Lloyd Vandervoort

AUSTINTOWN - Services will be Monday at 11:00 AM at the Bethel Lutheran Church
in Boardman for longtime area funeral director, Lloyd T. Vandervoort age 82, who
passed away Thursday afternoon at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Lloyd was born
April 17, 1926, in Salem, Ohio, the son of Francis M. and Mary Anna McSpadden
Vandervoort. After graduating from Euclid Shore High School he served in the
Army Air Corps during WW II and was later called upon to serve in the Air Force
during the Korean War.

Mr. Vandervoort earned a Bachelors of Business Administration from the Cleveland
College of Case Western Reserve University, and later graduated from the
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He began his professional career as a
funeral director in 1957 and in 1965 joined the Higgins Funeral Home in
Austintown, along with his duties as a funeral director and embalmer he served
as its secretary-treasurer. He retired from full-time duties in 1988
but he, with the assistance of his wife, remained a loyal member of the staff
until the time of his illness just over a week ago. "LTV" as he was known by
many of his friends and coworkers will always be remembered for his tremendous
work ethic and his quick wit. In 2007 Mr. Vandervoort was recognized by the Ohio
Funeral Directors Association at its annual convention for his 50 years of
service as a licensed funeral director.

He had been a very active member of Bethel Lutheran Church, a member of Argus
Lodge # 545, F & AM of Canfield, where he had served as Grand Master of the
Lodge in 1966, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Youngstown, and was
a former member of the Al Koran Shrine of Cleveland and the Youngstown Shrine
Club. Lloyd was named an honoree member of the Austintown Rotary Club where he
had been an active member for many years and chaired its youth exchange
program and also served as a host parent for exchange students.

He loved to travel, and had visited numerous countries all over the world, as
well as many destinations
in the United States. He was a gifted woodworker and carpenter and among his
other hobbies liked to collect unique bells. He collected bells from all over
the world and many different cultures. Lloyd enjoyed sharing his collection and
their history through volunteer programs for civic clubs and schools in the
area.

He is survived by his wife the former Delphine M. Alm whom he married June 29,
1957, and several nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Mrs. Marjorie Conklin
and a brother Larry Vandervoort.

Friends may call Sunday from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral
Home, Austintown Chapel, and from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Monday morning at the
Bethel Lutheran Church in Boardman.

The family has requested that material tributes take the form of donations to
the Bethel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund in Lloyd's memory.