Louise Mc Candlish Mangus was born in her maternal grandmother’s home in Wade Park, Cleveland, Ohio on November 11, 1934.
She was raised on the family farm in Shalersville, Ohio until the family move to Garrettsville, Ohio where she graduated from Garfield high school in 1956. She then attended Lake Erie College, graduated with a BS degree in biology in 1956 and was subsequently employed by Hood College in Frederick, Maryland where she taught biology labs. She also did research at the Chesapeake Biology Laboratory in Solomons Island on striped bass in Chesapeake Bay.
She met her future husband, John, who was stationed at nearby Fort Detrick, and they exchanged marital vows at St. John’s church on June 14, 1958. They moved to State College, Pennsylvania for 3 years and then to Berwyn Heights, Maryland where they resided for thirty-two years. Louise became interested in a project initiated in Prince George’s County to implement multisensory teaching techniques in educating dyslexic children. This was primarily inspired by the fact that her youngest son, Paul, was diagnosed as dyslexic. She was hired by the State of Maryland and initially demonstrated these techniques in classrooms. When she was moved to a more administrative position, she resigned and started a dyslexion tutoring business on her own that was very successful at getting children diagnosed with dyslexia back into the Maryland mainstream educational system. Louise retired to her new home, which she was very involved in designing, in Mead Township in 1994 where she became involved in several activities. She was a very early member of the University of Cornell citizen scientist feeder watch, on the board of the Northern Allegheny Conservation Association and a member of Blue Stockings, the Philomel Club, the Warren Shakespeare Club and served as president of the Warren Woman’s Club.
She and her husband also accompanied Brita and Don Dorn who had a contract with the Allegheny National Forest Service to relocate, mark and record the position of superior trees in the forest. She died peacefully at her home in the forest surrounded by family. Louise had a very long-term illness that required the aid of many people. Her family wants to thank Carolyn Howard, Louise Morgan, Montana McCormick, the nurses and aids of Hospice of Warren County and the management and staff of the Warren General Hospital. The resources of care in this community are truly remarkable. Her daughter, Julianna, preceded her in death. She is survived by her sister, Jean (Russel), husband, John, and sons David (Sand), Nicholas (Margee) and Paul (Trish), grandchildren Nicholas, Anthony, Laura, Victoria, adopted grandchildren, Francesa and Alexandra and great grandsons Riccardo and Miles.
The family will receive friends on Monday, September 25, 2023, at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc., 304 East Street, Warren, PA., from 6 to 8 P.M. A private interment will be held at the convenience of the family at St. Joseph R.C. Cemetery, Warren, PA. E-mail condolences may be sent by visiting www.lewisfuneralhomeinc.com <www.delewisfuneralhome.com/> In lieu of flowers. please make donations to Hospice of Warren County, 1 Main Avenue, Warren, PA. 16365 www.hospiceofwarrencounty.org <www.hospiceofwarrencounty.org/> or The Woman’s Club of Warren, 310 Market Street, Warren, PA. 16365.