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Patricia Straitwell

May 11, 1940 — June 16, 2022

Patricia Anne Straitwell, age 82, of Espyville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at her residence. 

She was born in Erie on May 11, 1940, a daughter of the late Lynn Russell Weston and Barbara Margaret (Conley) Cloyd. 

In addition to owning a beauty shop on Buffalo Road, she had worked as a Nurse’s Aide in Hamot’s ICU for 19 years. Patricia also had a foster care home for dozens of children. 

Pat had a true love for crafts, gardening and canning. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her stepfather, Henry Cloyd; her husbands, Richard Eugene Lewkowicz and Louis Max Straitwell, Sr.; her two sons, John M. Lewkowicz and Louis M. Straitwell, Jr.; a brother, Kenneth Weston and a sister, Margaret Weston. 

Patricia is survived by her four daughters, Tina (Albert) Rensel of Lake City; Elizabeth Irwin of Broadview Hts., OH; Tammy (Herman) Perrin of West Lake, Pa; and Melissa Straitwell of Erie.  She is further survived by her sister, Jean Moorhead and three grandchildren, Jennifer (Jonathan) Kenny, Andrew T. Irwin and Carolyn A. Klein. 

Friends may call at the Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St. on Monday, June 20, 2022 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM and 6:00 - 8:00 PM and are invited to attend a Funeral Service Tuesday in Calvary Cemetery Chapel, 3325 West Lake Rd., Erie. at 11:00 AM.

Memorials can be made to Hospice of Crawford County, 766 Liberty St., Meadville, PA 16335. 

Condolences can be sent to www.BurtonQuinnScott.com

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