Paul Kowalczyk Paul Kowalczyk, 70, a resident of the Erie area most of his life, died on Monday morning September 29, 2008 at his Millcreek Township home following a brief illness. He was born in Erie on August 21, 1938 a son of the late Stanley and Stella Warda Kowalczyk. He was a 1955 graduate of Harbor Creek High School. Paul had served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years and retired in 1975. He then worked as a maintenance millwright for 20 years at the Uniflow Manufacturing Co. in Erie and then was a security guard at TEMCO Electric Materials Co. in North East. He was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, the US Navy Fleet Reserve, American Legion Carl Neff Post #571, and enjoyed gardening and watching sports. Survivors include his wife of 40 years Rose Mary “RMK” Doyle Kowalczyk; a daughter, Kimberly Ann “Kim” Kowalczyk of Pleasant Prairie, Wis.; a brother, Frederick “Fred” Kowalczyk and his wife Barbara of Harborcreek; two sisters, Betty Wilson of Syracuse, N.Y. and Dolores Carey and her husband Ken of Portsmouth, Va,; two sister in laws, June Vash and her husband Charles of Erie and Carol Doyle of Felton, Del.; an aunt, Jennie Zdunski of Erie; several nieces, nephews, and cousins also survive. He was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy, Kristen Ann in 1976 and two brother in laws, Jack Doyle and Don Wilson. Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt &Son Funeral Home, 5000 Wattsburg Road, Erie, corner of East Gore Rd. &Pine Ave., Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p..m. and are invited to prayer services there on Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 10:00 a.m. Burial with military honors by Carl Neff Post #571 will be in Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery. If desired, memorials may be made to the John Kanzius Cancer Research Fund, 915 State St., Erie, PA 16501 or the VNA Hospice of Erie Co., 1305 Peach St., Erie, PA 16501. Sign the
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