Eleanor J. Ley
Eleanor J. Ley, 90 of Claypool, Indiana and formerly of Sharpsville and Tipton, died at 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake. She was born on March 31, 1929 in Tipton County to Howard & Lula (Smith) Dewitt. On August 30, 1968 she married Harold A. Ley and he survives.
Eleanor was a nurse and had worked at Tipton County Memorial Hospital and the Tipton Clinic. She was also a homemaker for her family. Eleanor had attended Windfall Christian Church before moving North where she attended Beaver Dam United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Sharpsville High School and received her nurses training in Kokomo. Eleanor liked to sew, quilt and bake and she was a very good cook.
Survivors besides her husband of 51 years, Harold, include one son, Michael K. Hamilton, Kokomo; two grandsons, Kyle Hamilton and wife Carrie and Kevin Hamilton and wife Lindsay; one great-granddaughter, Olivia. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Vickie Hamilton and one sister, Jean Grimme.
Funeral services for Eleanor will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 28 at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Butch Troke presiding. Burial will follow in Sharpsville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Monday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, Illinois, 60674.
Harold remembering meeting your lovely Eleanor, so sorry for your loss.
Although Eleanor was here briefly, I was able to meet her and hopefully help her in a small way. We are praying for you all.
The Nursing Honor Guard serving North Central Indiana would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to the entire Ley family. We are thankful for Eleanor’s strength, wisdom, soothing words, compassion, gentle healing hands and love of nursing. We are honored to help you celebrate her nursing career. Please know that more than 90 nurses in North Central Indiana are praying for your family as you prepare to celebrate her life.