Elizabeth E McNeill

Elizabeth McNeill (née Mueller), of New Buffalo, MI, passed away on Saturday, January 2015 at the age of 92. Arrangements have been entrusted to Sommerfeld Chapel, New Buffalo, Michigan. Elizabeth was born to parents Jacob and Elizabeth Mueller (née Bach) on Dec 8, 1924 in Chicago, IL. She worked in communications most of her life, first as Assistant Editor of the New Buffalo Times, in Corporate Communications at U.S. Steel, and as the first Executive Director of the Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce. She was active in many local and civic organizations most of her life.  She proudly served in the Women’s Army Air Corps, during WWII, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Elizabeth married William McNeill in New Orleans while in the Air Force during WWII, and the couple had five children. Elizabeth is survived by her daughter, Margaret Cooley; her sons, Jim, John, Bill and Jack McNeill, and her two Grandsons, Bob and Brian Cooley. She is preceded in death by her husband, William McNeill. As per her wishes, there will be no service or viewing.  Memorial donations may be made to the New Buffalo Public Library. Also to her wishes, she will be cremated, and her ashes scattered privately in New Orleans, LA on the Mississippi River, a place she loved all her life.