Obituaries
Lewis Skelton, Sr.
Sep 21, 2011
Lewis Gaylord Skelton, Sr., 77, of Edinboro, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Edinboro Manor. He was born in Edinboro, on January 1, 1934. Son of the late Gaylord E. and Mildred E. Baker Skelton. Lewis enjoyed hunting, working at the farm and driving truck. He was an active member of the Washington Valley Christian Church. He was preceded in death by an...
Roy Carlson
Sep 18, 2011
Roy S. Carlson, age 92, of Edinboro, PA died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Edinboro Manor. He was born on May 28, 1919 in Erie, PA, the only son of the late Simon A. Carlson and Evelina Lofgren Carlson. He grew up in Erie until the family moved to McLane when he was a teenager. He went to the McLane School and...
Jerry George
Sep 17, 2011
Jerry Lee George, 69, of Edinboro, died, September 17, 2011 at home. He was born in Sharon, PA on August 8, 1942, the son of the late Gerald Virtue and Josephine Wygant Schuler George. Jerry was a graduate of the Rocky Grove High School and Penn State University. He also graduated from Edinboro State College, receiving the first MA awarded...
Dolores Kelly
Sep 14, 2011
Dolores “Lori” Pildner Kelly passed away on September 14, 2011 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was born in 1928, the youngest daughter of the late Edward and Kathryn (Bretz) Pildner. A lifelong resident of Summit Township, Lori had the distinction of spending her entire life in the same home that she was born in. The home...
Anna Sekel
Sep 5, 2011
Anna Yocina Sekel, 87, of Erie died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Monday, September 5, 2011 at Hamot Medical Center. She was born in Conneautville, PA on May 11, 1924. Daughter of the late John and Helen Kapanick Yocina. Anna retired from Lyons Transportation Lines as a dispatcher. She was also a member of the Saints Peter and Paul Ladies Altar...
Edward Bilinski
Aug 27, 2011
Edward P. Bilinski, 95, of McKean Twp, Erie, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 at St. Mary's Asbury Ridge Nursing Home. He was born in Lackawanna, NY on June 29, 1916, the son of the late Edward and Rose Lewczek Bilinski. After graduating in 1935 from the Burgard High School in Buffalo, NY, Edward joined the U.S. Army...
Colleen Harrison
Aug 24, 2011
Colleen Natalie McCaslin Harrison, 82, formerly of Old Rt. 99, McKean, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at Elmwood Presbyterian Nursing Home. She was born in Erie on April 14, 1929, the daughter of the late Clarence and Mildred Ludwig McCaslin. Colleen was a homemaker and was a really wonderful cook. She also loved horseback riding, hunting, playing horseshoes, enjoyed playing cards...
Anna Mary Ondrey
Aug 20, 2011
Anna Mary (Ann) Musser Ondrey, 96, a longtime resident of Edinboro, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at the Rouse Home, Youngsville, PA. She was born in State College, PA to the late Harry N. and Edna Leech Musser. Ann was a graduate of State College High School and The Altoona School of Commerce. Ann married her husband Joe in 1939 and...
Jimmy Vanstone
Aug 19, 2011
James W. Vanstone (Jimmy 3x5), 70 of Edinboro passed away August 19, 2011. He was born in Northeast PA on January 28, 1941, son of the late Ralph and Beth Vanstone. During the Vietnam War he served as a helicopter radio repairman with the 25th (Tropical Lightning Division) United States Army. After graduating from Edinboro University, Jimmy was a speech therapist with...
William Byers
Jul 28, 2011
William Merle Byers (Bill), age 61, of Edinboro, died unexpectedly on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. William was born on August 6, 1949, in Kane, Pennsylvania, the only child of the late William E. and Effie Byers. He grew up in Marienville, Pa, and attended East Forest High School. William served in the United States Army from...
Thomas Willrich
Jul 27, 2011
Thomas John Willrich, 79, Draketown Road, Edinboro, PA, son of the late Thomas B. and Helena T. (Pitroff) Willrich, born September 1, 1931, in Erie, PA, passed away July 27, 2011, at Edinboro Manor. Tom is survived by his wife, Sylvia Hossman Willrich, a sister Elizabeth L. Doucette, Draketown Road; nephew David E. Stafford (Kristeen Ivan), Draketown Road; grand nephew...
Bernard Reed
Jul 24, 2011
Bernard Thomas Reed USN. Ret., 63, of Coos Bay, Oregon, formerly of San Diego, CA and Edinboro, PA died July 24, 2011 in Coos Bay. He was born January 6, 1948 to the late Otis K and Sylvia V Dout Reed. He graduated from General McLane High School in 1967 and joined the Navy that fall. He retired after 25 years service. He...
Donald Sauers
Jul 11, 2011
Donald E. Sauers, 56, of Girard, formerly of Edinboro, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at St. Vincent Health Center. He was born in Meadville on November 13, 1954. Son of the late Norman and Murriel Hindle Sauers. Don was a former employee of Erie Bronze & Aluminum, Steris and Equipment Exchange. Survivors include his wife of 28 years Janet Elaine Sedwick Sauers;...
Audrey Loomis
Jun 26, 2011
Audrey Louise Loomis Beloved Mother and Grandmother EDINBORO – Audrey Louise Loomis, 84, a resident at Edinboro Manor and formerly of McKean, PA, died Sunday, June 26, 2011 at St. Vincent Health Center. She was born in Erie on April 30, 1927. Daughter of the late Arthur and Viola Thompson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Dale...
Edward Cormier
Jun 24, 2011
Edward James Cormier, Sr., 67, of Edinboro, died Friday, June 24, 2011 at St. Vincent Health Center. He was born in Rhode Island on April 26, 1944. Son of the late Edward J. Parrott and Myrtle P. Lamont. Edward was an avid member of the Y.M.C.A.. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a son, Daniel Cormier. Survivors...
Dorothea Higgins
Jun 8, 2011
Dorothea Jean Higgins, 87, of Edinboro, passed away peacefully at home, with her two daughters at her side, on June 8, 2011, following a brief illness. She was born in Erie on December 17, 1923, the daughter of the late Otto H. and Alice Merry Busche, and stepdaughter of Winifred Blass Busche Burger. She was predeceased by her husband, Attorney...
Richard Anthony
Jun 5, 2011
Richard Orton “Dick” Anthony, 80, of Edinboro died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at his home. He was born in Erie on August 22, 1930, the son of the late Margaret Orton Anthony. Dick graduated from Millcreek High School in 1949. Soon after he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in Korea obtaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. After his military...
James Alward
Jun 3, 2011
James Edward Alward, 83, of Edinboro, died Friday, June 3, 2011 at Edinboro Manor. He was born Norwalk, Ohio on April 14, 1928. Son of the late Cecil and Edna Long Alward. James had worked as a rural mail carrier for many years. He was a past Master of Oasis Lodge 416, a thirty three degree Mason, a Noble of the Scottish Rite...
Bryan Heasley
Jun 2, 2011
Bryan Christopher Heasley, 32, of Erie, formerly of Edinboro passed away Thursday, June 2, 2011. He was born in Erie on August 7, 1978. Son of Bernard and Janice Cebulski Heasley of Edinboro. Bryan attended General McLane High School, Tri-State Business Institute and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He worked for William T. Spaeder Company as a steamfitter apprentice, and was a member of the...