Eleanor Delores Harden, 83, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at her daughter’s home with her son-in-law, Julian, as her caregiver.

Born May 27, 1934, in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Charles Brenton and Edith Pearl Crone Spriggs.

She attended Hancock (Md.) Presbyterian Church.

Eleanor was a 1955 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School.

She was a homemaker all of her life to her husband and children.

Eleanor worked at Duckwall and Johnson tomato canning factory, and Interwoven sewing mill, both in Berkeley Springs; and G.C. Murphy’s and Shives pizza shop, both in Hancock.

She attended activities at the Berkeley Springs and Hancock senior centers.

Eleanor enjoyed gardening and canning, and loved spending her time with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Eleanor is survived by her children, Dale William Harden and wife, Charmaine Kay, and Karen Marie Ayers and husband, Julian Vincent III, all of Hancock; five grandchildren, Bradley William Harden of Waynesboro, Pa., Christopher James Harden of Berkeley Springs, Stephanie Marie Sorochman of Pittsburgh, Pa., Angelique Elizabeth Leslie Ayers of Hagerstown, Md., and Alexander Vincent Ayers of Hancock; six great-grandchildren, Nolan Kenneth Root of Hedgesville, W.Va., Jillian Paisleigh Sorochman of Pittsburgh, Garrus Barrett Browning and Deianira Victoria Browning, both of Hagerstown, Carter Michael Golden of McConnellsburg, Pa., and Oakley William Harden of Waynesboro; two sisters-in-law; one brother-in-law; many nieces and nephews; and her good friend, Donald McBee.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lester William Harden, on June 18, 1993; and one brother, Leroy Brenton Spriggs.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 95 Union St., Berkeley Springs, with the Rev. Allan Weatherholt Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 1601 Second Ave., Charleston, WV 25387; or Rest Haven Cemetery Fund, c/o Gates Sykes, 460 Grove Heights Road, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.helsleyjohnsonfh.com .

--Hagerstown Herald-Mail, February 22, 2018