It's hard to imagine two brothers who spent so much fun time together.To this day i tell anyone i can how great it was that we were lucky enough to share so many experiences.
miss you brother & hero.
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Richard (Rick) Charles Gorzynski, 48, of Milcreek Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004 at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1955, in Erie, son of Marjorie M. Gloystein Gorzynski Santabene of Erie and the late Richard Gorzynski.
For twenty years he was a partner in the accounting firm of Gorzynski, Felix, & Gloekler PC. He was a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also served with Engine 13 of the Erie Bureau of Fire and was a member of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 293. He had served in the U.S. Air Force and received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Gannon University.
Rick was an extraordinary human being as well as a beloved and dedicated family man. He balanced his remarkable career as a brilliant accountant and full-time fire fighter with dedicated community service and leadership. He was highly regarded in the Erie area as an athlete and was one of only seven people to have competed in each event of the first 21 years of the Quad Games. He also competed in the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. He coached baseball in the Millcreek Youth Athletic Association for 12 years and also served as a volunteer with many other local organizations.
He was survived by his beloved wife of 29 years, Beth Hellman Gorzynski; his daughter, Jennifer Minor and her husband, Howard of Erie; his son Chip Gorzynski of Erie; his brother, Jim Gorzynski of Erie; his sister Christine Thayer of Erie; two stepsisters, Kathleen Painter of Pittsburgh and Michelle Field of Erie; and two grandchildren.
Friends called Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. at A. Brugger & Son Funeral Home, Pine Avenue Branch, 845 East 38th St. A service was held there Friday at 1:00 p.m., officiated by the Rev. James W. McCormack of Church of the Cross. Burial was at Dunn Valley Cemetery.
Memorials were made to Great Lakes Hospice, 1700 Peach St., Suite 244, Erie, PA 16501, or the charity of the donor’s choice.
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Bruce Baldwin |
Rick was one of those brilliant and extraordinary human beings who make other peoples lives worth living. The forty-eight years of his remarkable life were a blessing, a gift, and an inspiration. At some point I might have met a better man but I can't imagine who that could have been. Please accept the continuing sympathies of Bruce and Sheila Baldwin and this small remembrance for a man we were greatly honored to have known. |