Eleanor U. Moran

December 15, 2012 

CARTHAGE, N.Y.  —  Eleanor U. Moran, 92, of 22892 County Route 42, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, at the Country Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she has resided since June.

Mrs. Moran was born in New Bremen on July 11, 1920, the daughter of the late and former Lewis County Clerk, Peter J. and the Anna Hunziker Ulrich. She was a 1937 graduate of Lowville Academy and 1940 graduate of C.C.B.I. in Syracuse. 

She married Miller Fay Moran on Aug. 19, 1944, at the Baptist Church in Lowville with the Rev. William Sawin officiating. Mr. Moran, an attorney for many years in Carthage died Sept. 21, 2008. For many years the couple lived at 802 State St. in Carthage.

Eleanor enjoyed bowling in her younger years and playing cards.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Carthage, Order of the Eastern Star and a former member of the Carthage Area Hospital Auxiliary.

Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law: Susan and James Cervini, Carthage; three grandchildren, Anne Abel of Jamesville, Virginia Forney and Matthew Cervini, both of Carthage; five great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Katherine Ulrich, Lowville; and nieces and nephews.

A brother, Floyd Ulrich, and four sisters, Mildred Nortz, Arletha Kilpatrick, Pauline Millard and Maxine Roberts, all died before her.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Barone, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Lowville Rural Cemetery. There will be a calling hour preceding the funeral service from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Carthage.

To leave an online condolence, go to www.bezanillafh.com.

Information provided by Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.