Eleanore Redmon

Eleanore Redmon, 90, of Ogden, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at the Ogden Manor one month after celebrating her 90th birthday with family and friends.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, September 9, 2013, at the Community United Methodist Church in Ogden. Rev. Gary Hoyt will officiate. Visitation will be Sunday, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Carson – Stapp Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Ames Municipal Cemetery. For online obituaries and condolences please visit: www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com

Eleanore Thomas was born on July 29, 1923, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Mark A. "Tom" and Hazel (McConnell) Thomas. She was the oldest and last surviving of her four siblings: Harley, Mark, Margaret and Lawrence. Eleanore graduated from East High School in Des Moines, proud of her 16th rank in a class of 360.

Eleanore was joined in marriage with Charles "Chuck" Redmon in 1942. They had two children, Cecelia and James "Jim". In 1947 they moved to Delhi, Iowa, where Chuck ran the Delhi Hydro plant for Interstate Power Co., until it's decommissioning and sale in 1974. They moved to Ames in 1974. Chuck died in 1976, and Cecelia passed away in 2003.

For the past 22 years, Eleanore has enjoyed a partnership with Robert "Bob" Wirtz and with that came what she lovingly referred to as her "acquired family".

Eleanore had many jobs over the years, she most fondly remembered working for Woods Brothers in Des Moines during WWII. Eleanore retired from WOI TV in Ames in 1992 after 16 years and continued strong bonds with many friends she made there. She enjoyed reading romance novels and catalog shopping.

She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, infant son, husband Chuck, beloved daughter Cecilia, and acquired sons, Dennis and Dwight Wirtz.

She is survived by her son, Jim (LaNette) Redmon of Fremont, Nebraska; son-in-law, Bill Leslie; grandson, John (Heather), and great-grandchildren, McKye and Haylee all from York, Nebraska; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Eleanore's acquired family includes, Bob, Janice, Tim and Jake McCoy, Jeff, Tammy, Shannon and Samantha Wirtz, Derek, Kerry, Kamrynn and Kaylen Wirtz, and Dani, Josh, Brianna, Caleb, Katy and Nicholas Sanders

In lieu of flowers memorials may be left to either the Community United Methodist Church or the Ogden Manor.