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Janet Vorse
Jan 14, 2020
Janet L. Vorse, age 78, of Millcreek and formerly of Albion and Girard, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at LECOM Senior Living surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Conneaut, OH on August 11, 1941, a daughter of the late Edgar and Elsie Richardson.
Janet enjoyed gardening, sewing, and crafts. She was an avid bowler and she and her...
Peter (Pero) Vujasinovich
Jan 14, 2020
Peter (Pero) Vujasinovich age 74, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on March 27, 1945 in Leskovac, Serbia (The former Yugoslavia) to the late Luka and Jelena Vujasinovich.
He emigrated to the U.S in 1956 with his parents and two sisters settling in Steelton, PA. He relocated to Erie...
James Cardman
Jan 14, 2020
James Cardman, age 85, of Girard, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday January 14, 2020, surrounded by his family following a lengthy illness.
He was born in Union City on March 13, 1934, a son of the late Joseph and Helen Louise Fullerton Cardman.
Jim served in the United States Army in Korea.
He started his work career at Forest Park...
John Kytic
Jan 14, 2020
John M. Kytic, Jr. age 81, of Millcreek and formerly of Bradford, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his family.
He was born in Swoyersville, PA on October 31, 1938 a son of the late John M. Sr. and Catherine Petroski Kytic.
Pianist John Kytic retired from the Bradford (PA) Area School District in 1996...
Karen Bogacki
Jan 14, 2020
Karen Bogacki, age 78, of Erie, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Fairview Manor.
She was born in Erie on July 18, 1941, a daughter of the late Francis and Verna Klemm Bowen.
Karen graduated from Rice Avenue Union High School and later became involved with the reunion committees.
She and her husband were co-owners of Raymond Bogacki State Farm Insurance on...
Martha Herman
Jan 13, 2020
Martha Crandall Herman of Erie, and formerly of Waterford, died on Monday, January 13, 2020 at St. Mary’s East.
She was born in Erie, on December 13, 1941, the daughter of the late Thomas Harold and Charlotte T. Withrow Crandall.
Martha graduated from Academy High School in 1959, and was a graduate of Erie Business School.
She was the Executive...
Virginia Roehm
Jan 13, 2020
Virginia Evelyn Roehm, age 88, of Erie, passed away Monday, January 13, 2020 at Pleasant Ridge Manor. She was born in Woodsfield, OH, June 20, 1931, the daughter of Jesse and Mildred Moose Gray.
Virginia loved baking and cooking. She enjoyed manicures, visiting with animals and children and taking drives around the peninsula. Above all, Virginia’s greatest love was her...
Dennis Vickery
Jan 11, 2020
Dennis Norman Vickery, age 84, of Erie, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital.
He was born in Oil City, PA on May 28, 1935.
Dennis was a 1953 graduate of Oil City High School. He continued studies though the American Institute of Banking.
He worked for 44 years, most of which were at Union Bank,...
Lori Baginski
Jan 10, 2020
Lori Ann Baginski, age 58, of Erie died unexpectedly Friday, January 10, 2020 at Millcreek Community Hospital with her family at her side. She was born September 23, 1961 in Erie the daughter of the late Richard (Dick) Mohney and Camilia Felizardo Mohney Arteaga.
A lifelong resident of Erie, she was a selfless individual who would take the shirt off...
Richard Tolley
Jan 8, 2020
Richard B. Tolley, age 71, of Erie passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at UPMC Hamot. He was born March 10, 1948 in Pearisburg, Virginia the son of the late Richard R. and Marcine (Smith) Tolley.
An excellent baseball player, Richard was an all-star pitcher on his high school team and could hit the long ball. Following graduation, he received...
James Meyers
Jan 7, 2020
James Richard Meyers (Jim) of Millcreek passed away suddenly on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, five weeks shy of his 81st birthday.
A lifelong resident of Erie county, he was born in Erie on February 16, 1939, a son of the late Daniel Meyers and Mary Gallagher Johnson.
Jim attended McDowell High School and went on to serve in the Unites States Marines...
Ralph Lippert
Jan 7, 2020
Ralph E. Lippert age 88 of Girard, passed away doing what he loved to do, taking care of his animals in
his barn on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
He was born in Pittsburgh on November 18, 1931, a son of the late Hilary and Katherine Boehm Lippert.
Ralph worked many years at Marx Toys in Girard and retired from Grimm Industries in Fairview.
He...
Jean Fink
Jan 6, 2020
Jean was born March 31, 1954 and passed away January 6, 2020 after a valiant 36-year battle with cancer.
Born and raised in Erie, PA, Jean graduated from Saint Benedict Academy and attended classes at Gannon University. She was a brilliant and determined woman, working first as a chemist at LORD Corporation (Hughson Chemical Division) in Pennsylvania and then at...
Michael Donohue
Jan 5, 2020
Michael J. Donohue age 60, of Erie, passed away peacefully at his residence on Sunday, January 5, 2020.
He was born in Boston, MA on October 23, 1959 a son of Marjorie Doherty Donohue and the late Henry P. Donohue.
Michael graduated from Fairview High School in 1978.
He was very technically talented and enjoyed working on computers and electronics.
In addition to his...
Shirley Tidd
Jan 4, 2020
Shirley M. Tidd, age 84, of Lake City, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at St. Mary’s East.
She was born in North Girard, on November 24, 1935, a daughter of the late Frank Erickson and Shirley Miller Erickson Stoker.
Shirley attended Girard School District.
She had worked at Marx Toys and was a crossing guard for Girard School District. She and her...
Joyce Badaracco
Jan 4, 2020
Joyce Badaracco, age 88, of East Springfield, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Fairview Manor.
She was born in Erie on April 27, 1931, a daughter of the late, Roy and Ethel Cowley Austin.
Joyce graduated from Millcreek High School in 1950. She held various secretarial positions and had worked for C.A. Curtze for many years.
She loved to camp...
Carole Copeland
Jan 3, 2020
Carole “Jiggie” Marie Copeland, 95, of Erie, passed away January 3, 2020 at Saint Vincent Hospital.
Born in Erie, on December 1, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Carroll Johns and Edna Stratton Johns.
She attended Academy High School and a member of St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church.
Carole had been a store manager at St. Martin’s Center from where she...
Mary Blystone
Jan 2, 2020
Mary Jane Blystone, age 88, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at UPMC Hamot with her family at her side.
She was born in Erie on July 14, 1931, a daughter of the late Sylvester and Burdella Hogan Thaler.
Mary graduated from McDowell High School and held many jobs through the years, but enjoyed working at Larry’s...