Eleanor Mae Lee Angelilli, Class of 1943, passed away Sunday, September 15.

Siblings George Henry Lee, Class of 1941, and Robert E. Lee, Class of 1940, predeceased her.

While at Monongah High, Eleanor lived in Everson and played basketball and volleyball and was in the Junior Red Cross and Glee Club.

George Henry Lee played football, volleyball and basketball and was in the Science Club.

Eleanor’s obituary:

Eleanor Mae Lee Angelilli

1924 - 2019

Eleanor Mae Lee Angelilli, 94, of Fairmont, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Ruby Memorial Hospital.  She was born November 26, 1924 on Swisher Hill in Monongah, WV, a daughter of the late Marvin E. and Beulah Jane Jackson Lee.  On July 18, 1993, she was preceded in death by her husband Albert Carmen Angelilli, Jr.

Mrs. Angelilli was a member for over 50 years of The Baptist Temple in Fairmont.  She was a graduate of Monongah High School.  Eleanor retired from Staud’s Restaurant where she served as hostess and cashier.  She had previously worked in the yard goods and fabric departments of W.T. Grants department store in Fairmont.  She also had worked at Westinghouse Corporation in the seal beam division. 

Eleanor was a member of the Brown Davis Circle of The Baptist Temple where she worked with many church fundraisers.  She enjoyed baking, working with her flowers, watching westerns on television and loved following the Mountaineers and the Steelers.  But she loved most to be with her family and follow her granddaughters as they have grown over the years.

Survivors include her children, Patricia and her husband Tom Arnold of Fairmont, Albert “Buster” C. Angelilli, III of Fairmont, and Judy Angelilli of Fairmont, her granddaughters, Jamie and her husband Greg Boyce of Morgantown, and Brittany and her husband Jonathan Andino of Pittsburgh, as well as her sister, Jean Sturm of Monongah, WV.

In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by her infant son, Allen Angelilli, her brothers, George “Henry” Lee, Robert Lee, James Lee, and Jerry Harris, and her sisters, Mary Barta, Loretta Malcolm, Arlene Straight, and Susan Inabinet.

Memorial donations may be made to The Baptist Temple, 430 Morgantown Avenue, Fairmont, WV  26554.

Friends and family may visit the Ford Funeral Home, 201 Columbia Street, Fairmont on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 from 2PM until 4PM and 6PM until 8PM, as well as on Thursday, September 19, 2019 from 10AM until 11AM.  The funeral will be held in the funeral home on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 11AM with Rev. Dr. Allan Copenhaver officiating.  Interment will follow at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Fairmont.  Online condolences may be made to www.fordfuneralhomes.com .