ELEANOR BOOTHBY, 90, of Correctionville, Iowa, passed away Thursday morning, December 9, 2010 in the Correctionville Nursing & Rehab Center.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 14th at 10:30 a.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville, Iowa. Rev. Sheryl Ashley will officiate. Burial will be in the Correctionville Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville, Iowa with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee is in charge of the arrangements. On line condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Eleanor was born on December 14, 1919 at Battle Creek, Iowa to Roy & Mary (Henderson) Beers. She attended Correctionville Public School and graduated in 1938. She was united in marriage to Arlin "Slim" Boothby on December 24, 1938 at the Washta Methodist Church. She worked at the Correctionville Nursing Home as a cook and retired in the fall of 1982. She was a member of the United Methodist Women. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, cooking & baking, photo albums, and spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Arlin on April 11, 2009, a brother Melvin Beers, sisters Dorothy Brown and Esther (Fogelman) Barrett.

She is survived by four children: Jim Boothby of Temple, Texas; Cheryl Volkert of Moville, Iowa; Alan Boothby and his wife Alexandra of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; Marc Boothby and his wife Lorrie of Moville, Iowa; 16 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.