Obituary of Eleanor E. Harrelson

Eleanor Leigh Harrelson, 101, of Princeton, NJ, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Capital Health Medical Center, Hopewell surrounded by her family. Eleanor was a lifelong resident of Princeton. She graduated from Princeton High School in 1934 and attended Monmouth Memorial Medical Center graduating in 1937. She took post graduate courses at The University of Pennsylvania. For many years she worked at Mercer Hospital. Her strength and determination are a testament to the life she lived. Eleanor was a charter member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend who will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her. Wife of the late Howard Harrelson and her daughters Beverly Harrelson and Joan Sanders; she is survived by her daughter and sons-in-law Sandra and Keith Gwin, and Robert David Sanders; her grandchildren and their spouses Deborah and Jason Visconti, Douglas Gwin and fiancée Jasmina Alic, Jennifer Sanders and Laura and Henry William Ryan, Jr.; and five great grandchildren. Funeral services for Eleanor will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 11AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Interment will follow at the Old School Baptist Cemetery, Hopewell. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday morning from 10-11AM at the funeral home. A special thank you is extended from Eleanor’s family to the Capital Health staff for their excellent care. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Covenant Presbyterian Church 471 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08618. To send a condolence to the family or for directions, please visit www.poulsonvanhise.com Arrangements are under the direction of Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, Lawrenceville, NJ.