Eleanor H Asmuth

My sympathies to the family. I enjoyed having Mrs. Asmuth as a teacher in high school. Bonnie Brockman - Class of '81

If ever you wanted to teach loving & caring of a spouse all you need do was to look to this couple. They both were extremely intelligent but never know-it all’s. They were the most wonderful couple. We met them right after they learned square dancing in their area after they turned 70. On their combined 90th birthdays Dave called a dance for them. We called it their 180 Birthday Party. They came to a weekend of square dancing in Dubuque IA. When they were leaving the car’s battery was dead. John made no big deal of it said that she had left her laptop computer on from the GPS they used to get to the dance. Laptops weren’t yet as popular as now & most of us didn’t have GPS. I didn’t even know what the letters meant. They were fun to be around & Eleanors stories about the Navy & Link Training were fascinating. She had told me of teaching computer programming to high school children & that seemed almost like something out of the twilight zone. She was fastinating. While they were at the Cleveland Clinic she called me and told me of John’s heart condition & what the Drs asked him. “If we do this surgery & give you a heart what are you going to do with it?” I told Eleanor to ask them what was he going to do without the surgery—-die? She was a dear friend with a special soul. They were the couple that we wished we had met 5 years sooner. Love you John & Ellie!

Having just met her family at the Services for John, I extend my sympathies to John & Eleanor’s family. They were just a lovely couple & true Sweathearts! please let me know of her memorial information.

We have been square dancing for over 30 years now and so remember the good times we had dancing with them in various parts of the United States. Your parents always had wonderful memories to share with us! As we were always asking where they had been and what was their next adventure to be! Eleanor and John will both be missed by many of us in the square dance world, etc. Was sorry to hear of Eleanors death, but know she is with John in heaven! Yellowrocks(Hugs) to all of their family! Rockford, Illinois Area Square & Round Dancers, Ed and Marie Berridge.

Nellie, I hope you know how much of a mark you and John left on my heart. I’m so glad I came into your lives in 2010. It started out taking care of the outside birds, garbage, and compost. As the years went by and things got harder for you and John to do, I took over other tasks of grocery shopping, picking up the bird seed, peanuts for the squirrels, suet for the birds, and cat food for TATER TOT!! I’m still feeding the birds, squirrels, and Tater Tot. Thanks for taking time out of your square dance class and teaching Collin and I. I still laugh at the time you and John were supposed to bring me home and you left me. When I think of you I think of homemade bread, you out in your garden with your hands in the dirt. I put the symbol of the gardener on your wall as I know how much your flowers meant to you. I know you know how much I loved you and John. I miss getting your emails everyday stating that you were having a good day or you needed me to stop in on my way home. You fought your battle until the bitter end. Until we meet again Nellie, Love and MISS You a ton. Tina Zander