This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELDRIDGE, DEIHL, WHEELER, JACKSON, LOURDES, HART Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12653 Message Board Post: ELDRIDGE, Betty A., died May 12, 1996 ELDRIDGE, DEIHL, WHEELER, JACKSON, LOURDES, HART >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sturgis; Betty Alice ELDRIDGE, 75, 60571 Lennon Road, died May 12, 1996, at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident in Sturgis on May 3, 1996. She was born March 25, 1921, in Colon, a daughter of Henry and Dorothy (DEIHL) WHEELER. On Feb. 28, 1946, she married Stanley ELDRIDGE. He died Dec. 18, 1992. She lived and attended school in Chicago, Ill., until her marriage and since then, she has lived in the Sturgis area. She owned and operated the Pink House Beauty Shop at Sand Lake many years. She also had been employed at Fairview Medical Care Facility, and was a volunteer at the Sturgis Hospital. Surviving are one daughter, Carol Ann (Brock) JACKSON, Lakewood, Calif.; one son, Msgt Stanley ELDRIDGE Jr. (Lourdes, Okinawa, Japan; four grandchildren, Michael (Kendra) ELDRIDGE, Johnathan DAVIS, Stephanie ELDRIDGE and Sarah ELDRIDGE; and one sister, Phyllis (Ward) HART, Sturgis. She was preceded in death by her parents. There will be no visitation. Cremation has been conducted. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements were handled by the Eickhoff Funeral Home, Mendon. Memorials may be directed to the Sturgis Hospital Emergency Room, the Bronson Trauma Care Center or the charity of one’s choice. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. END