ELEANOR SHANKLAND

Gramms...I am gonna miss you ;)

The picture says it all...You were never afraid to try something new...I think I still have the marks on my side from where you dug in...We let the neighbors know who was boss...Proudly getting off the bike Eleanor proclaims "I had the wind in my hair!"

You have been many things to me since I have known you...but you will always be a "Diva" in my book...and never forgotten !!!

Kickstand...

Eleanor is fondly remembered by the many people who have a painting of their homes done by her. As word of her passing spreads, I've become more and more aware of how many houses she painted during her lifetime.

She impacted many with her skills and thoughtfulness.

On April 29th at 10:00AM, we will remember an amazing person during the memorial service at Forest Hills Church in Cleveland Heights.

Hope to see you all there.

Jason Blinn (grandson)
Los Angeles, CA

Eleanor Shankland was my mother-in-law, and a finer mother-in-law never lived. She was supportive and did everything possible to help my wife and me handle the vicissitudes of married life. Her love of people, her artistic temperament and her generous nature helped her make many friends over the years, both in San Francisco and in Cleveland Heights. She had wonderful values and lived them constantly, engendering great respect as well as love. I shall miss her very much. My condolences to all...

Just one chance…on January 21st 2010
Clouds, melting snow and that winter kind of overcast grey that only Cleveland seems to master…
The sad weight of loss and quiet greif press down the corners of our smiles and sober our thoughts…
Slowly her friends and relatives catch e-mails, calls and the news of passing hits the morning paper…
And then, as Thursday awoke, dawn with rosy fingers reached on high and gathered up the stars…
The morning sky ignighted in a dazzling...

I was privileged to be a colleague of Bob Shankland, scholar and gentleman. Thus I came to know Eleanor and to enjoy her friendship and to admire her artistic abilities. The cartoon she drew and gave me when I left Case Western Reserve University in 1987 hangs in my study here in Germany and will always be a treasured memory for me of Eleanor, and of Bob.

Rich, I couldn't of said it better myself. Not only did I land on her doorstep as she approached 70, but she also learned to drive. Pretty amazing!

I thought my life was over when at 15 my father sent me to live with my grandmother in Cleveland. It was a long way from Marin County in more ways than one. Grams had been recently widowed so it was a new beginning for both of us. She encouraged me and supported me in all of my endeavors. She was not only my grandmother, she was my...

I met Eleanor (Grams) through her grandson, Jason Blinn circa 1983. Though she was already near 70 then, she seemed more like 55. Spry, proper, hospitable, accepting, kind, humerous and above all memorable. Just last year I chatted with her as she walked the track at the Cleveland Heights Recreation Center...at 93! Truly an example worth emulating.

Eleanor was such a beautiful, loving woman. She had a joyous spirit and when you were with her you could feel it. Her talent as an artist was second to none. When she sketched she was so relaxed. Her sketches and watercolors were always worthy of being framed. I always enjoyed spending time with her. I will miss her, but I know she will always be our hearts.