Eleanor Elders (nee Thomason), 100, a longtime Yonkers resident, died on Monday September 2, 2019 at Adira at Riverside. She was born on March 14, 1919 to John H. and Ellen Griffin Thomason in the Bronx where she was raised and educated. Mrs. Elders was a nurse’s aide at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for five years until her retirement. She was a parishioner of St. Anthony’s Church and belonged Senior Citizen’s Group #7. On February 27, 1941, she married her loving husband George Elders, Sr. in Christ the King Church. Mr. Elders died on October 28, 2002. She is survived by two sons, James Elders of Yonkers and George Elders, Jr. of Croton on Hudson and one sister, Margaret J. Nailen of Washingtonville. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ellen Jacqueline Elders in 2016. Visiting hours will be at Whalen & Ball Funeral Home on Sunday 2-4 & 7-9pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Anthony’s Church on Monday September 9th at 11:30am. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Yonkers, N.Y. 10703
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