Eleanor Louise Stratton Wetherill

Eleanor Louise Stratton Wetherill

8/3/2024

Eleanor Louise Stratton Wetherill passed away Sat. August 3rd, 2024. She was the daughter of Stanley and Marjorie Stratton and was born on May 22nd, 1933 in Flushing, Ohio. Eleanor was a lifelong birthright Quaker and graduated from Olney Friends Boarding School in 1951 in Barnesville, Ohio. For a year following her graduation, she worked in the kitchen preparing meals. She helped her father on their family farm and even helped build a silo at one time. She married John Mitchell Wetherill on Sept. 8th, 1956. She and John had 57 wonderful years together before his passing on May 4th, 2014.

In 1965 Eleanor took over volunteer duties for her mother-in-law, at the Friends Boarding Home, The Hickman, in West Chester, PA. She was also the editor of a charity cookbook for Philadelphia Children's Hospital oncology unit in remembrance of her son, Steven James who passed away from Leukemia in 1977.

When she and John moved to Florida in 1987, her volunteer spirit continued with driving for the American Cancer Society and delivering Meals on Wheels for 20 years.

Eleanor is survived by her daughter Anita L. Wetherill of DeLand, FL, niece Ann Wetherill Upton (Rob) of West Chester, PA, nephew Todd Wetherill (Lynne) of Painted Post, NY, niece Carol Wetherill Goldstein (Mike) of Ocean Grove, NJ, Lisa Stratton Yoder (Maynard) of Plant City, OH, and Leslie Stratton (John) of Kettering, OH.

Memorial Service will be held at John Knox Village on Saturday August 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM in the Barker Center (950 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Orange City, Florida 32763).

In lieu of flowers please send donations to the American Cancer Society.