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Martha C GRUCZA Bauer [DECEASED] [12/26/21-5/6/07]
OBIT
[note: Times-News official obit misstated date of death as April 6, 2007 instead of actual date of May 6, 2007]
Martha C. Bauer Martha C. Bauer, 85, of Erie, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Pleasant Ridge Manor West. Born in Erie December 26, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Gertrude Seelinger Grucza.
She was a graduate of Strong Vincent High School and Hamot School of Nursing class of 1945. She was intensely proud of her profession as a registered nurse. She was in the Nurse Cadet Corps during World War II; and was active in Civil Defense and taught widely in the area after the war. She had been a nurse at Millcreek Community Hospital and at Hamot Medical Center for 52 years.
Her life was devoted to her family. She enjoyed the friendship of young and old alike, often “adopting” the children of friends and giving them her special love. She spent many happy summers at her cottage at Rockdale Acres, entertaining friends and family and active in it’s association.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank and James Grucza. She is survived by two daughters, Ann Dawson, husband, Ed, and Kathleen Bauer, all Erie; one son, Frank Bauer, wife, Judy, Erie; four grandchildren, Christopher and Sean Dawson, and Aaron and Caitlin Bauer; two sisters, Jeanne McLaughlin, husband, Robert, of Erie, and Anne Day, husband, Don, of Wisconsin; three brothers, Warren Grucza and William Grucza, wife, Helene, all Erie, and David Grucza, wife, Cynthia, Clymer, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Brugger Home For Funerals LLP, 1595 W. 38th at Greengarden Blvd., Tuesday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Wednesday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Services there Thursday at 9:30 a.m. with a Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church at 10 a.m. Burial at Calvary Cemetery. Memorials to Pleasant Ridge Manor Friend’s Forever.
Send condolences at bruggerfuneralhomes.com.
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