Elizabeth Eleanor Fife (Aukscunas), 96, of Wooster, Ohio passed away on February 8th, 2025 with family by her side.
She was born on March, 17th, 1928 on her family’s milk farm in Industry. Lee, as she was called, was the youngest child of Enoch and Anna Aukscunas, along with six older brothers and sisters, who all preceded her in death. She was the beloved wife of 61 years to the late Samuel Robinson Fife Jr, the loving mother of the late Rachel Fife Derr (Tom) and Samuel Robinson Fife III and the most beloved grandmother to the late Thomas Benjamin Derr (Tyler) and Amanda Lee Derr (deceased). She is survived by sister-in-law Rae Nancy Zuberbuhler, her brother-in-law Dick Zuberbuhler and many nieces and nephews.

After moving to several job destinations with her husband Samuel, Elizabeth settled onto the Fife family’s 1830s homestead outside of Beaver. She rejoiced in beautifying her home and property with creating bountiful gardens of vegetables and flowers into the garden spot of Brighton Township. That bounty she grew was generously shared with friends and family throughout the area. Her visiting grandchildren were the beneficiaries of a master class in gardening and nature.
Her resolute strength and spirit will remain close in our hearts always.
Friends will be received on Friday, February 14th from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. in the Noll Funeral Home, 333 Third Street, Beaver. Interment will take place on the family plot at Scrub Grass Presbyterian Cemetery of Emlenton, Pennsylvania. Online condolences may be shared at nollfuneral.com.
Donations in her memory can be given to Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare of Wooster.
In lieu of flowers, Elizabeth would have loved that you plant flowers to continue honoring her legacy.