Died 16 March, 1941

Burial in Blair Cemetery

#1-20 Mar., 1941 - The Enterprise Eleanor Isabel (Spicer) Stewart

MRS. DONALD STEWART DIED SUDDENLY SUNDAY

Active In Church And Club Work, Ill Much Of Time

Death came to Mrs. Don Stewart last Sunday morning at about four o’clock. Her health had not been the best for years, she having been a patient sufferer from asthma and of late she had suffered greatly. Although her condition was generally known, her death came as a shock to the community.

She was a general favorite in the community; having a pleasing personality and being mentally alert, she fitted in with the social doings of those of her age and will be greatly missed both in church and social functions.

As Eleanor Isabel Spicer, she was born in Tiffany, Wisconsin on August 13, 1900. She received her early education in Shopiere and Beloit, Wisconsin.

Later for several years she was associated with a physician in his office in Beloit. While attending school in Milwaukee she met Mr. Donald Stewart and on January 1, 1925 they were married, the ceremony being performed in Janesville. For a time they resided in Milwaukee and then moved to Blair where they have since resided.

She became an active member of the local Congregational church and of the Ladies’ Social Union, and will be greatly missed by the church and her friends.

She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, her parents, one sister of Los Angeles, California and a brother of Memphis, Tennessee, and a grandmother 89 years of age.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Congregational church with Rev. R. W. Hastings officiating and with J. E. Campbell, mortician, in charge. Interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

#2-Published in Plot Tribune on 20 March 1941

DEATH TAKES MRS. DONALD STEWART

BLAIR WOMAN, 40, RESIDENT HERE 15 YEARS, DIEDS SUDDENLY SUNDAY

Mrs. Donald Stewart, 40, active in Blair church and social activities during most of her 15 years' residence here, died unexpectedly early Sunday morning at the home of her parents-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Stewart.

Despite failing health, she had not been bedfast, and her sudden death came as a shock to her family and friends.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Congregational church, the Rev. R. W. Hastings officiating. Interment followed in Blair cemetery. Pallbearers were fellow post office employees of Mr. Stewart-Alfred O. Sick, Ted Stewart, Everett Lamb, Ray Hewett, Claar Millrons and Frank Lutz.

Eleanor Isabel Spicer was born in Tiffany, Wisconsin, August 13, 1900. After attending grade school in Shopiere, Wisconsin, she attended Beloit high school. She was associated with a doctor's office in Beloit for several years. While attending school in Milwaukee, she met Mr. Stewart and they were married at Janesville, Wisconsin, January 1, 1925. They lived in Milwaukee for a short time, then came to Blair, where they have resided since.

Mrs. Stewart was a member of the Blair Congregational church, having transferred her membership here from Beloit where was active in the work of the Ladies Social Union.

Surviving Mrs. Stewart are her husband, Donald, of Blair; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Spicer of Beloit, Wisconsin; one sister, Mrs. Leyland Rainer of Los Angeles, California; a brother, Fulmer Spicer of Memphis, Tennessee; and a grandmother, now 89.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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