Eldon grew up on a farm in Bluejacket, Oklahoma before enlisting in the U.S. Navy at age 17. He served aboard USS Yellowstone (AD 27), USS Gilmore (DE 18), and USS Isle Royale (AD 29) over the next 20 years, where he visited 29 different countries and supported our troops during the Vietnam War.
After retiring from the Navy, he went back to school to get an Associate Degree in Business from Park College, in Dayton, Ohio. He went on be a successful plant manager, for the next 22 years, at Dayton Reliable Tool in Dayton, Ohio.
Retirement brought him to The Villages, where he spent 24 years living his dream of golfing, making friends, and serving as an Ambassador at Tierra del Sol for 18 years.
Surviving are his wife of 32 years Elizabeth Ferrell; daughters Iris Ferrell, Sharon Patterson, and Belinda Hecht; sons-in-law Richard Patterson and Michael Hecht; step-children Robert Crawford and his wife Brenda Crawford, Deborah Meyer and her husband Randall Meyer; grandchildren Janell Hill, Bryan Eisen, Joanna Patterson, Richard Patterson Jr., and Lee Ash; step-grandchildren Courtney Crawford, Thomas Crawford, and his wife Christi; great-grandchildren Makayla, Landon, and Leighton Hill, and Hunter Keller; niece Vicky Langley, her children Amber Favorite, Brandy Maki, and Courtney Langley, and their children Bradyn Favorite, Madison Favorite, and Caleb Collins; niece Barbie Myers and her daughter Lora Ellen Young; nephew Doug James and his children Lindsay James , Whitney Hill, and Trevor James; great-nephew Kelsie McClendon.
He was preceded in death by his parents William and Gladys Ferrell, brothers Robert and Donald Ferrell, sister Lora Ellen James, niece Sherry James, and granddaughter Londen Baver.
Services were held at Beyers Funeral Home, 134 N. Hwy 27/441, Lady Lake on June 24th; interment followed.
The above was extracted from a publicly published obituary at https://beyersfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/4908542/Ferrell-Eldon/index.php. The hull numbers of his ships were added. This bio was entered here, with sincere respect, to honor him and commemorate some of the events in his life - that generations to come may know a little about him.
After retiring from the Navy, he went back to school to get an Associate Degree in Business from Park College, in Dayton, Ohio. He went on be a successful plant manager, for the next 22 years, at Dayton Reliable Tool in Dayton, Ohio.
Retirement brought him to The Villages, where he spent 24 years living his dream of golfing, making friends, and serving as an Ambassador at Tierra del Sol for 18 years.
Surviving are his wife of 32 years Elizabeth Ferrell; daughters Iris Ferrell, Sharon Patterson, and Belinda Hecht; sons-in-law Richard Patterson and Michael Hecht; step-children Robert Crawford and his wife Brenda Crawford, Deborah Meyer and her husband Randall Meyer; grandchildren Janell Hill, Bryan Eisen, Joanna Patterson, Richard Patterson Jr., and Lee Ash; step-grandchildren Courtney Crawford, Thomas Crawford, and his wife Christi; great-grandchildren Makayla, Landon, and Leighton Hill, and Hunter Keller; niece Vicky Langley, her children Amber Favorite, Brandy Maki, and Courtney Langley, and their children Bradyn Favorite, Madison Favorite, and Caleb Collins; niece Barbie Myers and her daughter Lora Ellen Young; nephew Doug James and his children Lindsay James , Whitney Hill, and Trevor James; great-nephew Kelsie McClendon.
He was preceded in death by his parents William and Gladys Ferrell, brothers Robert and Donald Ferrell, sister Lora Ellen James, niece Sherry James, and granddaughter Londen Baver.
Services were held at Beyers Funeral Home, 134 N. Hwy 27/441, Lady Lake on June 24th; interment followed.
The above was extracted from a publicly published obituary at https://beyersfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/4908542/Ferrell-Eldon/index.php. The hull numbers of his ships were added. This bio was entered here, with sincere respect, to honor him and commemorate some of the events in his life - that generations to come may know a little about him.
Eldon grew up on a farm in Bluejacket, Oklahoma before enlisting in the U.S. Navy at age 17. He served aboard USS Yellowstone (AD 27), USS Gilmore (DE 18), and USS Isle Royale (AD 29) over the next 20 years, where he visited 29 different countries and supported our troops during the Vietnam War.
After retiring from the Navy, he went back to school to get an Associate Degree in Business from Park College, in Dayton, Ohio. He went on be a successful plant manager, for the next 22 years, at Dayton Reliable Tool in Dayton, Ohio.
Retirement brought him to The Villages, where he spent 24 years living his dream of golfing, making friends, and serving as an Ambassador at Tierra del Sol for 18 years.
Surviving are his wife of 32 years Elizabeth Ferrell; daughters Iris Ferrell, Sharon Patterson, and Belinda Hecht; sons-in-law Richard Patterson and Michael Hecht; step-children Robert Crawford and his wife Brenda Crawford, Deborah Meyer and her husband Randall Meyer; grandchildren Janell Hill, Bryan Eisen, Joanna Patterson, Richard Patterson Jr., and Lee Ash; step-grandchildren Courtney Crawford, Thomas Crawford, and his wife Christi; great-grandchildren Makayla, Landon, and Leighton Hill, and Hunter Keller; niece Vicky Langley, her children Amber Favorite, Brandy Maki, and Courtney Langley, and their children Bradyn Favorite, Madison Favorite, and Caleb Collins; niece Barbie Myers and her daughter Lora Ellen Young; nephew Doug James and his children Lindsay James , Whitney Hill, and Trevor James; great-nephew Kelsie McClendon.
He was preceded in death by his parents William and Gladys Ferrell, brothers Robert and Donald Ferrell, sister Lora Ellen James, niece Sherry James, and granddaughter Londen Baver.
Services were held at Beyers Funeral Home, 134 N. Hwy 27/441, Lady Lake on June 24th; interment followed.
The above was extracted from a publicly published obituary at https://beyersfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/4908542/Ferrell-Eldon/index.php. The hull numbers of his ships were added. This bio was entered here, with sincere respect, to honor him and commemorate some of the events in his life - that generations to come may know a little about him.
After retiring from the Navy, he went back to school to get an Associate Degree in Business from Park College, in Dayton, Ohio. He went on be a successful plant manager, for the next 22 years, at Dayton Reliable Tool in Dayton, Ohio.
Retirement brought him to The Villages, where he spent 24 years living his dream of golfing, making friends, and serving as an Ambassador at Tierra del Sol for 18 years.
Surviving are his wife of 32 years Elizabeth Ferrell; daughters Iris Ferrell, Sharon Patterson, and Belinda Hecht; sons-in-law Richard Patterson and Michael Hecht; step-children Robert Crawford and his wife Brenda Crawford, Deborah Meyer and her husband Randall Meyer; grandchildren Janell Hill, Bryan Eisen, Joanna Patterson, Richard Patterson Jr., and Lee Ash; step-grandchildren Courtney Crawford, Thomas Crawford, and his wife Christi; great-grandchildren Makayla, Landon, and Leighton Hill, and Hunter Keller; niece Vicky Langley, her children Amber Favorite, Brandy Maki, and Courtney Langley, and their children Bradyn Favorite, Madison Favorite, and Caleb Collins; niece Barbie Myers and her daughter Lora Ellen Young; nephew Doug James and his children Lindsay James , Whitney Hill, and Trevor James; great-nephew Kelsie McClendon.
He was preceded in death by his parents William and Gladys Ferrell, brothers Robert and Donald Ferrell, sister Lora Ellen James, niece Sherry James, and granddaughter Londen Baver.
Services were held at Beyers Funeral Home, 134 N. Hwy 27/441, Lady Lake on June 24th; interment followed.
The above was extracted from a publicly published obituary at https://beyersfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/4908542/Ferrell-Eldon/index.php. The hull numbers of his ships were added. This bio was entered here, with sincere respect, to honor him and commemorate some of the events in his life - that generations to come may know a little about him.
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