Seniors experience freedom during motorcycle rides
ZELIENOPLE — Elma Buttermore peered through her gold Pittsburgh Steeler sunglasses at the road before her as she sat on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
“It was exciting,” said Buttermore, 95, a Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant Community resident who is no stranger to motorcycles. “It's a great break for people like me who play bingo on Saturday and go to church on Sunday.”
Buttermore was among the residents, many 80 or older, who experienced the rush of the open road Saturday during a Harley-Davidson 'ride rally' at the community, located at 105 Burgess Drive.
About 13 motorcyclists from the American Legion Post 474 in Zelienople met residents outside the community's Abundant Life Center and drove them around the grounds on their sliver, blue, maroon, gray and white motorcycles.
This is an excerpt from a story appearing in Monday's Butler Eagle.
