Eleanor Saar
June 7, 2011
Eleanor “Ellie” Saar, 81, a resident of the East Mountain section of
Scranton, died Tuesday evening in the Hospice Community Care, Dunmore, after an
illness. She was preceded in death by her
first husband Vincent A. Russoniello; she and her second husband William Saar
would have celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on July 25th.
She was born in Plains Township, the daughter of the late Thomas and Edna
Stubbs Gruver. She was a member of
the Saint John Neumann Parish and a life time member of the Waldorf Park German
American Federation. She enjoyed
trips to Atlantic City.
The family would like to thank the staff and nurses from Traditional Home
Health and Hospice for the excellent care they provided Ellie.
Also surviving are four daughters, Mary Jean Wolfe and her husband Tom,
Angela Grow and her husband John, Carol McDonald and her husband Norm, June
Hummel; two sons, Carmen Russoniello and his wife Ruthann, Vincent Russoniello
and his wife Colette; four stepdaughters, Barbara Lynott and her husband
Michael, Susan Saar, Tina Kohanski and her husband Louis, Debbie Saar and her
companion Al Palumbo; five stepsons, William E. Saar and his companion Elena
Bartczak, Kenneth Saar and his wife Janet, John Saar and his wife Theresa,
Jeffrey Saar and his wife Debbie, Stephen Saar and his wife Jackie; 33
grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a stepson, Lawrence Saar; and two sisters
Edna Pencek, Doris Jean Shoemaker.
The funeral Mass will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the Holy Name of Jesus
Church, at the corner of East Elm Street and Froude Avenue.
Interment will be private at the convenience of the family.
