Walter P. Arbus, age 96, of Erie, died at the VA Medical Center in Erie, on Sunday, June 29, 2008. Born in Pittsburgh, May 20, 1912, he was a son of Peter and Alice (Ukivitch) Arbus. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force, in the Philippine Campaign during WWII and worked as a carpenter for 33 years for various contractors, including: E.E. Austin, H Platt and Bill Kocher, retiring in 1976. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Olga (Mikitos) Arbus, who died in 1984; four brothers, Arthur and John "Jake" Stezen, Paul Vysocke and Nick Arbus; one sister, Mildred Cocoroff. He is survived by three sisters, Lydia Kriska, of McKee's Rocks, Pa.; Eva Pisacich, husband Ed, of Sun City West, Ariz.; Veda Ellis, husband Ralph of Dover, Del. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Walter P. Arbus, age 96, of Erie, died at the VA Medical Center in Erie, on Sunday, June 29, 2008. Born in Pittsburgh, May 20, 1912, he was a son of Peter and Alice (Ukivitch) Arbus. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force, in the Philippine Campaign during WWII and worked as a carpenter for 33 years for various contractors, including: E.E. Austin, H Platt and Bill Kocher, retiring in 1976. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Olga (Mikitos) Arbus, who died in 1984; four brothers, Arthur and John "Jake" Stezen, Paul Vysocke and Nick Arbus; one sister, Mildred Cocoroff. He is survived by three sisters, Lydia Kriska, of McKee's Rocks, Pa.; Eva Pisacich, husband Ed, of Sun City West, Ariz.; Veda Ellis, husband Ralph of Dover, Del. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
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