Eleanor Ruth Steininger

ELEANOR RUTH STEININGER OF DOWNERS GROVE AND GLEN ELLYN, IL PASSED INTO OUR LORD’S LOVING ARMS ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 98. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WARREN, HER BELOVED HUSBAND OF 55 YEARS, HER DEAR PARENTS, ELIZABETH AND GEORGE, HER WONDERFUL SEVEN SIBLINGS, AND INCREDIBLE SON-IN-LAWS BILL MOYSEY AND DAVE LONG.

ELEANOR IS THE BELOVED MOTHER OF SUSAN (JERRY) VELICHKOFF, SHARON MOYSEY, AND SANDRA (MARK WALKER) STEININGER. WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER TO JENNIFER HENDERSON(TIM), ANDREW, CALVIN, AND LUKE WALKER; GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO PARKER AND COLE HENDERSON. SHE IS THE BELOVED AUNT TO MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

ELEANOR GREW UP IN CICERO AND OAK PARK AND ATTENDED A LUTHERAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED FROM MORTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944, DURING WWII. SHE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, WARREN, IN 1947 AND EVENTUALLY MOVED TO DOWNERS GROVE WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR THREE DAUGHTERS.

ELEANOR WAS ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH’S LADIES’ AID AND LUTHERAN WOMEN’S MISSIONARY LEAGUE. SHE OFTEN WORKED MAKING QUILTS FOR THE HOMELESS. HER MESSAGE TO US WAS ALWAYS “FOLLOW JESUS”.

SHE ENJOYED BEING A GRANDMA AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN. IN HER LATER YEARS, SHE LOVED TO SHARE HER VIVID MEMORIES OF HER FORMATIVE YEARS; ABOUT GROWING UP DURING THE DEPRESSION, ICE DELIVERY BY HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE, AND WWII. SHE FACED LIFE’S HARDSHIPS AND CHALLENGES WITH GRACE, RESILIENCE AND KINDNESS. SHE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED.

VISITATION FOR ELEANOR WILL BE FROM 10 AM - 12 PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, AT CHAPEL HILL GARDENS WEST FUNERAL HOME, 17W201 ROOSEVELT RD, OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL 60181 WHERE A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL FOLLOW AT 12 PM. INTERMENT AT CHAPEL HILL GARDENS WEST CEMETERY TO FOLLOW.

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT A LATER DATE.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS IN ELEANOR’S NAME CAN BE MADE TO IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DOWNERS GROVE, IL OR THE LUTHERAN WOMEN’S MISSIONARY LEAGUE.