Age 74, son of the late William and Anna Burke Abercrombie.
He served with the U.S. Navy throughout the Pacific Theater during World War II and was honored with the Navy Cross with five oak clusters for heroism in Guam. He worked as a blacksmith for Erie City Iron Works, retiring in 1979 after 26 years. He played bagpipes for 28 years with the Erepa Grotto Pipe Band. He served as a scuba diver with the Erie County Sheriff's Department water rescue team and volunteered at the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Abercrombie.
Survivors include his wife, Margretta Guntrum Abercrombie, whom he married March 22, 1946; four daughters, Barbara Anna Pett and her husband, Albert, of Waterford, Penny Green and her husband, Dennis, of Erie, Lynn Cline and her husband, Jere, of Cary, N.C., and Sheila Strawser of Pittsburgh; two sons, John A. Abercrombie of Mentor, Ohio, and George Abercrombie and his wife, Kathleen, of Mill Village; three brothers, William Abercrombie and his wife, Irene, of Daytona Beach, Fla., Ronald Abercrombie of South Carolina and Douglas Abercrombie and his wife, Peggy, of Spartansburg, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Burial with full military honors will be at Mill Village Cemetery.
He served with the U.S. Navy throughout the Pacific Theater during World War II and was honored with the Navy Cross with five oak clusters for heroism in Guam. He worked as a blacksmith for Erie City Iron Works, retiring in 1979 after 26 years. He played bagpipes for 28 years with the Erepa Grotto Pipe Band. He served as a scuba diver with the Erie County Sheriff's Department water rescue team and volunteered at the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Abercrombie.
Survivors include his wife, Margretta Guntrum Abercrombie, whom he married March 22, 1946; four daughters, Barbara Anna Pett and her husband, Albert, of Waterford, Penny Green and her husband, Dennis, of Erie, Lynn Cline and her husband, Jere, of Cary, N.C., and Sheila Strawser of Pittsburgh; two sons, John A. Abercrombie of Mentor, Ohio, and George Abercrombie and his wife, Kathleen, of Mill Village; three brothers, William Abercrombie and his wife, Irene, of Daytona Beach, Fla., Ronald Abercrombie of South Carolina and Douglas Abercrombie and his wife, Peggy, of Spartansburg, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Burial with full military honors will be at Mill Village Cemetery.
Age 74, son of the late William and Anna Burke Abercrombie.
He served with the U.S. Navy throughout the Pacific Theater during World War II and was honored with the Navy Cross with five oak clusters for heroism in Guam. He worked as a blacksmith for Erie City Iron Works, retiring in 1979 after 26 years. He played bagpipes for 28 years with the Erepa Grotto Pipe Band. He served as a scuba diver with the Erie County Sheriff's Department water rescue team and volunteered at the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Abercrombie.
Survivors include his wife, Margretta Guntrum Abercrombie, whom he married March 22, 1946; four daughters, Barbara Anna Pett and her husband, Albert, of Waterford, Penny Green and her husband, Dennis, of Erie, Lynn Cline and her husband, Jere, of Cary, N.C., and Sheila Strawser of Pittsburgh; two sons, John A. Abercrombie of Mentor, Ohio, and George Abercrombie and his wife, Kathleen, of Mill Village; three brothers, William Abercrombie and his wife, Irene, of Daytona Beach, Fla., Ronald Abercrombie of South Carolina and Douglas Abercrombie and his wife, Peggy, of Spartansburg, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Burial with full military honors will be at Mill Village Cemetery.
He served with the U.S. Navy throughout the Pacific Theater during World War II and was honored with the Navy Cross with five oak clusters for heroism in Guam. He worked as a blacksmith for Erie City Iron Works, retiring in 1979 after 26 years. He played bagpipes for 28 years with the Erepa Grotto Pipe Band. He served as a scuba diver with the Erie County Sheriff's Department water rescue team and volunteered at the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Abercrombie.
Survivors include his wife, Margretta Guntrum Abercrombie, whom he married March 22, 1946; four daughters, Barbara Anna Pett and her husband, Albert, of Waterford, Penny Green and her husband, Dennis, of Erie, Lynn Cline and her husband, Jere, of Cary, N.C., and Sheila Strawser of Pittsburgh; two sons, John A. Abercrombie of Mentor, Ohio, and George Abercrombie and his wife, Kathleen, of Mill Village; three brothers, William Abercrombie and his wife, Irene, of Daytona Beach, Fla., Ronald Abercrombie of South Carolina and Douglas Abercrombie and his wife, Peggy, of Spartansburg, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Burial with full military honors will be at Mill Village Cemetery.
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