He was born in Watertown, New York on October 9, 1939 and grew up in Northern New York.
Ernie served as a Sergeant in the Air Force from September 1962 to September 1966 and was stationed in Tucson, Arizona.
Ernie served the NNSS for 29 years, beginning his journey with Holmes & Narver and retired in March 2005, as a Project Manager for Bechtel, Nevada.
Ernie will be especially remembered as a true motor head and a Ford Mustang Man. He loved attending races or watching them on tv, cheering for the Fords.
Ernie is preceded in death by his son, Ernest Joseph (9/4/2017) and survived by his loving wife Esther of 40 years; two sisters, Kim M. Pyrros of Coram, New York and Tracy L. Koch of Lighthouse Point, Florida; one niece, Eva Pyrros and three nephews, Brit Combs and Stephen and James Koch.
Services will be private.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.palmsouthjones.com for the Buskirk family.