Vircel Kimmy

Vircel “Rusty” Roosevelt Kimmy, Jr., 85, of Erie, passed away at St Vincent’s on Saturday November 8, 2014.

Born in Union City, PA, on February 4, 1929 a son of Vircel R. Kimmy, Sr. and Marjorie Pattison Kimmy.

He was a graduate of East High School and went on to earn a bachelors and masters degrees at Edinboro University.

He served in the U.S. Navy and was discharged on June 20, 1951. Vircel was employed as a teacher in Dresden, Ohio, and at the Erie School District from September 1967 until 1993. He was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Erie and also a volunteer with the American Red Cross. He was a member of Dresden, OH Lodge No. 103 F.&A.M., Scottish Rite Bodies of Erie.

Vircel was preceded in death by two sisters, Pauline Johnson and Alene Hickey; one brother, Gerald Kimmy, and a son that died in childbirth, James Kimmy.

He is survived by his wife Beverly A. Kimmy; two daughters, Holly Kimmy, and Robin Tufts, both of Erie; and one son, Kenneth Kimmy, of Erie. He is further survived by four grandchildren Jacob Tufts, Stephanie Kimmy, Rachel Tufts and Dimitri Kimmy.

Friends may call at the Burton Westlake Funeral Home, 3801 West 26th St., (at Powell Avenue,) on Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and are invited to attend a funeral service at St Mark’s Episcopal Church, 4701 Old French Rd., Erie, PA on Friday November 14th, at 11:00 a.m.

A Masonic service will be held Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

Private inurnment in Erie County Memorial Gardens will be at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions can be made to Compass Reading Center, 4701 Old Zuck Rd., Erie PA 16506.