Eleanor Jean Hipsley Zoeller

Eleanor Jean Hipsley Zoeller Obituary Eleanor Jean Hipsley Zoeller, of Waterwood, Texas, age 90, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026. Eleanor was born in Sewickley, PA on March 23rd, 1935, the daughter of the late Dr. J. Raymond Hipsley DDS and Edna M (Anderson) Hipsley. She grew up in Sewickley, PA where she graduated from Sewickley High School in 1953. After high school, she went to work as a secretary at Mellon Bank in Sewickley, PA in the same building where her father had his dentistry practice. Eleanor was born as an identical twin (Shirley A. Sye) and was the eldest of three with Helen L. Hipsley being the youngest. At the age of two, Eleanor and Shirley began dance lessons and through time increased their dance skills from student to teacher which led to dancing professionally in their later teen years. As twins, they were inseparable and were best friends throughout life. Eleanor married her high school sweetheart, William Albert Zoeller on September 1,1956 at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Bellevue, PA and celebrated 61 blessed years of marriage until his death in 2018. They enjoyed traveling, antiquing, square dancing, and most of all their love and companionship of being with each other. Together they raised a family; William David (Vicky), Kenneth Alan (Wanda), Richard Thomas (1961), and Raymond Frederick (Anja); as they enjoyed their nine grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband William, Richard Thomas Zoeller (son), Shirley Ann Sye (twin sister), James H. Sye (brother-in-law), Frederick E. Zoeller (brother-in-law), and Janet (Stuehling) Zoeller (sister-in-law). After the passing of the love of her life (William), she filled her time and energy with family and church friends from Grace Community Church at Waterwood. She was a very active person in her later years and could be found traveling around town with her girlfriends eating out, shopping, attending social and church functions. She was active in the Waterwood Women’s League, Coldspring’s Garden Club, and Red Hats. Her favorite time outside of family was spent playing "Spinners" and drinking coffee with her closest friends. She was loved by all. Visitation for family and friends will be received on Saturday, January 31, 2026 from 1 pm to 2 pm with the memorial service immediately following at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home; 1700 Normal Park Drive; Huntsville, Texas. Flowers will be accepted or donations can be made in honor of Eleanor H. Zoeller to Grace Community Church at Waterwood; 239 Waterwood; Huntsville, Texas 77320. To view the service by live stream, you may click on the link below. It should be active approximately 10 minutes prior to the service time: https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/a26019959816838

Eleanor Jean Hipsley Zoeller

March 23, 1935 - January 15, 2026