Lena C. Unruh, 94
SMYRNA, DE - Lena C. Unruh passed away on November 14, 2023 at Milford Hospice Center.
Lena was born on April 10, 1929, daughter of the late Orville W. and Ruth Evans Newnom where she was raised on a farm in Taylors Bridge. She began her career with the Delaware State Police and had also worked for American Hoerscht, Duramed Medical Services, Whirlpool Acceptance Corp. and retired at the young age of 88 from Delaware Park. Lena was a charter member of the Odessa VFC Ladies Auxiliary.
Along with her parents; she was preceded in death by her siblings, Harry N. Newnom, Martha Elliott, Ruth Unruh, Edna Long, and Gertrude Thomas.
She is survived by her daughters, Jerren U. Wetterau of Townsend, DE and Cathie L. Alger of Melbourne, FL; five grandchildren, Paul Watts (Treasa), Kevin Watts (Jill), Anne Coleman (Don), Amber Estep (Brian), and Eben Durvin; nine great grandchildren; two great greatgrandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Monday, November 20 from 10:30-12 at the Friendship United Methodist Church, 169 Paddock Rd., Townsend, DE, where funeral service will begin at 12 noon. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, DE.
Arrangements by Galena Funeral Home of Stephen L. Schaech