c, age 90, of Prospect, peacefully passed away on Saturday evening, December 6, 2025, at Concordia At The Orchard in Butler, while under hospice care.
Born May 10,1935 in Prospect; she was the daughter of Clark and Marie Neely Anderson.
She was a 1953 graduate of Slippery Rock High School, where in the 8th grade she received the Peterson School of Penmanship award.
Early on she worked at the former Magnetics in East Butler and then she began a career as a bus driver for Butler and Slippery Rock Area School Districts. In the mid 1970’s she drove for the former Bryan’s Bus Co., and then in 1999 received the Safe Driver Award from Laidlaw Bus Co. and later retired from STA Bus Company.
She is a member of the Emmanual Lutheran Church of Prospect.
Toots enjoyed traveling, bus trips, going to casinos, and everything NASCAR. She loved collecting antiques, glassware, and milk bottles.
She is survived by her children David E McCurdy of Prospect and Katherine (Art) Kimble of Valley Center, CA, and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Carl E McCurdy, who passed away in 1994; two brothers Earl Anderson and Roy Anderson; two sisters Dorothy Anderson and Elsie Craig.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from noon until 3pm at the Raisley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, pc., 387 Main Street, Prospect. The funeral service will be at 3pm, in the Raisley Funeral Home, Lay Worship Leader Betsy Forrester, of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Prospect, officiating.
The committal service will be on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 10am, in Greenlawn Burial Estates, 731 W Old Rt 422, Butler.
For more information or to leave an online tribute, visit www.raisleyfuneralhome.com
