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- [S318] Historical Society of St. Marys & Benzinger Township, Portzer, Harry A.
Brother of Local Folks Passes Away Harry Portzer Died Saturday Night in Ridgway, Funeral Services Thursday
Ridgway: August 9th. Harry A. Portzer, 55, employed as a millwright at Hyde Murphy Company for twenty-four years and father of three sons serving in the United States armed forces, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at 201 Monroe Avenue Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. He had been working all day and was stricken following the evening meal. A funeral service will be held Thursday morning at nine o'clock in St. Leo's Church. Internment in St. Leo's Cemetery.
Mr. Portzer was born in St. Marys on February 18, 1888, a son of the late Katherine Daniel Portzer and Henry Portzer. He was employed at Hyde-Murphy Company since 1919. Mr. Portzer was a member of the Carpenter’s and Joiner's Union, the Knights of Columbus, and the Protected Home Circle. He leaves his widow the former Maude Frantz of Johnsonburg; three sons, Staff Sergeant Thomas Portzer, stationed in Iceland; Lloyd Portzer, a member of the See Bees at Camp Peary, Virginia, and Private Gerald Portzer, stationed in Arizona. Two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Albert Blessel, Mrs. Raymond Feldbauer, and Edward Portzer, St. Marys, and Frank Portzer of DuBois, also survive.
Historical Society of St. Marys and Benzinger Township
Daily Press, The: AUG1943
- [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Portzer, Thomas H.
Portzer, Thomas H., 88, of Roanoke, formerly of St. Mary's, Pa., passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. He was born March 5, 1915, in Medix Run, Pa., the son of Henry (Harry) A. Portzer and Ella Maude Frantz Portzer, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death were his wife of forty years, Magdalen Blessel Portzer, one sister and three brothers. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Iceland and Europe during World War II. He had been employed b by Sylvania Electrical Products of Emporium, Pa. and Keystone Carbon Company of St. Mary's, Pa. where he retired in 1978. Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Jean and Casimir Kwitowski of Erie, Pa.; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Dory Portzer of Roanoke; daughter, Lucy Portzer of Roanoke; granddaughter and husband, Heather and Brian Rifkin of Hershey, Pa.; grandson and wife, Bernard and Nicole Kwitowski of Wilmington, Del.; granddaughter, Holly Kwitowski of Erie, Pa.; grandson, Matthew Portzer of Roanoke; and three canine companions, Polly, Winnie and Dickens. Also surviving are three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2003, at St. Elias Catholic Church. Father Rudolph Wakim will officiate. Interment will take place in St. Mary's Cemetery in St. Mary's, Pa. beside the remains of his beloved wife. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Oakey's North Chapel. A Prayer Service will be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel with visitation to follow until 9 p.m. The family wishes to acknowledge special friends who assisted in his care, Ethel Frantz of Rochester, N.Y., Tammi Jackson and Stephanie Orange of Eldercare Services, and Dawn Hale who thought of him as her second dad. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel (362-1237).
Daily Press, The: April 23, 2003
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