Ruth Stinson Fioravanti

Ruth Stinson Fioravanti Ruth Stinson Fioravanti, 79, of Erie, died Friday evening June 5, 2009 at Hamot Medical Center. A resident of Erie all of her life, she was born in Erie on May 22, 1930 a daughter of the late Reed and Lucille Roth Stinson. Ruth was a 1948 graduate of Academy High School and went on to graduate from Hamot Nursing School. She began as a nurse for many years at Hamot Medical Center and went on to become a Visiting Nurse. She had also been a nurse for many years with Dr. Bales. She was a member of Garden Heights Baptist Church, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, and the Siebenbuerger Club. She enjoyed sewing for many years and ceramics. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Adam A. Fioravanti, Jr.; and three brothers, Reed, William, and James Stinson. Survivors include one daughter, Susan Fioravanti-Weaver and her husband Richard of Erie; two sons, Patrick Fioravanti and his wife Toni of Greene Twp., and Donald Fioravanti and his wife Kristie of Erie; and five grandchildren, Gina, Anthony, and Angela Weaver, and Adam and Nico Fioravanti. Many nieces and nephews also survive. Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home Inc., 5000 Wattsburg Road (corner of East Gore and Pine Ave.) on Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. and are invited to services there on Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. officiated by Rev. Dwight Wagner, Pastor of Garden Heights Baptist Church. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Sign the guestbook at www.GoErie.com/obits