A forward from another Mail List. I have no other info on viola. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- To: <[email protected]> .> Loomis, Viola Crawford > > > Viola Crawford Loomis Honored WW II Army Nurse > Viola Crawford Loomis, 80, > formerly of Brewer Avenue in Erie, peacefully passed from this life on Sunday > morning January 20, 2008 > at the Twinbrook Medical Center > following an extended illness. > A resident of Erie most of her life, she was born in Corry > on October 11, 1927 > a daughter of the late Frederick Crawford and Henrietta Haines Crawford > Ehrhart. > Viola was a Nurse for 44 years and last worked at the Doctors Osteopathic > Hospital then becoming the Metro Health Center and retiring in 1986. > Previously, she had worked at the Corry Hospital and had also served as a > nurse in WW II with a WAC Mobile Hospital Unit in both the European Theater > and in Australia. She enjoyed crafts, bowling, and dancing. Survivors include > 4 daughters, > Tina Loomis of Erie, > Lisa Loomis of Huntsville, Ala., > Joy Ehrhart and her husband Robert of Union City, > and Patti Loomis of Hollywood, Calif.; > a son, Robert Loomis of Erie; > a sister, Donalda Solkolowski of Ashtabula, Ohio; > a half brother, Wallace Ehrhart and his wife Mary of Union City; nine > grandchildren > including Vincent Loomis whom she and her husband > had raised; seven great grandchildren > also survive. > She was preceded in death by her > husband of 48 years John L. Loomis on May 9, 1999 > and two sons in infancy. > Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt &Son Funeral Home, 5000 Wattsburg > Road, Erie, corner of East Gore Rd. and Pine Ave., Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 > p.m. and are invited to services there on Thursday morning at 11:00 AM > officiated by Rev. George Kennedy. Burial will be in Erie Co. Memorial > Gardens. > > Rev. George Kennedy. .