Elizabeth Lois Linsley's Obituary
Elizabeth Lois Linsley
Born August 25th, 1931
Grove City, Pennsylvania
To Irish Immigrants,
Robert Charles Stanley Bower
and
Sarah Jane Hutchinson Bower
Went Home with Jesus
June 2nd, 2024
Miami, Florida
Obituary:
Elizabeth was born Elizabeth Lois Bower on August 25th, 1931, in Grove City, Pennsylvania,
to Irish Immigrants, Robert Charles Stanley Bower and Sarah Jane Hutchinson Bower.
She went Home with Jesus on June 2nd, 2024, while living with Sarah & Mike Melcher in Miami, Florida.
Having grown up as ‘Lois’, and well protected by her two brothers, Bob and Hugh, she graduated from McKinley High School, Niles, Ohio, and went on to receive an Associates Degree from Youngstown University in Youngstown, Ohio. There she met a young man who was in need of makeup for his part in the Minstrel Show, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Lois married Clayton Edward Linsley on September 29, 1950. Clayton went on to attend the Mortuary School of Science in Pittsburgh, PA. They set up house in a 3rd floor apartment in Shadyside. From there they would catch the trolley … Clayton for School and Lois for her job as a secretary for a local insurance agency. Lois went on to do just about any job that came her way: Mother, Secretary, Homemaker, Hair Dresser, Soloist, Choral Director, Seamstress, Baker, Florist and Business Partner.
Irish to the core, she enjoyed music and could often times be found around the piano with her brothers, her singing partner Lee Mowry or just to hang out with her long time pianist/organist friend, Do Fletcher.
Lois was born and raised Presbyterian, and enjoyed worshipping and serving in several different churches and denominations over the years.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Edward Linsley, and their daughter, Dorothy Elizabeth (Linsley) Patterson.
Elizabeth is survived by her daughter, Sarah Margaret (Melcher), son-in-law Michael Melcher, son-in-law Charles Thomas Patterson (Connie), granddaughter Leslie Elizabeth Dahmen (Thomas ‘Toby’), grandson Robert Edward Patterson, two great-grandsons, Eric Thomas and Cole Michael Patterson, as well as nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral Arrangements by
Van Orsdel Funeral Home
11220 N. Kendall Drive
Miami, Florida 33176
A service will also be held at the John MCabe Funeral Home, Derry, Pennsylvania.
Interment will be beside her husband, Clayton, in Unity Cemetery, Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
The family suggests that memorials be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation at alzfdn.org or the charity of your choice.
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