This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KENNELLYMARKA Surnames: Meyer, Spring. Nesbitt, Balconi, Tellier, Hyenski, Triftshauser. Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.meyer/3318/mb.ashx Message Board Post: (COLLINS -) Eleanor Helen Meyer, 84, formerly of Collins, NY was called home into the loving arms of the Lord on January 27, 2009 in Rochester, NY. She was born June 21, 1915 in Perry, NY, the daughter of the late Burt and Helen (Nesbitt) Spring. Mrs. Meyer was predeceased by her beloved husband, Herbert "Hap" Meyer. She attended Perry High School and then went on to graduate from Deaconess Hospital College of Nursing in 1939. She and her husband spent most of their happily married life in Collins, NY. While raising two children, she worked as a nurse in the maternity ward at Tri-County Hospital and later as a psychiatric charge nurse at Gowanda State Hospital. Mrs. Meyer was actively involved in her community and was a lifelong ember of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gowanda and later a member of Lake Wales Lutheran Church in Florida. She moved to the Rochester area in 2004 where she attended and adopted St. John's Lutheran Church in Pumpkin Hook. She had resided at Baywinde in Webster and at Parkwood Heights in Macedon and had recently lived in The Friendly Home in Rochester near her children. She is survived by a son, Paul (Karen) Meyer of Walworth, NY; a daughter, Mary Lee Meyer-Balconi of Scarborough, Ont.; three grandchildren, Andreane Balconi, Heather (Aaron) Tellier and Shauna (Bryan) Hyenski; four great grandchildren, Faith, Claire and Charlotte Tellier and Hana Hylenski; and several nieces, nephews and friends. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers, Lyman, Sidney, Lewis, Laurence and LaVern Spring; and two sisters, Mabel and Marian Triftshauser. Friends may call at the Mentley Funeral Home Inc., 105 East Main St., Gowanda, NY on Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 from 3-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11 a.m. from the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gowanda with Rev. Travis Grubbs officiating. Burial will be in Collins Center Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Pumpkin Hook, Farmington, NY 14425 or The Friendly Home, 3156 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. St. John's Lutheran Church," Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.