OBIT: Eleanor G. McELROY, 1998, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  McELROY
  
    Eleanor G. McElroy, 97, of New Kensington, died Jan. 28, 1998 at
  Citizens General Hospital, New Kensington.  Born Sept. 18, 1900 in
  Allegheny Township.  She lived in Somerset from 1930 to 1965 when she
  returned to the New Kensington area.  Graduate of Ken High School,
  Class of 1919.  Graduate of Citizens General Hospital School of
  Nursing, Class of 1922.  Miss McElroy for 35 years worked as a
  private duty nurse and in general duty nursing in the Somerset
  area.  Retired 1965.  While in Somerset she was an active member of
  Somerset Presbyterian Church and Somerset Graduate Nurses
  Association, serving in different offices of both organizations. 
  Survived by sister, Mrs. Joanna "Josie" Carnahan of Cheswick, and six
  nieces and one nephew.  Preceded in death by her parents: Joseph G.
  and Elizabeth Hawk McElroy; sister, Jean Gensamer; a half-sister,
  Lillian McElroy; two half-brothers: Hugh A. and Birt C. McElroy. 
  Family and friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at
  Churchfield-Peters Funeral Home, 501 Fifth Ave., New Kensington,
  where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with her
  pastor, the Rev. L. Kenneth Hooten II, officiating.  Interment, Plum
  Creek Cemetery, Plum Borough.  Memorial contributions may be made to
  the United Presbyterian Church of New Kensington, Pa., or the
  Somerset Presbyterian Church, Somerset.
  
  Daily American, January 29, 1998
  
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