Eleanor M. Walters

Of Arlington Heights

Eleanor M. Walters was born on February 14, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois to John and Jennie (nee Rybarski) Wojtalik. She died Tuesday, February 11, 2020 in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Eleanor worked as a bookkeeper for many small businesses over the years. Her math and organizational skills helped her manage raising seven children on a shoestring budget.

Eleanor loved to cook for her family and friends. Her pierogi were renowned (if you were fast enough to grab one) and eagerly awaited every holiday season. Her favorite things to do were to plan, shop, and cook for a crowd. Even when she lived alone later in life she always made a huge pot of soup that could serve an entire sports team.

Eleanor’s life was marked by a positive attitude, her strong faith, and love of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Eleanor is survived by her children Chris (John Walker) Martin, Janet (Michael) Romito, John (Jennifer) Walters, Mary Ellen (Louis) Posedel, Thomas (Carrie) Walters and Michael (Susan) Walters; her grandchildren Lynn (Rippi) Rekhi, John Daniel Walters, Benjamin (Emma) Walters, Michael (Leah) Romito, Matthew (Anna) Romito, Stephanie (Erik) Walters, Anna Walters, Jenny (David) Axline, James Posedel, Cate Walters, Noah Walters, Eleanor Walters, and Thomas Walters; her great-grandchildren Danny Rekhi, Cameron Axline, David Axline Jr., Ella Romito, Otto Romito, Theo Romito, Lucia Romito, and Arthur Romito; she was also survived by several loving nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of twenty years Ted C. Walters, her son Daniel (Janet) Walters as well as her brother Chester (late Gertrude) Wojtalik.

Visitation Sunday, February 16, 2020, from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, (four blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Prayers Monday, February 17, 2020, at 8:45 am at the funeral home proceeding to Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, 440 South Mitchell Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL for funeral mass at 9:30 am. Interment will follow at St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles.

In lieu of flowers, memorials will be welcomed for the Daniel Walters Graduate Student Travel Fund #11810. Donations are accepted online at www.nufoundation.org or at the following address: University of Nebraska Foundation, 1010 Lincoln Mall, Ste. 300, Lincoln, NE, 68508.

Information and condolences can be given at www.GlueckertFuneralHome.com or (847) 253-0168.