Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  ELEANOR RHOADS
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The following excerpts were taken from page 6A - The Carlsbad
(NM) Current Argus - January 2, 2000
RHOADS
A memorial service will be held on January 3, for Eleanor Rhoads.
It will be held at Lakeview Christian Home Chapel.  Rhoads, 87,
died December 31, at her home.  Denton-Funchess Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.  She was born January 13, 1912, in 
Springfield, Ill., to Walter and Ada Rhoads.  She later lived in
Taylorville, Ill., where she graduated from high school. She 
attended St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Wichita, Kansas,
where she attained her R.N. degree in 1933.  She moved to Carlsbad
in 1934 and became an officer in the US ARMY Medical Corps from
1943 to 1946.  She served during WWII in New Orleans and in the
Philippines.  Survivors include five nieces; Mary Canavan of Las
Cruces, NM, Lynda Howland of Windsor, Calif., Connie Corbin of
Lampe, Mo., Carol Lauer of St. Louis, Mo., and Ann Stock of 
Blue Springs, Mo.; nephews, Carl Rhoads of Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
Bob Rhoads of Ventura, Calif., Mike Rhoads of Orchard Park, NY,
and G.W. Rhoads of Golden, Mo.; great-niece, Allie Canavan of
Las Curces, NM; great-nephew, Ian Canavan of Las Cruces, NM;
sister-in-law, Florence Rhoads of Ventura, Calif.; and numerous
other great nieces and nephews.  (Photo shown of Rhoads)