- Date Of Birth: July 29, 1939
- Date Of Death: May 20, 2017
- State: Florida
Erica Amati was born Erika Werner July 20th, 1939 in Siegelbach — just northwest of the city of Kaiserslautern, in the heart of Germany’s Rheinland-Pfalz. on. She was 77 when the Lord called her home at Weustoff Hospital, Rockledge, Fl on May 20th, 2017.
All of her schooling was done in Germany.
After schooling she worked for the U.S. Army at an air Force Base. She was a telephone operator. She supplemented the family’s meals by trading sneaked phone calls after hours to the U.S. by the soldiers for steaks! Konni, her daughter was born in Germany, and after she moved to the U.S. (Maryland) in 1966.
Joseph and Erika met through mutual friends and they married in Feb. of 1976. She worked as a property manager for apartment complexes.
Erika’s hobbies included gardening, cooking (not baking!); reading, Scrabble and watching T.V. – soaps and Steve Harvey Family Feud being favorites. Of course she enjoyed the family dog, Mickie, also. Her favorite restaurant was not the German ones but Amici’s – she got that from her husband!
She is survived by her husband P. Joseph; her daughter (Konni and James) Zweifel of West Virginia; step-children, Diane (Drew) Sikorski of Maryland; Denise (Gary) Carpenter of W. Palm Beach Fl.; and Eric (Linda) Amati of Maryland. 7 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
