Rita M. Lorenwski Coy

Rita M. Lorenwski Coy, 82, of Erie, died Friday afternoon October 2, 2009 at Sarah A. Reed Retirement Center following a lengthy illness. A resident of Erie all of her life she was born on August 14, 1927 a daughter of the late Walter and Ann Aloiz Lorenwski.

Rita was a graduate of St. Benedict Academy and was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting and knitting.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one brother Clem Lorenwski.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, George H. Coy; two sons, James Coy and wife and Kenneth Coy and his wife Debbie, all of Erie; one daughter, Terri Spiece of Erie and her husband Robert; four grandchildren, Chris Speice and his wife Lydia, Vicki Coy, Amy Matteson and her husband Kevin, and Kevin Speice; four great grandchildren, Adam, Regan, Robert, and Johnathan; and three step grandchildren, Chuck Hall, and Buddy and Jeremy Ingro. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home Inc., 5000 Wattsburg Road (corner of East Gore and Pine Ave.) on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to prayer services there on Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Because you Care, Inc., PO Box 54, McKean, PA, 16428

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