Elinor (Ressler) Aye
Elinor (Ressler) Aye, 82, of Mount Gretna, passed peacefully in the home of her daughters, Claudia and Paulette. Born in Allentown on October 2, 1940, Elinor was the daughter of the late Thomas G. Ressler and Adah C. (Patterson) Ressler Kelly.
She was a graduate of Allentown High School and Catawba College where she
studied History and Spanish. She also attended Kansas State University, where she met her husband, the late James M. Aye and spent her early career teaching high school History and Spanish in Collinsville, IL. She changed professions and spent a brief period working for the U.S. Coast Guard and the last 25 years of her career as an Archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in both St. Louis, MO and then in the Philadelphia, PA until her retirement in 2001. She spent her retirement in Allentown and then in Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community participating in the choir and poetry club and volunteering to organize the library and choir materials.
Elinor was an avid reader and historian who traced her family history in America to preRevolutionary times and organized family reunions. In her travels, she oriented trips around historically significant sites to trace locations of historical events. She greatly valued her education at Catawba and tirelessly encouraged her children and grandchildren to be excellent students.
Survivors: children, Jennifer J. Killian (Huston, III) of Marysville, Peter N. Aye of Tucson, AZ, Claudia C. Aye (J. Refugio Garcia-Cruz) of
Mount Gretna, Paulette M. Aye (Richard Thorne) of Mount Gretna; daughter-in-law, Shafron (Nicholson) Aye; sisters, Mary Ann Roeder of Slatington and Carolyn M. Goepfert of Southampton, MA,; grandchildren, Gabrielle M. Killian, Salvador D. Garcia, Caroline C. Killian, Brianna C. Aye, Liliana R. Garcia, Madison E.
Aye, Isabel L. Garcia and Huston B. Killian IV.; predeceased by son, Christopher Thomas Aye and brother, George Thomas Ressler.
Service: A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m., October 22, 2022, in the Heintzelman Funeral Home, Inc., 4906 Route 309 Schnecksville with the Rev. James Gottwald officiating. Friends and family may pay their respects from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Saturday in
the funeral home. Interment will follow the service at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Allentown. Online expressions of sympathy may be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Catawba College in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 196 Schnecksville, PA 18078-0196 or directly online
at: www.catawba.edu/giving/