Joseph-McElhenny-Obituary

Professor Joseph J. McElhenny Sr.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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McELHENNYPROFESSOR JOSEPH J. SR., age 90 of Phila., Oct. 9, 2004, WWII Veteran. Beloved husband of 53 years to Catherine (nee Shields), devoted father of Amanda Ivory, the Honorable Elizabeth McHugh, Esq. (widow of the Honorable Michael McHugh, Esq.), Joseph Jr., Michael and his wife Barbara, and...

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my family would like to offer our deepest sorrow for your loss of such a fine gentleman.my children and i were so lucky to have had all our meetings with mr.mcelhenny occur at great family gatherings.mom-mom, tommy, betty,and the rest of the family
may the lord grant you extra blessings through this difficult time. love to all the fetzer family

Mr & Mrs McElhenny took care of my 2 brothers (Tommy & Martin) and I after school for alot of my grade school years at St Ambrose. It was always a lark to go to their house after school because they had alot of kids in and out of their home - besides their own, us 3 Fox kids, and many neighborhood kids, it was THE house to be at. We found ourselves going over on weekends on our bicycles to go play in their neighborhood instead of our own. When Mr McElhenny was home from work (school) he was...

No one in Mr. McElhenny's family will recognize my name, but I would like to express my sorrow at reading of his death. I was a student of his at Holy Family College in 1970. I was what was known then as a "Continuing Education Student". Actually that meant that I was a much older student coming back to school after a long absence. I want you to know that your husband, father and grandfather was my first teacher and became my friend almost immediately. He opened my mind to history in a way I...