Elaine J. Blood, Great-grandmother

Elaine J. Blood, 83, of Sartwell Creek Rd., passed away Wednesday (Aug. 27, 2014) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.
      

Born March 3, 1931, in St. Mary’s, PA, she was a daughter of Norman and Gorda Hill Herbstritt.  On June 5, 1949, in Emporium, she married Eugene E. Blood, who survives.  
    

Elaine had been an assembler with Sylvania (now GTE) in Emporium for 24 years, before her retirement.
    

She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Port Allegany.  She was also a member of American Association of Retired Persons.  
    

Surviving are a son, Mitchel E. (Karolyn) Blood of Port Allegany; a daughter, Neena J. Pendergraf of Haw River, NC; 8 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren; a sister, Shirley Devoe of Garnett, KS; and several nieces and nephews.  
    

She was preceded in death by her parents. a son, Eric E. Blood, two brothers, Norman and Ronald Herbstritt; and three sisters, Thorarose Smith, Evelyn Llewlyn, and Melody Herbstritt.
    

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 6, 2014) in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Bradford, with Clint Connell, officiating. .  
      

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Switzer Funeral Home, Port Allegany.