Eleanor Louise RYAN

RYAN, Eleanor Louise 87, passed away peacefully on February 26, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward J. Ryan. She is survived by her children, Kathleen Burden (Robert), Joseph (Catherine), Timothy (Michaelene), Christopher (Fran) and Jennifer Nash (John). She was blessed with many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Eleanor was born on July 24, 1930 in Warren, Pennsylvania; she and Edward married on May 20, 1950 in Lockport, New York; they moved to Tucson in 1959. She and Edward started and ran Ryan Attorney Service until the 1980's. Eleanor was greatly involved with a philanthropic sorority, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, and dearly loved to raise money for St. Jude's Childrens Hospital. She will be remembered for, among other things, blazing her own path and her baking skills. You will be missed mom, shine with the stars. Visitation and Rosary Friday, March 2, 2018, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., SOUTH LAWN MORTUARY, 5401 S. Park Ave., Tucson. Funeral Mass Saturday, March 3, 2018, 10:30 a.m. St. Gianna Oratory, 338 W. University Blvd., Tucson. Internment to follow at South Lawn Cemetery.