{"id":247423,"date":"2026-07-20T01:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247423\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T01:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:21:18","slug":"sally-range-obituary-jul-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247423\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Range Obituary Jul 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pasted=\"true\">Sally A. Range, age 91, of Millcreek, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at Manchester Commons.<\/p>\n<p>She was born in Erie on August 18, 1934, the daughter of the late Gilbert and Rowena Loeffel Ludwig.<\/p>\n<p>Sally was a graduate of Millcreek High School, Class of 1955. She went on to work as a medical assistant and later was co-owner, with her husband, of Bill\u2019s Mower Sales and Service. In her later years, Sally enjoyed collecting and selling antiques.<\/p>\n<p>She was a longtime member of St. Peter\u2019s Lutheran Church, where she served on many committees. She was also a longtime volunteer at Trinity Center and The Upper Room.<\/p>\n<p>Sally was a compassionate woman who always wanted to help others. She loved to read, enjoyed gardening and had a love of antiques. Above all, she was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her family meant the world to her, and she cherished every minute spent with them.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Range; stepmother, Jennie Ludwig; daughter, Lauri Nowak; brother, Gary Ludwig; and grandson, Daniel Stafura.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by three daughters: Betsy Korb and her husband, Scott; Penny Stafura and her husband, Joe; and Amy Hranicky and her husband, Mark; brother, Bruce Ludwig and his wife, Kelly; son-in-law, Greg Nowak; sister-in-law, Marilyn Ludwig; grandchildren, Danielle (Dave) Kocurkovic, Andy (Hannah) Nowak, Jacob Korb, Lauren (Josh) Owens, and Joseph (Jocelyn) Stafura; great-grandchildren, Connor, Parker, Eloise, Elaina, and Emilia; and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Friends may call at Burton Quinn Scott Cremation &amp; Funeral Services, West Ridge, 3801 West 26th St., Erie, on Tuesday July 21, 2026, from 4:00pm to 7:00 pm and are invited to attend services at St. Peter\u2019s Lutheran Church on Wednesday at 10:30 am, followed by burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter\u2019s Lutheran Church, 3968 Hershey Road, Erie, PA 16506, or the Upper Room, 1024 Peach St., Erie, PA 16501.<\/p>\n<p>Send condolences at www.BurtonQuinnScott.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sally A. Range, age 91, of Millcreek, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at Manchester Commons.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-247423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}