Eleanor Dunsmoor

December 12, 1920 - February 19, 2016

Eleanor S. Dunsmoor, 95, of Ottumwa, Iowa died on February 19, 2016 at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center. She was born December 12, 1920 in Villisca, Iowa to Verd and Hilda Louise Windhorst Schantz. She married Thomas B. Dunsmoor June 22, 1940 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He preceded her in death on May 21, 1994. Tom and Eleanor traveled extensively, following his quest for education and the teaching and administrative positions he held in Hartley, Bloomfield, Wellsburg and Greene, Iowa. Eleanor and Tom retired to Bella Vista, Arkansas in 1980. She continued to live in Arkansas after Tom’s death, until moving to Ottumwa in October of 2015, to be closer to her family. She was a member of the Bella Vista United Methodist Church and Chapter BR PEO in Bella Vista. Eleanor is survived by two daughters, Vicki (Randy) Meyer of Long Prairie, Minnesota, Lisa (Richard) Wagler of Bloomfield, Iowa; five grandchildren, Joshua (Heather) Hemming of Poway, California, Cassie Hemming of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Adam (Dr. Laura Madeline Wiseman) Wagler of Lincoln, Nebraska, Michael Wagler of Ankeny, Iowa, Ellie (Winston) Stewart of Des Moines, Iowa; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Fred W. Schantz; and a sister, Fern Eggers. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield with Pastor Tim Frasher officiating. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday with the family present to greet friends from 5-7:00 p.m. at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield. A memorial, in lieu of flowers, has been established to the Alzheimer’s Association.