Lesnik

Elinor A. Lesnik, 95, of Old Plank Road, Butler, died Friday at the Good Samaritan Hospice in Cabot.

She was born May 15, 1914, in Butler, a daughter of the late David M. and Pearl Snyder Cottrill.

Elinor was a 1933 graduate of Butler High School. She was a homemaker, mother and grandmother. She was a charter and lifetime member of the Oak Hills Christian Church in Butler.

She also was a charter member of the South Butler Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.

She was a former judge of elections and helped as an election poll worker for more than 15 years.

Her husband, Joseph F. Lesnik Jr., who she married Sept. 2, 1936, preceded her in death Feb. 28, 1999.

Surviving are two sons and their wives, Joseph M. and Ruth L. Lesnik of East Butler and Kenneth L. and Patricia Lesnik of Butler; and three daughters, Barbara Trombatt and her husband, Domenic, of Butler, Mrs. Rita Dean of Saxonburg and Mildred "Midge" Van-Grootenbruel and her husband, Anthony, also of Butler.

Also surviving are 21 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters, along with several nieces and nephews.

Elinor was the last surviving member of her immediate family and was preceded in death by six brothers and six sisters.

Her son, Bill Lesnik, was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967. One grandson and two great-granddaughters also preceded her.

<B>LESNIK </B>—<B> </B>Friends of Elinor A. Lesnik, who died Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home,</B> 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Phillip Conyers, pastor of the Oak Hills Christian Church, officiating. Interment will follow at the Greenlawn Burial Estates.Information also is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.