Eleanor Boothby 1919-2010

BOOTHBY, HENDERSON BEERS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 2/21/2011 at 00:25:23

Sioux City Journal
12 December 2010

CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa -- Eleanor Boothby, 90, of Correctionville passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 9, 2010, in the Correctionville Nursing & Rehab Center.

Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville, with the Rev. Sheryl Ashley officiating. Burial will be in the Correctionville Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a 7 p.m. prayer service, at the church. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee is in charge of the arrangements. On line condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com.

Eleanor was born on Dec. 14, 1919, at Battle Creek, Iowa, to Roy and Mary (Henderson) Beers. She attended Correctionville Public School and graduated in 1938.

She was united in marriage to Arlin "Slim" Boothby on Dec. 24, 1938, at the Washta Methodist Church. She worked at the Correctionville Nursing Home as a cook and retired in the fall of 1982. She was a member of the United Methodist Women. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, cooking and baking, photo albums and spending time with her family.

She is survived by four children, Jim Boothby of Temple, Texas, Cheryl Volkert of Moville, Iowa, Alan Boothby and his wife, Alexandra of Camp Douglas, Wis., and Marc Boothby and his wife, Lorrie of Moville; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arlin on April 11, 2009; a brother, Melvin Beers; and sisters, Dorothy Brown and Esther (Fogelman) Barrett.