Eleanor Gertrude (Martin) CASTEEL

CASTEEL, MARTIN, PATTON, POULSON, GODFREY, CARTER, BALLENGER, JAMES, MCDERMOTT, LYFTOGT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/15/2011 at 12:59:22

February 17, 1909 --- October 9, 2011

Eleanor G. Casteel, 102, of the Madrid Home passed away Sunday, October 9, 2011. Per Eleanor's request her body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011, at Carson - Stapp Funeral Home in Ogden. Rev. Carla Werre will officiate. Visitation will be Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. until the time of services at the funeral home. Burial will be at Glenwood Cemetery in Ogden.

Eleanor Gertrude Martin was born the first of three girls to Charles and Gertrude (Patton) Martin February 17, 1909, in Rowan, Iowa. Eleanor graduated with the Rowan High School Class of 1926, and from Cornell College in 1930 with a teaching degree. It was while teaching in Boone County that she met and married Robert H. Casteel.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Casteel in 1960; an infant son, Robert at birth in 1936; a sister, Gladys Poulson; and her niece, Barbara Godfrey. Eleanor is survived by a sister, Marian Carter; and nieces and nephews, Carolann Ballenger, Diane James, Richard Carter, Phyllis Burkhart, Elaine Lyftogt, Donna McDermott, Bob Carter, Marcia Godfrey, and Dennis Carter.

The Ogden Reporter - Ogden, Iowa
October 13, 2011