Kenneth L. Erdman

Kenneth L. Erdman

Kenneth Erdman Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from May 9 to May 10, 2008.
Kenneth L. Erdman

Kenneth L. Erdman, 83, of Harrisburg, passed away Wednesday at Holy Spirit Hospital.
He was born in Shamokin on July 8h 1924, to the late Abel A. and Mary C. (Skopaz) Erdman.
He managed the McKinney Construction Company in Sunbury until 1969; he then went to work for Campbell Ray Hayes & Large in Altoona. In 1976, he went to work for E. I. Associates as an Architectural Representative until his retirement. He was a World War II 164th Combat Engineer, Army Veteran. Kenneth was a member of Paxton United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 998, Moose Lodge 382, AARP and the Carpenters Union, and was a 1942 graduate of Coal Township High School.
He is survived by his wife, Mary M. (Shipe) Erdman, whom he married in 1946; his two sons, Kenneth L. Erdman (his wife Lois) of Pittsburgh and Abel A. Erdman (his wife Vita) of St. Louis, MO; two sisters, Betty L. Kasody of State College, Gertrude B. Harper of CA; two grandchildren, Karl Erdman and his wife, Ellie of Memphis, TN and Alexander Erdman of St. Louis, MO.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 10th at 3 p.m., at the Jesse H. Geigle Funeral Home, 2100 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg. Rev. Richard E. Denison will be officiating. There will be a viewing from 7-9 p.m., on Friday and from 2-3 p.m., on Saturday at the funeral home. Burial with full military honors will be at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in can be made to his church at 3550 N. Progress Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Geigle

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