Eleanor Powell

ELEANOR POWELL COURTNEY, 78, of Middletown died May 28 at the Jersey Shore Rehabilitation Center, Eatontown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in New York City prior to moving to Middletown in 1960. She worked a various nursing positions in New York and New Jersey. Prior to that, she was a lieutenant in the Navy Nurse Corps during World War II, and served in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland, and Dublin, Ga. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown. Her hobbies included reading and spending time with her family. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Courtney, in 1991. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Trenia Courtney of Newtown, Pa., and James and Patricia Courtney of Howell; her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Robert Halligan of Rumson; and nine grandchildren. Visitation will be May 31 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown. A funeral gathering will be June 1 at 8:45 a.m. at the funeral home. A funeral liturgy will follow at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.