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Lucy Sims
Dec 23, 2012
Lucy Ann Sims age 68, of Erie, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Saint Vincent Health Center.
She was born in Laurel, MS. on July 22, 1944, a daughter of the late Freddish and Annalola Golden Adams.
She moved to Erie and graduated from East High School. For many years Lucy worked domestically and provided health care and other services with the...
John Taras
Dec 22, 2012
    John G. Taras, 73, of Erie, PA and formerly of Bentleyville, PA, died Sat., Dec. 22, 2012 at St. Vincent Health Center. He was born Aug. 22, 1939 in Washington, PA, son of the late John and Flora Bertocci Taras. A 1957 graduate of Bentleyville High School, John was a road construction equipment operator for the International Union of...
Gary Headley
Dec 22, 2012
Gary Headley, age 78, of Fairview, PA, passed away peacefully December 22nd, 2012.
Born in Erie, PA, Gary was a graduate of Academy High in 1952 and was president and owner of Industrial Promotions during his professional career. As a 21 year veteran of the US Navy he obtained the rank of Chief Petty Officer while serving in the Mediterranean and...
Penny Morgan
Dec 19, 2012
Penny Lea Morgan age 48, of Erie, died Thursday, December 19, 2012 at UPMC Hamot.
She was born in Erie, Pa. on August 13, 1964, a daughter of the late Dewey and Bonnie Foglebogh Lamp.
Penny attended McDowell High School and graduated in Tennessee. She further studied at Mercyhurst College and received training as a certified nursing assistant.
She was very involved in...
Hannah Depaoli
Dec 18, 2012
Hannah Eileen O'Neil DePaoli, age 61, of Millcreek, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at UPMC Montefiore in Pittsburgh.
She was born in Erie October 17, 1951, daughter of the late Raymond and Helen Leary O'Neil.
Hannah graduated from Strong Vincent High School. She worked as a purchasing agent at Autoclave Engineer, which later became Snap-Tite. She was a member of the American...
Julia Chaklos
Dec 17, 2012
For those of you who knew Julia (Winiarczyk) Chaklos, she died December 17, 2012. She always had a smile. She seldom said a cross word, and as a matter fact, none comes to mind. Julie, as she preferred to be called, liked just about every person she met. She was born in Pittsburgh but moved to a farm in Pont,...
Laurie Sherrell
Dec 17, 2012
Laurie Sherrell, age 50 of Union City, Pa., died Monday, December 17, 2012 at Corry Hospital.
She was born February 16, 1962 in Erie, a daughter of the late Clarence E. and Cora McAninch Jefferson.
Laurie attended Technical Memorial High School and was a nurses' aide at St. Mary's Home Erie.
She enjoyed country music, fishing, and especially her family.
Survivors include a son...
William Logan
Dec 16, 2012
Mayor William "Budd" Logan, age 67, of Girard, died Sunday, December 16, 2012, at his residence surrounded by family. Born in Erie, PA, on December 6, 1945, he was a son of the late Leonard Jeremiah and Marilyn Schmieder Logan.
Budd attended McDowell High School, completed Paramedic Training at Gannon, and Union Leadership at Rutgers University. He served in the U.S....
Thomas Mclaren
Dec 16, 2012
Thomas J. McLaren II, of Erie who was born in New Brighton, Pa., March 16, 1930, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. and Mabel Hutchinson McLaren died, surrounded by his family, Sunday, December 16, 2012 following a brief illness.
He graduated from Georgia Military College (Milledgeville, Ga.) and Westminster College (New Wilmington Pa.). He taught English at Gordon College...
Deborah Mansur
Dec 16, 2012
Deborah Marie Kraus Mansur, 51, of Plano, Texas, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012, after a courageous battle with breast cancer.
Debby was born in Erie, PA on December 23, 1960, a daughter of Marilyn Way Kraus and the late Paul B. Kraus.
Debby was a 1979 graduate of Fairview High School and a 1983 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. For...
Dona Newcomer
Dec 15, 2012
    Dona M. Pietrasiewicz Newcomer, 69, of Erie, died Sat., Dec. 15, 2012, at Meadville Medical Center. She was born Nov. 30, 1943 in Erie, daughter of the late Walter L. and Evelyn Westman Pietrasiewicz I. She graduated from Academy High School in 1962 and worked for Spectrum Control for 21 years. She had also worked as a waitress for...
Richard Bridger
Dec 15, 2012
Longtime Millcreek Township Employee
Richard A. "Dick" Bridger, age 83, of Millcreek Township, passed away at his home, surrounded by his family, on Saturday December 15, 2012.
Dick was born in Erie on January 26, 1929, son of the late Clifford and Winifred Wilkins Bridger. He began school in the one room schoolhouse at 5 Points (Hamot Road) and then attended Lakewood...
Ralph Konopka
Dec 15, 2012
Ralph E. Konopka, age 74, of Erie, died at UPMC Hamot on Saturday, December 15, 2012.
He was born in Erie, Pa. on March 1, 1938 a son of the late Stanley and Marion Nielsen Konopka.
Ralph was a graduate of East High School and served in the United States Army. He worked for 43 years with the Erie General Electric Company.
After...
Mary Durkey
Dec 14, 2012
Mary Calhoun Durkey, age 87, of Fairview, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012, at Pleasant Ridge Manor West. She was born in Pittsburgh on August 19, 1925, a daughter of the late John J. and Hannah Scanlon Casey.
Mary was employed at the Boston Store until they closed and then at Elmwood Presbyterian Lodge until her retirement. She enjoyed homemaking and...
Maxine Rogers
Dec 14, 2012
Maxine L. Rogers age 90, of Erie, died peacefully at home on Friday, December 14, 2012.
She was born in Jamestown, NY on November 12, 1922, a daughter of the late Carl and Hazel Lewis Swan. She was a graduate of Jamestown High School and married the late Andrew Rogers in 1941. She worked as a homemaker and raised four children....
Charles Kraus
Dec 10, 2012
Charles E. Kraus Jr., born July 29, 1929 in Aliquippa, PA., the son of Charles E. Kraus Sr. and Julia Greiner Kraus, was the oldest of four siblings. He attended St. Veronica's High School in Aliquippa, PA, where he served as captain of the basketball team and graduated at the top of his class with honors.
At age 17, he served...
Albert Harouff
Dec 9, 2012
Albert W. Harouff, age 68, of Lake City, died Sunday, December 9, 2012, at his home. He was born December 7, 1944, in Meadville, a son of the late William E. and Oletha Shorts Harouff. Following graduation from Fairview High School, Al served in the US Navy. He had been employed as a machinist at Morelite-Vista in Erie. Al was...
Fred Miller
Dec 8, 2012
Fred Miller Jr. passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Saturday December 8, 2012.
Fred was born February 5, 1926 in Meadville, Pa. son of the late Fred Eugene and Agnes Laver Miller. He attended school in North Venango.
When younger, Fred loved working on the family farm and the Meabon Farm in Wattsburg, Pa. He then had a...
Henry Brooks
Dec 8, 2012
Henry "Hank" E. Brooks, age 76, of Fairview, PA passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on December 8, 2012, to go home and be with his Savior.
He was born on July 19, 1936 in Bloomfield Township, Crawford County to the late Avery and Elsie Stafford Brooks.
He served in the US Army at the age of 27. He...
Bettie Hill
Dec 6, 2012
Bettie A. (Nicosia) Hill, age 47 of Erie, PA passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Golden Living Walnut Creek.
She was born in Erie, PA on October 14, 1965, the daughter of the late Charles Nicosia and Rosella Dunlap Nicosia.
She was employed as a personal care attendant.
She is survived by her fiancé, Tom McIntosh; three sisters; Juanita Buckner and...
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