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Funeral services for Eleanor Hemenway, 89,of Neligh, will be Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Francis Catholic Church, in Neligh, with Father Pat Nields officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m., at St. Francis Catholic Church, with a 7 p.m. wake service.

Beyer Snider Memorial Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Eleanor died Sept. 13 at her daughter’s home near Monroe, surrounded by family. Condolences may be directed to the family at http://www.beyersnidermemorialfh.com.

Memorials may be given to St. Francis Church or a charity of choice.

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Eleanor C. Hemenway was born Dec. 3, 1930, in Creighton to Henry and Mary (Putjenter) Ebel. She graduated from St. Ludger Catholic Academy in 1948. She was united in marriage to Dennis C. Hemenway, June 11, 1951, at St Ludger’s Catholic Church in Creighton, where they settled and started a family.

They were married for 50 years. In 1968, they purchased a farm just outside of Neligh, where she spent the remainder of her life. She was a teacher, farm wife, loving mom and grandma, bookkeeper and nurturing caregiver. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Karen Bonner of Sioux City, Iowa; Patricia Wagner of Belden; Georgia Jasper of Monroe; Marilyn (Galen) Rader of Brunswick; Rodney Hemenway of Creighton; Alan (Deb) Hemenway of Elgin; Duane Hemenway of Newman Grove; Beth (Todd) Damme of Neligh; Edward (Anne) Hemenway of Neligh; sister, Pauline (Cliff) Bethune of Randolph; sister-in-law, Georgia Ebel of Omaha; 34 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Eleanor is preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons, Joseph Hemenway and Micheal Hemenway; two sons-in-law, Micheal Bonner and Richard (Dick) Jasper; four brothers and two grandchildren.