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Hershell Clemons
Mar 19, 2015
Hershell Clemons, age 66 of Girard, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at St. Vincent Health Center.
He was born in Jackson, KY on March 18, 1949, son of the late Virgil and Julia Patrick Tharp.
Hershell worked at Superior Bronze Company, 19th and Poplar for 30 years.
He was very family oriented and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, 17th...
Rhea Lewis
Mar 17, 2015
Rhea Nieder Watkins Lewis, age 55, of Erie, died on Tuesday March 17, 2015 at UMPC Hamot. She was born in Erie, PA on February 29, 1960, a daughter of the late James Nieder and Patricia Fitzgerald Nieder Hyde.
Rhea was a graduate of Gannon University and was employed as a paralegal and other part time jobs until her disability. She...
David Klakamp
Mar 17, 2015
David L. Klakamp, age 77, of Waterford, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Zephyrhills, FL.
He was born on March 13, 1938 in Edinboro, PA, son of the late Earl and Edith Conrow Klakamp.
David was employed as truck mechanic for the Hammermill Truck Fleet, Mercyhurst College and Cable Masters.
David was a member of the Lawrence Lodge #708 F. &...
Joseph Hughes
Mar 15, 2015
The Reverend Joseph W. “Joe” Hughes age 87, of Sharon, Pa. and Erie, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Sharon Regional Hospital.
He was born in Aliceville, AL on April 29, 1927, a son of the late Tommie and Louise Lanier Hughes.
Joe was a devout Christian and worked for many years as a pastor including in Erie, Pa. at Second Baptist...
June Yentes
Mar 15, 2015
June Eileen Yentes, age 85, of Erie, died on Sunday March 15, 2015. She was born in Erie on July 10, 1929 daughter of the late Henry and Ada P. Baumgardner Yentes.
She was a graduate of Academy High School, class of 1948. She worked as a bookkeeper for Reliable Radio, Perry Beauty and Barber Supply Company, and she retired from...
Beatrice Grimm
Mar 14, 2015
Beatrice Hanna Grimm, age 87, of Erie, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015 at UPMC Hamot.
She was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, on December 27, 1927, a daughter of the late Ernst and Seline Leu.
Beatrice immigrated to the United States in 1950 and was a founding member of Grimm Industries with her late husband, Adolf Grimm where she served as secretary...
Thomas Brandt
Mar 12, 2015
Thomas L. Brandt, Sr., of Erie, died at his residence on March 12, 2015.
He was born in Erie on March 20, 1939, the son of the Late Rodger and Charlotte Pynch Brandt.
Tom, as an employee of the Warren Company, retired as Fabrication Manager.
As a veteran, he served two tours of duty with the Army.
Tom enjoyed karaoke, tractor pulling, and cooking....
Edward Mead
Mar 11, 2015
Edward Mathews Mead Edward Mathews Mead, former publisher of the Times Publishing Company, editor of the Erie Times-News and a journalist for more than six decades, died Wednesday at Saint Mary’s Home of Erie at Asbury Ridge. He was 88. Ed’s newspaper career with the Times-News spanned 63 years, and his popular column, "Odds & Ends," written under the pen...
Robert White
Mar 11, 2015
Robert Charles “Bob” White, age 83 of Fairview, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015, following an extended illness.
He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on May 6, 1931 as a son to the late Floyd and Marvelle White. Bob was a graduate of Lakeview High School in 1949 and Western Michigan University in 1957, where he received a degree in...
Robert Stone
Mar 10, 2015
Robert F. Stone Jr., age 59, of Erie, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at UPMC Hamot.
He was born in Albany, NY on October 4, 1955 a son of the late Robert F. and Pearl Hale Stone Sr.
Bob was a student at Strong Vincent High School and served in the US Marines Reserve. He was a great fisherman and an avid...
Gerald Majchrzak
Mar 9, 2015
Gerald "Jerry" Majchrzak, age 70, of Millcreek, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015 at Saint Vincent Health Center.
He was born on June 29, 1944 in Erie, PA son of the late John and Florence Botch Majchrzak, Sr.
He attended East High School and was employed at Ervite Corporation and Industrial Resisions Services.
Jerry enjoyed his pet cockatiels and loved playing the...
Charlotte Maurice
Mar 8, 2015
Charlotte “Charlie” A. Maurice, age 71, of Erie, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at her residence.
She was born February 6, 1944 in Ripley, NY, a daughter of the late William and Florence Ettinger.
Charlie graduated from Ripley High School in NY in 1963, and had been a ward clerk at St. Vincent Health Center for more than 15 years.
She loved their...
Bonnie Dieter
Mar 7, 2015
Bonnie Rae Dieter, age 77, of Erie, passed away, Saturday, March 7, 2015 at home surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer.
She was born March 22, 1937 in War Creek, Kentucky to the late Charles “Buck” Combs and Maudie Combs Wyatt.
Bonnie enjoyed gardening and plants, playing bingo and going to the casino.
In addition to her parents, she was...
Reginald Vassar
Mar 7, 2015
Reginald L. Vassar, age 96, of Erie, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Forestview Skilled nursing Center.
He was born in Prince Edward, VA on August 22, 1918, son of the late Oscar L. and Mary Atkinson Vassar.
He attended Worastam, Virginia Polytech, George Washington and Penn State. Reginald entered the US Air Force 9th District just after D-Day during...
Judith Simon
Mar 7, 2015
Judith Ann Simon age 74 of Erie, died peacefully at the Erie Soldiers and Sailors Home on March 7, 2015.
She was born in Erie, Pa. on August 13, 1940 a daughter of the late Heinz (Henry) and Elsie Roscher Schnurpfeil.
She was a graduate of Villa Maria Academy and Villa Maria College receiving a BS in Biology.
Judy worked with Saint Vincent...
Timothy Stufft
Mar 6, 2015
Timothy B. Stufft, age 47, of Erie, passed away, Friday, March 6, 2015.
He was born in Erie, on August 26, 1967, a son of Larry R. and Betty Ann Jablonowski Stufft.
Tim graduated from McDowell High School and attended Penn State Behrend. He worked as an insurance agent with American Life in his twenties as well as in various other jobs...
Jeffrey Miscichowski
Mar 6, 2015
Jeff Miscichowski, age 43, of Harborcreek, died unexpectedly Friday, March 6, 2015. Born in Erie on November 14, 1971,
he was the son of Bonnie Young Miscichowski and the late David Miscichowski.
A graduate of General McLane High School and Erie County Vo-Tech in Electrical/Mechanical. Jeff worked at Hess
Garage and was a welder at G.E. He enjoyed motorcycles, car restoration, camping/bonfires, cycling,...
Ruth Wright
Mar 5, 2015
Ruth Geddis Wright, age 92, of Erie, passed away on Thursday, March 05, 2015 the same day as her husband 12 years ago at Forestview Skilled Nursing Center.
She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 15, 1922, a daughter of the late Robert H. and Agnes Brown Geddis.
She graduated from Strong Vincent High School and from the University of Pittsburgh...
Nicholas Filby
Mar 5, 2015
Free to soar with the eagles, Nicholas Bryon Filby, age 30, of Lake City, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 5, 2015.
He was born in Erie on September 30, 1984, a son of Mary McCallion Filby and the late Bryon Filby.
Nicholas graduated from Girard High School in 2003. He worked at Jarecki Valve in Fairview as a welder and fabricator....
Kurt Sahlmann
Mar 4, 2015
Kurt Louis Sahlmann, age 54, of Erie passed away Wednesday March 4, 2015 at his residence.
Kurt was born in Erie, July 8, 1960, son of Louis H. and the late Marion Johnston Sahlmann. He was a 1978 graduate of McDowell High School and a 1982 graduate of Purdue University with a B.S. in Marketing.
Kurt started his career with American Sterilizer...
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