Eleanor Marie Jordan

Friday, December 18, 2009

Eleanor Marie Jordan, 88, of Greencastle, formerly of Gosport, died on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 at the Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle.

She was born on July 16, 1921 in Catlin, Ill. and was the daughter of the late Harvey and Mary Felgenhauer Brooks. She married Max E. Jordan on May 6, 1943 and he preceded her in death on Feb. 6, 2008.

Mrs. Jordan was a help mate to her husband and very active in her church and was a member of the Cloverdale Christian Church.

She is survived by her children, Jeane Knapp and husband Tom of Georgetown, Ill., Janice Williamson and husband Jimmy of Sellersburg, Kaye Huber and husband Carroll of Cloverdale and Darrell W. Jordan and wife Kathy of Cloverdale; sister Evelyn Bonomo of Georgetown; brother Glen Brooks and wife Nellie of Catlin; 11 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, her sister Edna Jones and brother Wilbur Brooks preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale. Burial will be in the Cloverdale Cemetery.

Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to the family at cds@whitakerfuneralhome.net