Eloise Lytle

Eloise J. Lytle, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 19, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.

Eloise Jones Lytle was born on September 17, 1925, the daughter of Seabron O. and Beulah M. (McCarty) Jones in Ideal, Macon County, Georgia.

Eloise grew up and lived on a farm near Ideal, Georgia, and graduated from Ideal High School. After graduation she moved to Atlanta where she worked for the Federal Government and met her future husband, Harry. She and Harry were married on June 24, 1944, at the Druid Hills Baptist Church.

Eloise and Harry moved to Iowa in 1946, and lived in Harlan, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, before settling in Atlantic in 1948. While living in Atlantic, she and Harry taught various types of dances. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Atlantic, the Cass County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the ABW. Eloise was active in the American Cancer Fund Drives in the 1960s.

Eloise enjoyed and had a great deal of fun teaching dance all over Southwest Iowa. She also enjoyed gardening. Her family was very important to her, and most of all, she loved her grandchildren.

Eloise is survived by her husband, Harry of Atlantic, Iowa; son, Noel and his life partner, David Mayersky of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Darcy Lytle of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Heather Bushner and her husband, Dave of Hardenville, Missouri, and their children, Maverick and Savannah; daughter-in-law, Kenna Kenworthy of Gainsville, Missouri; brothers, Herbert Jones of Perry, Georgia, ML Jones and his wife, Myrtus of Ideal, Georgia, and Bruce Jones and his wife, Vi of Vero Beach, Florida; sister in laws, Helen Jones of Panama City, Florida, Mary (Babe) Lytle, Vivian Lytle, Virginia Lytle, all of Harlan, Iowa; sisters, Anne Johnson and her husband, Harry of Reynolds, Georgia and Marguerite Hedrick of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins in Iowa and Georgia.

She is preceded in death by her parents; son, Marvis in 2003; brothers, Johnny, Frank, Earl, Roy and Gene; and sisters, Irma Chapman and Idoma Moore.
Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2007, in the Hockenberry Family Care Chapel. Following the memorial service the family invites you to join them for a reception in the Hockenberry Family Care Community Room.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Cass County Memorial Hospital and the COPD Support Group.