Justina “Tina” Irene Ely, 97, of Barrackville, passed away on Jan. 2, 2021, at the Morgantown Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Jan. 26, 1923, in Morgantown, a daughter of the late Jonah and Sadie Walker Kerns. In 1971, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ely.
Mrs. Ely was a member of the Barrackville United Methodist Church and was a graduate of Morgantown High School. She was a homemaker in her own home, but had previously worked at Westinghouse and later, after raising her children, the Fairmont Clinic for over 20 years. Justina was a member of the Methodist quilters and the Lions’ Club Fire Plug. She loved quilting, sewing, and crocheting.
Survivors include her daughter, Monica Stevens, of Fairmont; her son-in-law, Edgar Burley, of Worthington; her grandchildren, Amey and Paul Anderson, Alicia and Nathanael Hibbs, Andrew and Jennifer Burley and Tyler Stevens; her great-grandchildren, Chad Anderson, Chelsea Ashcraft, Natalie Hibbs and Draven Burley; her two great-great-grandchildren, Braelyn Ashcraft and Brixton Anderson; as well as several nieces and nephews; and her life-long best friend, Jean Bane, of Barrackville.
In addition to her parents and husband, Justina was preceded in death by her daughter, Katherine Burley; her son-in-law, Herbert Stevens; as well as her siblings, James Kerns, Carl Kerns, Ross Kerns and Josephine Rowan.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241, or to the Alzheimers’s Association, West Virginia Chapter, 1299 Pineview Drive, Suite 3, Morgantown, WV 26505.
The family has entrusted arrangements to the Ford Funeral Home, Ford Chapel, 201 Columbia St., Fairmont, WV 26554. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all services will be held privately with the Reverend Stephanie Bennett officiating. Interment will be held privately at the Grandview Memorial Gardens in Fairmont.
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