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Always Ready: Trine grad following call to serve in Coast Guard
Quinn O’Brien enjoyed working as a bridge engineer after graduating from Trine University, but knew his destiny was elsewhere.
September 12, 2018
Ethelwyn McElroy, Trine University's oldest living alumna, has passed away at the
age of 108.
Born June 1, 1910, in Angola, Ethelwyn graduated from Tri-State College in 1930 from what was then called the School of Commerce with a degree in bookkeeping. She worked as a bookkeeper and accountant, the last 35 years at Angola Lumber Company.
She died peacefully Aug. 20 in Surprise, Arizona, where she had lived in recent years.
Read more at Dignity Memorial.