Eloise Genevieve Carey

Eloise Genevieve (Rustad) Carey, 96, of Winchester, VA, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Spring Arbor Assisted Living Facility. Services were held at Fellowship Bible Church on August 13th with son, Rev. Mark Carey, officiating.  Internment with be at 11:30am on Friday, October 21st in Bancroft, NE. Local arrangements are under the direction of Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Bancroft, NE. Mrs. Carey was born March 11, 1920 in Cannon Falls, MN, the daughter of the late Christian Rustad and Georgina Johnson Rustad. Eloise worked for Youth Home Missions from 1948, until she married Donald Floyd Carey on April 2, 1953, in Forreston, IL.   The Carey’s made their home on the family farm in Bancroft, NE.  Mrs. Carey was a homemaker but also worked as an aide in the Bancroft Public School.  In 1992, the Carey’s moved to Stephens City, VA to be closer to their children and grandchildren.   She is survived by her daughter, Mona Lynne Carey (Joel Garbus) of Cambridge, MD; and her son, Mark Donald Carey (Lisa) of Stephen City, VA, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.    Along with her parents, Eloise was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Carey in 1998, four brothers and two sisters.