Worthington High School

Worthington-West Franklin
High School

Worthington, PA

1933 - 1984

 
Eloise Critchfield

Eloise Critchfield, 74, of Worthington, Pa., died Sunday, June 1, 1997,
at Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler.

Born October 1, 1922, in Meyersdale, she was a daughter of the late Alvin
and Josephine (Browning) Englehart.

(        )Business College, Philadelphia, in 1949; and graduated from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania with a bachelors degree in education in 1969.  
She was a member of the Worthington Lutheran Church, where she had been choir
director and organist.  She was a volunteer for the Worthington Community
Library and gave private piano lessons for years.

In 1978, Mrs. Critchfield received the (        ) teacher for the
Armstrong School District for 24 years, retiring in 1983

She is survived by a son, Rex Critchfield, Mesa, Ariz.; daughters: Eloise
(Mrs. Tom) Kearse, Marshall, Ark.; and Karen (Mrs. William) Elliott, Butler; and
six grandchildren.  She is also survived by a brother, William
Englehart, Doylestown, Pa., and a sister [           ]
    
Mrs. Critchfield was also preceded in death by her husband, Marker M.
Crichfield, on April 16, 1997; a brother, Ted Englehart; and a sister, Lois
McCarter.  
    
A private burial service was held at the Worthington Lutheran Cemetery,
Worthington, Pa. 
  
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer Research Center at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.