Rev. Dr. James Albert Flurer

The Rev. Dr. James Albert Flurer, 63, of 212 Halsey Ave, West Lawn, died November 28, at the Reading Hospital.

He was born August 30, 1947 in Darby, PA, the son of the late William G., Sr. and Evelyn (Peterkin) Flurer.

He was a graduate of Haverford Township High School, a '69 graduate of Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, a '72 graduate of the former Crozer Theological Seminary of Chester, PA and completed his D. Min in '80 at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, NY. Rev. Flurer was the author of "Towers in the Light: Rebuilding the Liberal Christian Vision and the Mainline Church" published in October 1995.

After being ordained into the Christian ministry on July 2, 1972, Rev. Flurer served as the pastor of Trinity, Tower City & St. Peter's, Orwin U.C.C. from '72-'77; Lisle Associated Church, Lisle, NY from '77-'79; and after '79 he spent the remainder of his career as the Pastor at Bausman Memorial Church at Bethany Children's Home, a place where he very much enjoyed his ministry, friends and the children.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 4 at Trinity UCC, Tower City. Rev. Flurer will be interred with his parents at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA at a later date.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Philadelphia Zoo 3400 West Girard Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196.

Hoover – Boyer Funeral Homes, Inc. Elizabethville handled the arrangements. To sign the guestbook go to www.hbfuneralhomes.com.