Elma L. Buttermore, 100, of Zelienople, formerly of Rochester, passed away on December 24th, 2024 in Passavant Retirement Community of Zelienople. She was born in East Rochester on May 20th, 1924, the daughter of the late Elmer G. and Wilma MacGarvey Emerick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband George E. Buttermore Sr, two granddaughters, Mary Brigid Buttermore and Ann Obele, and two sisters Patricia Conrad and Mary Ann Lizzi. She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, George E. Buttermore Jr., of Hilton Head, South Carolina, John A. and Jennifer Buttermore of Slippery Rock, and William H. and Judy Buttermore of Ames, Iowa, four grandchildren: Kimberly C. Buttermore, Andrew Buttermore and his wife Kelly, Deborah L. Helgeson and her husband Matthew, Monica Nielsen and her husband Paul, her eleven great grandchildren, one sister Norma Emerick Penburty and one brother Elmer George Emerick, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Elma was a housewife and homemaker for her own household and former executive secretary to the President of Geneva College. Elma was a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rochester and attended the Seaman Memorial Chapel of Zelienople, then the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Cranberry Township. She was a member of the Order of Bayesian of The Knights Templar of Pennsylvania. Elma was a member of the Beaver Valley Flying Club and a graduate of Rochester Area High School. Elma’s wish was to be cremated, however, friends are invited to attend her celebration of life funeral service on Saturday, January 4th, 2025 at 11 a.m., in the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 393 Adams Street, Rochester. Officiating will be her pastor Reverend Greggory S. Clagg. Inurnment will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery of Freedom. All arrangements are entrusted to William Murphy Funeral Home, Inc., 349 Adams Street, Rochester.