McElroy

Armeda Esther McElroy, 85, of Redwood Road, Karns City, formerly of Bradys Bend, died Friday at 4:30 a.m. at her home following a yearlong illness.

Born Jan. 26, 1921, in Sugarcreek Township, she was the daughter of Maynor and Mary Kiser Heginbotham.

She was Protestant by faith and attended Sugarcreek Township School in Armstrong County.

She enjoyed crafts, crocheting and needlepoint.

She is survived by her husband, Samuel Wallace McElroy, whom she married Dec. 4, 1945, at the Lutheran church in Chicora; two sons, Terry Lee (Francis) McElroy of Chicora and Keith Wallace McElroy of Bradys Bend; a daughter, Carol Sue Ryan and her husband, Kenneth, of Karns City; five grandchildren, Rachel Kuhns and her husband, Steve, of Chicora, Mandy Metcalfe and her husband, Michael, of Chicora, Dana Brewer and her husband, Joseph, of Chicora, Samantha Ryan and Justin Ryan, both of Karns City; six great grandchildren, Darin and Lauren Kuhns, both of Chicora, Mallick Metcalfe, Kirsten Hiles, Draedan Brewer and Mickala Brewer, all of Chicora; a sister, Evelyn G. Neely of Hermitage; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death are four brothers, Robert, Samuel, Roy and Clyde Heginbotham, and four sisters, Martha Sutton, Catherine Ruth, and Roberta and Betty Heginbotham.

<B>McElroy</B> — Friends ofArmeda Esther McElroy, who died Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 12 to 2 p.m. Monday at <B>Richard D. Hillis Funeral Home</B> in Petrolia. Funeral services will follow with the Rev. Glea Foster, pastor of the Karns City United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Bradys Bend Cemetery.