Melissa L. Blakeslee Holzer
June 13, 1967 ~ February 16, 2009
Born in:
Meadville, PA
Resided in:
Meadville, PA
Melissa L. Blakeslee Holzer
Melissa L. Blakeslee Holzer, 41, of 12730 Van Horne Road, Meadville, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center, after a courageous battle with cancer.She was born in Meadville, June 13, 1967, a daughter of Gerald Smith and Bonnie Weaver Calvin.She worked for Loeffler's Flower Shop then, after attending Edinboro University, went to Le Com Pharmaceutical School and worked as a pharmaceutical tech with CVS of Conneaut Lake.Survivors include her father, Gerald Smith and his wife, Marge, of Orlando, Fla.; her mother, Bonnie Calvin and her husband, Larry, of Meadville; her fianc�, William Holzer of Meadville; three children, Nicholas Blakeslee, Stephanie Holzer and William Holzer II, all of Meadville; four sisters, Stacey Hagberg of Meadville, Shelley Martin and her husband, Rick, of Columbus, Ohio, Suzanne Soliday and her husband, Ted, of Front Royal, Va., and Lisa Billello and her husband, Joseph, of Winter Springs, Fla.; two brothers, William Smith, and Matt Smith and his wife, Jerri, of Orlando; and several nieces and nephews.Calling hours will be Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and 6 to 8 p.m. at Roofner-Collins Funeral Home Inc., 544 Chestnut St., Meadville.The funeral and committal service will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Brumagin of Pastoral Care at Meadville Medical Center officiating.The family requests memorials be made to the Oncology Wellness Institute, 16792 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, Pa. 16335.
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