Elaine DeFranco, 88, passed away April 10, in Lancaster, PA. surrounded by family.  Born in Easton PA, to the late George and Helen Lehr, and the devoted wife of 65 years to the late Joseph DeFranco, who passed away March 1st of this year and now they are reunited forever.

Elaine grew up in Alpha, New Jersey and attended University of Delaware, then went to live in Greenwich Village, New York, where she worked as a dietitian, before returning to her hometown of Alpha where she met her husband. They had a world wind romance, married and took off for California. She lived many places and traveled all over the United States, visiting friends and family on numerous 8 week long vacations across the US.

Family was everything to Elaine and she always had a smile and a hug ready for you. When she married her husband he asked her if she wanted to continue her career and her answer was " I would really like to be a full-time mother" and that is what she did for years. Her other love was cooking, she would spend all day in the kitchen to serve the best healthy meals, so delicious you didn't even know you were eating healthy, she was doing clean eating before it was the thing to do.

Her husband and her opened up a few antique stores, one was in Glen Burnie, MD called Yesterdays, one in Newark, DE called T & J's Collectibles and once the stores closed she went on to help with the many co-ops they sold at. Elaine kept busy with many charitable organizations, including Milagro House, a shelter for homeless women with children, Elks Club and other charities.

Elaine is survived by her daughters Denise Strandell wife of Robert, Sebastion, FL Colleen DeFranco of Millersville, PA her son Jack DeFranco of Quarryville, PA. Grandchildren Crystal Cruz, John Mohler, Jessica Strandell, Heather Watkins, Krystal Westwood, Ashley DeFranco and Ryan Fahnestock, fourteen great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and her brother, Robert "Bob" Lehr. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph and son Thomas DeFranco.

A Christian Mass Service will be held at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 955 Robert Fulton Hwy, Quarryville PA 17566 on Friday May 23rd at 11:00 Friends are welcome to greet the family at 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Interment will be private.