John Floyd Aldrich, 72, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at UPMC Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA., after a brief illness. He was born December 2, 1952, in Warren, PA.
John was a 1970 graduate of Eisenhower High School. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees atWestern Kentucky University. He served as Director of the Warren County Transit Authority until his retirement in 2017. He had a lifelong love of golf, working as a caddie at Jackson Valley Golf Course, in his youth, and attended college on a golf scholarship. In retirement he enjoyed working and playing golf at Jackson Valley. He was proud of making a hole in one on two separate occasions at that course in addition to winning the Men’s Club Championship in 2006 and the Senior Club Championship in 2022. At home he enjoyed gardening, household projects, and battling the squirrels that tried to invade his bird feeders. He was also a HAM Radio enthusiast who achieved an Amateur Extra class license. He would spend hours speaking to people from around the world using the call sign W3JA.
John was a man of strong faith who most recently attended Cable Hollow Church. He was a devoted husband, father, brother, and friend, who valued his family and friends above all else, and he will be greatly missed by all those fortunate enough to know him.
John is survived by Jan, his wife of 48 years. The couple wed in Sunfish, KY, after meeting at Western Kentucky University. They lived briefly in Louisville, KY and Conneaut, OH, before returning to Warren. John is also survived by his daughter, Abigail, his son, Daniel, and his sisters, Frances Perrin, Sharon Aldrich (Corny Gallagher), and Kathleen Cutshall
He was was the only son of Sophie Muczynski Aldrich and Gordon Aldrich. He was preceded in death by his parents and and his brother-in-law, Gerald “Butch” Perrin.
Friends and family will be received on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc, 304 East Street, Warren, PA., from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. and on Monday, July 7, 2025, from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. when a funeral service will be conducted by Rev. Alan Jones, Pastor of Cable Hollow Church, officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph R.C. Cemetery, Warren, PA.
If you are unable to attend the funeral, John’s family extends a very warm welcome to his friends, neighbors, and fellow golfers to a luncheon at Jackson Valley Golf Course at 1pm.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to:
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania
1507 Grim Drive
Erie, PA 16501
OR
Jackson Valley Golf Course
Attn: Joseph Yaegle
201 Wetmore St.,
Warren, PA 16365
Donations will support a memorial scholarship for graduating seniors involved in the golf industry, or a local golf program and seeking higher education.
E-mail condolences may be sent by visiting www.lewisfuneralhomeinc.com

I’m so sorry for your loss! He was one of a kind for sure and everyone had a great deal of respect for John. Id know him for over 40 years that I was a member at Jackson Valley and always enjoyed when I played golf with him. He was a great man and will be greatly missed.
John was one of the real nice guys. He was friendly and kind to all. I was good friends with his sister, Shari, in high school and wanted her to know I was thinking about her. My sincere condolences to the family.
This was my dad. Not my biological dad, but this man let me be a part of his family and suck up space in his home since the 8th grade. I spent more time up on Yankee Bush than I did in my own home growing up. We would have girls’ nights and take over the living room, and he would awaken us in the early morning hours with the sweet symphony of his methodical dishwasher rearranging. ️ It was just a part of the experience.
He built our fires – campfires outside and fireplace fires inside. He made bitchin’ steaks. He pushed me off a sidewalk (playfully) on the Penn State Behrend campus on our way to Abby’s graduation, lol. He would plop a portly and wiggly dachshund on me while I was out like trout on the couch (Duncan – also known as Butterscotch Fabio). I never once heard this man raise his voice in the 30+ years I’ve been barnacled to their family. When I needed to take a semester off from school, they let me move in with all my crap.
There’s so much more. Too much to write here. He was just one of the most solid, most excellent human beings. ️