Joseph C. '34 and Lois E. Weir '36 Ashkar Scholarship Fund

Karen Ashkar Murley and James W. Ashkar have established a scholarship award and fund in honor of their parents, Joseph C. Ashkar ’34 and Lois E. Weir Ashkar ’36, for their combined service of nearly fifty years in education in the Lycoming County community of Hughesville, PA. Joseph Ashkar was born, lived and taught high school mathematics for 31 years in Hughsville. At the time of his death in in 1966, the East Lycoming School district named their new building the Joseph C. Ashkar Elementary School. Lois E. Weir Ashkar was born and lived in Susquehanna, PA. She taught music in teh Susquehanna County Public Schools for five years. Subsequently, she taught in Hughsville schools and retired from teaching in 1978.