Elaine Bruder

Elaine F. Bruder, a resident of the Village of Neshaminy Falls, North Wales, passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Solana Horsham nursing facility. She was 86. Elaine was the loving wife of the late Joseph A. Bruder, Jr. Born in Hatboro, Elaine was a daughter of the late Bertha and William Henry Ford. Elaine had been employed as a nurse with the Hatboro Medical Association for over 30 years. She enjoyed line dancing, sewing and crafting and was an active member of the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Montgomeryville. Elaine is survived by a son David and his wife Elizabeth, daughters, Nancy Gradwell, Kathy Edgar and her husband John and Sherry Tomlinson and her husband Bill. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, sisters, Betty Jane Belli and Cora Lindquist, sister-in-law Dorothy Bruder and brother-in-law Richard Bruder. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Rick Gradwell, a brother William Ford and a sister Joan Nunn. Elaine’s funeral service will be 12 noon, Friday, September 26, 2014 at the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 615 Cowpath Road, Montgomeryville where the family will receive friends after 11:00 am until the time of service. Interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Elaine’s name may be made to the Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing, 2500 Maryland Road, Suite 200, Willow Grove, PA 19090.