KEARNS, Eleanor L. (Kurth) 1920-2018

KEARNS, CLOW, KURTH

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/12/2018 at 12:36:06

Eleanor L. Kearns

January 4, 1920 - January 20, 2018

Eleanor L. Kearns, 98, of Rogers, Arkansas, formerly of Waterloo, died Saturday January 20, 2018, at Hospice Home of Legacy Village, Bentonville, Arkansas.

She was born January 4, 1920 in Cedar Falls, daughter of Charles Fredrick and Drusilla Mae Clow Kurth. She married Robert L. Kearns on June 12, 1947, in Waterloo. He died January 23, 1985.

Eleanor attended Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois and Iowa State Teacher’s College, Cedar Falls. She and her husband owned and operated Kearns Garden Chapel from 1932 until it was changed to Kearns-Dykeman Chapel in 1950.

She was a 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include: special friends, Celena Young of Rogers; Bill and Ardella Winder of Waterloo; and her devoted cat, Kallie.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway with burial in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Public visitation will be for one hour before services.

Memorials: directed to the Northeast Iowa Community Foundation.

Eleanor and Robert were real estate developers in Waterloo. They developed the Kearns Addition and donated the land for the Community Services building on University Avenue.

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SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service website