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Eleanor Lanterman
[March 14, 2012]
ELKHART -- Eleanor A. Lanterman, 84, of
Elkhart, died Monday, March 12, 2012, at 9:50 p.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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Lincoln – Eleanor A. Lanterman, 84, of Elkhart,
passed away at 9:50 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2012
at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Lanterman will
be held on Friday, March 16, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. at
St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Elkhart. Rev. Glenn
Fontana will officiate.
Visitation will be held at Peasley Funeral Home in
Lincoln on Thursday, March 15, 2012, from 5:00 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m. A prayer service will precede the
visitation at 4:45 p.m.
Cremation rites will be accorded and burial will be
in Elkhart Cemetery at a later date.
Eleanor is survived by her children: Michael Scott
Lanterman of Springfield and Kristin McCray of
Henderson, Nev.; one grandson: Jason McCray; two
great-grandsons: Jarrett McCray and Jason Andrew
McCray; two sisters: Mary Katherine Moats of
Caseyville, Ill., and Karen Marie (Richard) Gleason
of Elkhart.
Mrs. Lanterman was preceded in death by her husband,
Howard, and one son, Richard Leslie Lanterman.
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Eleanor Ann Svenson was born in Lincoln, on March 29, 1927, the daughter
of Hugo Leslie and Ellen Agnes Malerich Svenson. She married Howard
Lanterman on February 15, 1947. He preceded her in death.
Eleanor held the distinction of serving as the first female mayor of
Elkhart and served in that capacity for two terms. She retired from the
Logan County ASCS office after 30 years of employment. She was a regular
volunteer with the Elkhart Homecoming and High School reunion
committees. Mrs. Lanterman was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church
in Elkhart.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Elkhart.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln. |
