Eleanor Yurcho Pearce, 90, a resident of Forty Fort, entered into eternal life suddenly on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

She was known to her friends as Ellie and was a coalminer’s daughter born on November 13, 1922 in Hazleton, the daughter of the late Mary Petrisko and Joseph Yurcho.

Ellie worked for Pocono Downs for 25 years and up until recently, she canned food and pickles to share with both family and friends. She was an amazing woman who at age 90 was still managing five apartments on her property. She loved all of God’s animals and was known to take in a stray and give it a pampered life.

In addition to her parents, Ellie was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, Frease Miles Pearce and three brothers.

Ellie is survived by her son, William Pearce and his wife Barbara, of Keyport, New Jersey; her daughter, Gloria Jean Milot and her husband George, of Mountaintop; her sister, Marie Nenstiel, of Florida; her two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are her dear friend and caregiver, Diane Blazure, of Dallas and her “buddy” from Pocono Downs, Willie Mitchell, of Wilkes-Barre.

As per Eleanor’s request, the funeral service will be private.

Interment will be in the Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville.

If desired, memorial contributions may be made in Eleanor’s memory to the Community Church of Keyport, Warren Street P.O. Box 562, Keyport, New Jersey 07735.

Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.

For additional information or to send the family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home web-site www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.