Erie E. Amtower, 91, formerly of Port Royal, passed away at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at the Bridges at Brookline, Mifflintown.
Born on Sept. 16, 1931, in Turbett Township, Juniata County, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Pauline (Turbett) Booher. On Jan. 4, 1951, she married John E. Amtower, with whom she was blessed to share 52 years of marriage before his passing on Aug. 7, 2003.
She is survived by her two sons, J. Dennis Amtower and his wife Stephanie of McAlisterville and Douglas E. Amtower and his wife Heidi of Ortanna; three grandchildren, Jennifer Weiand and her husband Kevin, Peggy Nipple, and Cindy Frontz and her husband Jonathan; five great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Nan Boldowsky of Mifflintown, Dolores Wharton and her husband Glen of Port Royal, and Mona Barnes and her husband James of Thompsontown; four stepgrandchildren, Elizabeth Stringer and her husband Logan, Nicole Laws, Hannah Fritz and her husband Nik, and Haley Redding and her husband Ethan; and two step-great- grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter-in-law, Susan Amtower; one brother, Robert Booher; one sister, Norma Jean Booher; and one brother-in-law, Wayne Boldowsky.
Mrs. Amtower was a 1949 graduate of Tuscarora Valley High School in Port Royal and was employed and retired as a housekeeper at Locust Grove Retirement Village in Mifflin.
Erie was a member of the Port Royal United Methodist Church and enjoyed word searches, picture puzzle books, and tending her flower garden.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, with Pastor Jennifer Heikes officiating at the Brown Funeral Homes Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown. Interment will follow at Union Memorial Gardens, Mifflintown.
A viewing will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral services at 11 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Mrs. Amtower’s memory can be made to her church, Port Royal United Methodist Church, 105 Fifth St., Port Royal, PA 17082.
Online tributes and condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.brownfuneralhomesinc.com.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 7/5/11 - Image Year: 1949
Erie Booheras she appeared in her 1949 TVHS Yearbook photo.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/27/17 - Image Year: 1949
TVHS CLASS of 1949: FRONT ROW (L-R): Joan Kepner, Erie Booher, Nellie Lyter, Gertrude Andrew, Sarah Wagner, Grace Ard, Nancy Telfer; BACK ROW: (Paul Smith (photographer) Glenn Bitting, Charles McCahan (head bowed), Ross Wagner, Kathryn Deen, Philip Bargo, Patsy Emery, Benjamin Gaul, Mary Lou Aumiller, Penn Purcell Shelley, Robert Ditmer, Harold Shields. (Photo submitted by Penn Purcell Shelley)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 1/24/20 - Image Year: 1989
40TH YEAR REUNION: Held at Stop 35, Mifflintown, Oct 23, 1989: (seated l-r) Nellie Lyter Shank, Patricia Emery Schindler, Mary Lou Bailor, Sally Wagner Fritz, Gertrude Andrew Rhodes; (standing l-r) Ross Wagner, Glenn Bitting, Kathryn Deen Ryan, Joan Kepner Helwig, Erie Booher Amtower, Walter B. Fairman, and Robert W. Ditmer) [Photo by Cathy Leach]
