Eleanor Jean Schomburg

November 28, 1923 - October 25, 2015

Eleanor Jean Schomburg, 91, of Zelienople, formerly of Conway, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, in the Zelienople Passavant Retirement Community. Born Nov. 28, 1923, in Rochester, a daughter of the late Manuel and Matilda Wahl Steinacker, she was a retired waitress at the former Howard Johnson Restaurant Turnpike Interchange, Zelienople, and was a 20 year volunteer with the foster grandmother program. She was a member of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Baden and the WELCA. She was a former member of the Oak Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Sewickley Twp. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence D. Schomburg, in 1969; two infant daughters; one brother, James Steinacker and one sister, Ethel Goehring. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Frederick L. and Roberta McNaughton Schomburg, New Sewickley Twp.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Charlotte J. Schomburg and Robert Trumbule, Greenbelt, MD; Christine K. and William Sadowy, Baden; six grandchildren, Ashley Hill and her husband, Jason, Springfield, OH; Nathan Schomburg and his wife, Colleen, Wexford; Matthew Schomburg and his wife, Rebecca, New Sewickley Twp.; Christopher Schomburg, and his wife, April, Smyrna, DE; Kayla Sadowy, Philadelphia; Joshua Sadowy, Erie; 10 great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Ellen, Josie, Evan, Gavin, Anna, Lucas, Rowen, Phoebe and Elena; one brother and sister-in-law, John and Mildred Steinacker, Fombell; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Velma and Dann Hicks, Wexford; numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. A service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Baden, and friends are invited to please meet at the church. Officiating will be Rev. Jill McGregor. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Lutheran Cemetery, New Sewickley Twp. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes memorial contributions be made to Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 399 State Street, Baden, PA 15005. The family would like to thank the caregivers at the Zelienople Passavant Retirement Community, New Haven Court, for their care and comfort given to our mother.