Armbruster, Esther Marie (Furniss),

Esther Marie (Furniss) Armbruster Esther Marie (Furniss) Armbruster, age 74, a resident of Erie passed to her final reward Monday, January 19, 2009 at St. Vincent Health Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 29, 1934 in Steubenville, Ohio the daughter of the late Howard and Jean Young Furniss. A graduate of Wellsville high school in Ohio, Esther was a secretary at St. Julia's Roman Catholic Church for many years having retired in 2007. A cancer survivor, she was a longtime volunteer at the Regional Cancer Center. A wonderful, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, she was very spiritual and devoted to her Catholic faith. She was proud to be named an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pa. Esther is survived by her husband of 52 years, John (Jay) Armbruster; two sons, Michael Jay Armbruster and his wife Michelle of Buffalo, N.Y. and Mark Edward Armbruster and his wife Gail of Erie along with a daughter Michele Armbruster and her special friend Kay Piper of St. Louis, Mo.. She is the sister of James H. Furniss and his wife Betty of Slidell, La.; Barbara Ann Furniss of Elmira, N.Y. and Vanna Jean Johnson and her husband Charles of Inverness, Fla. Esther is the grandmother of Matthew John and Maeghen Marie Armbruster and the grandmother of Eric George Schaefer and Abby Rose Schaefer along with many surviving nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to call at the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th and Liberty St., Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. and are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial Thursday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Julia Catholic Church, 638 Roslyn Ave, with Msgr. Bruce R. Allison as presider and Msgr. Richard J. McGuire, special friend of the family. Private burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Julia RC Church, 638 Roslyn Ave., Erie, PA 16505 or the Sisters of St. Joseph of NW PA Community Support Fund, 5031 West Ridge Rd., Erie, PA 16506. Arrangements by the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St.
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