Mrs. JOSEPH (Eleanor F. Kaveny) O'MEARA 1919-2007
DALY, DAVIS, KAVENY, BLACKBURN, VANHAM, WARD, MCCARTY
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Date: 10/29/2007 at 20:39:39
Eleanor O'Meara
Eleanor F. O'Meara, 88, of Waukon died Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at VNA Hospice Center in Valparaiso, IN. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 15 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon, with Father Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Martin Funeral Home of Waukon was handling the arrangements.
Eleanor F. (Kaveny) O'Meara was born February 3, 1919 in Waukon to Mary F. (Daly) Davis and Canute A. Kaveny. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, attended St. Patrick's School and graduated from Waukon High School. Following high school she attended St. Charles School of Nursing in Aurora, IL and earned an RN degree. Eleanor married Joseph Clare O'Meara June 26, 1942 and moved to Chicago. The couple raised their family in the Chicago area, where she worked as an industrial nurse for over 40 years until returning to live in Waukon in 1987 following their retirements.
Eleanor was a lifetime member of St. Patrick's Church in Waukon. She enjoyed quilting and baking as well as spending time with her family and friends. After losing her husband 20 years ago, she also lost her hearing, but she never lost her positive attitude and joyful spirit and she learned to use the computer and TDD in order to communicate with others. During her most recent years she was extremely thankful for the attentive care given to her by sister Elaine Ward and her friend Evelyn Burke of Waukon, and the compassionate staffs of Thornton Heights and Thornton Manor in Lansing and the VNA Hospice Center in Valparaiso, IN.
Survivors include her two children, a son, Daniel O'Meara of Beverly Shores, IN, and a daughter, Mary Ann and husband John Blackburn of Green Bay, WI; two grandsons, Gregory and wife Graciela Blackburn of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Daniel Blackburn of Minneapolis, MN; and two sisters, Darlene (nee Davis) Van Ham of North Aurora, IL and Elaine (nee Davis) and husband James Ward of Waukon; her dear friends, Evelyn (nee Ryan) Burke of Waukon and Catherine Quinlan of Chicago, IL; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Davis; her husband, Joseph O'Meara; her brother, Thomas J. Kaveny; and a sister, Margaret McCarty.
Casketbearers are James, Greg and Mike Ward, Greg and Daniel Blackburn, and Charles Martin.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Patrick's School in Waukon, IA 52172; VNA Hospice Center at 501 Marquette St., Valparaiso, IN 46383; or St. Norbert Abbey, DePere, WI 54115.
The Waukon Standard, September 19, 2007
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