Erika E. Herzog

1944 - 2020

Erika E. Herzog, 75
Beloved wife, mother and oma
Erika E. Herzog (maiden name Seibert), 75 years old, beloved wife, mother and oma, passed away Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, after a long and courageous battle with COPD.
Erika was born on May 22, 1944, in Reichenbach-Odenwald, Germany. She grew up knowing the difficulties of life in post World War II Germany yet had a happy childhood surrounded by many friends and family in her small town. As a young woman she studied all aspects of Cosmetology and worked in various salons in Germany.
She met her future husband, Henry, who was serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Germany and immigrated to the US in 1965. She settled on S.I., N.Y., living in Great Kills and then in Prince's Bay.
In 2001 she and her husband moved to Greenfield Center, in Upstate NY, near Saratoga Springs. Erika had a varied love of all forms of art, painting, sketching, sculpting, floral arranging and gardening. She had a vast knowledge of houseplants and their various needs. Erika was a talented seamstress and sewed many items for her daughters, Ruth and Ursula. She had a great love and appreciation for nature and animals. She dearly loved all of her dogs through the years, Snoopy, Toby, and lastly her two little Dachshunds Max and Moritz.
She loved all children and adored her granddaughters, Katarina and Olivia; she will always be their oma.
Erika is survived by her husband, Henry; daughters, Ursula Albano and her husband, Paul Albano, and Ruth Herzog and her husband, John McKoy; granddaughters, Katarina and Olivia, and her sister, Ursula Seibert who resides in Germany.
Erika was cremated and a memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 11 a.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 205 Jefferson Blvd., S.I., N.Y.
In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made in Erika's name to Messiah Lutheran Lift Fund.