Lynn L. Thompson

Lynn Luanne Thompson, 46, of Butler, PA, died Thursday, July 19, 2007 at her residence. She was born Tuesday, November 8, 1960 in Butler, PA, the daughter of Paul C. Plaisted and Mildred Shoaf Plaisted of Butler. She was a 1978 graduate of Butler High School and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Grove City College with a Chemical Engineering degree. She received her Master's degree in Physical Science from Slippery Rock University, where she was named Outstanding Graduate Student. She had been a proessor of chemistry and metrology for 25 years at Butler County Community College. She was a member of the American Chemical Society, and was the first full-time professor hired for the fledging Metrology program at BC3. She was a teacher extraordinaire. Besides teaching, some of Lynn’s achievements at BC3 include developing five chemistry classes for Internet delivery, coauthoring a lab book used in Chemistry I & II, initiating College Within the High School at Portersville Christian School, serving on the 1984 and 1994 Middle States Steering Committees, authoring the NAIT accreditation document, serving as Vice President of the Faculty Organization, and others too numerous to list. She was a member of Community Alliance Church. She belonged to the Maqueda Chapter of the Eastern Star and was a board member of Portersville Christian School. She enjoyed sewing, crafting, scrap booking and listening to Christian music. Surviving are her husband, Ronald E. Thompson who she married April 30, 1982; 2 daughters, Amber and Amy Thompson, both at home; 2 brothers, Jack & his wife, Carla Plaisted of Butler and Dan & his wife, Lois Plaisted of Butler; and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 on Friday at the Young Funeral Home, Ltd., Butler, PA. Services will be held at the Community Alliance Church on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 11 AM with her pastor, Rev. Dennis Krajacic officiating. Interment in the North Side Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Lynn Thompson Scholarship Fund at BC3, % Wm. Speidel, BC3 Foundation, PO Box 1203, Butler, PA 16003-1203.