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Eleanor Lott
Born: September 4, 1922; in Dowers Grove, IL
Died: July 11, 2016; in Mesa, AZ
Eleanor Lott was born at home on September 4, 1922, at 4636 Forest Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois to Frank Frederick Carl Staffeldt and Wilhelminna Carolina, Hermina (Minnie )Tack Staffeldt. She passed away on July 11, 2016, in Mesa, Arizona.
She was baptized October 15, 1922, and confirmed May 31, 1936, in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Downers Grove, Illinois where she remained a life long member. She joined Mount Olive Lutheran Church after moving to Lake Havasu, Arizona.
Eleanor attended public schools in Downers Grove, graduating from Downers Grove High school in 1940. She graduated from Richard Hale Beauty School in 1941. She also completed one year of nurses training in the Army Cadet Nurses Program in 1945. She practiced her profession as beautician in Downers Grove.
She married Merrill Lott in 1955 and continued to work as a beautician from her home until 1976 when she and Merrill moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. She moved to Mesa, Arizona in 2010.
Throughout her life, she reflected her values to all who met her. She touched the lives of many people in small but important ways. She was an honest, cheerful person, the salt of the earth. She will be missed.
She is survived by her step son, Dr. James Lewis Lott (Frances Jeanne); nephews, Larry Kempfer, (Vicki) and James Vernon Larsen (Terrie); nieces, Judith Mortland (Dwight) and Dr. Vicki Anderson (Terry); 3 cousins, Helen Mastenbrook, Grace Pope and Mary Tack; 7 step grand children and 10 step great grand children.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Merrill Lott; her parents, Wilhelminna (Minnie Tack) and Frank Staffeldt; her siblings, Evelyn Larsen Staffeldt, Dorothy Staffeldt Kempfer, Robert Staffeldt; step daughter, Mary Ann Lott Buell; step son- in- law, Roland Buell; and nephew, Robert Kempfer.
Services July 25, 10:00, visitation 11:00, service at Toon Funeral Home, 4920 Main St, Downers Grove, Ill.
Memorials preferred to Downers Grove Township for Oak Hill and Oak Crest Cemetery for ongoing maintenance. Immanuel Lutheran Church, Downers Grove Illinois, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Lake Havasu, Arizona. Downers Grove Historical Museum.
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