Mrs. Estella Stella Struke a resident, of Wallaceburg, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010 at the C.K.H.A. Sydenham Campus in Wallaceburg at the age of 85 years. Stella was born in Freeport, Nova Scotia and was a daughter of the late Mitchell and Genevieve (Larsh) Melanson. Predeceased by her husbands Lorne Conliffe and Carl Struke. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Bari Lynn and William Morningstar and Janis Jan McCarthy. Dear grandmother of Todd, Jami Lynn, and Trevor. Kind sister of Hilda and Harold Sykes of Stoney Creek, and Edmond Ted Melanson of Grand Bend. Predeceased by her brothers Gordon, Eldred, Dennis and her sisters Eula Thibideau and Loretta Bonacor. The late Stella Struke is resting at the Eric F. Nicholls Funeral Home, 639 Elgin St., Wallaceburg. Visitation will be held on Sunday March 21, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday March 22, 2010 at 10:30am from Our Lady of Help Church. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Wallaceburg. As an expression of sympathy donations to the Canadian Cancer Society may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.ericfnichollsfuneralhome.com As a living memorial a tree will be planted in the Nicholls Memorial Forest in memory of Stella Struke.