Ella Redmond Aldridge of Washington Heights;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Jan.8;1981;at 4:35 p.m.at the home of her daughter;Mrs.Pearl Hamilton;after a lengthy illness. She was 87. Mrs.Aldridge was born May 2;1893 in Jefferson Twp.;Fayette County;a daughter of the late Samuel and Nellie Aldridge Redmond. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Belle Vernon. Mrs.Aldridge was preceded in death by her husband;Henry;in 1961. Survivors include threee sons;Theodore of Charleroi;Willard of Fayette City;and Rev.David Aldridge of Cleveland;Ohio;seven daughters;Mrs.Maude James of Speers Hill;Mrs.Edith Wolf of Clairton;Mrs.Irene Peto of West Newton;Mrs.Mildred Bennett of Arnold City;Mrs.Beatrice Coulson of Charleroi;Mrs.Betty Joseph of Shelbyville;Ind.;and Mrs.Pearl Hamilton of Belle Vernon;three sisters;Mrs.Adeline Acklin of Brownsville;Mrs.Esther Kelly of Amburst;Ohio and Mrs.Mary Kudiac of Blainesburg;31 grandchildren;46 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchilren. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The body will be taken to the Church of the Nazarene;Belle Vernon;at noon on Saturday;January 10;to lie in state until 1:30 p.m.;the hour of service. The Rev.Kenneth Neiderhiser;pastor of the church;and the Rev.George McNeel;pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church;Brownstown;Fayette City;will officiate. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.