Eleanor (Ellie) Ergood Learn age 82 of Level Green, passed away, Sunday, September 25, 2022, on a Mississippi River cruise boat south of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Born May 30, 1940 in Philadelphia Osteopathic Hospital, she grew up in the Penn Wynne area of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA, the youngest daughter of the late J. Chandlee Ergood and Helen Green Ergood. In second grade she started singing in the children’s choir of the local Presbyterian church and in seventh grade she moved to the choir at Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church in Ardmore PA, her maternal grandparents’ church, in Ardmore, PA. She enjoyed singing in church choirs ever since. She graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1958 and in 1962 from the Pennsylvania State University main campus with a BS in Elementary Education. She met her husband at the university. Upon graduation she taught first grade in Somerville, NJ. She married her husband in late February 1965 and, after completing the school year, moved to western Pennsylvania to join her husband. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two sisters and brothers in law: Julia and Robert Hutton, and Frances and David Dahlman. She is survived by her husband, John A. Learn. She is also survived by her four sons and daughters in law: Blair Learn and Amy Friends, William and Tamela Learn, David and Niki Learn, and Stephen and Rhonda Learn. She is survived by nine grandchildren; Benjamin, Caleb, Joe, David, Eowyn, Megan, Hannah, Ruth, and Anne Learn She is survived by four great grandchildren Gia, Amira, Joseph, and Stephen Learn. Ellie’s family will receive friends at the Level Green Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 105 Olive Drive, Level Green 15085 on Friday evening October 7 from 7-9 PM. Visitation for Ellie will be held on Saturday morning, October 8, 2022 from 9:30 AM until the time of her funeral service at 10AM the Level Green Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in the Brush Creek Cemetery, Hempfield Twp. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation, the Wounded Warrior Project or the Level Green Presbyterian Church. The John M. Dobrinick Funeral Home Inc, 702 7th Street, Trafford 412-372-3111 is assisting the family with arrangements.
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