Eileen P. Cheney

Eileen Pratt Cheney passed away Saturday, May 29, 2010, in her home in Ames following a long and courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 3, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2524 Hoover Ave., Ames. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 4, at the same location. Visitation will also take place from 9 to 10 a.m. prior to the service. Eileen was born in Brigham City Utah, and grew up in Snowville, Utah, Ogden, Utah and Boise, Idaho where she met and married her husband, Joseph G. Cheney Jr. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She and her husband were married in the Logan Utah Temple on Sept. 12, 1975. She resided with her husband and children in the Boise valley until 1987, when the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and in 1990 to Ames. Eileen is survived by her husband; four children, Janna (James) Vukelich, David (Lizz) Cheney, Brian (Chelsea) Cheney and Benjamin (Stacie) Cheney; five grandchildren, Saffi, Schafer, Violet, Ethan, and Gavin; and three sisters, Marie Hegland, Jean Musselman, and Annie Hamrick. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ed and Ada Pratt; and a brother she never knew, Noel. Eileen loved her family and everyone who stepped into her life's circle. She radiated goodness and joy in her life with a smile and laugh that were contagious. She was a wonderful wife and mother, and had a deep loyalty and passion for her family, friends, neighbors and for everything good and lovely. Music was a very important part of her life. She taught piano lessons (and many other life's lessons) for nearly 30 years to countless numbers of young children, teenagers and adults alike. Eileen was a lady of dignity, gentleness, and compassion, and God's love flowed freely and easily through her to others. Eileen will be remembered forever as someone who truly knew how to love, and she will be greatly missed.