Eleanor Theresa Eddy

April 7, 1925 - November 6, 2016

Eleanor Theresa (Cioffoletti) Eddy, age 91, passed away on 6th day of November, 2016 at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston, MN where she was lovingly cared for by all employees and where she comfortably and contently lived for the past 5 years. Eleanor was born into a large Italian family in New Rochelle, NY on April 7, 1925 to Michael and Katherine (Carmardella) Cioffoletti. She attended Columbus Schools in New York and from an early age worked with her parents in their fruit and vegetable store. In the early morning hours, long before dawn, she would ride into New York City with her father to purchase fresh produce. The day would continue as she would deliver produce to customers, door to door, running up and down many flights of stairs at New York tenement buildings with everyone’s orders. The late afternoon would find her going home to start cooking the family’s dinner. On April 17, 1955 at Sacred Heart Church in New Rochelle, NY, Eleanor (the city girl) married Leslie Gordon Eddy (the country boy) from Spring Grove, MN. Les and Eleanor returned to Minnesota where they lived in Mabel, Caledonia, Sheldon, Spring Grove and La Crescent with a short time in Lake Worth, Florida. Eleanor loved her neighbors and her friends in each place they lived and throughout the years spoke fondly of them all. Eleanor was well known for her New York accent which never left her and her famous homemade Italian spaghetti and meatballs. She loved to help people and “no” was never in her vocabulary. She worked very hard her whole life and was a cleaning lady for Dr. Poston in Caledonia and worked at a time at the Rushford Factory. She loved to mow lawn and was known to mow past the Sheldon School house all the way down to Everald’s farm. Les always joked that she would have kept mowing all the way to Houston if he put in enough gas. Eleanor devoted her whole life to her husband, Les, and their two children, Gary and Katherine. In later years, nothing gave her more joy than her son, Gary, and his family, Judith, Justin and Graham. She is survived by her son, Gary Eddy and his wife, Judith (Knutson) and their two children, her grandchildren, Justin and Graham Eddy of La Crescent, MN; and her daughter, Katherine Eddy of La Crosse, WI, many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Eleanor is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Leslie, her parents, Michael and Katherine Cioffoletti, brothers and sisters: Rose Marie (John) Ricci, Francis (Frank) Barnetta, Helen (Lawrence) Musto, Albert (Edith) Cioffoletti, Lucille (Ralph) Moschillo, John (Theresa) Cioffoletti, Bernard (Blanch) Cioffoletti, Dorothy (Lou) Felice, Richard (Ginger) Cioffoletti, Charles Cioffoletti and infant, Charles Cioffoletti.