Jeremy R. "Jerry" Lomas

Jeremy Richard Lomas, of Chalfont, PA, died peacefully on Monday, June 16, 2025 at Doylestown Hospital. He was 81 years old.
Jerry, as he was known, was the loving husband of Savona D (Gilbert) Lomas. The couple was married almost 35 years and shared many fond memories, happy times, laughter and family.
Born in Philadelphia, Jerry was the son of the late Walter Richard and Grace Hawkins Lomas.
As a teacher at Simon Butler, Pine Run and Doyle Elementary schools, a PEN (Program for Enrichment) teacher, a teacher of sailing, waterskiing, and other waterfront sports at Echo Lake, a theater director at Camp Curiosity, and a Troop Leader of Boy Scout Troop 133, he spent over 50 years in the noble calling of educating children. In a collection of farewell letters written by students upon his retirement in 2001, he is repeatedly noted for his sense of humor, his kindness and patience, for pushing his students to realize their potential, and going above and beyond to organize unforgettable experiences for his students. A master of glue sticks, markers, and colored paper, he injected vibrant color, endless whimsy, and a conviction that learning was fun into his classrooms. Through PEN, he was also able to take learning outside the classroom. Children learned about law through mock trials and court room visits, architecture through tours of Doylestown, literature through performing Shakespeare plays, early modern art and culture through visits to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, and archaeology excavating the old farmstead at Honey Hollow Environmental Center. For many of his students this would culminate in perhaps his greatest contribution to the Central Bucks PEN program, organizing annual summer trips to Crow Canyon Archaeological Center near Cortez, Colorado. In addition to learning about the Ancestral Puebloan people through real archaeological field and lab experience and presentations by their living descendants, students from different elementary schools could meet their future middle school classmates on the adventure of a lifetime and form lifelong friendships. By the time his own children made their way through Central Bucks, they did so with a house full of school and art supplies, a treasure trove of costumes and props for presentations or Halloween, and a constant stream of older kids, parents, and teachers asking if they were related to their favorite teacher or colleague, "Mr. Lomas."
His boundless energy was not confined to his day job, however. As a young man he was a swimmer and a cofounder of the Sigma Iota Omega Fraternity at Bloomsburg University, a lifeguard during summers on Long Island, and played rugby for the Buckthorn Rugby Club. Near Cortland, New York he constructed a log cabin, and went skiing at Greek Peak Mountain resort every winter for over 30 years. He was an active Boy Scout in his youth, and as an adult, volunteered as a Troop leader for Boy Scout Troop 133, even after his own son, Richie, rose through the ranks to Eagle with his guidance. At the age of 66, when Richie went on the vaunted backpacking trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico, Jerry came with him to make his own repeat of the "high point of scouting."
Jerry was a man who loved to know about the world we lived in. His house was always full of history and archaeology books covering every corner of the globe. He himself travelled all throughout Europe, having seen the running of the bulls in Pamplona, tasted wine in Tuscany, stayed with German families, and caught a rare blizzard in Istanbul. He collected machetes from Panama, pottery from northern Mexico, and in retirement travelled many times to visit his good friend Stephen Honeybill in tropical Belize. From the alligator-ridden swamps of Florida to the peaks of Colorado, and from the pyramids of Chichen Itza to the Hagia Sofia, he was a collector of historical and geographical experiences alongside his friends, family, and strangers met along the way.
Through countless students, campers, scouts, friends, and colleagues, and of course his beloved wife Savona and sons Walter "Richie" Lomas and Mathew Lomas, he brought warmth, fun, learning, humor, and a world of unforgettable experiences to more people than he could ever know.
He is survived by and will be dearly missed by his wife Savona, his sons, Walter "Richie" R. Lomas and Matthew Lomas; and his brother and sister in law, Lynn Hawkins Lomas (Kathy).
Relatives and friends are invited to greet Jerry's family on Monday, June 23, 2025, from 10:00am, until the start of his Funeral Service at 12:00pm, at the Joseph A Fluehr III Funeral Home at 241 East Butler Avenue (at Sandy Ridge Road) in New Britain, PA 18901.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Boy Scout Troop 133 through the Pleasantville United Church of Christ, 3424 Limekiln Pike, Chalfont, PA 18914.