Eleanor Steele Dill, 92, of Palm Beach, Fla., and Oak Bluffs, Mass., died Aug. 5 after several years' struggle with Parkinson's disease.
She was born on Jan. 21, 1919, in Paterson.
She graduated Ridgewood High School and secretarial school and she worked as a secretary before her marriage to John H. Dill, also of Paterson. They began a family while John served in the Army in Washington, D.C., after which they moved to Ewing and finally to Lawrence, where they raised their three children.
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She also found time for many volunteer activities, including Girl Scouts, Junior League, the Republican Party, and most notably the Lawrence Township public library.
She was predeceased by a son, in infancy; her husband, John, in 1965; and her son, William Henry, in 1998. After her husband's death she returned to work as an assistant in the college exam department of Educational Testing Service, until her retirement.
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Eventually she left New Jersey to live in West Palm Beach, Fla., where she enjoyed warmth and family visits until her health began to decline. Her last years were spent at the home of her daughter, Virginia.
She is survived by two daughters, Susan Nixon, and her husband William, of Scarborough, Maine; and Virginia Gregory, of Oak Bluffs, Maine; a daughter-in-law, Joy Dill, of Exeter, New Hampshire; seven grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at Lawrenceville Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest with her husband and infant son, Monday, Aug. 22, at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home in Princeton.
