Raymond J. "Ray" Lohr

Raymond “Ray” J. Lohr Raymond “Ray” J. Lohr, 93, of Millcreek Twp., died Monday, October 3, 2005, at the Pa. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. He was born on September 28, 1912, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late Philip and Lottie Bolden Lohr. He attended classes at Xavier University, and enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in 1941. He married his wife, Vilma Treo, of Harrisburg, Pa., in 1941. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain at the close of WWII, in 1946. He received the Purple Heart. Ray was employed as a mechanical designer by Louis Marx Co. in 1935, and was retained by Louis Marx through WWII; he retired as Chief Toy Designer with 37 years of service, in 1972. His significant professional accomplishments included hundreds of mechanical patents for Louis Marx, and he was given credit for designing and conceiving the Marx Big Wheel and Rockem’ Sockem’ Robots. Ray was a member of the Erie Yacht Club from 1935 until 2000. His lifelong sailing companions were Dr. Ed Kemble, Don Robins, and Nat Reyburn. He was a life member of the Erie Kiwanis Club and the Maennerchor Club. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and enjoyed sailing, hunting, and playing pinochle. Ray is survived by one son, Philip Lohr of Millcreek; three grandsons, Ryan, Murray, and Adam Lohr; three great-grandchildren, Brie Anna, Madilynn, and Benjamin; two sisters, Ester and Phyllis; and a daughter-in-law, Deborah S. Lohr. His wife, Vilma, one brother, George Lohr, and sisters Katherine and Eva, preceded him in death. Friends may call at the Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home, Inc., 4216 Sterrettania Rd., on Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and are invited there on Saturday for the funeral service at 10 a.m. Military internment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marx Toys Museum, 50 Bloomfield Pkwy., Erie, PA 16509.