Eleanora Bess (Esken) Pike
Eleanora Bess (Esken) Pike, age 97, Uniontown, Pa., passed peacefully away at her residence Wednesday, August 13, 2014.
She was born Tuesday, September 12, 1916 in Star Junction, Pa.
Eleanora graduated from the California University of Pennsylvania and taught at the Areford and the Hatfield schools.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Robert Esken and Lila (Lynch) Esken; her husband, Robert Grey Pike; and a son, William Pike.
Surviving are a daughter, Linda Holyfield of Uniontown, Pa.; three grandchildren: April Dowling, Brian McAllister and his wife Shannon and Angel Holyfield and her fiancé Kevin; and four great grandchildren: Kyle Dowling, Aiden Dowling Maddox McAllister and Grace McAllister.
Friends will be received in the SHELL FUNERAL HOME INC., 164 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., on Friday, August 15, 2014 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Services will begin at 8 p.m. with Rev. Scott McCormick officiating.
Private interment will be in Mount Washington Cemetery, Perryopolis, Pennsylvania.
Memorial donations as a token of sympathy may be made to the family in care of the funeral home.