Eleanor E. Ralston, Rockford, former Argyle resident, died at 5:52 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1993, at Wesley Willows Retirement Home. She was born in the Argyle community and lived there during her early years. Attended Rockford High School and graduated from Beloit College. Taught school in Florida for several years before returning to Rockford to serve as fine arts librarian for Rockford Public Library. Special interests included compiling extensive records of the genealogy of her family, who had emigrated from Scotland in the 1840s. Devoted lifelong member of Willow Creek Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her brother, Donald Everett (Marian) Ralston of Rochester, Minn., three nieces and two nephews.
Services at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, in Willow Creek Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jack Harrison, pastor, officiating. Arrangements by DELAHANTY FUNERAL HOME LTD., 401 River Lane, Loves Park. Burial in Argyle Scottish Cemetery. Memorials to Willow Creek Presbyterian Church.[3]
Publication Title: Rockford, Illinois, City Directory, 1952 [5]
Gravestone Transcription
ELEANOR E. RALSTON
1901 - 1993
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHM-126 : accessed 7 August 2018), Elenor Ralston in household of John A Ralston, Caledonia, Boone, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 5A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 231; FHL microfilm 1,374,244.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V946-VTP : 19 May 2014), Eleanor E Ralston, 22 Dec 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ Rockford Register Star, Wednesday, December 29, 1993
↑ United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTH-636 : 14 March 2018), Eleanore Ralston in household of John A Ralston, Ward 9, Rockford, Rockford Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101-64B, sheet 9A, line 24, family 185, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 914.
Find A Grave: Memorial #116635547 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 August 2018), memorial page for Eleanor Elizabeth Ralston (30 Nov 1901–22 Dec 1993), Find A Grave Memorial no. 116635547, citing Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Boone County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Dale Andrew Wishop (contributor 48032786)
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