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Eleanor Ruth Shaver, age 87, of Millersburg, Ohio passed away Sunday, May 28, 2023 at Majora Lane Care Center, Millersburg, Ohio following a short illness.
A woman of faith and compassion, her mailbox flag was always up. Eleanor's mission was carried out by lending an ear and always offering words of encouragement through letter writing to family, friends, community members and perfect strangers that had the need for a kind word. She was a prayer warrior.
Funeral services will be held 12 noon Friday, June 2nd at St. John's Evangelical Covenant Church of Millersburg (8670 OH-39, Millersburg) with Pastor Sara Charlton officiating. Burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Evangelical Covenant Church and also one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Those wishing to share a memory or make online condolences may do so by visiting www.alexanderfhinc.com.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to one of the following charities: Share A Christmas, Love Inc., Ohio's Hospice LifeCare and/or St. John's ECC Women's Ministry. Most of all, reciprocate the kindness you may have received from her.
The daughter of Eric M. and Lillian (Jones) Warburton, Eleanor was born September 29, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Shaker Heights High School. In 1957 she graduated from Ohio University in Athens, where she met Clyde Ellsworth Shaver from Nelsonville, Ohio. They were married on October 26, 1957 and moved to Astoria, Oregon where Clyde was stationed with the US Navy. Clyde preceded her in death on November 28, 2006.
Returning to Ohio for the birth of their first child, Eleanor worked at Highland View Hospital as a Medical Social Worker from 1960 to 1965. After the birth of her second son, she was a full-time homemaker. In 1969, they moved to Middlefield, Ohio in Geauga County and became members of Mapleview Mennonite Church for 35 years. In 2004, they moved to Holmes County, and she became active in Grace Mennonite Church. In 2020 she joined her son's family at St. John's ECC Church. As a couple, Clyde and Eleanor enjoyed collecting primitive antiques. Eleanor was an avid patron of the public library. She was a member of St. John's ECC Women's Ministry and Berlin Mennonite sewing group; was a Hospice volunteer, and volunteered at Save-N-Serve and Holmes County Historical Society. She was a long-time Nursery School Teacher at Mapleview.
She is survived by four children and their spouses: son, Eric M. (Cheryl) Shaver, DVM of Millersburg and their children: Katy Shaver, PharmD and Angela Fry; son, Samuel Roy (Amanda) Shaver of Apex, North Carolina and their children: Jason Shaver, Ryan Shaver, Jacob Shaver, Lillian Zilli and Maggie Shaver; son, Jonathan M. (Iris) Shaver PhD, of Minneapolis, Minnesota and their children: Avraham Shaver, Ariel Shaver and Amital Shaver; and son, Mark J. (Stacey) Shaver of Middlefield, Ohio and their niece, Olivia Misterka. Eleanor has two great grandchildren; and surviving siblings: brother, James (Gail) Warburton of Dublin, Ohio; and sister, Margaret (Ken) Kelling of Kent, Ohio; and sister-in-law, Kathy Warburton of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clyde; brother, John Warburton; and nephews, Jimmy and Michael.
The family would like to thank the Ledges neighborhood for their care and friendship; the staff of LifeCare Hospice and Majora Lane, and those that were able to visit and send cards.
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