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Eleanor Virginia George Preston

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Birth	:	30 Apr 1918 Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	8 Jan 2017 Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Banner County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6699982, -103.9449997
Description	:	Eleanor Virginia Preston, 98, of Gering, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Heritage Estates. On April 30, 1918, Eleanor Virginia George was born to John Andrew and Cordelia Elizabeth (Peters) George in Mitchell, Nebraska. She attended Mitchell Valley and Mitchell schools while living with her grandparents, Wilber and Frances Peters during the school year. Eleanor spend her summers with her parents at the ranch south of Morrill. While attending school, she worked at the 5 & 10 store in Mitchell. She graduated with the Mitchell High School Class of 1936 and attended Chadron State College for a year. Eleanor... Read More	Eleanor Virginia Preston, 98, of Gering, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Heritage Estates. On April 30, 1918, Eleanor Virginia George was born to John Andrew and Cordelia Elizabeth (Peters) George in Mitchell, Nebraska. She attended Mitchell Valley and Mitchell schools while living with her grandparents, Wilber and Frances Peters during the school year. Eleanor spend her summers with her parents at the ranch south of Morrill. While attending school, she worked at the 5 & 10 store in Mitchell. She graduated with the Mitchell High School Class of 1936 and attended Chadron State College for a year. Eleanor Virginia George married Robert Neal Preston on September 27, 1941 in Bridgeport, Nebraska. The wedding was attended by her parents. Bob and Eleanor lived in a small trailer house in Lyman, while Bob worked at the Lyman Sugar Factory. Bob joined the Marine Corps on October 8, 1942 and was shipped to the San Diego area for training. In November of 1942, Eleanor traveled to be near Bob. In the spring of 1943, he shipped out for the South Pacific and Eleanor returned home to live with her parents. After her first son, Jack was born, she and Jack lived one month with her parents and then the next moths with her in-laws and back and forth each month. When Bob returned and was stationed at an ordinance depot near Spokane, Washingon, Eleanor and Jack, nearly two years old, joined him during his short assignment before his discharge. In the fall of 1945, Eleanor and Bob moved a house from Yoder, Wyoming to a hilltop near his father’s homestead south of Lyman. This was to be the home where they raised three boys: Jack, Carl and Don. Bob began farming his father’s and other land. Eleanor was active in the Hull Community Club, Eastern Star and with the boys in American Sunday School Union, Boy Scouts and 4-H. Eleanor and Bob moved to the Northfield Addition of Gering in 1974. They were so unused to living close to others that they made a neighborhood map with all their neighbor’s locations. They were involved in the First United Methodist Church in Gering and Eleanor faithfully attended the weekly Methodist circle. They always had a cat the last of which was Squeak. She always had a smile for everyone. To keep her mind active, she worked crosswords and word finds each day. Eleanor followed in her mother, grandmother and great grandmother’s skill at handwork which included cross stitching and quilting. One year her quilt won top ribbon at the Scotts Bluff County Fair and it was sent to the Nebraska State Fair. She enjoyed traveling and visiting and writing friends, even keeping in contact with descendants of her grandmother’s friends such as the Nakayama’s of Mitchell Valley and the Brady’s and Stemler’s of 66 Mountain and classmate Julia Laucomer Wiells. After Bob died in the spring of 2009, Eleanor lived alone until the fall when she moved into Heritage Estates because of health issues. She suffered from dementia the last few years of her life. Eleanor is survived by: sons, Jack Preston and Nancy Haney, Don and Sandy Preston; grandchildren Sherry Preston, Julie (Preston) and David Dempster, Danielle (Preston) and Broc Brown, John and Glenda Preston, Reginald and Kate Preston, and Andrew and Sarah Preston; and 12 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: her husband, Robert (Bob) Preston; son, Carl Preston; brother, Wilber George; and daughter-in-law, Judy Preston. Funeral service on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church in Gering, Nebraska. Private family interment will be at Pleasant Hill (Hull) Cemetery. Obituary information from Gering Memorial Chapel of Gering, Nebraska.

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Eleanor Virginia George Preston's memorial is located at: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Banner County, USA.
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Eleanor Virginia George Preston death on 8 Jan 2017 in Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.6699982
Longitude: -103.9449997

Family Members:

Parent

John Andrew George

(1887 - 1969)

Cordelia Elizabeth Peters George

(1888 - 1956)

Spouse

Robert N “Bob” Preston

(1918 - 2009)

Siblings

Wilber William George

(1916 - 1989)

Children

Carl Roger Preston

(1946 - 1968)

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