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Eleanor Gladys <I>Copenhaver</I> Anderson

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Eleanor Gladys Copenhaver Anderson

Birth
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Sep 1985 (aged 89)
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Grave 3 Lot 12 Block P
Memorial ID
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Women's organization leader; daughter of Bascom Eugene Copenhaver and Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver; wife of Sherwood Anderson.
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Sherwood Anderson’s Wife, Eleanor

MARION, Va. [AP]—Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, widow of writer Sherwood Anderson, died Thursday at the age of 89, a family spokesman said.

At the time of her death, Mrs. Anderson was collaborating with faculty members of Virginia Polytechnical Institute on a book about her husband, the spokesman said, Sherwood Anderson, who was publisher of the Smyth County News and the Marion Democrat, was best known for a collection of short stories titled “Winesburg, Ohio.” Born in 1876, he died March 8, 1941.

Mrs. Anderson was president of Rosemont Industries, a native crafts business begun by her mother in Marion.

She was a 1917 graduate of Westhampton College and also received a degree from Bryn Mawr College. She held a master’s degree from Columbia University. She is survived by a sister.

Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois, September 13, 1985 Obituary

Titled: Sherwood Anderson’s Wife, Eleanor
Women's organization leader; daughter of Bascom Eugene Copenhaver and Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver; wife of Sherwood Anderson.
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Sherwood Anderson’s Wife, Eleanor

MARION, Va. [AP]—Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, widow of writer Sherwood Anderson, died Thursday at the age of 89, a family spokesman said.

At the time of her death, Mrs. Anderson was collaborating with faculty members of Virginia Polytechnical Institute on a book about her husband, the spokesman said, Sherwood Anderson, who was publisher of the Smyth County News and the Marion Democrat, was best known for a collection of short stories titled “Winesburg, Ohio.” Born in 1876, he died March 8, 1941.

Mrs. Anderson was president of Rosemont Industries, a native crafts business begun by her mother in Marion.

She was a 1917 graduate of Westhampton College and also received a degree from Bryn Mawr College. She held a master’s degree from Columbia University. She is survived by a sister.

Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois, September 13, 1985 Obituary

Titled: Sherwood Anderson’s Wife, Eleanor


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