Published: July 16, 2008 09:36 am         

Robert J. Ellifritz [Ridgeley]

RIDGELEY, W.Va. - Robert J. Ellifritz, 88, of Ridgeley, W.Va., died Monday, July 14, 2008, at his residence.

Born Feb. 14, 1920, in Keyser, W.Va., he was the son of the late Edgar Thomas Ellifritz and Nana Belle (Sears) Ellifritz.

He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth A. (Rinehart) Ellifritz; one daughter, Sandra Leigh Ellifritz; three brothers, Elyah, Lloyd, and Edgar Ellifritz; and four sisters, Lydia Haines, Jessie Collins, Catherine Lewis, and Dottie Belle Urice.

He had served in the U.S. Army during World War II, working as a military truck driver in Europe.

Mr. Ellifritz was retired from the B & O Railroad, having been a brakeman and conductor.

He had attended the Presbyterian churches in Keyser, W.Va., and Florida. Mr. Ellifritz was a member of Davis Lodge 51, A.F. & A.M.; 32nd. Degree, Wheeling Scottish Rite Bodies; Alkire Chapter 10, O.E.S.; United Transportation Union, Local 430; American Legion Post 12, Grafton; V.F.W. Post 3518, Keyser; and the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, Inc.

Mr. Ellifritz was the last member of his immediate family.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy M. Poling Ellifritz; one daughter, Inda Belle "Indy" Consalvo, of Seminole, Fla.; two grandchildren, Nicole Larson and Robert Jeff Fisher; five great-grandchildren, Nicholas Baroso, Max Baroso, Megan Larson, Morgan Fisher, and Madison Fisher; four stepchildren, Dan Poling, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Sharon Zvosec, of Sandusky, Ohio, Bonita Peppel, of Garland, Texas, and Rebecca Presko, of Kansas City, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received at the Upchurch Funeral Home, P.A., 202 Greene St., Cumberland, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

The funeral service will be conducted in the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Gary Isner officiating.

Interment will be in the Lahmansville Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dawnview Center, P.O. Box 686, Fort Ashby, WV 26719.