Jesse M. McElroy Jr.
Jesse M. McElroy Jr., 53, of Connellsville, died Sunday, February 11, 2007, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville, Pa. He was born November 27, 1953, in Mount Pleasant, a son of Jesse M. McElroy and wife Helen “Tootie” McElroy and the late Doris Hawkins McElroy.
Jesse was employed as a bookkeeper for Bell’s Auto Body and Towing, Dunbar.
He was preceded in death by his mother, sister, Shirley Bell and aunt Virginia “Pee Wee” Levendowski.
In addition to his father, Jesse is survived by is wife, Lorrie Black McElroy; stepson Gregory Basinger Jr. at home; mother-in-law, Dorothy Black of Mount Pleasant, Pa.; brothers-in-law Lee Black of Greensburg, Pa. and Tommy Bell of Dunbar, Pa.; brothers and sisters-in-law Dan and Kathy Eutsey of Ruffsdale, Pa., and Peggy and Wayne Sanner of New Stanton; an uncle, George Smiley of Connellsville, Pa.; numerous nieces and nephews, and his dog Buddy.
Friends will be received in the VITO C. MARTUCCI FUNERAL HOME, 123, South First Street, West Side, Connellsville, Pa., on Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., the hour of service with the Rev. Ray Keefer officiating.
Interment will be private.