Eleanor Anne (White) French, 98, died Friday, April 24, 2015, with her family by her side.
A private family service will be held at a later date. Blaney Funeral Home in Green Bay, WI, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. French was born on Nov. 10, 1916, in Hillsboro, the second of five children (John B., Jane, Polly and Bill). She married George French at Montgomery Airfield, AL, and he preceded her in death in 1972.
She graduated college and lived in Chicago. While in college, she met her husband-to-be, George, who served in WWII as a flight instructor at Montgomery Airfield, AL.
After the war, the couple moved around and lived in St. Louis, Chicago and then Fond Du Lac, WI, where Mr. French went into business for himself. After her husband's death, Mrs. French retired to Arizona.
She resided in Tucson and then Tubac for the next 25 years and had many friends there including her special friend and caretaker, Michael Cox. She continued to visit George Jr. and Beverly French in Wisconsin and Illinois on holidays. She spent her last few months with the French and Gaura families in Green Bay.
Mrs. French was a social butterfly, witty, generous and outgoing. She loved to be with her family and friends.
She is survived by her children, George Jr. (Bev), John (Janet), Nancy (Kevin) and Stephen; grandchildren, George III, Jessica, Erika (Shane), Craig (Margo), Nathaniel, Emily (Charles), Abby (Charlie), Katie (Chris), Yates (Amanda) and John; great-grandchildren, Kalista, Madeline, Jack, Andrew, Colin, Kiera, Eiley, Nora, Henry and Michael; and special family friend, Julie (Claes) Hultgren, Sara, Caroline and Avery.
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