25 Feb 2008: Boyd D. Lucas, 85, of Spring Mills, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at Centre Crest nursing home in Bellefonte. He was born Sept. 28, 1922, in Blanchard, a son of the late Richard O. and Alice Dorvit Lucas. On Sept. 25, 1945 he married Loretta Askey, who survives at Centre Crest nursing home in Bellefonte. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Carol Ann Hoskins and her husband, the Rev. Michael Hoskins, of Bellefonte, Cathy M. Long, of Lewisburg, and Mary L. Lucas and her husband Carl "Ed" Lucas, of Windburne; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; five sisters, May Drayer, of Bellefonte, Ola Fay Phillips, of Hempstead, Texas, Eva Stitzer, of Bellefonte, Leah Walizer, of Elizabethtown, and Iva Lutz, of Bellefonte; and a brother, Harold "Bill" Lucas, of Bellefonte, A son, Boyd A. "Sonny" Lucas, preceded him in death in 1972. He was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Mindy Lucas; a sister, Pearl Tyson; and two brothers, Donald Lucas and Arthur "Pete" Lucas. Mr. Lucas served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Following the war, he worked at the former Titan Metals at Bellefonte. He later farmed in Nittany Valley, and then farmed in Penns Valley, until his retirement. He attended Penns Valley God's Missionary Church, Spring Mills. He enjoyed woodworking, drawing and hunting. Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Feb. 25, 2008, and from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at Penns Valley God's Missionary Church, state Route 45, Spring Mills. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at the church, with the Revs. Gabriel Morley and Michael Hoskins officiating. Burial will follow the service at Centre County Memorial Park. [Centre Daily]