Peter Raymond Biebel, Jr.

Peter Raymond Biebel, Jr., 88, of Waterford, died Monday September 26, 2011 at his residence following a brief illness. A resident of the Erie area all of his life he was born in Waterford on November 8, 1922 a son of the late Peter Sr. and Helen Murphy Biebel.

He was a graduate of Brown School, a one room schoolhouse which he bought later and raised his family there. He was a lifelong member of St. Boniface Catholic Church and enjoyed farming and gardening.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Betty Jane Osborne Biebel; eight sisters, Mildren Hellman, Frances Kaveney, Gertrude Biebel, Edna Dahlkemper, Grace Nellis, Alice Moritz, Florence Moritz, and Betty Suroviec; and two brothers, Edward and John Eugene Biebel.

Survivors include four daughters, Shirley Blancho of Erie, Jean Conn and her husband Eugene of Waterford, Marilyn Sontheimer and her husband Sonny of Erie, and Mary Stevens of Allyn, WA; three sons, David Biebel and his wife Antoinette of Waterford, John Biebel and his wife Cindy of Wattsburg, and Randy Biebel and his wife Joy of Waterford; one brother, Robert George Biebel and his wife Mildred of Union City; one sister, Helen Allgeier and her husband Dick of Greene Township; 21 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home Inc., 5000 Wattsburg Road, on Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to a prayer service there on Friday morning at 9:15 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Boniface Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m.. Burial will follow in Mount of Olives Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to St. Boniface Catholic Church, 9367 Wattsburg Road, Erie, 16509; St. Boniface Food Pantry, 9333 Tate Road, Erie, 16509; or Regional Home Health and Hospice, 3526 Peach St., Erie, 16508.

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