Eleanor Miriam Roodhouse

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OBITUARY

Staunton News Leader; 1 October 2000


Eleanor Miriam (Roodhouse) Sterrett, 82, of 140 Imperial Drive and widow of Samuel Willson Sterrett, died at 4:10 a.m. Friday (Sept. 29, 2000) in Augusta Medical Center.

She was born on Oct. 11, 1917, in Greene County, Ill., a daughter of Peter and Mary (Lewis) Roodhouse.

She was educated at Lindenwood College and the University of Wisconsin and became a homemaker and volunteer following her marriage to her husband.

She was a member of the Staunton Church of the Brethren, Sunshine Sunday school class of the church and the People of the Covenant.

Survivors include five sons and four daughters-in-law, Tate and Theckla Ann Kincaid of Charlotte, N.C., Samuel Willson Sterrett III and Sarah Jane of Stuarts Draft, Reid Hayden and Robin of Berlin, Md., Clay Lindsay and Teresa Laine Sterrett of Staunton and Mark Roodhouse of Glenn Falls, N.Y. a brother, Lewis Weston Roodhouse of Jacksonville, Ill., eight grandchildren four great-grandchildren and a friend, Margaret Mudrowski.

She was preceded in death by two daughters-in-law, Linda Lambertson and Jane Powell.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the Henry Funeral Home by the Rev. Jerry W. Ruff with private burial.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Todd, Reid Jr., Bill, Dave and Samuel Sterrett III.

The family will receive friends in the funeral home after the service.

Memorials may be made to a charity of choice.



Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Eleanor R. Sterrett
SSN: 388-18-7528
Last Residence: 24401 Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia
BORN: 11 Oct 1917
Died: 29 Sep 2000
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38820895

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Eleanor Miriam Sterrett
Death Date: 29 Sep 2000
Death Place: Augusta, Virginia

Eleanor married Samuel Willson Sterrett, II. Samuel (son of Samuel Tate Sterrett and Janet Brown Willson) was born 11 Sep 1919, Staunton, VA; died 05 Jul 1983, Staunton, VA; was buried , Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Samuel Willson Sterrett, III was born 01 May 1948, Albemarle Co. VA; died 07 Oct 2004, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Stuarts Draft, Augusta Co. VA.
2. Tate K. Sterrett
3. Reid H. Sterrett
4. Clay L. Sterrett
5. Mark R. Sterrett