Ryan Patrick Hain

Ryan Patrick Hain, age 45, of Millcreek, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2026, after a long and difficult struggle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on January 4, 1981, a son of the late Jeremiah Patrick and Sharron Carroll Hain.

Ryan attended Sacred Heart Elementary School, Cathedral Preparatory School, Coconino High School in Flagstaff, Arizona, and held a degree in Computer Networking from Tri-State Business Institute. He was a longtime Erie cook and bar and restaurant manager, having spent many years at Calamari’s Squid Row and McGarrey’s Oakwood Café, among other local establishments. He loved the Boston Red Sox and both NFL and college football, and had a profoundly complicated relationship with Notre Dame football in particular. He enjoyed comedy specials and was a student of comedy in general, and this came through in his own marvelous sense of humor and mischievous playfulness. He voraciously read anything to do with adventure memoirs or mountain climbing, and amassed an impressive library on both subjects. He handled Lou Gehrig’s disease (“to be done in by a Yankee of all things!” he quipped, upon receiving his horrific diagnosis) with considerable fortitude and courage and it was quite life-affirming to observe that, while the disease robbed him first of the use of his arms and hands, then his legs, and finally his voice, it never managed to deprive him of his wit.

Ryan’s siblings are forever grateful to his close circle of friends who were such a consistently lovely presence right to the end: Nick Kunik, Al D’Onofrio, Mike Boetger, Brett Phelps, Dave Adiutori, Vin Adiutori, Joe Sral, Lisa Adiutori, and Lisa van Klaveren. Ryan (“McBain”) was blessed, and by far more than a priest, to have friends so utterly and selflessly devoted to him. He clearly had the best pals a man could ever hope for.

He is preceded in death by parents, Jerry and Sharron Hain.

Survivors include his siblings, Mike Hain (Kara) of Wattsburg, PA, Reagan Carroll Hain (Scott) of Harborcreek, PA, Keegan Hain (Lian) of China, and Kathleen Mcbride (Aaron) of Millcreek, PA; three nieces and many cousins.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Burton Quinn Scott Cremation & Funeral Services Inc. 602 W. 10th St., Erie, PA.

There will be a private scattering of ashes for the immediate family members and a later wake and celebration of Ryan’s life for all friends and family will be announced, for spring of 2027.