All Obituaries

Carl A. Amidon, 60 of Berea, OH and formerly of Girard, died Monday August 12, 2019 at the Cleveland Clinic, following an extended illness.  He was born April 8, 1959 in Natrona Heights, PA, a son of Carol R. (Lewis) Amidon of Butler and the late Charles E. Amidon.  Carl graduated from the Girard High School in 1977, where he was active in assisting in the school plays. He studied computer technology in Pittsburgh, following high school. He had been employed by Sidasa Coatings for...

Alliene D.  Lewis, 93, of McKean, passed away peacefully at her home on August  9, 2019 surrounded by her family.   She was born September 6, 1925 in the Greene Township area of Erie County, daughter of the late Clarence and Emma Denning Stewart.  Although retired, she remained active on her farm by assisting her daughter with the daily chores involved with her daughter’s dairy herd.   Mrs. Lewis with her husband, Victor, started their dairy farm in...

Susan A. Territo, 70, of Erie, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2019 at UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA.  She was born on July 11, 1949 in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of the late Louis and Nancy (Kumro) Danz.   Susan graduated from Arch Bishop Carroll High School in Buffalo, NY.  Following high school she worked at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, then the Buffalo Children's Hospital where she worked in Medical Transcription. Susan decided to take a different approach to...

Kathyrn R.  Dudas, 93, of Fairview and formerly of Lake City, went to see Jesus on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at her home.  She was born on August 28, 1925 in Butler, PA, a daughter of the late Paul and Alice (Wilson) Mangold.   Kathryn graduated from Girard's Rice Avenue Union High School in 1943 and then attended Hamot Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1946. She worked at Hamot until 1950, and later in 1970 began working at the Sarah A. Reed Retirement Home, where...

Donald E. Eagley, 90, of Lake City, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2019 at Pleasant Ridge Manor.  He was born September 24, 1928 in Erie, a son of late Karl C. and Nellie M. (Fairburn) Eagley.   Donald was raised and educated in Girard, graduated from Rice Avenue Union High School in 1946. Following high school he enlisted in the US Army during the occupational force following WW2 combat operations. He was deployed to Puson, Korea, with the 60th Military Government HQ, serving 14...

William Robert "Bill" Powell, 79 of Lake City, and the unofficial "Mayor" of Martin Avenue,  SLOW DOWN, passed away peacefully at his home, Saturday evening, July 27, 2019, surrounded by his family.   He was born  December 19, 1939 in Conneaut, OH, the son of the late  Jonie H. and Gertrude I. (Roberts) Powell.  Bill graduated from Girard's Rice Avenue Union High School in 1958 and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He  served with...

Robert E. “Bob” Rayburg, 71 of Girard passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 19, 2019 at his home. He was born in Erie, January 17, 1948 a son of the late Robert C. Rayburg and Shirley A. (Babbitt) Snyder. Bob graduated from Rice Avenue Union High School in 1965.  Following high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1967, during the Vietnam War. He deployed twelve months in foreign service as an aviation structural mechanic aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk (CV-63)....

Margaret "Peggy" Ashton, 78, of Girard, died on Wednesday morning, July 17, 2019 in the comfort of her home with family, following an extended illness.   She was born on July 17, 1941 to the late Paul and Mary (Senyo) Winne in Erie, PA. She graduated from Rice Avenue Union High School in 1959 and upon graduation started working at Great Lakes Freezer Plant in Lake City as a secretary and later as a cost clerk. Peggy later worked at PHB Die Cast and most recently at...

Daniel D. Pacansky, 72 of Lake City, died Thursday July 11, 2019 at Fairview Manor.  He was born in Erie, Pa. on March 14, 1947, a son of the late Joseph E. and Elizabeth J. Pesta Pacansky.   Dan graduated from Girard's Rice Avenue Union High School in 1965 and then was employed at the model works in Girard and at Beaver Paint. From 1970 to 2002 he worked at the Ervite Corp. (Metalade of NY and APW Inc.), his last position held there as a TIG welder. After studying welding at...

Thomas R. Thompson, 69, of Albion, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at UPMC Hamot. He was born in Erie, February 5, 1950, a son of the late Lyle R. and Donna (Cox) Thompson.  Tom graduated from Northwestern High School in 1968. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and completed basic training at Ft. Campbell, KY. He later went on to serve in Germany as an MP at Kaiserslautern Army Base. There he served with the 59th Ordinance Brigade, 558th Military Police...