Mark, Eleanor Saretta(Nearhood)                         wife of Marvin Dale

Burial Date:  2017,  06/14              Age: 102                       Lot: 925 F

DATELINE: Sterling

NAME:  Eleanor Saretta (Nearhood)  Mark

AGE:     102 yrs

DATE OF DEATH:  June 10, 2017

PLACE OF DEATH: Presbyterian Manor, Sterling

DATE OF BIRTH: October 13, 1914

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sterling, Kansas

PARENTS: Harvey Austin and Laura Emma Livingston Nearhood

RESIDENCE: Longtime Sterling area resident

OCCUPATION: Dinner Cook for the Sterling Cafe

EDUCATION: Graduated Sterling High School with the class of 1933

MEMBERSHIPS:  Member of Calvary Baptist Church, Sterling; attended Faith Bible Church, Lyons; Silver Threads and served many years as Treasurer for the Friendship Meals; served on the Lyons Friendship Meals Council; Alternate for Rice County Council on Aging Board; Red Hatter member

DATE OF MARRIAGE: December 5, 1933

PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Pratt, Kansas

SPOUSE:  Marvin Dale Mark

SPOUSE DECEASED DATE:  December 12, 1984

SURVIVORS:  daughters, Elva D. Rump, Inman, Bonnie Minix, Lyons; six grandchildren;eight great-grandchildren

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  Daughter, Samma J. Carter; 7 Siblings; a grandchild; a great-grandchild

SERVICES: 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Calvary Baptist Church, Sterling

OFFICIATING: Rev. Dale Jordan

BURIAL: 9:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Sterling Community Cemetery

VISITATION: 2:00 to 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling with family present 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.

MEMORIAL: Rice County Council on Aging and Calvary Baptist Church in care of the funeral home