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Wallace H. “John” Kerr Jr.

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Wallace H. “John” Kerr Jr.

Birth
Mill Village, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
28 Sep 2019 (aged 83)
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mill Village, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Age 83, resident of Mill Village, the youngest of 14 children of the late Wallace H. Kerr and Marie Jones Kerr. As a youngster, John grew up helping his dad make cheese, and it fostered a lifelong love for cheese and the cheese-making process. John later worked for many years at the Carnation Milk Plant in Cambridge Springs and then for Meadow Brook Dairy in Erie. His last ten years before retiring, he enjoyed his work as a custodian at General McLane High School, where he made many friendships. He was a faithful member of the Waterford Nazarene Church.

Preceding him in death was his grandson Rien Wetmore; and 11 brothers and sisters.

Survivors include his wife Shirley Ann Lund Kerr; his children—John Kerr and wife Patti of Ripley, N.Y., Leslie Kerr and wife Pat of Thomasville, Ga., Roy Kerr and wife Janet of Kewaskum, Wis., Reta Washburn and husband Fred of Saegertown, Charles Daniel Hodges of Stow, Ohio, and Carrie Naomi Hodges of Akron, Ohio; seven grandchildren; many beloved great-grandchildren; and two sisters—Dora Porter and husband Delbert of Union City, and June Almazon of Edinboro.
Age 83, resident of Mill Village, the youngest of 14 children of the late Wallace H. Kerr and Marie Jones Kerr. As a youngster, John grew up helping his dad make cheese, and it fostered a lifelong love for cheese and the cheese-making process. John later worked for many years at the Carnation Milk Plant in Cambridge Springs and then for Meadow Brook Dairy in Erie. His last ten years before retiring, he enjoyed his work as a custodian at General McLane High School, where he made many friendships. He was a faithful member of the Waterford Nazarene Church.

Preceding him in death was his grandson Rien Wetmore; and 11 brothers and sisters.

Survivors include his wife Shirley Ann Lund Kerr; his children—John Kerr and wife Patti of Ripley, N.Y., Leslie Kerr and wife Pat of Thomasville, Ga., Roy Kerr and wife Janet of Kewaskum, Wis., Reta Washburn and husband Fred of Saegertown, Charles Daniel Hodges of Stow, Ohio, and Carrie Naomi Hodges of Akron, Ohio; seven grandchildren; many beloved great-grandchildren; and two sisters—Dora Porter and husband Delbert of Union City, and June Almazon of Edinboro.

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  • Created by: Edie
  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203419087/wallace_h-kerr: accessed ), memorial page for Wallace H. “John” Kerr Jr. (9 May 1936–28 Sep 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203419087, citing Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Edie (contributor 46739327).