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Elnora Eugenia Preuss

Elnora Eugenia Preuss

Female 1925 - 2021  (96 years)

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  • Name Elnora Eugenia Preuss 
    Birth 12 Jan 1925  Structure, Williamson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 Dec 2021  Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • IN MEMORY ELNORA MCQUISTON

      Elnora Eugenia Preuss McQuiston flew away into the arms of our Heavenly Father on Christmas Day, 2021 at the age of 96, just 3 weeks short of her birthday on January 12th. She was a native Texan, born in Structure, Texas, a little town 10 miles southeast of Taylor and founded in the early 1920’s. Born in 1925, she must have been one the first newborns in the new town, as the population was 10 in 1933, of which three were her and her parents, Emma and Charley Preuss. Elnora’s graduation class from Thrall High School in 1942 totaled 34. She attended her last class reunion in 2017 with the only other surviving classmate, Roy Krieg.

      In 1964, the family moved back from D.C. to Austin and found a home in Rollingwood, where she lived until April of 2021, when she moved to Weatherford, Texas to live with her son, Dennis, and daughter-in-law Sherrie’. She was famous for her chocolate pies (requested for every family occasion) and her turkey dressing at Thanksgiving. She had to make extra dressing for all the grandkids to take home. She enjoyed reading, playing with her white Bichon Frise’ Lily, visiting with friends and family and eating breakfast at IHOP, Dan’s or McDonalds with special friends. You might have seen her at these places in her 1989 red Cadillac, a surprise Valentine’s Day present from her loving husband.

      Elnora was predeceased by her parents and her husband George, with whom she had a wonderful Christian marriage for 65 years, providing a perfect model for her family. They met at the SPJST dance hall in Taylor, Texas while he was serving in the Navy, and they married in 1944.

      She is survived by her two sons Dennis (Sherrie’) and Bobby (Margaret), and grandchildren Michael (Cara) McQuiston, Michelle (Aaron) Erickson, Russel McQuiston, Nathan McQuiston, Ryan McQuiston, Melody Ellis and Heather Phillips. She is also survived by eight loving great-grandchildren.

      Elnora and George were members of First Southern Presbyterian (renamed Central Presbyterian) for 35-40 years, then enjoyed Covenant Presbyterian. In 2013, she joined Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, but only once Pastor Tom arrived, as she (and all of us!) loved his enthusiasm, passion and vision. Almost immediately she began volunteering to work on the church bulletins every week, where she soon was called the “Queen of the Team.”

      Elnora was a true sweetheart who will be remembered as a kind, loving, gentle, gracious and elegant lady who cared for all people and made everyone feel loved, especially her family and her Shepherd of the Hills church family.

      She will be greatly missed.

      A memorial service will be at noon on Thursday, December 30 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in West Lake Hills, 3325 Bee Cave Road.

      For those unable to attend the funeral, the following link may be used to view the service live or at a later date: bit.ly/McQuistonFuneral

      Gifts in memory of Elnora may be given to the Shepherd of the Hills Endowment Fund (by check mailed to 3525 Bee Caves Rd., Austin TX 78746, or online at onrealm.org/shephills/give/McQuiston, or a charity of your choice.https://
    Person ID I19456  Family
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

    Father Charley Preuss   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Emma   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F14948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George A. McQuiston,   b. 13 Jan 1920, Corry, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 2010, Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 18 Nov 1944  Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Dennis McQuiston
     2. Robert McQuiston
     3. George E. McQuiston
    Family ID F6677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Nov 1944 - Baltimore, Maryland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 2021 - Austin, Travis County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Elnora Eugenia Preuss (1925 - 2021)    		Elnora Eugenia Preuss (1925 - 2021)

  • Sources 
    1. [S2898] Dignity Memorial, 29 December 2021; Elnora McQuiston Obituary.

    2. [S834] McQuiston, James Arthur, ltr #90-227.

    3. [S2669] Legacy Website, 4 June 2010; George A. McQuiston.
      Published in Austin American-Statesman on June 4, 2010

      George A. McQuiston

      George A. McQuiston, age 90 of Austin, passed away on June 2, 2010. George was born January, 13, 1920, to William and Ethel (McGonnel) McQuiston of Corry, PA. He married Elnora Preuss of Taylor, Texas on November 18, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland. George served his country in WWII in the South Pacific. He attended radio school and joined an invasion force in Hawaii that was prepared for an immediate invasion of Japan but the war ended so he shipped to Japan and went aboard the battleship New Jersey, the Flagship of the Fifth Fleet. George and Elnora moved from Pennsylvania to Austin, Texas in 1945 and he attended the University of Texas, graduating in 1952. While attending the University of Texas he worked as night auditor for the Driskill Hotel. After graduation, George worked for Kruger Jewelry as Comptroller, then joined the Internal Revenue Service in 1954 as an Agent. After working three years in Houston as an Internal Revenue Service Agent, the family moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a Tax Law Specialist in the National Office for eight years. George then returned to Austin to fill the vacancy of Manager of the Employee Plans and Exempt Organization. He retired from IRS in 1981. George went to work for Hilgers & Watkins Law Firm, part-time as a Pension Consultant and also established his own business as a Certified Public Accountant administering retirement plans for about 13 years before retiring again in 1994. George is survived by his beloved wife, Elnora, of 65 years, son Dennis and wife, Sherrie' of Abilene, son Bobby and wife, Margaret of Austin, and son George E. of Utah. He is survived by eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters Anne Price and Mildred Yount, one half-sister, Phoebe, and two sisters-in-law, Ronnie McQuiston and Pat McQuiston, all of Corry, PA. Family and friends are cordially invited to a visitation at 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2010 at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Blvd. Austin, Texas. Funeral services will commence at 2:00 p.m., with interment to follow at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice in lieu of flowers. Condolences may be left at www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com