By Mark Wozniak
Buffalo, NY – The local judicial and political community is mourning the death of retired State Supreme Court Justice Edward A. Rath Junior.
Rath died Thursday after a lengthy struggle with cancer. He served 18 years on the state Supreme Court before retiring last November.
Rath was the husband of state Senator Mary Lou Rath, and the son of Edward Rath Senior, the namesake of Erie County's government building and first man to be elected Erie County executive.
Edward A. Rath Junior was 72.