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Grace Eliff Obituary

GRACE ELIFF Grace Blair Eliff, 77, died Saturday October 16, 2010 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband Gerald F. Eliff in 1999. She has lived in the North Penn area since 1977, except for an eight year period from 1991 to 1999, when she lived in Florida. Born and raised in Conshohocken, she was the daughter of the late Elias and Grace Kriebel Blair. A graduate of Conshohocken High School and Gwynedd Mercy College, she worked as a secretary for AEL Electronics, formerly of Colmar. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and enjoyed traveling. Mrs. Eliff was active in the Animal Humane Society. She is survived by her two loving sons, Bradford G. Eliff and his wife, Elizabeth, of Towamencin and Christopher B. Eliff, Retired U.S. Navy, and his wife, Jeanette, of San Diego; one sister, Helen McFarland of Skippack; 10 granchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited attend her Funeral Service at 11AM, Thursday October 21, at the Simcox-McIlvaine Funeral Home, 532 E. Main St., Lansdale, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 11AM. Interment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery in North Wales. For those desiring, in lieu of flowers, memorials in Grace's name to the Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, would be preferred.

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Published by The Reporter from Oct. 18 to Oct. 19, 2010.

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