Glenn A. Prady, Sr

Glenn A. Prady, Sr., age 85, of Prospect, passed away Saturday morning, September 5, 2015, at the Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born January 19, 1930 in Crucible, Pa, Greene County, he was the son of the late Joseph and Amelia Morascinni Prady.

Retiring in 1989 from the North Allegheny School District, where for 35 years he was the Pupil Transportation Coordinator.  Mr Prady initiated the “2 hour delay” to the start of the school day during inclement weather for the safety of the students.  He was a member of the Allegheny School Bus Association, the Pennsylvania Pupil Transportation Association, and the National Association for Pupil Transportation.  Prior to school transportation, he was self employed as a Certified State Inspection Mechanic with Prady’s Sunoco, one on Center Ave and one on Route 8, and Prady's Amoco at Baum and Liberty Avenue, all in Allegheny County.

A 1949 graduate of Carmichaels Area School District, he was a distinguished player on the Football Team that went undefeated 8-0 in the 1949 season.

A proud US Veteran, he served in the US Army during the Korean War as a paratrooper in the 82^nd Airborne attached to the 101^st.  He received the Parachute Badge, National Defense Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal.

He is a member of the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church.  While enjoying giving back to his community, he was a member of the Hampton Rotary Club, Allegheny County, where he served as a past president and was a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow, and a member of the Portersville-Prospect Rotary Club, Butler County.

Glenn was a collector of HO Trains, loved Boston Terriers, especially his dog Max, enjoyed boating, fishing, water skiing, needlepoint, mowing grass, and camping.  He will be remembered for his special talent of woodworking and craftsmanship:   making furniture, grandfather clocks, cribs, cradles, etc. for his family.

He is survived by his wife Georgia Jane Davidson Prady, who he married July 28, 1951; his children Glenn (Debora) Prady, Jr of McCandless, Jeffrey (Jean Peterson) Prady of Harmony, Kevin (Sarah) Prady of Pine Township, and Katherine (Jeffrey Gross) Prady of Meridian; his grandchildren:  Megan (Jimmy) Leese, Anissa (Randall) Dailey, Glenn Prady III, Constance (Kellen) Kayla, Chad Prady, Jesse Prady, Krystyna Prady, Carleigh Stoner, Kaitlyn Stoner; and great grandson Joseph Leese.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his infant daughter Glenda Jane Prady, great granddaughter Julia Leese, his brother Joseph Prady, and his sister Geraldine Spitzer.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 2-4pm and 6-8pm at the Edward L. Raisley Funeral Home, 387 Main Street, Prospect.  The funeral service will be on Thursday, 11am at the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church, with his pastor Kurt Knobel, officiating.

Interment with military honors will be in the Pinewood Memorial Park, Cranberry Twp.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church, PO Box 176, Connoquenessing, PA 16027.

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