ELEANOR A. GOLDEN, 97, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.
She was a noted northern Michigan landscape painter and artist. Ellie, as she was known, was a virtuoso in many media, who produced lithographs, etchings, silk screens, oil paintings and watercolors. She was a partner in several galleries in Fort Wayne and northern Michigan and taught at the Fort Wayne Art School. Ellie employed her design skills in quilt-making, sewing, embroidery and knitting. She also formed a plein air painting group in Leland, Mich., which traveled around the Leelanau Peninsula to paint on site. Ellie had a retrospective of her work at the Old Art Building, Leland, in 2015.
Born Sept. 28, 1923, in Indianapolis, Ind., she was the daughter of Frederick G. Appel and Mary Carey Appel.
She attended and graduated from Principia School in St. Louis, Mo., later attending Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1941 to 1943. She earned her BFA from University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, in 1975.
Ellie married Samuel A. Rea in 1943. They had three children, Samuel, Barbara and Polly. They divorced in 1962. In 1965, she married Edward J. Golden. After his death, she married Benjamin Hitz in 1996.
She is survived by daughter, Polly Rea; stepchildren, Beth (Aubrey) Raymond, Ann (David) McCann, Charles (Susan) Golden, and Catherine Golden; 12 grandchildren, 12 great- grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jack Appel and Allan Appel; husbands, Ed Golden and Ben Hitz; son, Samuel A. Rea; and daughter, Barbara Rea Pearson.
Private burial in Beechwood Cemetery, Leland, Mich.
The family would like to thank Theresa Mulcahey, Ellie's companion and friend for her support. "We would also like to thank Kristie Dugan, Meghan Daigh, Ruth Sleder, Hospice of Michigan and French Manor Terra for their help in Ellie's final days." Ellie and her family are being cared for by Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers on Aug. 11, 2021.
She was a noted northern Michigan landscape painter and artist. Ellie, as she was known, was a virtuoso in many media, who produced lithographs, etchings, silk screens, oil paintings and watercolors. She was a partner in several galleries in Fort Wayne and northern Michigan and taught at the Fort Wayne Art School. Ellie employed her design skills in quilt-making, sewing, embroidery and knitting. She also formed a plein air painting group in Leland, Mich., which traveled around the Leelanau Peninsula to paint on site. Ellie had a retrospective of her work at the Old Art Building, Leland, in 2015.
Born Sept. 28, 1923, in Indianapolis, Ind., she was the daughter of Frederick G. Appel and Mary Carey Appel.
She attended and graduated from Principia School in St. Louis, Mo., later attending Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1941 to 1943. She earned her BFA from University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, in 1975.
Ellie married Samuel A. Rea in 1943. They had three children, Samuel, Barbara and Polly. They divorced in 1962. In 1965, she married Edward J. Golden. After his death, she married Benjamin Hitz in 1996.
She is survived by daughter, Polly Rea; stepchildren, Beth (Aubrey) Raymond, Ann (David) McCann, Charles (Susan) Golden, and Catherine Golden; 12 grandchildren, 12 great- grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jack Appel and Allan Appel; husbands, Ed Golden and Ben Hitz; son, Samuel A. Rea; and daughter, Barbara Rea Pearson.
Private burial in Beechwood Cemetery, Leland, Mich.
The family would like to thank Theresa Mulcahey, Ellie's companion and friend for her support. "We would also like to thank Kristie Dugan, Meghan Daigh, Ruth Sleder, Hospice of Michigan and French Manor Terra for their help in Ellie's final days." Ellie and her family are being cared for by Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers on Aug. 11, 2021.
ELEANOR A. GOLDEN, 97, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.
She was a noted northern Michigan landscape painter and artist. Ellie, as she was known, was a virtuoso in many media, who produced lithographs, etchings, silk screens, oil paintings and watercolors. She was a partner in several galleries in Fort Wayne and northern Michigan and taught at the Fort Wayne Art School. Ellie employed her design skills in quilt-making, sewing, embroidery and knitting. She also formed a plein air painting group in Leland, Mich., which traveled around the Leelanau Peninsula to paint on site. Ellie had a retrospective of her work at the Old Art Building, Leland, in 2015.
Born Sept. 28, 1923, in Indianapolis, Ind., she was the daughter of Frederick G. Appel and Mary Carey Appel.
She attended and graduated from Principia School in St. Louis, Mo., later attending Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1941 to 1943. She earned her BFA from University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, in 1975.
Ellie married Samuel A. Rea in 1943. They had three children, Samuel, Barbara and Polly. They divorced in 1962. In 1965, she married Edward J. Golden. After his death, she married Benjamin Hitz in 1996.
She is survived by daughter, Polly Rea; stepchildren, Beth (Aubrey) Raymond, Ann (David) McCann, Charles (Susan) Golden, and Catherine Golden; 12 grandchildren, 12 great- grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jack Appel and Allan Appel; husbands, Ed Golden and Ben Hitz; son, Samuel A. Rea; and daughter, Barbara Rea Pearson.
Private burial in Beechwood Cemetery, Leland, Mich.
The family would like to thank Theresa Mulcahey, Ellie's companion and friend for her support. "We would also like to thank Kristie Dugan, Meghan Daigh, Ruth Sleder, Hospice of Michigan and French Manor Terra for their help in Ellie's final days." Ellie and her family are being cared for by Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers on Aug. 11, 2021.
She was a noted northern Michigan landscape painter and artist. Ellie, as she was known, was a virtuoso in many media, who produced lithographs, etchings, silk screens, oil paintings and watercolors. She was a partner in several galleries in Fort Wayne and northern Michigan and taught at the Fort Wayne Art School. Ellie employed her design skills in quilt-making, sewing, embroidery and knitting. She also formed a plein air painting group in Leland, Mich., which traveled around the Leelanau Peninsula to paint on site. Ellie had a retrospective of her work at the Old Art Building, Leland, in 2015.
Born Sept. 28, 1923, in Indianapolis, Ind., she was the daughter of Frederick G. Appel and Mary Carey Appel.
She attended and graduated from Principia School in St. Louis, Mo., later attending Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1941 to 1943. She earned her BFA from University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, in 1975.
Ellie married Samuel A. Rea in 1943. They had three children, Samuel, Barbara and Polly. They divorced in 1962. In 1965, she married Edward J. Golden. After his death, she married Benjamin Hitz in 1996.
She is survived by daughter, Polly Rea; stepchildren, Beth (Aubrey) Raymond, Ann (David) McCann, Charles (Susan) Golden, and Catherine Golden; 12 grandchildren, 12 great- grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jack Appel and Allan Appel; husbands, Ed Golden and Ben Hitz; son, Samuel A. Rea; and daughter, Barbara Rea Pearson.
Private burial in Beechwood Cemetery, Leland, Mich.
The family would like to thank Theresa Mulcahey, Ellie's companion and friend for her support. "We would also like to thank Kristie Dugan, Meghan Daigh, Ruth Sleder, Hospice of Michigan and French Manor Terra for their help in Ellie's final days." Ellie and her family are being cared for by Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers on Aug. 11, 2021.
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