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Mary E. Raub

Obituary
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Carrier in Aviation Mary Eileen Kaehler Raub, age 91, of Erie, Pa., died on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Twinbrook Medical Center. She was born on May 16, 1921 in Albion, Pa., a daughter of the late Leo E. and B. Marie Kaehler. She grew up in Girard, graduated from Rice Avenue High School and later attended Kent State University. She was a licensed pilot, while in high school, and became a commercial pilot with ratings for airplanes, both single and multi-engine, and was an instrumental flight instructor. She was helicopter rated and held a certification for maintenance of aircrafts and engines. Mary was employed as a flight instructor at the former Fairview Airport, prior to becoming the co-owner and manager of the former Erie Institute of Aeronautics, a large flight training school at the former Kearsarge airport, which in now the location of the Millcreek Mall. An extensive fire destroyed the buildings and closed the school in 1948. She was the owner and operator of Erie's Copter Service, the finest helicopter business in the Erie area. Mary was the first woman helicopter instructor for the U.S. Army at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. She was an FAA Inspector and an accident and violations specialist. She worked on the National Transportation Safety Board, as the group chairman on major aircraft accidents. She retired from the NTSB and returned to Erie, from Fairfax, Va., in 1987. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Louis A. Raub, in 1961, and a brother Melvyn Kaehler. She is survived by a sister Peggy Melichar, several nieces and nephews, and her longtime caregiver, Marty Wegemer and her husband, Pat. Friends are invited to call at the Brugger Funeral Homes & Crematory, 1595 West 38th Street, at Greengarden Blvd., on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the time of a service at 1 p.m. there, with Rev. Msgr. Daniel Magraw officiating. Burial will be private at Girard Cemetery. Condolences and photos may be sent at www.bruggerfuneralhomes.com.

Published in the Erie Times-News on May 6, 2013
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