Florence "Flo" N. Shelander

Eldred-  Florence N. “Flo” Shelander, 71, of the Loop Rd., passed away on Friday (February 15th, 2019) at home surrounded by her loving family.
Born October 16th, 1947 in Scranton, Pa she was a daughter of Harold and Helen Astrauskas Hoke.  On March 16th, 1968 in St. Raphael’s Church, Eldred she married Ken J. Shelander, who survives.  
Florence was a 1967 graduate of Otto-Eldred High School.  Along with her husband Ken, she had resided in Coudersport, Pa from 1975 to 1983 due to a transfer at work, they then returned to Eldred where she resided up until the present.
Mrs.  Shelander had been employed by Pure Carbon in Coudersport and American Olean Tile Co., up until her retirement in 2008.
Flo was a longtime member of St. Raphael’s Church in Eldred, as well as their Altar Rosary Society and a founding member of their annual Soups-On! Program.  She loved cooking, flowers and gardening, knitting, and especially spending time with her granddaughters.
In addition to her husband of over fifty years, she is survived by two sons, Mark (Kathy) Shelander and Ken M. Shelander both of Eldred; two granddaughters, Chelsea Shelander of Farmington, Conneticut and Alyssa Shelander at home; brother, Harold (Susan) Hoke of Troy, Michigan; as well as two sisters, Susan (Richard) Collins of Rixford and Paulette (Roger) Orlandi of Sayer, Pa.
Friends may call on Monday at the Frame Funeral Home, Eldred from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 pm.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday at 11:00 am at St. Raphael’s Church in Eldred with the Rev. Thomas E. Brown as celebrant.  Burial will follow in St. Raphael’s Cemetery, Eldred.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to St. Raphael’s Altar Rosary Society or the American Cancer Society.
Online condolences may be made at www.framefuneralhome.com.

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