Eric Hussey

ERIC  HUSSEY

Eric Hussey, age 19, a 2016 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School was taken tragically from us on Monday, June 27, 2016 in a car accident on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania.  He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22, 1997.  He resided in Forward Township with his father, Michael Hussey and in West Newton, Pennsylvania with his mother, Cindy Balko and step-Father, George Balko.

Eric always had a smile on his face and he was compassionate.  His heart was as big as his smile.  He was funny, had beautiful blue eyes and he loved riding dirt bikes. He was an AMA district 5 member. In 2012 he won 1st place in a schoolboy class 1 race. Eric loved fishing, skiing, hunting and hanging with his friends.

In addition to his father, mother and step-father, he is survived by his three sisters, Cynthia (Steve) Kovack, Michelle (Shawn) Brody and Candice Whoolery; two step-sisters, Sarah (Jonathon) Medsger and Ellie Balko; a step-brother Adam (Jess) Balko. Eric was an uncle to Alexandria and Caleb Kovack, Caden Payne, Madison and Kayla Brody, Hannah Jacob and Leah Medsger.  He was also survived by numerous aunts, uncles and cousins of the Geiger, Koral, Dice, Kozachenko, Hussey and Gruber families.

Friends will be received in the Stephen D. Slater Funeral Home 1701 Route 51 (Large) in Jefferson Hills on Thursday, June 30, 2016 and Friday, July 1, 2016 from 2 – 4 and 6 – 9 PM.  Eric’s funeral service will be held in the funeral home on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 9 AM with his burial following in Round Hill Cemetery in Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania.