ELEANORA TREINIS YUSKAVICH

Jan. 23, 1918 – Nov. 18, 2015

The daughter of Lithuanian immigrants John and Tillie (Rinkienve) Treinis, Eleanora lost her mother at age 6. Raised by her grocer father, cousins from the Joseph and Mary (Treinis) Banaitis family became her siblings. Eleanora attended St. Joseph’s and Pleasant Hill Schools.

At 14, Eleanora met John Yuskavich, eventually living with his parents and brothers, Tony and George. They married at St. Vincent de Paul’s Church and celebrated 62 years together.

Eleanora’s values came from the Great Depression. You worked hard, not always getting paid. Her father’s grocery gave credit and her father-in-law coal mined with no pay for dirt.

Eleanora was one of first females to enjoy the 19th Amendment to vote and she exercised that privilege. Eleanora was a woman’s libber before the times, working at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Pillsbury Mills. World War II called her to know strength and patriotism. Eleanora worked hard as Sangamo Electric transitioned from making water meters to war ammunition. She knew the meaning of “Made in America” and made it better.

Eleanora became the epitomy of “Made by Mom.” She was the mother of two daughters, Mary Ann (Kerry) Wycoff and Patricia Towner. She cooked three meals a day, sewed our clothes and crocheted our house from top to bottom.

For almost 100 years, Eleanora lived a simple life of doing right, exercising moderate wanting and lavish sensibility. Life is not always easy, but you can make life easier for others.

Eleanora lives within her grandchildren Robin (Jim) Watts, Jason (Rachel) and Matthew Towner and her greatgrandchildren Jordan and Jade Watts and Jonathan Towner.

Patricia Towner, daughter