Eleanor L. Weseman Ritchie Obituary (1931

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Eleanor L. Weseman RitchieMrs. Eleanor L. Weseman Ritchie, age 84, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on December 3, 1931 in St. Clair County, California. She was the loving daughter of the late Walter and Louise Frances Calkins Weseman. She was a graduate of Santa Cruz High School in California and became a Qualified Medical Assistant. She was married to Russell Eaglin and was blessed with a daughter, Lori. She moved to the Madison, Indiana area in 1965. She married William "Bill" Arthur Ritchie on May 4, 1969 at the Smyrna-Monroe Presbyterian Church. This happy union was blessed with another daughter, Mary. She worked as a QMA at Madison Nursing Home for fifteen years. She also worked at KFC and Ann's Diner as a cook for several years. She was a member of Smyrna-Monroe Presbyterian Church, Smyrna Homemakers Club, and was a past board member of Jefferson County Farm Bureau as well as Jefferson County Farm Women's Leader. She enjoyed leading the program "farming in the classroom". She enjoyed gardening, bird watching, crocheting, canning, traveling, scrap booking and her grandsons. Eleanor died on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at 3:10 p.m. at the Hickory Creek of Madison in Madison, Indiana. Click Here for Tribute or Funeral VideoA LOVING FAMILY Eleanor will be missed by her loving daughters, Lori Hedges and her husband Pastor Troy of Hanover, Indiana; Mary Ritchie of Madison, Indiana; her loving grandsons, Andy, Tyler, Matthew, Michael, Mark, and Nathan; her sister-in-laws, Nellie Jackson of Madison, Indiana, Alice Kaufman of Indianapolis, Indiana; step sisters, Pat and Judy; her cousins, Ed Hall and his wife Mary of Oregon, James Hall of California; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Weseman, her mother, Louise Frances Calkins Weseman; her step-mother, Inez Weseman, her beloved husband of 36 years, William Arthur Ritchie died August 17, 2005. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Monday, April 11, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., by Dave Adams, at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Grandview Memorial Gardens, 9306 North US 421 near Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Sunday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Monday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, or the Smyrna-Monroe Presbyterian Church. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Eleanor L. Weseman Ritchie, please click here to visit our sympathy store.