ELINDA ANN WING, age 59, of Twinsburg, a nationally respected social worker, poet, photographer, singer, joke-teller and travel enthusiast passed away from sarcoma cancer on June 3, 2009. Wing was born in Whitesburg, Kentucky and grew up in Logan, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio University and earned her Masters in social work from the University of Kentucky. She was the clinical director for Family Solutions in Cuyahoga Falls until 2002. More recently, she consulted on a volunteer basis with civic organizations such as the Office of Disability Employment Policy and the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The NCOA will offer an award next year in her honor to a business that performs cutting-edge work in mature worker issues. She is survived by her husband, Stephen; sons, Thaddeus and Nicholas; daughter, Emily; granddaughters, Alexis and Lillian; and sisters, Vickie Ellinger and Janie Robinson. Her family will receive visitors at the United Methodist Church of Macedonia at 1280 E Aurora Rd, Macedonia, on Thursday, June 11, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm and Friday, June 12, 2009 from 10am to 11am. The memorial service will be held immediately following the morning visitation. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation www.reininsarcoma.org. Arrangements by The Charles R. Blessing Funeral Home, Twinsburg 330-963-4100 blessingfuneralhome.com