- Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:48
By Michelle Taylor
Terry Farrell, a practicing attorney in McKeesport for 36 years, was remembered on Saturday, September 24 with a bike ride by friends, family, and other participants.
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| Terry Farrell on one of many Washington D.C. trips |
Terry Farrell was active within his community, as he believed in it and believed he could make a difference within it. He encouraged bicycling and participated in many events. He was a member and president of the McKeesport Heritage and History Center, the Lions Club, a board member for the Carnegie Library, Mon Yough AAA, McKeesport National Bank, a member of the bar association, and he served on the board of the Mon Yough Trail Council. In his spare time, he loved riding his bike along the Great Allegheny Passage, sometime logging 100+ miles on his bike. He would take his biking to other states and generously invited others along.
"This is the third year for the bike ride," said his daughter, Christine Farrell, operator of the annual event. Many of his friends and family say he was "a pillar in the community [who] gave freely of himself as much as he did professionally while charging bare minimum for services. When he died, he left a hole in the community."
The funds collected from this event will go towards the American Heart Association and will sponsor one bike for a special needs child. Christine and her family plan on continuing these events annually and will keep tradition of the last Saturday of September.
The event starts under the Boston Bridge and ends 7.5 miles up-river at the Dravo Cemetery. This year, it began at 8:30 a.m. and everyone gathered at the Frew Pavilion at noon for lunch and a memorial ceremony.
