Ellinore (Elly) Crain passed away on February 6, 2023. Ellinore Martha Johanna Deller was born in Schweidnitz, Germany (now part of Poland) to Alfred and Maria Deller on April 21, 1934. She had one brother, Siegfried. After migrating to Augsburg, Germany to avoid the incoming Russians, her family made it through WWII. After the war Elly met her future husband when she and her girlfriend were working a cross word puzzle at the canal and needed to know the four-letter word for an American coin. They noticed two service men speaking English and asked them. Two courtships began that day, one of which included John and Ellinore’s. They married in Germany, and Elly immigrated to the US in advance of her husband, six months pregnant with their first of two daughters. Her daughter once asked her what possessed her to travel on her own at that time. Elly replied, “Honey I was dumb, young and very in love”; that love lasted for her lifetime. She also found joy in her friends, pre-school classes and kitties. Above all Elly and John loved God, their daughters, Barbara and Jennifer, and family.
Elly was preceded in death by her husband John and daughter Jennifer. She is survived by her daughter Barbara; grandchildren John, Barbara, Jenn and Tory; great-grand-children Sarah, Jeremiah, Ansleigh, Becca and Samantha.
Receiving and services for family and friends will be Saturday, February 18th, beginning at 10am, and the service at 11am, Oaklawn Legacy Lodge, 4801 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207.
In Lieu of Flowers Elly’s passions were St. Jude’s and animal charities such as the Jacksonville Humane Society, or also, please consider Community Hospice and Ethnos 360.
Ethnos360.org/missionaries/jody-and-barbara-crain
A visitation for Ellinore will be held Saturday, February 18, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Hardage-Giddens Oaklawn Legacy Lodge. A funeral service will occur Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 11:00 AM with a reception to follow.
An entombment will occur at Oaklawn Cemetery, 4801 SAN JOSE BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207.
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