Former Morgantown mayor Florence Merow dead at 91
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Florence Lombardi Merow, a former state Delegate and former Morgantown mayor, has died. She was 91.
Hastings Funeral Home in Morgantown said Merow died Saturday at her home.
She also was a former Morgantown City Council member and a Monongalia County commissioner.
Former City Council member Frank Scafella told The Dominion Post Merow was ahead of her time in many ways.
Scafella said Merow knew the Monongahela River was a valuable asset in the 1980s but few shared her vision. He said a riverfront design she presented then is strikingly similar to today’s riverfront.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.