Estella C. Talhelm, 101, a resident of Penn Hall Nursing Center, Chambersburg, and formerly of 11796 Stull Road, Greencastle, and Providence Place, Chambersburg, died at 3:15 a.m. Monday, June 14, 2010 in the nursing center.
Born Oct. 18, 1908 in Antrim Township, she was the daughter of the late James M. and Belle (Bartle) Clary.
She was a 1926 graduate of Greencastle High School and 1929 graduate of Shippensburg Normal School.
Mrs. Talhelm was a retired school teacher, having taught 37 1/2 years in Antrim Township schools.
She was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Greencastle where she was a member of the Women's Bible Class.
Mrs. Talhelm was also a member of the National Retired Teachers Association, the Pennsylvania and Franklin County Retired Teachers Associations and the Kauffman Ruritan Club.
She also was a member of the Greencastle Sportsman Club Auxiliary, the Zullinger Homemakers and volunteered at the Waynesboro Hospital Auxiliary.
Mrs. Talhelm enjoyed her grandchildren, crocheting, knitting and making crafts.
She and her husband, Harold E. "Tallie" Talhelm, were married June 1, 1929 in the parsonage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He died Feb. 19, 2001.
She is survived by one daughter, Phyllis Knepper Shatzer and husband Barry; two granddaughters, Pam Daley and husband Edward, of Waynesboro; Kim Bohn and husband Randall, of Greencastle; three great-grandchildren, Abigail Daley, Megan Daley and Travis Bohn.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 18, in the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home, 45 S. Carlisle St., Greencastle, with Rev. Martin H. Horn and Rev. Edward Daley officiating.
Burial will be in the Brown’s Mill Cemetery, Kauffman.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Memorial Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 130 N. Washington St. Greencastle, PA 17225.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanfh.com
