To the Editor:

Dora M. Lacy was a friend like no other person could be.

When I was injured in a motor scooter accident, Dora, her sister, Evelyn, and their brother, Richard, who was a classmate of mine for four years in the fantasic class of 1949 at Whitehall High School, stepped in to bolster my self-esteem at a time I needed it badly.

Frequent visits playing pinochle and board games, and cranking homemade ice cream were welcome treats to the boredom of waiting for broken bones to heal.

While still wearing a cast on my left leg, Dora insisted I needed a vacation and the three of them took me to the Mayflower Hotel in Atlantic City where we spent some rest and relaxation on the beach, taking boat rides and enjoying some fine seashore restaurant dining.

In later years, I attempted to repay all her kindness to me by playing my banjo where she lived at The Lutheran Home in Topton, but I do not think I was ever able to repay her enough.

Dora M. Lacy, who for most of her adult life, lived in the Greenawald section of South Whitehall Township, died Sunday, July 29, 2012, in The Lutheran Home at Topton at the age of 101 years, 10 months and 24 days.

I miss her very much.

Kenneth A. Clauser

South Whitehall Township