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Eleanor Ruth Strohecker

June 2, 1925 — April 26, 2013

Eleanor Ruth (Schwalm) Strohecker, 87, of Punta Gorda, FL., died on Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Port Charlotte Rehab Center.

Born June 2, 1925 in Porter Township, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late William Jackson and Verna Ruth (Dinger) Schwalm.

Eleanor was a former member of Emmanuel Baptist Temple in Hagerstown.

She is survived by four children, Gloria Hurst and husband Jack of Punta Gorda, FL., Brenda Hankes of Hobe Sound, FL., Ronald Strohecker and wife Elsa of Silver Spring, MD, Gary Strohecker and wife Kay of Joppa, MD; two brothers, Eugene Schwalm of Dundulk, MD, Delbert Schwalm of Baltimore, MD; a sister, Louise Iberson of Port Charlotte, FL; nine grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 51 years, Francis Calvin Strohecker, who died on December 12, 1993.

A funeral service will be conducted at 1:00pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Rest Haven Funeral Chapel, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown. Interment will follow in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park.

Friends will be received one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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