ELMIRA (PINES) MCCLURE in photo taken at the Port Royal Lutheran Church in 1992.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 8/2/11 - Image Year: 1992
OBITUARY for MARY ELMYRA PINES MCCLURE
PORT ROYAL - Elmyra P. McClure, 90, of Port Royal RR2, died at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, July 22, 2001, at the Lewistown Hospital.
Born June 6, 1911, in Perry County, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Bertie C. (Sarver) Pines. Her husband, Elliott O. McClure, died Jan. 26, 1986.
Surviving are: daughters, Mrs. Donald (Dorice) Pontius, Port Royal RR2 and Mrs. Jay F. (Janice) Auker, Mifflintown RR4; a sister, Marian Shade Wible, Locust Grove Retirement Village, HC67, Mifflin; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was a 1928 graduate of Millerstown High School and a 1930 graduate of Shippensburg State Teachers College, Shippensburg. She was a retired elementary school teacher, having worked for the Juniata County School District, retiring in 1970, with 25 years of service. She was also an author, having published three books, A Snapshot of My Life, A Walk Down Country Lanes, and Short Tales and Long Tales.
She was a member of the Port Royal Lutheran Church, the Turbett Grange 781, the Pamona Grange 35, and the Pennsylvania State and National Granges. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Mifflin Chapter 260; the Juniata County Retired School Employees Association; the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees; and the Juniata County Historical Society.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Rex Funeral Home, Port Royal, with the Rev. Marton J. Roberson officiating. Interment will be in Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal. Friends may call 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to: the Port Royal Lutheran Church, PO Box 267, Port Royal, PA 17082-0267 or to the Juniata County Library, 498 Jefferson St., Mifflintown, PA 17059.
