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July 24, 1932 - September 7, 2017

Burial Date September 14, 2017

Funeral Home Hessling Funeral Home

Place of Service St. Joseph\'s Church

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Kathryn M. Eldred, 85, of Honesdale, died on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 24, 1932 in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth Carroll Berger. She was a graduate of Honesdale High School, class of 1950.

A loving mother and homemaker, Kathryn was the former owner of the Red Schoolhouse which is now owned and operated by her son. She later moved to Scranton where she was employed in the cafeteria at Allied Services. Kathryn returned to Honesdale and was employed at Wayne Highlands School District as an office assistant and retired from St. John the Evangelist Parish.

In her younger years, she enjoyed bowling and was a 4-H leader while for her children participated. She also enjoyed music and had a wonderful voice. She also enjoyed gardening and flowers.

She was a faithful member of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Honesdale attending St. Joseph’s Church in Rileyville. There she was a member of its Altar and Rosary Society and participated in their choir. Kathryn and several others were instrumental in starting a Sunday School program and St. Joseph’s Church. She was also a former member of the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel in Honesdale.

Surviving is her daughter Elizabeth E. Wilson and husband Lew of Honesdale; her sons Stephen Carl Eldred and wife Maryann and Michael Joseph Eldred and wife Connie all of Honesdale; her grandchildren Jason, Jeremy, Joshua, Jacob, and Jackie Eldred and Lexington Wilson; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son Daniel John Eldred, her brothers John and Donald Berger, her grandsons Lewis Nicholas Wilson III and Stephen Daniel Eldred.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, September 14th at St. Joseph’s Church in Rileyville at 10 am. Interment will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Friends may visit Hessling Funeral Home, Inc., 428 Main St. Honesdale on Wednesday, 6 to 8.

Memorial contributions can be made to St. Joseph’s Altar and Rosary Society, PO Box 113, Tyler Hill, PA 18469-0013 or Wayne County Public Library, 1406 Main St. Honesdale, PA 18431.

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