Shirlie Schaming

Shirlie A. Jackson Schaming, age 85, of Erie passed away at Pleasant Ridge Manor West on Sunday April 9, 2017.

Shirlie was born on December 23, 1931, in Coudersport, PA, a daughter of the late Earl S. and Kathryn (Lindberg) Jackson. She graduated from Fairview High School class of 1949. Shirlie spent more than 35 years as a heater assembler for Glenn Electric Heater Company and retired in 1997. She adored her family and loved spending time with them and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

In addition to her parents, Shirlie was preceded in death by her husband David L. Schaming on September 19, 2007, a daughter, Sandi Bootes; two brothers, Earl Jackson and George Jackson; and a sister Ruth Wright. She is survived by two sons; James Nicholson and wife Tina of Harborcreek, and Terry Nicholson and wife Kathy of Erie; two daughters, Cynthia Nicholson of Harborcreek and Kimberly Wingo and her husband Darwin from Houston, TX; a sister June Seroka of Girard; she is further survived by twelve grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. A special thank you to her grandson Jimmy and his fiancée Angie.

Friends may call at Burton Wintergreen Funeral Home, 2532 Norcross Rd. on Thursday April 13 from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm and are invited to attend services there on Friday April 14 at 11:00 am with Reverend David Edmunds as celebrant. Burial to follow at Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery.