Eleanor R. Bostwick 1918-2019

She was born Dec. 3, 1918, in Youngstown, to Margaret and Charles Rahn. Eleanor was the youngest of five children and was predeceased by siblings, George, Charles, Gladys and Dorothy.

She married Donald Lloyd Bostwick in 1941 and produced five offspring, Barbara (Bill) Kiger, Donald (Mary) Bostwick, Kirk (Donna) Bostwick, Richard (Paula) Bostwick and Charles (Marci) Bostwick.

Don died unexpectedly in 1960, leaving five children, ranging in age from 1 1/2 to 17 years old, for Eleanor to raise. And so she did, with a firm but loving hand, giving them all the tools to lead happy and successful lives. There are now 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

In her early married years, Eleanor worked as a secretary, but, when widowed, she completed her degree in art education from Youngstown State University and worked as director of development for the Youngstown Symphony.

In 1981, after all her children completed college, Eleanor moved to Prescott. In 1992, she married Leonard Greenup, who passed in 1998.

Eleanor continued to pursue her art, trying it all — drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making and weaving. Her focus became fiber arts and layering many techniques with stitchery to make a spectacular collection of eight two-sided capes. This collection is now owned by the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum and displayed often. Over the years, Van Gogh’s Ear Gallery sold her work in Prescott.

Eleanor was fiercely independent and had a creative and inquisitive mind.

She loved nature, a good conversation and her large and supportive family. Knowing God was a lifelong pursuit and an important value she modeled and desired to pass on to her children and grandchildren.

One hundred years, a life well lived.

A memorial service and gathering of friends and family will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at the Prescott United Methodist Church, 505 W Gurley St., Prescott, AZ 86301

Should friends desire, contributions may be made to the Eleanor Bostwick Art Scholarship at Yavapai College by visiting www.yc.edu/Bostwick or by mail to Yavapai College Foundation, 1100 S. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ 86301. Please write “Eleanor Bostwick” in the memo line of the check.

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