Obituaries

David R. Janke Sr., age 67, of Erie passed away on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie. He was born in Erie on Nov. 8, 1952, the son of the late Chester Arthur and Irene Elizabeth

Eugene L. Trayer, 74, of North East died on Jan. 11, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie. He was born on June 20, 1945, the son of the late Clyde Lawrence and Ruth (Reed) Trayer. Eugene worked as a

Julia (Mineweaser) Yohe, age 80, of North East, passed into eternal life on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at her residence. Almost being a "New Years Baby" by eleven minutes, she was born on Dec. 31, 193

Dorothy (Storie) Davis, 83 of North East passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. She was born on July 3, 1936 in Watertown, N.Y., the daughter of the late Floyd and Inez Storie Parmenter. She was a nan

Robert L. Luke, 79, of North East, passed away Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 at UPMC Hamot Medical Center. He was born on July 21, 1940 in North East, a son of the late Harry and Ruth (Schultz) Luke. He was

Anthony J. Fedele, age 81, of Harborcreek, died on Saturday Dec. 28, 2019 at UPMC Hamot. He was the son of the late Joseph and Wava (Strain) Fedele. Anthony served in the United States Navy and was

John J. Kuchcinski, age 74, of North East, died on Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020. He was born on November 24, 1945 in Erie, Pa., to the late Stanley F. and Theodora F. (Lepkowski) Kuchcinski. John graduate

Dennis R. Geraci, age 73, of North East died at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 1, 2020. He was born on April 24, 1946, the son of the late Donald J. "Rico" and Beryl (Barker) G

Richard “Dick” Douglas Youngs, a long-time resident of Hurley, New Mexico and most recently of Tucson, Arizona, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 14, in Tucson. A Celebration of a Life wel

Joseph M. Kloss, 77, of North East, Pa., passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 at his home. He was born on May 1, 1942 in Erie, Pa., a son of the late Myron Kloss and the late Dorothy Zapolski. Joe owned

Sara Jo Cummings, 30, of North East died on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. She was born on Oct. 21, 1989, the daughter of Josephine (Hackett) Cummings of North East and the late Roger Lee Cummings. She gradu

Margaret E. Wike, 93, of North East, passed away Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at her daughters’ home in Westfield, NY. She was born on August 16, 1926 in Barkeyville, Pa., a daughter of the late Daniel L.

Norman P. Caron, 70, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 in Caribou. Norm was born in Lewiston, Maine on May 21, 1949 to Walter and Antoinette (Jalbert) Caron. Norm spent six years in the Marine Cor

Thomas P. Flanders, 66, of Harborcreek, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, following a brief illness. Tom was born in Erie on October 14, 1953, son of the late

Kelley Lee Ganska Wilke, 41, of Harborcreek, passed away peacefully in her sleep, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. She was born in Erie on July 26, 1978, daughter of Leroy M. and Laurie A. (Smith) Ganska of

Nels A. Nelson, 90, of North East, died on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie. He was born on Oct. 3, 1929 in Harborcreek, Pa., the son of the late Oscar S. and Gerda Nelson. Ne

Terence A. “Terry” Weber, age 71, of North East Township, passed away peacefully at his home, on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, following a lengthy illness. Terry was born in Erie on Sept. 20, 1948, a so

Barbara Luce Dayton, 94, of North East, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 at Sarah Reed. She was born on January 7, 1924 in Harborcreek, Pa., the daughter of Daniel H. and Gertrude (Ferris) Luc

Howard R. Van Allsburg, 76, of North East died on Dec. 17, 2019, at UPMC Hamot. He was born on March 4, 1943, in Erie, the son of the late Joseph Reed and Dorothy (Bemiss) Van Allsburg. Howard atten

Wilma B. Riser, 79, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, at her residence in North East. She was born on May 15, 1940, in Mount Pleasant, Pa., a daughter of the late William and Sadie Brown Mowry. She

Jacob Hunter Strain, of North East, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at UPMC Hamot. He was born on Oct. 9, 2000, to Wendy S. (Janke) Strain of North East and the late Scott Jacob Strain. He

Gilbert R. Stetson, age 93, of Arizona formerly of North East, died on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Casa De La Luz Hopsice Care in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in Ripley, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 1926, the so

Alice F. Page, of Summit Township, formerly of North East, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at the age of 81. Alice was born on Dec. 24, 1937, in Welch, West Virginia, to the late Joseph and Cha

Michael D. Konetsky, age 57, of Harborcreek Township, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, Dec.10, 2019, following his courageous battle with small cell lung cancer.

Donnie Edward Homan Jr., age 57 of Erie, died on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at his residence. He was born on Nov. 9, 1962, the son of the late Donnie Edward Homan Sr. and Alta Lucille (Proper) Raymond. D