Elnor M. Patterson

January 3, 1919 - November 13, 2013

Elnor M. Patterson, 94, a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon Area, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in Paramount Senior Living Center, Pittsburgh. A daughter of the late Elmer and Mary Schmidt Washabaugh, she was born in Pittsburgh on January 3, 1919. Elnor was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon where she served as a deacon and was a long time member of the Women’s Association and the H.O.A. class. She also served in her community delivering Meals on Wheels and worked the Food and Fellowship dinners at the First United Methodist Church and the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Wayne E. and Barbara Patterson of Pleasant Hills, one granddaughter, Meghan Sanders and her husband, Skip, one great-grandson, Miles Easton Sanders, all of Pittsburgh and three sisters, Geneva Forsythe, Margaret Trembley and Norma Styche, all of the Mon Valley area. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Glenn Easton Patterson in 1997. Friends will be received from 2 to 8 P.M. Friday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A memorial service will be in the First Presbyterian Church, 500 Fayette Street, Belle Vernon at 11:30 A.M. Saturday with Rev. Suzanne Currie officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church. The officers and members of the First Presbyterian will meet in the funeral home Friday at 7 P.M. to hold services.