Eleanor Smolec

Eleanor Malinky Smolec, 85, formerly of Bentleyville, died at 4:35 p.m., Thursday, December 23, 2010 in Southmont of Presbyterian SeniorCare, Washington.

She was born June 20, 1925 in Grindstone, a daughter of Joseph and Victoria Lanco Malinky.

Mrs. Smolec was a 1943 graduate of the Bentleyville High School.

From October 1943 to August 30, 1980, she worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a postal clerk at the Bentleyville Post Office.

She was a member of the Ave Maria Parish, Bentworth Senior Citizens and the former Veterans of Foreign War 5454, all of Bentleyville.

She was also a member of the American Postal Worker's Union AFL-CIO and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.

On September 20, 1947, she married Stanley A. Smolec, who died January 24, 1991.

She was the last of her immediate family.

Surviving are sisters-in-law, Dolores Beck (Stanley) of Bentleyville and Violet Hedrick (James) of Eighty Four; niece, Rose Marie Zemenick (the late Steve) of Canonsburg; nephews, Keith Yankowsky of Edmond, Oklahoma and Stanley Beck, Jr. of Peachtree City, Georgia.

Deceased is her brother, James Malinky.

Friends are welcome from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home, Inc., 809 Main Street, Bentleyville, 724-239-2255, where a blessing service will be held at 12:30 p.m., Monday, December 27, 2010 with the Rev. Gary W. Krummert, pastor of Ave Maria Parish, officiating. Interment will follow in Beallsville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Bentleyville Public Library, 931 Main Street, Bentleyville, PA 15314 or Ave Maria Parish, 126 Church Street, Bentleyville, PA 15314. Visit www.thompson-marodi.com to leave a condolence message, share stories and photos.

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