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Eleanor Gladys Anderson (Copenhaver)

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Birthplace: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States
Death: September 12, 1985 (89)
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Bascom Eugene Copenhaver and Laura Lu Copenhaver
Wife of Sherwood Anderson
Sister of Laura Eugenia Copenhaver; Brig General John Randolph Scherer Copenhaver; May Mazie Wilson and Kathryn Van Meier

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Eleanor Gladys Anderson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8946142/eleanor-gladys-anderson

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

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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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Eleanor Gladys Anderson's Timeline

1896
June 15, 1896
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States
1985
September 12, 1985
Age 89
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States
September 12, 1985
Age 89
Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States