Lloyd Donley Kuhn

Lloyd D. Kuhn, 94, of Liberty, died Monday, September 28, 2015, at Major Hospital in Shelbyville. Lloyd was born in Green County, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 1920, to Joseph Donley and Harley Ullom Kuhn. He was a 1939 graduate of Dixon Israel High School in Eaton, Ohio. Lloyd joined the Army Air Corp on September 29, 1942 and served his country until May 12, 1945. He was an airplane and engine mechanic and qualified as rifle sharpshooter and carbine marksman. Lloyd served in the India-Burma Campaign and received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with one Bronze Star, the Distinguished Unit Citation Badge and the Good Conduct Medal. Lloyd married Gwendolyn Maple on June 24, 1944. He was a member of the Sugar Valley United Methodist Church and farmed in the community his whole life. Lloyd and Gwendolyn travelled the world. Lloyd is survived by two sons: Steven Donley Kuhn and wife Deanna of Richmond, and Kevin Lee Kuhn and wife Kelli of Oxford; two daughters: Donna Wagner and husband Patrick of Shelbyville, and Brenda Stephenson and husband Keith of Reisterstown, Maryland; eleven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of sixty-three years who died on November 20, 2007, and two sisters: Bernita Corwin and Naomi Smalley. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2015, at Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Fosdick Chapel, in Liberty, with a grandson, Mark Stephenson, officiating. Interment will follow at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens in Boston with Military Graveside Services by American Legion Post # 122 and VFW Post # 1472. Friends may visit at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 17th, until the time of service where memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 50 E. 91st St. Suite 100 ~ Indianapolis, IN 46240. For additional information and to send condolences or memories, go to www.ShowalterBlackwellLong.com.