Others pitch in to finish deceased Scout’s project
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) — About 70 people worked this weekend to help finish an Eagle Scout project left incomplete after a Pittsburgh area teen died during football practice.
A published report said the group finished improvements to Puckety United Presbyterian Church that had begun as 16-year-old Noah Cornuet’s project.
The boy died Aug. 6 of a rare non-cancerous heart tumor. He’d already replaced mulch, set two military headstones and built a cross.
Volunteers said they wanted to honor his memory and continue his tradition of helping others.
Their work included landscaping, repainting parking lines and spaces, and painting and installing a ramp to a shed.
His scoutmaster says Cornuet is expected to be honored with the Eagle rank this week.