Eleanor Killen

Eleanor Killen VIRGINIA BEACH - Eleanor Norris Woodruff Killen, a resident of Windermere Nursing Home in Virginia Beach, died May 13, 2010. She was born in Portsmouth Dec. 18, 1917 to Maj. John Franklin Swift Norris (U.S. Marine Corps) and Florida Costen Hope Norris. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Frazier Killen and her sister, Hope Norris Williams. Mrs. Killen retired as a clerk of the Commissioner of Revenue Office, City of Chesapeake. She also worked prior to that for the City of Portsmouth Treasurers Office. She was a charter member of the Portsmouth Service League and past member of the Portsmouth Women's Club and Elizabeth Manor Country Club. She was a member of the Fort Nelson chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 56 years in Portsmouth prior to transferring to the Adam Thoroughgood Chapter DAR in Virginia Beach. Eleanor and her sister, Hope, made their debuts at the Portsmouth Assembly in 1935. Mrs. Killen was a member of St. Aidan's Episcopal Church and had previously served as a member of the vestry. Mrs. Killen is survived by a daughter, Eleanor Woodruff Breckenridge (Jim) of Virginia Beach and a son, Dr. Harvey C. Woodruff (Martha) of Yorktown, Va. She has four grandchildren, Hope Breckenridge of Virginia Beach, James W. Breckenridge of Portsmouth, Stephanie Woodruff of Austin, Texas and Katherine Woodruff of Williamsburg, Va.; and two great-grandsons, Aiden O'Neill McNamara and Nathan Alexander Outland. She is also survived by Patricia O'Neill, mother of Stephanie and Katherine Woodruff. Mrs. Killen is survived by six stepchildren, Ersel Killen Sharp (Michael), Sarah Killen Holmes (Ed), Alice Killen Ward, Mary Killen Smith (Don), Dr. Joseph F. Killen (Donna) and Kathryn Killen Lewis. She also has seven stepgrandchildren, Vanessa Johnston (Carl), Kimberly Burnett (Scott), Carl Ward IV (Wendy), Dawson Smith, Jack Smith, Reid Killen and Ragan Killen. Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 19, at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church. Burial will be private. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Virginia Beach SPCA, 3040 Holland Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453 or the Sandbridge Volunteer Rescue Squad No. 17, 309 Sandbridge Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456. Condolences may be offered to the family at www. hollomon-brown.com.