Eleanor grew up as a young Christian girl country girl in NIobrara County, who loved chickens, family, flowers , hand crafts and horses all her life. She and Stan loved to play cards and go dancing with their friends. In her later years, she was actively involved in the First Baptist Church, Niobrara Health and Life Center and the Stagecoach Museum in Lusk.

She is survived by her daughter Connie and her husband, her sister and family and many cousins, She was preceded in death by her husband Stan, her parents and many aunts, uncles and cousins