Eleanor T Stone

Eleanor Stone (O’Neill), age 90, a long-time resident of Oak Lawn, IL passed away at Asbury Gardens in North Aurora, IL. Beloved wife of the late Robert P. Stone; loving mother of the late Timothy (Barbara) Stone; cherished grandmother of Kelly (Ronald) Pond, Steven and Matthew (Angela) Stone; proud great grandmother of Connor, Aidan, Easton and Rylan; devoted daughter of the late John and Katherine; fond sister of the late Collette (William) Noel, the late Margaret (Richard) Power, the late Thomas (Virginia), the late William (Edna), the late Ann Jensen, the late John O’Neill, the late Catherine O’Neill, and the late Helen O’Neill; aunt, cousin and friend of many. Longtime employee of Ingalls Hospital and Sam’s Club. Per Eleanor’s wishes, there will be no funeral services. Interment will be on June 21, 2019 at Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery in Alsip, IL.

"Irish She Is"

A strange blend of shyness of pride and conceit

and a stubborn refusal to bow in defeat.

She spoiling and ready to argue and fight,

yet the smile of a child fills her soul with delight.

Her eyes are the quickest to well up in tears

and her strength is the strongest to banish your fears.

Her hate is as fierce as her devotion is grand

and there's no middle ground on which she will stand.

She's wild and she's gentle, she's good and she's bad.

She proud and she's humble, she's happy and sad.

She's in love with the ocean, the earth and the skies

She's enamoured with beauty-wherever it lays

She's victor she's victim, a star and a clod...

But mostly she's Irish, in love with her God.