Lynn Eugene Calhoun

Lynn Eugene Calhoun was born at home on a large dairy farm located at Calhoun Road on Ox Bow Bend,

Kettle Creek, near Hammersley Fork, Leidy Township, Pennsylvania on June 22, 1935, to Frances Marion

(Botsford) and Edwin George Calhoun. Lynn was preceded in death by his parents Fan and Coonie

Calhoun as they were so lovingly referred (Hammersley Fork, PA), a brother Allen Botsford (New York), a sister

Joyce Curran (Renovo, PA), his wife of 50 years Mary Aletha (Cochran) Calhoun, son Christopher Lynn

Calhoun (both of Reynoldsville, PA), and great-grandson Jasper Witherite, (Sykesville, PA). Lynn is

survived by daughter Kim Renee Calhoun and her husband Kenneth Way of Tomball Texas. Four

grandchildren Heather Evans (Josh Bias, Austin, TX), Kyle Evans (JJ Atwood, Hurst, TX), Jamie Calhoun

(Columbus, OH) and Victoria Calhoun (Nic Witherite, Sykesville, PA). Six great-grandchildren; Emond Call

and Oliver Cano (Tomball, TX), Riley and Bentley Calhoun (New Castle, PA), Finnly and Frayiah Witherite

(Sykesville, PA). Sister Sylvia Calhoun Lind (OH) and brother Larry Calhoun (Renovo, PA).

Lynn graduated in 1953 from Renovo High School where his classmates fondly remember him as

“Sandy,” (Renovo PA) and enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean conflict where he was

assigned to the Sixth Armored Division at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri 5 th Heavy Tank Battalion October

1953, graduating from the US Army Corps of Engineer School at Fort Belvoir PA December 18, 1953. He

was then assigned to the Eighty-third Engineer Battalion (Construction) from 1954 – 1955 Imprime en

France Par Delmas a Bordeaux where he assisted in the reconstruction of French infrastructure post

WWII as a heavy equipment operator. He was discharged honorably in 1955, returning home to

Pennsylvania to obtain employment with his two best friends Clyde Soverns and Billy Arnold at Fairman

Drilling Company in Sykesville PA. In 1958 while frequenting a favorite local tasty freeze, Lynn met the

love of his life at Bailey’s Drive Inn. Lynn and Mary became husband and wife on July 19, 1958, at Saint

John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockton PA with the Reverand Leland K. Fackler officiating. Lynn

joined the Mason’s organization Renovo Lodge No. 495 and the Coudersport Consistory becoming a

Master Mason 32 nd degree of the Scottish Rite, remaining a member in good standing for 61 years.

Lynn lived on a small farm located a mile outside of Reynoldsville PA from 1969 until 2021, where he had

taken pride in raising a family, gardening, planting trees to reforest the landscape, maintaining the 125-

year-old house and fields surrounding it. He enjoyed hosting events for friends and family, bon-fires,

food, beverages, music, and lots of laughter. A good friend and neighbor, he was always ready to lend a

hand to build a house, barn, repair a vehicle, or open the door to a weary traveler who just needed a

place to rest for a while. A person was always welcome at the Calhoun Ranch as he fondly referred to

his place. Spent many delightful years of camping and fellowship with the Big Run Groundhog CB Club

enjoying summer festivities with families from across PA, OH, WV and NY. A charter member of the

Candy-Container Collectors Club of America with his wife Mary, ten years as co-owner of the Kramer Inn

in Stump Creek, PA, and a fan of country music. Lynn retired after 47 years at Fairman Drilling Company

with many good friends and great stories of life building locations, hauling-operating heavy equipment

(D-8 & D-9 caterpillars), and setting up drilling rigs in PA, NY and WV. He loved to reminisce about days

spent traveling in France and Germany, the things he experienced and people he met. After the passing

of Mary and Chris, Lynn moved to Tomball, TX to live with his daughter, son-in-law and great-grandsons

in 2021 along with his beloved service dog, a giant black and white Pitbull rescue named Bubba.

Lynn was a good husband, father, grandpa and great grandpa, the kind of man who is strong and

unbending in the face of adversity, always providing, and sacrificing for his family with a work ethic like

no other. He could instill the fear of God with just a look. It was the way he carried himself, always

meaning what he said and saying what he believed. A quiet man, he was well respected and deeply

loved. He was kind of heart and gentle in spirit. Inside he was a jokester, whose eyes would glisten and

twinkle at a well-played prank. His best friend Clyde told Kim of a remote-control airplane he built and

flew constantly when they were young, which made one their last moments together make more sense.

As Kim was dozing in a chair next to his bed, and Lynn kept repeating, “I’m done” over and over again, in

the voice of a young child, pleased with an accomplishment. She leaned closer, I asked, “Dad, what are

you done with?” He simply said, “the airplane….. I’m done.” He was in a place of complete joy and

contentment and was telling her that he was pleased with the completion of his life, “he was done.”

There was a great peace that filled the room in that moment as he stepped into Heaven. May Lynn rest

eternally at peace in the loving arms of our Father in Heaven.

Many thanks go out to those who helped care for Lynn in Tomball, especially to Maite and Travis whom

he loved and admired, his family who surrounded him with love and affection, and many friends who

graced us with kindness. Plans are to intern Lynn’s remains beside his wife Mary in the Beulah Land

Cemetery in Reynoldsville PA where his son Christopher will also be interned.