Eleanor Schoonmaker Morehouse

(Asbury Park Press)

ELEANOR SCHOONMAKER MOREHOUSE
AGE: 89 WHITING
Eleanor Schoonmaker Morehouse, 89, fell asleep in the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Crestwood Manor, Whiting. She was born April 29, 1921 in Seneca Falls, N.Y., the daughter of Fred J. and Aimee Arnold Schoonmaker. She attended William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y. and graduated from Hope College, Holland Michigan in 1943. She married the Rev. H. Paul Morehouse on Aug. 20, 1947. She taught high school in West Leyden, N.Y. (English, French and band) and later taught general music classes in the Schalmont school district in Schenectady, N.Y. As the wife of a minister, Eleanor was active in the women's guild, Sunday school, directing the children's choir and ministering to widows and shut-ins. She was also a member of the Garden State Philharmonic Chorus.
She is preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Frederick Schoonmaker; and a daughter-in-law, Linda Swinyard Morehouse. She is survived by three children, James of Bowie, Md., John (Linda) of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Beth (Fr. G. Thomas) Begley of St. Paul, Minn.; eight grandchildren; a brother, Hubert Schoonmaker of Clyde, N.Y.; a niece and nephew and their children.
Eleanor will be remembered as a woman of character, integrity, strength and generosity, a loving mother and a faithful Christian. May her memory be eternal.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8 at Community Reformed Church, 30 Lacey Road, Whiting. The family requests that memorial gifts may be made to the Community Reformed Church. Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home, Whiting, is in charge of funeral arrangements.