Eleanor Louise Priest was born March 5, 1926 in Minot, Maine (ME) to Fred and Ida Knowlton Priest. She attended Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, MA with a life certificate in Teaching. Eleanor taught elementary school in Rutland, VT and Norridgewock, ME. She married Warren Clarence Hewes on August 12, 1951 in Auburn, ME. She continued her teaching career at Spencerville, MD while her husband finished college. Warren worked as pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church serving as Publishing Director. They worked in New Jersey and Missouri, where she taught at Kansas City Jr. Academy in Missouri and Overland Park, KS. The family spent eight years in mission service in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimbabwe), and another seven years in Kenya, Africa where she worked in different secretarial positions and taught in the children's divisions at church. Upon returning to the States they worked in South Dakota and California. They retired in 1988 in Marshall, TX and both were active in the Marshall Seventh-day Adventist Church. She loved gardening, music, animals, cooking and entertaining. She drew many people into her circle of friends with her genuine love for people and beautiful dimpled smile, never knowing a stranger. Surviving Eleanor Hewes are her daughters, Marilyn Joyce Kemper and husband Dr. Ed Kemper of Killeen, TX and Cheryl Beth Steingas and husband David of Karnack; five grandchildren, Michelle Kharns (Brandon), Lisa Venteicher (Bryan), Michael Steingas, Jonathan Kemper, Ryan Steingas, and great grandson, Orion Kharns. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years in March 2014. Appreciation is especially expressed to Dr. Robert Palmer, Dr. Y Pham, Robert Salmi, Robert & Melanie Clark, Anne Kelley and Marshall Manor Nursing Home, all of whom played a special role in Eleanor's last months. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 3 pm at the Jefferson Academy Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3000 FM 728, Jefferson, Texas 75657. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to: Texas Adventist Community Services, c/o Marshall SDA Church, P.O. Box 1901, Marshall, TX 75671