Robert E. Holzworth

April 5, 1935 - August 22, 2018

Robert E. Holzworth Sr., 83, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Rochester Twp., passed away on August 22, 2018, in Mesa, Ariz. Born April 5, 1935, in Rochester, a son of the late Earl William and Ernestine A. Owen Holzworth, he was a retired machinist with the Rochester Machine Company, New Brighton. He was Protestant by faith and a peacetime Air Force veteran. He is survived by four sons and two daughters-in-law, William E. and Rita Holzworth, Mesa, Ariz.; David L. Holzworth, Rochester; John P. and Karen Holzworth, Georgia, and Bobby E. and Chelsea Holzworth, Ohio; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Marci and John Bartlett, and Bobbi and Don Carnell, all of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and Heather Holzworth New Brighton; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Darlene and Jack Dunbar, New Sewickley Twp., and Peggy and Chuck Scarselli. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert E. Holzworth Jr. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where a funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. The Rev. Gregory S. Clagg, of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester, will officiate. Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park.