Sally Metcalf

Sally Ann Metcalf, age 84 of Erie, PA died peacefully on Wednesday evening, December 17, 2014 with family by her side.

Sally was born in Fargo, North Dakota, on October 8, 1930, the daughter of the late Robert Elmore and Ruth Eliot (Richards) Flynn. Sally graduated from All Saints School in Sioux Falls, SD and attended Pine Manor College in Wesley, Mass. She worked for various insurance companies before focusing on being a mother and housewife. She was a member of St. Stephens Episcopal Church and the Erie Maennerchor Club.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter, Karra Lynn Poole in 1990, her husband, John R. Metcalf, Jr. in 1999, her stepson John R. Metcalf III in 2002, and her brother, Robert Eliot “Mick” Flynn and his wife Dorothy of Edina, Minn. both within the last year.

She is survived by two sons, David E. Poole and his wife Amita of Alexandria, VA, and Michael W. Poole and his wife Vicky of Dover Delaware; a daughter, Elizabeth Young of Erie; grandchildren Matthew, Nicole and Brooke Young, and Michael, Danielle and Trevor Poole; and two great-grandchildren, Ricardo and Gabrielle. She is also survived by a stepson Steven Metcalf and his wife Nancy; stepdaughter Sarah Metcalf and her husband George Kribel, and her step-grandchildren Audrey, Laura, Jane, Chloe and Simon Metcalf.

Friends may call at the Burton Westlake Funeral Home, 3801 West 26th Street (at Powell Avenue) on Friday December 26th from 2 until 4 and 6 until 8 p.m. and are invited to attend a service there on Saturday at 11am with Rev. Michael Polinek officiating. Interment will follow in Erie Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Humane Society, P.O. Box 3930, Erie, PA 16508-0930 or to the charity of one’s choice.