Eleanor May Sawyer (Shafer)
April 4, 1918 — October 17, 2010
Eleanor M. Sawyer, 92, of Central City, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 22, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by Rev. Nick Needham. Family will greet friends after 9:00 a.m.
Survivors include her son, Jack (Linda) of Central City; 3 grandchildren, Tracy (Todd) Beaton of Cedar Rapids, Tom Van Zante of Elgin, IL, and Taylor (Leah) Sawyer of Honolulu, HI; 4 great-grandsons, Ryan Beaton, Jacob Beaton, Odin Sawyer, and Keagan Sawyer; 2 nieces, Marie (Tom) Hill of Fairfax, and Linda (Bill) Joslin of Leawood, KS; and a very special friend, Betty Sines of Hiawatha, KS.
Eleanor was born April 4, 1918, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of William and Irene “Irma” (Dickenson) Shafer. On May 22, 1936, she was united in marriage to Billy L. Sawyer in Dubuque. He died January 12, 2004, after 67 years of marriage. Eleanor retired from Rockwell Collins in 1976, with twenty years of service.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Elizabeth, step-father, Roy Patten; and 3 step-brothers, Pat, Rollo, and Cecil Patten.
Eleanor loved fishing, hunting, golf, and camping with family and friends. She will be greatly missed by all.
A special thanks to the Hiawatha Care Center, Dr. Nelson, and Dr. Glanzer, for all their care and kindness they gave to Eleanor.
Please sign our online guestbook for Eleanor at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Survivors include her son, Jack (Linda) of Central City; 3 grandchildren, Tracy (Todd) Beaton of Cedar Rapids, Tom Van Zante of Elgin, IL, and Taylor (Leah) Sawyer of Honolulu, HI; 4 great-grandsons, Ryan Beaton, Jacob Beaton, Odin Sawyer, and Keagan Sawyer; 2 nieces, Marie (Tom) Hill of Fairfax, and Linda (Bill) Joslin of Leawood, KS; and a very special friend, Betty Sines of Hiawatha, KS.
Eleanor was born April 4, 1918, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of William and Irene “Irma” (Dickenson) Shafer. On May 22, 1936, she was united in marriage to Billy L. Sawyer in Dubuque. He died January 12, 2004, after 67 years of marriage. Eleanor retired from Rockwell Collins in 1976, with twenty years of service.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Elizabeth, step-father, Roy Patten; and 3 step-brothers, Pat, Rollo, and Cecil Patten.
Eleanor loved fishing, hunting, golf, and camping with family and friends. She will be greatly missed by all.
A special thanks to the Hiawatha Care Center, Dr. Nelson, and Dr. Glanzer, for all their care and kindness they gave to Eleanor.
Please sign our online guestbook for Eleanor at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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