Mom was born April 25, 1932, in Rigby, Idaho, to Alfred and LaVerne Vadnais. She happily became one of the Vadnais crew of 12 children. She grew up in Kilgore, Idaho. She met Stanford Rose and he was "her one and only!" They were married in 1949, and settled in Lima, where they raised two sons, Jack and Ed.
Eleanor was very hard working and fun loving. She spent countless hours in the mountains with her nephew and "wood-cutting, picnicking buddy" Kelly. She could wield a chainsaw and an ax as well as any man. She split her own wood right up to the end. And fishing? ... forget it. She could sneak up on a little stream and catch her limit before you even got your worm wet! And oh, would she laugh!
Eleanor leaves behind sons, Jack and his wife, Nancy, and Ed and his girlfriend, Emily; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Ted, Charles and Ed; as well as sisters, Eileen, Elma and Dorothy; and also many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Tom, and sisters Barbara, Shirley, Maxine and Lou.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Humphrey, Idaho, Cemetery.
Coffee and desserts will be served following at the Fire House in Lima.
Mom was born April 25, 1932, in Rigby, Idaho, to Alfred and LaVerne Vadnais. She happily became one of the Vadnais crew of 12 children. She grew up in Kilgore, Idaho. She met Stanford Rose and he was "her one and only!" They were married in 1949, and settled in Lima, where they raised two sons, Jack and Ed.
Eleanor was very hard working and fun loving. She spent countless hours in the mountains with her nephew and "wood-cutting, picnicking buddy" Kelly. She could wield a chainsaw and an ax as well as any man. She split her own wood right up to the end. And fishing? ... forget it. She could sneak up on a little stream and catch her limit before you even got your worm wet! And oh, would she laugh!
Eleanor leaves behind sons, Jack and his wife, Nancy, and Ed and his girlfriend, Emily; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Ted, Charles and Ed; as well as sisters, Eileen, Elma and Dorothy; and also many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Tom, and sisters Barbara, Shirley, Maxine and Lou.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Humphrey, Idaho, Cemetery.
Coffee and desserts will be served following at the Fire House in Lima.
Family Members
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Maxine Ruth Vadnais Hettinger
1925–2003
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Lois Mae Vadnais Landon
1928–2003
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Barbara Jean Vadnais Ovard
1930–2011
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Thomas Alfred Vadnais
1931–2010
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Dorothy Ann Vadnais Craig
1933–2014
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Elna Lavern Vadnais Hawkes
1935–2020
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Shirley Marie Vadnais Webb
1936–1994
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Theodore L "Ted" Vadnais
1939–2016
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Pearl Ailene Vadnais Stoddard
1941–2015
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Charles Richard Vadnais
1943–2024
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Clarence Edward Vadnais
1946–2020
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