THOMAS JAMES "T.J." LESTER of Erie, PA died Feb-ruary 18, 2019 at the age of 69. In 1979, he began working for the Deaton Kennedy Co and in 1989, he and his wife, Susanne purchased the Louis A. Pick Funeral Supplies Co, and renamed it Lester and Co. They continued to serve funeral directors throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York.