Eleanor Ross Hendrick Uglow, 83, of Lexington Park, MD died March 6, 2007 in St. Mary's Hospital, Leonardtown, MD, following a long illness.

Born September 30, 1923 in Campbell, MO, Eleanor was the daughter of the late John William and Minnie (Perry) Hendrick. She graduated from Holcomb High School, Missouri in 1942 and then attended Business College in Memphis, TN. It was here that she met her future husband, Norman R. Uglow, of Chambersburg, PA, who happened to be in Memphis attending a Navy ordnance class. They were married December 3, 1944 in Oakland, CA.

As a military wife and homemaker, she enjoyed assignments with her growing family in California, Hawaii, Florida, Maryland, back to Hawaii, back to Maryland, and in between these assignments were frequent trips back home to Missouri and Pennsylvania. Their final military move brought them to Patuxent River Naval Air Station in 1957 where they settled down in Ridge. Eleanor worked at Pax River and jokingly said she was "just a secretary," though she knew her efforts were truly appreciated by the people for whom she worked.

After retirement from civil service in 1989, Eleanor began volunteering at Ridge Elementary School, the same school her children and many of her grandchildren attended throughout the years. She assisted as a teacher's aide in the first-grade class for 15 years and made many little friends. She took great pride in her volunteer work and loved spending time with the children, whom she loved and cared about very much. Many of the children there that first year have long since graduated from college. In addition to her volunteer work, she also enjoyed watching Jeopardy, working crossword puzzles, traveling, books, and delving into her family history. She was committed to helping build the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC and contributed much time and money toward that effort.

She is survived by her six daughters; Terry Dunn and her husband, Louis of Lexington Park, MD, Kathryn Bridgeman and her husband, Randy of Lexington Park, MD, Susan Uglow of Forest, VA, Sharon Harwood and her husband, John of St. Inigoes, MD, Letty Cyrus and her husband, Ray of Ridge, MD and Tracey Uglow and Bob Chapman of Dameron, MD, eleven grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and one sister, Johnnieve Whitmore of Kansas City, MO. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Norman R. Uglow, who died on January 9, 1992, an infant son, and a brother, Earl Hendrick.

The family will receive friends on Friday, March 9, 2007 from 5- 8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD. Prayers will be recited at 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will be conducted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in First Friendship United Methodist Church, Ridge, MD. Reverend Keith Schukraft will conduct the service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons; Patrick Dean, Kevin Dean, David Goddard, Carl Dunn and nephews; Ken Brunner and Ben Dansberger. Honorary pallbearer will be littlest grandson, Nicholas Uglow.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650, First Friendship Methodist Church, P.O. Box 133, Ridge, MD 20680 or Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680.

The family wishes to thank the many friends and family who assisted in her later years, especially Melanie Sanchez.