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Martha Agnes Ray Rider Ellenberger
Martha Ray Rider Ellenberger, 91, formerly of Fellowship Manor, Grove City, Pa.
passed away at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at the Grove City Medical
Center, where she lived since April.
She was born on November 30, 1922, in Nichola (small village west of
Worthington, Pa.), Armstrong County, to the late James H. Ray and Mary C.
(Lamison) Ray.
She was a 1941 graduate of Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington,
Pa.
Martha married George T. Rider Jr. on August 4, 1940, and he passed away on
October 23, 1985. She married Kenneth L. Ellenberger on March 9, 1988, and he
passed away on January 21, 2013.
Martha was a homemaker and formerly a clerk at the former News-Center of South
Broad Street, Grove City, for many years.
She was a longtime member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City.
Martha was a member of the Mercer County Extension Homemakers Club.
In her younger years, Martha enjoyed wintering in Apache Junction, Ariz., with
her husband and her beloved poodle, Peppy.
She is survived by her three sons, Bruce Dewayne Rider and his wife, Connie R.,
of Harrisville, Pa., and Thomas E. Rider and his wife, Shirley J., and Robert
A.
Rider and his wife, Rebecca A., all of Grove City; her eight grandchildren, Wade
A. Rider and his wife, Stacey D., of Beaver Falls, Pa., Shawn G. Rider and his
wife, Karen S., of Harrisville, Eric T. Rider of Salisbury, Md., Chad Rider and
his wife, Sondra, of Ft. Drum, N.Y., Robert A. Rider Jr. and his wife, Sarah, of
Grove City, Keith Kiser and his wife, Tami, of Mauldin, S.C., Jodi L. McErlane
and her husband, Charles W. of Greenville, Pa., and Melinda A. DiBello and her
husband, Michael B., of Grove City; her 29 great-grandchildren; and her two
great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her sister, Shirley Lee Hardies of
Serverna Park, Md.; her three brothers, Richard Edwin Ray Sr. and his wife,
Marleen, of Indiana, Pa., Perry Franklin Ray and his wife, Violet, of Butler,
Pa., and Donald Wayne Ray and his wife, Nancy, of Poland, Ohio; her
sister-in-law, Joyce Rider of Chicora, Pa.; and her numerous nieces and
nephews.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by her three
sisters, Sarah M. Ellenberger, Elsie Elgerda Couch and Bernice "Jean" Maley,
and her five brothers, James Herbert Ray Jr., Wilbert L. Ray, William Harry
Ray, Adam Emerson Ray and George Harrison Ray.
The family of Martha Ray Rider Ellenberger, who passed away Wednesday, Oct. 1,
2014, will welcome friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Cunningham Funeral
Home, 306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday
at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park, Grove City, Pa.
Memorial contributions may be made to the East Main Presbyterian Church,
Deacons Fund, 120 E. Main St., Grove City, PA 16127.
Arrangement by Cunningham Funeral Home, Grove City, Pa. |
