In Memory of Great-Uncle Dean

Elizabeth's Great-Uncle Dean was an avid backpacker and hiker. Mom wore her Lower Trail t-shirt in his memory while in Carmel this weekend.



September 9, 2009 -- T. Dean Lower, 91, Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg, formerly of 224 Ruskin Drive, Altoona, and 815 N. Juniata St., Hollidaysburg, died late Wednesday afternoon at the home after a brief illness. He was born in Williamsburg, son of Thaddeus A. and Anna G. (White) Lower. He was twice married, first to Jane Young, March 23, 1942, in Winchester, Va., and she died March 30, 1987. He then married Jane Patterson Kazmaier June 2, 1988, and she preceded him in death May 16, 2008... Mr. Lower was a 1935 graduate of Williamsburg High School. He graduated from Dickinson College and then Yale Law School in 1947 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of WWII. He was an attorney for 53 years without interruption, being admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in July 1949 and retiring Jan. 31, 2002. Dean was instrumental in the development of the [Rails-to-Trails] Lower Trail and Lower Lookout, which were named in his memory. He was the first recipient of the Philanthropic Award given by the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation.