Elinore J. Stearns – New Eagle, formerly of Clairton
Obituaries
December 12, 2019

Elinore J. Stearns – New Eagle, formerly of Clairton

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Elinore J. Stearns of New Eagle and formerly of Clairton, passed away on her 84th birthday, Dec. 11, 2019, in Jefferson Hospital. Born Dec. 11, 1935, in McKeesport, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Mary Stephanik Dwyer. A former sales clerk for many years at G.C. Murphy and Co. in Clairton, Elinore was a member of St. Damien of Molokai Parish in Monongahela. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Stearns, who passed away Dec. 6, 2000; and her sister, Louise Smith. Elinore is survived by her daughter Lorrie (Scott) Bellavance of New Eagle; her three grandchildren, Tabitha (Joe) DeBerry, Brianna Romero and Scott Bellavance; her six great-grandchildren, Danika and Coltyn DeBerry, Izabella and Zayla Romero, Waylon DeBerry and Veronica Bellavance; her siblings, Betty Morally of Baldwin, Ruth Clarke of Wexford, Donald Dwyer of Jefferson Hills and Harold Dwyer of Westmoreland City; along with nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at A.J. BEKAVAC FUNERAL HOME, 555 Fifth St., Clairton, PA 15025, 412-233-5700, from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Procession and burial will follow to Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills. www.bekavacfuneralhome.com.

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