54-year member of Scenery Hill Lions Club
Francis Patrick Nairn, 83, of 20 Oak Circle, Ellsworth, died at 10:43 a.m. Saturday, July 15, 2000, in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh.
He was born August 21, 1916, in Houston, a son of Patrick Francis and Brigid L. Nelson Nairn.
Mr. Nairn graduated from St. Francis of Lorretta College in 1939.
He was a member of Pigeon Creek Sanitary Authority, where he served as chairman and vice chairman.
Mr. Nairn was a 54-year member of Scenery Hill Lions Club, where he had perfect attendance. He served as the club president in 1955-56 and 1982-83, and held all other offices at one point of his membership. He also was the treasurer. He published the club newsletter for the length of his membership and was the recipient of the Melvin Jones Award. On January 21, 1995, he received the Pennsylvania Counsellors Distinguished Service Award in Lionism.
Mr. Nairn was employed by Bethlehem Mine Corp. in Ellsworth as their chief accountant for 39 1/2 years, retiring in 1979.
He was active in Ellsworth Boy Scout Troop 117 from 1958 to 1961. During that time, 14 boys received their Eagle Scout awards.
Mr. Nairn was a member of Ave Maria Parish, where he served as a church usher and on the parish council for many years.
He was awarded a semifinalist seal in the North American Amateur photography contest, was the accountant for Zoise Baeur Dance Studio and served as historian for the Ellsworth Diamond Jubilee in 1975.
Surviving are his wife, Gladys Hails Nairn, whom he married January 1, 1943; one son, James Francis Nairn of Fairfield, Iowa; one daughter, Eileen Cheryl Robinson of Indianapolis, Ind.; three grandchildren, Heather Lynne Nairn, Benjamin Michael Robinson and Sheri Lynn Robinson; four sisters, Anne Ferrick of New Kensington, Catherine Sweeney of Fortuna, Calif., Marilyn Koski of Sacramento, Calif., and Dorothy Witt of Tucson, Ariz.; and two brothers, Regis Nairn of Pittsburgh and Edward Nairn of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Deceased are two brothers, John and Warren Nairn ; and two sisters, Phyllis Quinn and Patricia Sweeney.
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