Eleanor Mary Kurzhals Herring of Beach Lake, PA, a retired registered nurse and longtime resident of the area, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Wayne Memorial Hospital with her family by her side. She was 90. The daughter of the late Edward and Mary Clark Kurzhals, she was born in Peekskill, NY on October 21, 1924.

Eleanor graduated from the Cochran School of Nursing, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY. She retired from the Peekskill Community Hospital. She served as Supervisor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for over 20 years. She was a former member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps; she served six months at Fort Dix, NJ. She was a member of the Peekskill Civic Orchestra (violinist). She was a former president of the Peekskill Hospital RN Association. She was a member and former president of both the Tusten Senior Citizens Club, Narrowsburg, NY and the Senior Roundup Club of Beach Lake, PA. She was a member of the Red Hat Society.

She is survived by her husband of 69 years James Herring; their children Clifford J. Herring and his wife Cheryl of Lebanon, CT; Pamela Lass and her husband Wm. Terry of Port Jervis, NY; Bruce D. Herring and his wife Arlene of Smithville, MO; grandchildren Clifford J. Herring Jr. and his wife Amanda; Lisa Herring; Mary Lass Eberling and her husband Edward; and William J. Lass; great-grandchildren Wyatt Herring, Julia Lambe, Olivia Phillips, Ava Eberling, Robert Eberling, Amanda Schmidt; two great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Eleanor is predeceased by her sisters Doris Muriel Hamme and Thelma Marie Gibson.

At the request of the family there will be no visitation or services.