--Eldest child of Benjamin Franklin Wolfe and his 3rd wife Jessie Leake. She grew up in the Sharon community. The family farm was in the area now the neighborhood of Wolfe Ridge. She attended Sharon School and Sharon High School.
--Eloise married #1 John Dorsett Ellington. They had 2 children, John and Mary. She had 8 grandchildren, 5 surviving, 18 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren. Her husband John died of tuberculosis of the hip joint.
--Following John's death, she married #2 James H. Shaw on Dec. 25, 1946.
--Eloise married #3 Tom Rushforth in 1984. He also preceded her in death.
--Occupation: employed at Duke Power 33 years until retirement.
--Lifelong, devout member of Sharon Presbyterian Church, where she was active. She sang in the choir for 40 years. She had served as an Elder and Clerk of Session. She was honored with Presbyterian Women with Honorary Life membership. As the oldest active member, Eloise was fond of referring to herself as "the oldest rat in the barn".
--Her retirement years were spent at Sharon Towers, right across the street from her beloved Sharon Church. She directed the choir there for 10 years.
--member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
--She was an active volunteer with other organizations as well
--She died just a month shy of her 101st birthday. She donated her body to medical science but will later be interred in the Wolfe family plot adjacent to 2 of her husbands, as well as her parents, and 2 siblings.
--Eloise married #1 John Dorsett Ellington. They had 2 children, John and Mary. She had 8 grandchildren, 5 surviving, 18 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren. Her husband John died of tuberculosis of the hip joint.
--Following John's death, she married #2 James H. Shaw on Dec. 25, 1946.
--Eloise married #3 Tom Rushforth in 1984. He also preceded her in death.
--Occupation: employed at Duke Power 33 years until retirement.
--Lifelong, devout member of Sharon Presbyterian Church, where she was active. She sang in the choir for 40 years. She had served as an Elder and Clerk of Session. She was honored with Presbyterian Women with Honorary Life membership. As the oldest active member, Eloise was fond of referring to herself as "the oldest rat in the barn".
--Her retirement years were spent at Sharon Towers, right across the street from her beloved Sharon Church. She directed the choir there for 10 years.
--member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
--She was an active volunteer with other organizations as well
--She died just a month shy of her 101st birthday. She donated her body to medical science but will later be interred in the Wolfe family plot adjacent to 2 of her husbands, as well as her parents, and 2 siblings.
--Eldest child of Benjamin Franklin Wolfe and his 3rd wife Jessie Leake. She grew up in the Sharon community. The family farm was in the area now the neighborhood of Wolfe Ridge. She attended Sharon School and Sharon High School.
--Eloise married #1 John Dorsett Ellington. They had 2 children, John and Mary. She had 8 grandchildren, 5 surviving, 18 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren. Her husband John died of tuberculosis of the hip joint.
--Following John's death, she married #2 James H. Shaw on Dec. 25, 1946.
--Eloise married #3 Tom Rushforth in 1984. He also preceded her in death.
--Occupation: employed at Duke Power 33 years until retirement.
--Lifelong, devout member of Sharon Presbyterian Church, where she was active. She sang in the choir for 40 years. She had served as an Elder and Clerk of Session. She was honored with Presbyterian Women with Honorary Life membership. As the oldest active member, Eloise was fond of referring to herself as "the oldest rat in the barn".
--Her retirement years were spent at Sharon Towers, right across the street from her beloved Sharon Church. She directed the choir there for 10 years.
--member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
--She was an active volunteer with other organizations as well
--She died just a month shy of her 101st birthday. She donated her body to medical science but will later be interred in the Wolfe family plot adjacent to 2 of her husbands, as well as her parents, and 2 siblings.
--Eloise married #1 John Dorsett Ellington. They had 2 children, John and Mary. She had 8 grandchildren, 5 surviving, 18 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren. Her husband John died of tuberculosis of the hip joint.
--Following John's death, she married #2 James H. Shaw on Dec. 25, 1946.
--Eloise married #3 Tom Rushforth in 1984. He also preceded her in death.
--Occupation: employed at Duke Power 33 years until retirement.
--Lifelong, devout member of Sharon Presbyterian Church, where she was active. She sang in the choir for 40 years. She had served as an Elder and Clerk of Session. She was honored with Presbyterian Women with Honorary Life membership. As the oldest active member, Eloise was fond of referring to herself as "the oldest rat in the barn".
--Her retirement years were spent at Sharon Towers, right across the street from her beloved Sharon Church. She directed the choir there for 10 years.
--member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
--She was an active volunteer with other organizations as well
--She died just a month shy of her 101st birthday. She donated her body to medical science but will later be interred in the Wolfe family plot adjacent to 2 of her husbands, as well as her parents, and 2 siblings.
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