This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELEY, HADLEY, SNARR, HESLET, COCHRAN, POPE, HOGARTH, COQUILLARD, BROOKS, RUMSEY, PORTINGA, CLARK, McAFEE, BYE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12661 Message Board Post: ELEY, Thelma V., died June 14, 1994 ELEY, HADLEY, SNARR, HESLET, COCHRAN, POPE, HOGARTH, COQUILLARD, BROOKS, RUMSEY, PORTINGA, CLARK, McAFEE, BYE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Three Rivers; Thelma V. ELEY, 87, died June 14, 1994, at the Three Rivers Manor Nursing Home. She had been in failing health several months. She was born June 6, 1907, in Wells County, Ind., a daughter of Victor and Mary (HADLEY) SNARR. On Aug. 14, 1926, she married Audra Byron ELEY. He died May 24, 1984. She graduated from the Wells County School, Ossian, Ind. She was a past member of the Pythian Sisters, Ossian, and a member of the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau, the Florence Women’s Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, the Three Rivers First United Methodist Church and the church Esther Circle, Bethany and Choir. In addition to helping in the operation of the family farms located at Union City, Coldwater and Constantine, she also worked in the 1950s for the Farm Bureau Office, Centreville, and later retired from the Federal Land Bank, Three Rivers. She enjoyed church, club activities, crafts and quilting. Surviving are her children, Mrs. Ralph (Wanda) HESLET, Hogle, Paul W. ELEY, Niles, and James and Pauline ELEY, Constantine; nine grandchildren, Judy COCHRAN, Paula POPE, Linda HOGARTH, Pamela COQUILLARD, Sharon BROOKS, Matthew HESLET, Joy RUMSEY, Patricia PORTINGA and Michael ELEY; several great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Victor (Ruth) CLARK, Onaway; a sister-in-law, Evelyn SNARR, Angola, Ind.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Orville and John SNARR; one sister, Ilo McAFEE; and one granddaughter, Christine ELEY BYE. Relatives and friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. Friday at the Eley Funeral Home, Constantine, where services are at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Robert L. Pumfrey, Three Rivers First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers. Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church Choir Fund. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. END