Obituary

Eleanor W. Jordan

Wed, 08/24/2016 - 1:30pm

Eleanor W. “Ellie” Jordan, 99, died peacefully Aug. 18, 2016 at Evergreen Woods, North Branford, Connecticut, her home for many years.

She was a former resident of New Haven and Sachems Head, Connecticut. She summered for most of her life on Linekin Bay, and for 85 years in Bayville, Maine, where her extended family settled around her.

Ellie was born Dec. 27, 1916 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Kendrick R. and Eleanor C. Wilson. She graduated from Vail-Deane School in Elizabeth and Smith College (1939) Northampton, Massachusetts. She married Richard G. Jordan in Portland, Maine in 1941.

She is survived by her daughters, Susan J. Copeland, Avon, Connecticut, and Lucy J. Rhodes, Madison, Wisconsin, and daughter-in-law, Rudy S. Jordan, Franklin, Tennessee.

She was predeceased by her son, Peter W. Jordan. Her family includes five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was loved and will be sadly missed by her family who are cheered by many happy memories.

A service will be held at the family site in Oceanview Cemetery, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall’s of Boothbay, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, Maine.