Eleanor Barbara Wilcox was born December 5, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Stanley and Mary Gebis Szczepaniak. She was employed as a mail room clerk for seventeen years. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Leyden Township, Illinois in April of 2002 and was of the Catholic faith. Eleanor Barbara Wilcox passed away at Baxter Regional Medical Center, November 22, 2005, at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 17 days. Survivors: Special companion, Gerald Carlsen of Mountain Home, Arkansas; two daughters, Barbara Schmeissing of Richton Park, Illinois and Charlene (Jerry) Timm of St. Charles, Illinois; four grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Rose Ruckdeshel of Terre Haute, Indiana Visitation: Friday, November 25, 2005 Funeral: Saturday, November 26, 2005, Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel Burial: Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois Memorials: Pietz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers, Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653