Nov 19, 2005 1 min read

Eleanor E. Bufalini, 69, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, in Lafayette Manor. She was born Aug. 11, 1936, in Wilkesburg, Pa., to the now late Edgar C. Barnes and Eleanor Sykes Barnes.

She graduated from Edgewood High School in 1954, and from Penn State University with a Bachelors degree in Home Economics Education. Eleanor taught in Edinboro High School and then worked for Columbia Gas and resumed her teaching in Home Economics for Laurel Highlands School District for 28 years before her retirement. She was a member of Fayette Home Economic Association, National Education Association, PA Association of School Retirees and the Laurel Highland Education Association.

Surviving are her loving husband of 39 years, Robert M. Bufalini; two sons, Michael Bufalini and his wife, Marcy of Silver Springs, Md., and Bruce Bufalini of Greensburg, Pa.; two grandchildren, Joseph and Anna Eleanor Bufalini; and a brother, Robert and his wife, Marilyn of Blairsville, Ga..