ALBANY – Eric T. Sample, 51, rode to eternal rest after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital. Eric was born in Monterey, CA, the son of the late Robert and Charlotte Reed Sample. He came to Albany in 1982, and was employed as a construction worker framing homes, and then by Albany County at the airport, highway dept. and sewer plant. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and motorcycle enthusiast.
Eric is surived by his loving soulmate Lesi Bohok; his wife Margaret Ray Sample; his son Jesse Curtis Sample; his stepmother Joan Sample and step grandmother Miss Flo, both of Fayetteville, GA; his brother John Sample (Pilar) of L.A. Co., CA; his sister Paula Hutchinson (Mike) of Port Huron, MI; and by several nieces and nephews and many cousins, aunts and uncles. He was predeceased by his brother Robert Sample.
Funeral services will be held in the Hans Funeral Home, 1088 Western Ave., Albany, Monday evening at 6: 30. Relatives and friends are invited, and may call at the funeral home Monday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to Community Hospice of Albany, 445 New Karner Rd., Albany, NY 12205.
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