Eleanor Joan Federer

1921 - 2015  (93 years)

• Name	Eleanor Joan Federer
  Born	21 Nov 1921	Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Eleanor Joan Morrow
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34482
  Died	29 Jun 2015	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	2 Jul 2015	Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I34482	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	George Harold Romaine "Harold" Morrow,   b. 10 Aug 1903, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Oct 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1958
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F31879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MORROW, Eleanor Joan (nee Federer) Passed away peacefully at Riverbend Place, Cambridge, on Monday, June 29, 2015, at the age of 93. Predeceased by her beloved husband Harold Morrow and her parents Greenland and Thora Federer. Eleanor is survived by her sister Elouise Federer of Elkins, West Virginia. She was a long time clerk at King Street Baptist Church in Cambridge. At Eleanor's request, a private interment, has taken place at Parklawn Cemetery. Cambridge Times 7 Jul 2015 Eleanor was born, raised, and educated in Morgantown, Monongalia, WV, the elder of two sisters. As a child she enjoyed the simple pleasures of picnics with her family in God's beautiful countryside around Morgantown. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from West Virginia University and a Master of Arts degree in music from Teachers College, Columbia University. She was a member of the Kappa Phi Methodist Women's Sorority and a charter member of Epsilon Nu chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon music honorary. Eleanor had a beautiful, well-trained soprano voice which she used to witness her Christian faith. She was an accomplished offertory soloist and chancel choir member at Wesley Methodist Church, Morgantown; and a chancel choir member at Riverside Church in New York City. She loved singing the great musical selections by the masters, especially the musical arrangements of the 13th Chapter of 1st Corinthians, the "Omnipotence" by Schubert, and "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth," from Handel's "Messiah." In West Virginia, she taught music at Morgantown Junior High School; Nicholas County High School in Summersville (1943-45); and at Weir High School in Weirton. In New York she taught choral music at White Plains elementary school and was Supervisor of Music for Peekskill Public Schools. She married Harold George Morrow of Canada on July 12, 1958; they had no children. They lived all of their married life in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, where he pre-deceased her. Eleanor also taught music in the Preston/Cambridge schools and was a long-time member and clerk at King Street Baptist Church in Cambridge. She was laid to rest at Parklawn Cemetery in Cambridge on July 2, 2015.

  
  

• Sources

  [S356] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Parklawn CC#4504 Internet Link . Morrow/ Beloved Husband/ George/ Harold/ Aug. 10, 1903./ Oct. 3, 1981/ Beloved Wife/ Eleanor/ Federer/ Nov. 21, 1921 - .

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Nov 1921 - Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States Died - 29 Jun 2015 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 2 Jul 2015 - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth