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Laurence Taylor
Oct 2, 2015
Laurence D. Taylor, age 82, of Cranesville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 2, 2015 at UPMC Hamot.
He was born born in Conshohocken, PA on November 26, 1932, a son of the late Arthur and Evelyn A. Law Taylor.
On August 31, 1951, Laurence Donald Taylor, invested a four year commitment into the United States Navy, serving as an Aviation Electronics...
Glenn Wurst, Jr.
Oct 1, 2015
Glenn R. Wurst, Jr., 69, of Erie, died on Thursday, October 1, 2015, at St. Vincent Health Center. He was born on October 28, 1945, in Erie, son of the late Glenn R. Wurst, Sr. and Shirley Koch Wurst. A 1965 graduate of Strong Vincent High School, Glenn was an Assistant Manager of K-Mart Foods. He was a member of...
Eleanor Sample
Oct 1, 2015
Eleanor J. Sample, age 85, of Fairview, PA passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Manchester Commons.
She was born in Erie, PA on October 28, 1929, a daughter of the late Newman E. and Gertrude Stafford Brown.
Eleanor graduated from Strong Vincent High School and attended Allegheny College. She was a member of Fairview Presbyterian Church where she was very...
Fred W. "Sarge" Beer
Sep 29, 2015
Fred W. “Sarge” Beer age 73, of Millcreek, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at his residence, surrounded by his family.
He was born in Youngstown, OH on December 21, 1942, a son of the late James and Sadie Alsbaugh Beer.
Fred attended South High School in Youngstown, OH and then went on to serve in the United States Air Force.
He...
Cathy Robinson
Sep 28, 2015
Cathy Ann Robinson, age 55 of Fairview, died at her residence on Monday, September 28, 2015. Born in Grove City, PA on August 6, 1960 she was the daughter of late Paul L. and the late Audrey Lucas Robinson.
Cathy had attended both Penn State and Gannon Universities and received her Business and Nursing degrees from Gannon and her Nurse Practitioners’...
Kenneth Parraway
Sep 27, 2015
Kenneth "Kenny" Parraway, Jr., age 61, of Erie, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at his residence.
Kenneth was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 13, 1954, a son of the late Mattie A. Dyess and Kenneth Parraway Sr.
He was a resident of Erie for 56 years and was employed as a laborer at EMI for 12 years.
Kenneth enjoyed fishing,...
Diane Wright
Sep 27, 2015
Diane Marie (Pifer) Wright, 63, of Fairview, PA., passed into eternal life on September 27, 2015, at home surrounded by her family and friends. She passed away after a long battle with cancer, including two bouts of breast cancer followed by 8½ years of ovarian cancer.
She was born on April 10, 1952, in Erie Pa., to Monty and Rosemary Pifer.
After...
Joseph Koech
Sep 25, 2015
Joseph Michael Koech, age 30, passed away Friday September 25, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness.
He was born in Erie, on August 26, 1985, a son of Joseph H. Koech and Theresa S. Momeyer Koech.
Joseph graduated from Girard High School in 2004. He attended Edinboro University. He worked at Russell Upholstery and most recently...
Roberta Mclaughlin
Sep 23, 2015
Roberta “Bobbie” McLaughlin, 71, of Millcreek, passed away at UPMC Hamot on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, surrounded by her loving family.
Bobbie was born April 18, 1944 in South Bend, Indiana to the late Robert and Mildred Metz.
Bobbie graduated from Central High School in South Bend and later attended Clark Technical School in Springfield, Ohio, where she earned her Degree in...
Robert Matz
Sep 23, 2015
Local Beauty Business Icon and Trendsetter Dies
Robert Lee Matz, age 69 of Erie entered eternal life on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015.
Lee was born on May 18, 1946, to the late Leo A. Matz and Mary Ann Cifolelli Soliwoda. He graduated from Salvatore’s College of Hair Styling in Sacramento, California and Orra-Jean Beauty Academy in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Lee was dedicated to advancing...
Richard Boyd
Sep 23, 2015
Richard O. Boyd, 83, of Erie, died after a long illness on Wednesday, September 23, 2015.
Born in Erie on September 2, 1932, a son of the late Orin Boyd and Helen Barnett Boyd.
He was a 1950 graduate of Strong Vincent High School and served in the Army during the Korean War. He worked as a crew chief at National Fuel...
Hope Ferrington
Sep 22, 2015
Hope D. Ferrington
Hope D. Ferrington, age 66, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at St. Vincent Health Center.
Born October 16, 1948, in Erie, she was the daughter of the late Donald A. and Eve J. Stebnisky Anderson.
Hope was a graduate of McDowell High School and had been employed as an
inspector of various manufacturing companies in the...
Earl Hersperger
Sep 22, 2015
Earl L. Hersperger, age 77, of Erie, passed away on Tuesday September 22, 2015 at Sarah. A. Reed Retirement Center.
He was born in Erie on June 11, 1938, a son of the late Mack and Virtue Schneider Hersperger.
He was a 1956 graduate of the Erie Technical High School and then went on to work at Uniflow KOLD-DRAFT for over 47...
Florence Szabo
Sep 21, 2015
Florence Marie Szabo, age 78, of Erie, passed away Monday September 21, 2015 following a lengthy illness at UPMC Hamot. Florence was the daughter of the late Lucille and Michael Hlebovi.
Florence was born in Erie on May 6, 1937 and graduated from East High School. She worked for Loblaws for 37 years before retiring. After retirement, she and her husband...
Juanita Reichel
Sep 20, 2015
Juanita F. Miles Reichel, 89, formerly of Cindy Lane, died on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at St. Mary's at Asbury Ridge. She was born on January 31, 1926, in Columbus, OH, daughter of the late Stanley and Blanche Stewart Miles. A 1944 graduate of Academy High School, she earned an Associates Degree in Business from Gannon University and worked as...
June Lutz
Sep 19, 2015
June Ellen Kranz Lutz 67, of Erie, passed away Saturday September 19, 2015 at home.
She was born June 17, 1948, the daughter of Anna Jean Crosby Kranz and the late Arthur Richard Kranz, Sr.
June graduated from Tech Memorial High School in 1966. She was employed at Erie Technological, previous owner of Peach Street Beer and was the owner of Bayview...
Eddie Johnson
Sep 18, 2015
Eddie Mae Johnson, age 94, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 18, 2015 at home surrounded by family.
She was born in Hattiesburg, MS. On September 25, 1920, a daughter of the late Eddie Houston and Eva Houston-McCullum.
A resident of Erie since 1945, she worked various jobs and was later employed at General Electric where she retired...
Nancy Held
Sep 18, 2015
Nancy ("Nan") Theuerkauf Held Nancy (Nan) Theuerkauf Held, 80, a lifelong Erie resident active in the community passed away at St. Vincent Hospital on September 18th after a brief illness. She was born September 10, 1935 in Erie to Dr. Frank J. Theuerkauf, Sr, and Margueritta McCormick Theuerkauf and graduated from Villa Maria Grade School and Mercyhurst High School. After...
Helen Marschka
Sep 17, 2015
Helen B. Marschka, age 88, of Erie, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Elmwood Gardens following a brief illness.
She was born in Homer City, PA, daughter of the late Benton J. and Olive M. Weiss Bash. Helen graduated from Conneaut Lake High School and worked at American Meter. After her retirement she stocked greeting cards at many local...
Virginia Church
Sep 17, 2015
Virginia R. Hall Howland Church age 90, of Erie, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Golden Living Walnut Creek, Millcreek, PA.
She was born in Coudersport, PA on April 20, 1925, daughter of the late Leo H. and Hanna Woodcock Hall.
Virginia worked as a riveter at Curtis-Wright in Buffalo, NY during WWII. After moving to Erie, she worked for...
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