Eleanor Maudline Cutright, age 92

of Greenup, IL, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Springfield, MO.

Funeral services celebrating Eleanor's life will be held at 2:00 PM – Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Bishop Funeral Home in Greenup, IL. Burial will be in the Harmony Cemetery, Greenup, IL. Visitation will be held 1:00-2:00 PM – Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the funeral home. The family expresses special thanks to the caring staff of Lakewood Arbors, Springfield, MO, where Eleanor lived the last three months.

Eleanor was Valedictorian of the Greenup High School class of 1939. She attended Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, to earn a teacher's certificate. She taught in three different country schools where she had first through eighth grades. After country schools consolidated, Eleanor taught second grade in Casey, IL, and later substituted for the Casey School District. For several years, Eleanor read meters for Coles-Moultrie Electric and served as assessor for the townships of Union, Cottonwood, and Crooked Creek.

Eleanor married Albert Bemont Cutright in 1943. They lived in the Union Center area and spent most of those years on the Cutright family farm. In 1990, they moved to Greenup.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Ellsworth Wade and Nellie Askew Wade, her husband Bemont, and her sister Ila Bargamian. Eleanor is survived by two daughters; Kay Mills and husband Steve, Couer d'Alene, Idaho, and Joyce Cutright and husband J.T. Porter, Springfield, MO. She is also survived by two grandsons; Dirk Mills and wife Christa, Keller, TX and Jason Porter and wife Teresa, Springfield, MO. She is also survived by two great granddaughters and four great grandsons, nieces, nephews and numerous cousins, extended family members and friends.

Eleanor was a member of the Effingham Church of Christ, Effingham, IL, and through the years also enjoyed Christian
fellowship at Greenup Baptist Church, Greenup, IL and Glendale Christian Church, Springfield, MO.