Eleanor Pyles Obituary

Mom, it's been a while
As much as I tried to believe this open book makes me feel better, just bit. 2023/Jan 2024, was rough. Started with Tony's Peter, than Scottie, than Courtney, then Hank, then Danny. I know you welcomed them all as they are ALL dear to my heart. I miss you soo much. Almost 15 years later, I still say good morning, think about you at work, say goodnight every night. Miss you sooo much! Love you more!

Happy 91st Heavenly Birthday Mom. Miss you immensely. Thank you for watching over us!!
Love you!

Happy Mother's Day Mom. Definitely not my favorite day of the year! I miss you very much
It does NOT get easier, I just learned to live without you. Keith speaks to me about you often. You were simply the best, inside and out!

Mom, on this day, I spent the entire day with you. I had no idea you were in transit. 10 years ago. I miss you more than anything. My heart is and will ALWAYS be broken. Thank you for all you did and all your sacrafices. Thank you for watching over all of us. I love you.

Eleanor L. Pyles 07/27/31-06/17/09

R.I.H.

Each day, I say good morning, each night I say good night. I miss you more than anyone knows. Happy early birthday Mom. Keith and Mia miss you too! Please help watch over us! Love you!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom you are missed more each day

I thought about you. I miss you very much.

Happy 84th Birthday 2 morrow Mom. Miss you more every day

Happy Mother's Day Mom, I miss you everyday, each hour, every minute.

Mom.

It's sooo difficult to write in this book. Happy Mothers Day, I miss you so much. EACH DAY, EACH MINUTE

Happy 8 3rd Birthday Mom. Miss you soooo much in the flesh. You are still here otherwise. I love you

5 years. 5 years. 6/17/09. UGH. My heart hurts. Mom I miss you more than ANYONE knows.

Happy Mothers Day Mom, I love and miss you soo much. My heart will NEVER be the same.

Mom, I Really miss you!

This holiday season was rough. I really missed you! My heart is still heavy and I can NEVER write in legacy without being in tears! I miss you dearly. I miss your voice, your laughter, your wisdom! I will never stop saying good morning and good night, it comforts me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANNY...I MISS YOU, YOU CAME TO ME IN MY DREAMS THIS MORNING.

HAPPY 82nd Birthday Mom! We will be sending you balloons later today!bLove and miss you sooooooooo much!

Miss you Mom!

4 years ago, it felt like my heart was ripped out of my body. Although I did recover, at that time I did not imagine I could. Everything stopped. The birds singing, music, your voice! 4 years. I miss you sooooooo much! Thank you for being my Angel. Please watch over us. We really need it now! Love you!

Although I talk to you everyday and every night, it is really hard for me to come to this sight. Legacy.........That is you............ Happy Mother's Day to you! 2008 at John and Ken's was the last Big Bash! However, 2009, Keith and I spent the day with you in the hospital. You looked great and was just there for swelling in your legs. We had MANY moments together after that! Thank you for EVERTHING! I miss you daily! Keith and your grand. Daughter Mia as well! I love you!

I was looking at some old pictures in a photo album I had in storage, and had found some of pictures of that wonderful lady named Eleanor Pyles. For what ever reasons they may be, a little voice in my head told me to search for her and I came cross this page. It sadden me to read of her late passing. She was an amazing woman and bestowed the world the wonderful gift of making people smile. She always made me feel so welcomed in her presences. I remember how much I loved her as if she were my very own grandmother. I recall how I would visit her when I was done with class at triton college, and we would make art and crafts. She would tell me the most wonderful stories about her life that included her parents, husband, her children and grandchildren, and how much she loved being a teacher. She truly was a fresh of breath air in a world that sometimes gives us heartache. She reinforced in my mind that love and friendships are things we work for in life, and these were things that no amount money in the world can buy. I will always remember how much of an amazing woman she truly was. I will never her forget and how lucky I was to have had her been in my life. Love, Freddy.

Happy 81st Birthday Mom! Balloons coming your way tonight! Love you!

Mom, its been a long time. Just like going to the cemetary, writting here leaves me feeling sad sometimes. Can not believe it has been 3 years last month. I still kiss your blanket when I wake up and go to bed, and look at your picture. Sometimes I turn the lights off and turn them on because I forgot and saying my prayers made me remember! Anyway, Happy 4th, I know you love Fireworks! You have the best Seat!

Mom, I traded my jeep in. Beginning to need work. Ugh! It reminds me of you every day! Keith traded his car in and together, we now have one car! We are always together. He drives me to work! Anyway, I watched the taped Ms. America pageant and felt like you were sitting in the chair next to me! Ahh, great memories! Thank you for everything in llife! Thank you for giving me life! I love you! I miss you!

Mom today is a baaaaad miss you morning. I can't get it together! My fried at work Taylor aka Dianes mom passed recently. I am sure you met her. She is having a really hard time! I miss you, love you, and thank you for everything! It's cold out, a snow on the way. Duh, you knew that already! Everyone misses you! No one more than me!

Mom, this guest book started off as my open diary to you. When Holidays 2011 arrived, I was really really missing you. I thought when I use to say bahumbug around the holidays because of retail hell, I heard you laughing, saying enjoy the holidays, it's beautiful. Well, it is just not the same! Anyway, I did not feel up to adding to my misery and actually writing it out. Well, I got through it. Your grand daughter made dinner. It was great! Tasted like your cooking! Now you know Chernita can cook just like you. Now she adds les salt and.......lol. I finally put the tree up. It is still up and we still plug it in! I miss you so very much....I say good morning everyday and night looking at your picture next to my bed and kissing your blanket. Happy new year Mom!

Oh Mom, weird that this Thanksgiving was harder than 2010. I miss you sooo very much. Nothing is the same :( My old Friend Pam found me! Nothing seemed to change! Back to being hood rats! Anyway, Ann Mims has joined you. Another one gone too soon. I know, not our choice. Anyway the Holidays are here. My heart is sad. I know you are here! I love you! Happy Holidays to you and all the family and friends that are with you! Have a Great Party! Love you!

Mom thank you you for watching over Ty!

Chernita joined us for your Birthday. It was not planned but it was very nice. Everyones balloons went the same way!
Ki Ki's 40th was nice..very nice...You were missed. Block Party by Betty's 8/20/11! Looking forward to it! Wish you were here :(

Happy 80th Birthday Mom. I would give anything to say that to you in person! We miss you sooo much! Have a great party! Keith and Mia send love, balloons this evening coming your way! A tea light burns since 9p last night, and a real one at 5p this evening until bed time and after that, the flameless one will burn until at least 1159p. Love you!

Well Mom, 80 as anyone knows.....I say 2 years old in eternal light. Anyway, Happy 80th Birthday. Many days I still can't come to grips that you are gone! I think I thought you would live forever! In a perfect world, my world! Anyway, tomorrow Keith, Mia, and I will send you Birthday Balloons! I love you and miss you more than anyone knows!

Mom,

I put on a flameless tea light Thursday morning in honor of your last day alive two years ago that was on until I got home and lit the beautiful memory candle Chernita bought me. It burned until bedtime and then the tealight was turned on. Still burning! Missing you!

Hi Mom,

It's two years today that you left us. I was sooo sad last night I cried myself to sleep. I just kept thinking that night I left you, I wanted to stay but I just went home and you went home without any of us being with you. I know I could not control it but it still hurts me deeply. I am sorry. I (we) miss you deeply. This afternoon I (we) will send up baloons
to you. As I said, the cemetary makes me sad so I dont want to go. Anyways,
Your spirit is with me. I love you, always and forever!

Hi Mom, 3 days away from the 2nd anniversary of the WORST day of my life. I try not to celebrate death days but I cant help remembering the day a huge part of my heart died. I know i cant type in an entry on Friday, so I am doing it now with great sadness and difficulty. My life will never be the same. I know you would not want me to feel this way but I cant help it. I miss you, I love you Always and Forever!

Morning Mom,
My secretary Anita is typing...Think of you everyday! Miss you soo much! All my Love, Keith
p.s. Say hello to my Mom Illa!

Its a baad miss you day!

Oh Mom, I miss you! It gets harder EACH day! Thank you for watching over ALL of us! Ty took a motorcycle trip and thanked you for watching over him! Soo cute! He misses you. We ALL do!

Your sparkle will always be in our lives! I love you Mom!

Hi Mom, it has been a while since I logged in. It is sooo hard each time I do. I still have many moments! John Gammons Mom Barb is on her way to getting her wings as well. It has been a trying time since you left. I remebered what you said, take care of your sister. I failed but have a chance to make amends. She is better. Anyway, Love you and Miss you sooo much. Keith too!

Oh Mom, I miss you sooo much! More than you know! I still cry frequently and think of you daily. I say good morning and goodnight looking at your picture and kissing your blanket that hangs on my bed post.

Happy Thanksgiving Mom......2nd TG without you and it does not get better
as they say :( Very Hard to write each time but I talk to you daily! I love you!

Hi,

The wedding! THANK YOU FOR THE $111.00 CHECK! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING! THE DRESS WAS BEAUTIFUL! THE DAY WAS PERFECT. THE ROOF OFF THE HUMMER WAS CLASSIC! THANK YOU!

I decided that the grave visits make me too sad. I don't think I will be ther anytime soon. Last year on your Birthday I decided not to return. I don't feel good when I leave. However, I bought ballons for all of us and we watched each one get in the clouds and we knew you got them. So, this time Keith and I did it alone. That is a new tradition. For cold months, I will light a candle.
I can not believe its a year. some days it feels like yesterday and some days it feels like years ago. I miss you! your voice, your smile, your "hey babes", your laughter, and hugs! Did you hear me sing Happy Birthday to you when I woke up on your Birthday? At work, have to go! I love you! Keith misses you too! He tells me!

Hi Mom! Thanks for everything! The wediing missed you but I knew you did not miss us! Write soon, very hard!

love you!

It is me...It is hard to write...I miss you more each day. Today, has been a hard one and I am at work so I decided to write. Keith and I let 2 balloons go in the sky dedicating them to you and Illa. It is weird they followed each other! The balloons came from Beth and Marc's sons 2nd birthday party. You would have loved to been in the room with all the kids! Anyway, happy spring. All the flowers are in bloom! We miss you! Keith and Mia too!

Missing you very much!

Happy New Year Mom! I will be looking for you in the sky tonight especially!
Love you!

The last 10 days have been really bad :( Everything has reminded me of how much I love and miss you! Everyone misses you! The cookie bake at John & Ken's was WONDERFUL! Your name came up often! And yes, you saw me cry! They gave me videos of you. Even walking! I am giving them as gifts to our family!I
Saw Pasquale your fiend at the nursing home. Bought him a gift. He cried when he saw me. He said he misses you everyday :( Going to Ty's and Orlondo's for Creole/Mexican dinner! Christmas day but the 3 Venards's are leaving early! We are making your daughter spend New Year's with us. It will be VERY hard for her. I know you two drank Sparkling Welches Grape Juice and bought in the New Year together for many years :( Anyway, you are having your first Christmas without us but with everyone above! Now that's a party! Merry Cristmas Mom, we trully miss you! It will never be the same 4 me.

Happy Thankgiving Mom! This will be a hard one! I know you approve of what I am doing for Thanksgiving! I am soo thankful for the time I had with you!
I miss you!

Love ya! Keith & Mia too!

Oh by the way, I made MY version of your stewed chicken...It was VERY close to yours but not yours....What was missing? You making it and knowing you are still here with me. Kisses!

Hi Mom, Miss you soooo much! It's only been 4 months (2 days ago). I talk to Tim and he tells me what an amazing woman you were. I know that! Duh! Please give my sister a big kiss for her birthday today! I love you! Keith and Mia too!

Oh Mom, that old saying, time heals all wounds....IT IS A LIE...No disrespect to you...It is awful....I have not written....I will start again...I love you!

Mom, Keith and I are having our first cocktail party 8/15/09! Bonnie (Nettie) is in town and the gang is coming out to see the condo, and meet Mia! Will I have enough food? :) Too much of course, learned it from you! Wish you were here to bake your famous
Devil's Food Cake! I miss you, EVERYDAY I still tear up! Love ya!

As you know, your grandson bought a motorcycle. I know...His mom hates it! He loves it! I am not a fan because they scare me but I know he loves it so I just ask that you watch over him and keep him safe! Yesterday was your Birthday and I should have taken the day off work. What was I thinking? In my defense, I did not know it would affect me that way! I cried all the way to work....During work...Until I went home......At home.....the rest of the day......some of the evening.....Keith and I had ice cream in your honor....Mia tasted it for the first time and I lit candles.....I passed out at 8pm...Keith stayed home today...I think I exhausted him Mom. :) He misses you..He tells me that! He says he wishes he had more time with you! Anyway, Hope you had a Great Birthday with Everybody up there! Love ya! Anita, Keith, and Mia!

At the Cemetary yesterday I felt you there. Actually, everday Mom I feel you with Me. Happy 78th Birthday Mom!
I love and Miss you soo much! Keith and Mia too!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!! LOVE YOU!

......just at work and my eyes filled with tears, thinking about you as your birthdate nears........

Our first Taste of Wesmont without you :( Was not the same but we did it! You had the best seat in the house! Funny story...We were told "no dogs" by a ROOKIE cop! I said, "she is in a bag". The rookie called it in and as that was being done, the mayor spotted Mia and fell in love with her. Hmmm, no more Mia trouble! Anyway, Chernita, Keith and I just nibbled. No major eating. I was misty eyed :( Miss you everyday! By the way, KiKi had a soft serve cone at a Tastee Freeze and told
me she teared up!
Ty is just doing lots of busy work, and Chernita misses you too! It's hard Mom....But Thankyou for being such a great person! Love ya!

My first holiday without you....All of us were sad at one point. I saw their tears. We had a wonderful time at Ty's and Orlondo's. Lots of food, alcohol, and ankle bitters :) Fireworks were beautiful. I know you really enjoyed them from your view. I miss you sooo much Mom! Luv you! Until the next entry........

Funny story..Mom, thanks for the joke and reminding me of great memories. Yesterday, I was driving to meet Phil and Gail at Ribfest(by the way, we had a awesome time seeing Heart), and I was driving from Bloomingdale to Naperville and got lost.(what is new? Can we say Anita needs a G.P.S.?) when I looked up, I was at Blackwell Pond where our family always had picnics. Last time I was there, Chernita, Tiratha(my sister that died), were going out on a boat ride and Mom put one foot in the boat and the boat moved away and down in the water she went. Mom, I guess you got me lost to remind me of wonderful times with you!
Thank you and Happy 4th! We love and miss you tons! Anita, Keith, and Mia

Two weeks today? Mom it feels like a year of missing you already! Remember when you always said, " you are goona miss me when I'm gone"? I agreed then it would be bad, but I had no idea it would be this bad! All the shows I watch now are about missing loved ones and coping....Are you doing this? :)

I didn't see you everyday,but it seemed like i did thru anita. I miss you,you were the true defination of a lady,

Dear Mrs. Pyles,
I know I only met you a few times at Loyola and I came to your house once and you made me feel so welcomed and loved. I know that you were a huge influence in your daughters' lives not only as a Mom, but as a friend. You will truly be missed, but know that your memory lives on by everyone that you have met and by your daughters. You were truly a special woman and I was blessed to have met you. Please watch over Anita and Keith. Since, I am still in physical form and not able to give her a hug or kiss please give her one for me. Let her know that I am only a phone call away.
Love,
Bhavisha

Hi Mom, another day has passed and my heart hurts. You were a part of my EVERY day life so this makes it more difficult. I spoke to Tim and he made me feel better and worse! He speaks so highly of you! He said each time the two of you spoke, YOU made him feel better! He also told me I will never get over this. Not that I did not know this but to hear it, Wow! I decided to keep this book open FOREVER! This will be my open journal that people can read
and find out how special you are! (who doesn't know that!) Also, anyone else can write forever also! I know you are soaring the world! Enjoy! I love you! Until next time.....

Dear Anita and family,
I just wanted to send you all my love and sympathy with your loss. God is taking care of our Susie now and she suffers nomore I love oyu Anita and wish that if you need anything , that you would call me . I care about you my dear friend and honestly I think about you . Take care , all my love and thoughts,Bob Stabler

to Eleanor--thank you for touching me in a way that few have, your beauty will be the measure I will use to judge others. Thank you for your daughters,beacons of genuine compassion for others. forever your boyfriend.

Mom, Everyone says their Mom was the best..You were. Thank you for all the teachings and Love! Everyday I still can't believe you are gone. I am having a difficult time. I know you are not suffering and at peace. That will give me the courage to get through this. You had soo many adopted children that loved you. We will all take care of each other. Keith will take care of me. He misses you soo much! Mom I love you! Please be our Angel and watch over us! Say hi to everyone and one day I will see you over the rainbow!

Dear Anita and Family, I am truly sorry for your lose. She was a good woman and will be missed. You and your family are in my prayers

We truly are going to miss the sweet ma. Love you and god bless all whom were dear to Mrs. Pyles
Orlondo