Eleanor Stewart

Eleanor P. Stewart, 75, passed away July 21, 2005, at her residence in Kalispell. She lost her battle with cancer but won the victory over death "through our Lord Jesus Christ."

She was born April 1, 1930, in Princeton, N.J., the daughter of Lester and Anna (Cronce) Paul. After high school, Eleanor graduated from nursing school at Monmouth Memorial Hospital. She met and married her husband of 53 years, Robert "Bob" Stewart Sr. They spent the first 16 years of their marriage traveling the U.S. and the world compliments of the U.S. Navy.

Since moving to the Flathead in 1967, Eleanor was a vital part of the Church of God, serving in the Kalispell congregation for more than 30 years. She spent her last years in the Whitefish Community Church of God. She especially enjoyed teaching and directing vacation Bible schools and Bible studies. She loved to organize and cook for the church socials. She was a longtime member of the Women of the Church of God and, most recently, the Women of Faith.

In 1995, Eleanor was a nurse with Humanitarian International Services to Rivne, Ukraine. A year later, she helped sponsor two Ukrainian boys and their interpreters, who came to Kalispell for medical treatment.

Even during her treatment for breast cancer, Eleanor was a source of encouragement and laughter to the caregivers at Glacier Internal Medicine, Northwest Imaging, Glacier Oncology and North Valley Hospital. She would certainly want to thank all those people who touched her life and the lives of her family.

Eleanor was preceded in death by two sisters, Norma and Marion; and three brothers, Ronald and his infant twin, and Kenneth.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Stewart Sr., of Kalispell; a daughter, Pam Stewart; two sons, Ted Stewart and wife, Joan, and Robert Stewart Jr. and wife, Patti, all of Kalispell; and grandchildren, Chris and Sean Stewart, are a great joy to them, too. Eleanor is also survived by a "sister-in-love," Donna Paul, of Pennington, N.J.; as well as nieces and nephews.

Graveside services were held July 25, 2005, at Glacier Memorial Gardens.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be sent to Home Options Hospice, 175 Commons Loop Suite 100, Kalispell MT 59901.