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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF LLYWELLON EDWIN “VALLEY/LEW” MOHR
HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK
of pennsylvania
in the house of representatives
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and extraordinary legacy of Llywellon Edwin Mohr, known to his family as “Valley” and to his community as “Lew,” who passed away on April 20, 2026, at the age of 96. Lew was a proud resident of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a devoted family man, a veteran, and one of the most dedicated servants to his community that Bucks County has ever known.
Bethlehem Star atop Lehigh Mountain. He was the beloved husband of the late Isabelle C. Mohr, with whom he shared more than 55 years of marriage. Together, they raised two children, Duane Llywellon Mohr and Debra Kay Pigott, and Lew was blessed to see his family grow to include six grandchildren and more than a dozen great-grandchildren.
very first graduating class, and served as its first-ever Student Council President. Just days after graduating on June 13, 1949, he enlisted in the United States Air Force on June 16, 1949, and left home on June 20, 1949. He served 28 months of active duty in Germany during the Korean Conflict, returning home in 1952 after completing 40 months of total service to his country.
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, later Bell Atlantic, and now Verizon, where he served as an Assistant Manager for 38 years before retiring. He remained deeply engaged in the telecommunications community as Secretary of the Telecom Pioneers of the Trenton/ Burlington Life Member Club and was honored with the Pioneer of the Year Award in 2001. He was a devoted member of the Morrisville Presbyterian Church for more than 65 years, serving as a Deacon for 15 years and an Elder for 6 years, and was also a proud Mason with the Newtown Lodge No. 427 F.&A.M. and a life member of American Legion Post No. 0834.
character than his more than sixty years of service to the Boy Scouts of America. He began as Scoutmaster in 1954 with Troops 3 and 46 in Morrisville, and over the decades, he shaped the lives of countless young people through the Playwicki District and Bucks County Council, now the Washington Crossing Council. The honors he earned in Scouting are a testament to a life of selfless mentorship: the Silver Beaver, Wood Badge, Scoutmaster's Key, Scouter's Key, the James E. West Fellow Award, the Luther Lord Award, the Commissioner's Arrowhead, the Vigil Honor of the Order of the Arrow, the Masonic Daniel Carter Beard Award, the Legion of Honor Award of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains, and many others. In 1991, the Bucks County Commissioners proclaimed November 1st as “Lew Mohr Day” in recognition of his extraordinary contributions.
his country, his family, his faith, and the young people whose lives he helped shape. He leaves behind a legacy that stretches across generations, and our community is a better place because of him.