Eleanor Pierce

ELEANOR K. PIERCE Eleanor Pierce, 90, of Englewood died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at the Tidewell Hospice & Palliative Care in Port Charlotte. Born on April 29, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Frederick and Louise (Grosholz) Klein, she had been a resident of Charlotte County for fourteen years coming from Upper Darby Township, PA. Mrs. Pierce had been employed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in a clerical position and then retired from Gimbels Department Store in Upper Darby in 1965. She was a FISH volunteer and a member of the Englewood United Methodist Church. She was a loving mother and homemaker for her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, William in 2001. Survivors include her two daughters: Louise M. Kitchener of Englewood, FL and Joan Williams of Drexel Hill, PA; one sister: Josephine A. Ardizzi of Warminster, PA; four grandsons and five great grand children. Funeral services will be in Drexel Hill with burial in Fernwood Cemetery, PA. Memorial contributions may be made to Tidewell Hospice & Palliative Care, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34238 or the American Cancer Society, 2801 Fruitville Road, Suite 250, Sarasota, FL 34237 in memory of Mrs. Pierce. You may express your condolences to the family at www.englewoodfh.com Englewood Community Funeral Home & Cremation Services has been selected to handle arrangements.