Eleanor M. Work 1902-2003

BOWERS, BROWN, WORK

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 4/8/2003 at 13:04:06

Gay & Ciha Funeral & Cremation Service– Iowa City – (319) 338-1132
2720 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240

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North Liberty Dateline:

Eleanor M. Work, age 101 of the Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Coralville, formerly of the North Liberty and Tiffin area died Sunday, April 6, 2003 at the care center.

Funeral services 10 :00 a.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at the North Liberty United Methodist Church with the Reverend Alecia Williams officiating Burial will be at the Ridgewood Cemetery in North Liberty. Visitation will be from 4 to 7p.m. today at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Memorial donations can be made in Eleanor’s memory to either the North Liberty United Methodist Church of Grace United Methodist Church in Tiffin. Online condolences may be sent for Eleanor’s family through our website @www.gayandciha.com.

Eleanor May Brown was born March 8, 1902, in the Clear Creek Township of Johnson County, Iowa the daughter of William and Mary (Bowers) Brown. She married Ford A. Work on November 6, 1920, in Iowa City. For many years, the couple farmed in the Tiffin and North Liberty areas of Johnson County. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Tiffin, Iowa City Eastern Star and White Shrine of Iowa City and the Whip Poor Will’s. She has spent a life time of caring for others, and caring for the land that she and her husband farmed.

Her family includes several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband on June 12, 1979., five brothers and three sisters.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is caring for Eleanor’s family and her services.