All Obituaries

A. Audrey (Ferrick) Thomas, 82, of Girard, passed away on April 16, 2019 at her residence.    She was born on January 2, 1937 to the late Stephen and Agnes (Bagniszewski) Ferrick in Erie, PA. She attended Brown School, a one room school house in West Greene Township, St. Bonafice and graduated from St. Ben's Academy in 1954. She worked at Gannon University and while there she met Gordon B. "Tiny" Thomas and married on May 4, 1957 in Erie, PA.  Audrey also worked...

Edward A. Bible, 67 of East Springfield, passed away on Tuesday April 23, 2019 at UPMC Hamot, following a battle with COPD, Pneumonia and lung cancer.  He was born November 7, 1951 in Erie, a son of the late Robert E. and Geraldine L. (Wing) Bible.  Ed graduated from Rice Avenue Union High School in 1969. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. He served with the 17th Security Police SQ (SAC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, where he...

Elizabeth  Rouse, 97 of Cranesville, died Friday April 19, 2019 at her home following a brief illness. She was born in Wattsburg, PA , January 28, 1922, a daughter of the late Leslie B. and Margaret (More) Rouse.  Elizabeth graduated from North East High School in 1940. During World War 2, she worked at the Air Depot in Middletown PA. Following the war, she returned to the North East area and worked for Sunshine Packing. Later, Marx Toys in Girard for 32 years as well as 6 and...

Freya K. DiNunzio, age 4, of Girard, died on Friday, April 19, 2019 at her home, surrounded by her family, following a life long illness.  She was born in Erie on January 9, 2015, a daughter of Damion and Victoria (Britt) DiNunzio of Girard.  Her condition was known as Ohtahara Syndrome, where uncontrollable seizures occur frequently.  Although afflicted with this syndrome, Freya continued to giggle and smile all the time. She adored her siblings and watching all of the family...

Carshul E. “Carrie”  Casler, 57 formerly of Girard, passed away on Thursday April 18, 2019, at Westfield Memorial Hospital.  She was born August 26, 1961 in Eastlake, OH., a daughter of the late Louis Barko and Helma (Dean) Barko of Eastlake OH.  Carrie graduated from North High School in Eastlake, OH in 1979. She lived most of her life in the Girard area and worked at Copes-Vulcan in Lake City for seventeen years. She later worked for Jarecki Industries in...

James R. Lee, 61 of Fairview, passed away at his home following a brief illness.  He was born June 23, 1957 in Erie, a son of the late, Wilbert and Sophie (Mangol) Lee.  Jim attended Fairview High School. Following high school he began employment with Holiday Inn, downtown Erie, were he worked in the maintenance department. He also worked at Rich's Frozen Foods (now Maple Donuts) in Lake City and Clifton Automatic Screw Machine also in Lake City.  He enjoyed working...

Wesley C. Herbol, 85, of Fairview, passed away on Sunday, April  7, 2019 at his home.  He was born May 18, 1933 in Erie, a son of the late Henry C. and Maude (Luther) Herbol. He graduated from the Blair Academy, in Blairstown, NJ in 1951. Following high school Wesley received a BA in Economics in 1955 from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL.   Wesley served in the United States Navy, where he began flight training in Pensacola, FL and later Jet training at...

Christine Andrea Orr, 63 of Girard, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born April 5, 1955 in Erie to Jewell (Cochran) Murphy of Girard and the late Norman E. Murphy.  Chris graduated from Girard’s Rice Avenue Union High School in 1973. She majored in special education at Edinboro University and studied computer science at Tri-State Business Institute.  Chris loved her husband, K. Allen Orr, whom she married May 4, 1974, and...

Roger G. Van Tassell, 87, of Erie and formerly of Lake City, died Tuesday March 19, 2019 at Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  He was born July 18, 1931 in Jamestown, New York, a son of the late T. Stewart and Agnes L. (Johnson) Van Tassell.  Roger graduated from Strong Vincent High School in 1949. Following high school he studied Accounting at Penn State University, and in 1951 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was wounded in action during the Korean War and...

Joseph W. Hrinda, 91 of Girard, passed away on Monday March 11, 2019 at pleasant Ridge Manor.  He was born June 9, 1927 in Franklin Twp., a son of the late Michael and Elizabeth (Danko) Chichura Hrinda. Joe graduated in 1946 from the Rice Avenue Union High School  in Girard. Following high school he went to work at Erie Forge and Steel, also known as National Forge, where he worked many years as a Machinist. He retired from there in 1988 as a finish grinder on drive shafts for the...