Lowers

Paul J. Lowers, 80, of Harrisville left this life for his eternal life at 5:45 p.m. Sunday at the VNA Inpatient Hospice, Butler.

A son of William C. and Elda R. Osborne Lowers, he was born in Wick on Aug. 16, 1933.

He attended Slippery Rock High School.

Mr. Lowers had 42 years of service with Cooper Energy Services in Grove City. At the time of his retirement in 1996, he was maintenance supervisor. He was a consultant for Cooper Cameron until 2006. Paul also was a partner in Harrisville Auto Sales.

Mr. Lowers was active in community and church affairs. He had served as a trustee and elder for the Bethel Presbyterian Church. He had served on the Harrisville Borough Council for 24 years. As a licensed pyro technician he was the originator of the Harrisville firework display as a part of Community Days. He had also served on the board of directors of the Prairie Cemetery.

He enjoyed boating, hunting and fishing and was a longtime member of the NRA. A patriotic and godly man, he was never happier than when spending time with his family and watching his grandchildren participate in their various activities.

On Nov. 21, 1953, he married the former Barbara A. Hoffman, who survives, along with three children, Wendy Sue Turner and her husband, Gary, of Harrisville, Paul Joseph Lowers Jr. and his wife, Patricia, of Harrisville and Stephen Alan Lowers and his wife, Lisa, of Grove City; his five grandchildren, Abbie Michael and her husband, Lucas, of Grove City, Cara Christine Turner, a student at Grove City College, Evan Paul Lowers and Emma Lowers, both of Grove City, and Jenny Lee Orient and her husband, Joshua, of Oakland, Calif., and his two great-grandchildren, Madison Virginia Michael and Landon Paul Michael of Grove City. Also surviving are his two brothers, Ronald Lowers and his wife, Kathy, of Slippery Rock and William Lowers of California, and several nieces and nephews complete his family.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

LOWERS — The friends of Paul J. Lowers, who passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, will be received at the Jamison Funeral Home, 117 N. Main St., Harrisville, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The funeral services will be at the Bethel Presbyterian Church, 877 Franklin Road, Slippery Rock at 11 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev Donna Yanosy and the Rev. Diane Whitman officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Cemetery.Memorial donations may be sent to VNA Inpatient Hospice, 115 Technology Drive, Butler, PA 16001.Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.JamisonFuneralHome.com.