Virginia V. Lucas Shychuk, age 96 of Erie, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at UPMC Hamot. She was born in Smithdale, Pa. on March 10, 1915 a daughter of the late Michael and Helen Kotcella Lucas. She was a member of Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Shychuk who died in 2002; four sisters, Helen Kertis, Mary Pazics, Ann Stepaniak and Lee Scurle and a brother, Michael Lucas. She is survived by her beloved children, Sharon ' Sherry" Hawley and her husband, Barry of Girard, Mark Shychuk and his wife, Susan of S.C., and Charles Shychuk of Girard. Nine grandchildren, Julianne Hall, Meghan Hawley, Hannah Alberstadt, Nora and Gabriel Shychuk, Nicole Morales, Andrew, Melissa and Lucas Shychuk. Seven great grandchildren, Mackenzie and Natalie Hall, A.J., Oliver, Remington and Josephine Cozzens and Isabella Morales. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. Friends may call at the Francis V. Kloecker Funeral Home, Inc. 2502 Sassafras Street on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to attend the Funeral Service there on Wednesday at 10 a.m.with Rev. Robert Karl officiating. Send condolences to
www.kloeckerfuneralhome.com Burial will be at Erie Cemetery.
( the Erie Times-News on May 16, 2011 )