother Robert English and her sister Martha Barnes.

Survivors include, her sons, Edward Lasher, Jr. and his wife, Toni, of Erie; John Lasher and his wife, Pamela, of Albion; and William Lasher and his wife, Deana, of Cambridge Springs; two daughters, Janine Daly and her husband, Michael, of Albion and Cheryl Rocca and her husband, Thomas, of GA; her brother, Wallace (Sonny) English of East Springfield; nine grandchildren, Philip Lasher and his wife, Kelly; Krista Taylor and her husband, Will; Sean Lasher and his fiancé, Laurel-Lin; Sara Lasher; Suzanne Rocca; Angela Rocca; Bethann Tucker and her husband, Jonathan; Alanna Markley and her husband, Dr. Christopher; and Cliff Lasher and his wife, Jessie; also six great-grandchildren, Amber, Carly, Kamryn, Molly, Nora and Abby.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie St., Edinboro, on Thursday, April 4, 2013, from 2 – 4 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m.. The funeral service will be held there on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 11:00 A.M..

Burial will be at Edinboro Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department, 125 Meadville Street, Edinboro, PA 16412. To send condolences, please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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Barbra was an avid golfer. She was a member of the Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at Oakland Beach Golf Club, she managed the Pro Shop at Oakland Beach Golf Club for 25 years and was a member of Our Lady Queen of the Americas Catholic Church.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother Joe Davis.

Survivors include, husband, James Harold Young of Conneaut Lake; son James Colton Young of Pittsburgh, PA; daughter Sarah Baker and her husband Steve of Conneaut Lake; sister Lillian Vedder of NC; and four beloved grandchildren, Shane Young, R.J. Baker, Cole Baker and Kyle Young. Barbra never missed a write up of her grandsons athletics and proudly displayed them on multiple bulletin boards.

No calling hours will be observed. Glunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the care of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to the Oakland Beach Golf Club flower fund, P.O. Box Z, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316 or to the CASH Varsity Golf Team, c/o Brandon Crum, 302 West School Drive, Linesville, PA 16424.

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