PORT ROYAL: Eleanor A. McCahan, 88, of the Beverly Healthcare Nursing Home, Gettysburg and formerly of Port Royal, died at 3:15 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004 at the home.
She was born April 6, 1916, in Spruce Hill Twp., Juniata County, to the late William and Edith (Haines) Ard.
She was married to Jay A. McCahan on Jan. 1, 1939, who preceded her in death on March 23, 1948.
She is survived by one nephew, W. Ray Kohler of West Deptford, N.J. She was preceded in death by one sister, Margaret Ard Kohler and a brother, Ray Ard.
She was a 1933 graduate of the Port Royal High School and a member of the Port Royal United Methodist Church.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 3 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Licking Creek Valley, Juniata County, with the Rev. Kenneth R. Kitzmiller officiating. There will be no viewing.
Rex Funeral Home, Port Royal is in charge of the arrangements.
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JAY and ELEANOR (ARD) MCCAHAN at Lake Lure, North Carolina during World War II. (Photo courtesy of Randy Groninger)
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ELEANOR ARD (Location and date unknown)(Photo courtesy of Randy Groninger)
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ELEANOR and her sister MARGARET ARD with BENNY GRONINGER
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PRHS 1933 CLASS: Front Row: Betty Stimmel, Jessie Robinson, Harriet Wagner, Gladys Yoder, Margaretta Moyer, Eleanor Taylor, Esther Allen, Reba Groninger, Verna Rice, Second Row: Ketha Taylor, Martha Gilson, Viola Koons, Anna Gilson, Anna Pomeroy, Eleanor Ard, Elda Kline, Jessie Meminger, Miriam Ernest; Back Row: Donald McBurney, William Duncan, Frank Swartz, James Patterson, Oramel Swartz, Fred Kerlin, Blair Frey, Robert Goodman, James Ewing, Herbert Dill
