SAXONBURG — The borough is mourning the loss of its mayor.

Pam Bauman died about 3:30 p.m. Thursday of an unspecified type of cancer at Butler Memorial Hospital. She was 67.

Bauman was elected mayor in 2013. Before that she served on the borough council. She also owned Mimi’s Memories Antiques and Gifts on Main Street.

Raised in New York, she and her husband, Bob, owned Bauman Bus Co. for many years before retiring.

Bauman was involved in the Saxonburg Area Business Association, the GFWC Saxonburg District Woman’s Club and other community groups.

District Judge Sue Haggerty has known Bauman since the 1970s. She said she was a giving and helpful person.

“Anytime you needed something, she was always there to help you,” Haggerty said.

Haggerty said Bauman was a good cook, saying few people knew that she had her own cookbook and that she was a great entertainer and organizer.

In 2014, Bauman set up a wedding chapel in a former police dispatch room in the borough building to make weddings she officiates more romantic.

“She loved doing weddings,” Haggerty said.

Judy Ferree, owner of the Hotel Saxonburg, met Bauman about five and a half years ago — around the same time she bought the hotel and Bauman bought her business. They went on to form Discover Saxonburg, which was designed to promote businesses in the borough together. Discover Saxonburg now is a committee under the Saxonburg Area Business Association.

“It’s really come a long way,” Ferree said.

During the Mingle on Main Street events held last summer, she said Bauman insisted on dancing in a “flash mob,” which was held during the final event. Ferree also danced, and said it was a hilarious sight.

“We did it out in the middle of Main Street,” Ferree said.

Borough Councilman Josh Novotny, who owns Novotny’s Pizza and is vice president of the Saxonburg Area Business Association, joined council at the same time Bauman became mayor.

He said the rapport between the mayor and council, the council and the police department, and the borough government and the residents all improved while Bauman was in office.

“She did a terrific job as mayor. She was very hands on,” Novotny said.

He said the way Bauman did things, both as mayor and as a business owner, made it clear how she felt about the borough.

“You can tell she loved Saxonburg,” Novotny said.

Dot Hoffman, president of the GFWC Saxonburg District Woman’s Club, said Bauman was the chairman of the club’s public awareness committee, which deals with good citizenship.

“I think she was a very good example of that,” Hoffman said.

Mandee Williams, director of the South Butler Community Library, worked with Bauman last year to help organize the Mingle on Main event. She said Bauman was kind, creative and thoughtful.

Williams said Bauman also was funny. She said Bauman last year showed up at the library driving a golf cart, and then drove her around the borough in the cart while discussing plans for the final Mingle on Main event.

“I thought it was the funniest thing,” Williams said.

The Fox Funeral Home in Saxonburg is handling the arrangements.

Her obituary is on Page 7.