Peter Brendy Marin
Peter Brendy Marin, age 21, of Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, December 18, 2008. He was born March 29, 1987, in Erie, son of Dennis R. and Cathy B. Marin. He graduated in 2005 from Cathedral Preparatory School, and attended Mercyhurst College and Gannon University. Since the age of sixteen, his life was a profile in courage battling osteosarcoma.
After numerous surgeries and chemotherapies, rarely did he complain. He was deeply thankful for his close, supportive classmates from Prep, and those high school friends from Fairview; he wishes all of them many years of happiness. He was deeply thankful for the support and encouragement of the many employees and members of Lake Shore Country Club, where he worked for several summers, and was deeply thankful for the medical personnel and caseworkers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and also other local physicians. Peter is predeceased by grandparents, John C. and Rose Mary Marin, and Joseph T. and Margaret Helen Ruckman Brendy.
In addition to his parents,
he is survived by his brother, Andrew J. Marin of University Heights, Ohio; his uncles, John R. Marin of Charlotte, North Carolina, and William Okel of Woodbridge, Illinois; his aunt, Marcia Mercer of Coshocton, Ohio;
and several cousins.
Friends may call Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brugger Home for Funerals, 1595 West 38th Street at Greengarden Boulevard. Services will be held there Tuesday at 9:15 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Jude the Apostle Church at 10 o’clock. Interment will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Make-a-Wish Foundation, 707 Grant Street, 37th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15210-1016, the foundation that tries to capture and grant the dreams of that youngster whose dreams and hopes have been assaulted by a dreaded disease, or to Family House, 5301 Fifth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15231, the home away from home for all those struggling with the many costs of illness for their loved ones. Condolences at www.bruggerfuneralhomes.com
Erie Times-News from 12/20/2008 - 12/22/2008,

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