Elinor Murray (Snowman) Wade (88 years old) of the Round Bottom area in Stone County, Arkansas was born on 29 March 1934 on the Snowman Farm in Woodland, Maine. She died at Unity Health Hospital in Searcy, Arkansas on 3 November 2022.
She is survived by 5 children: Juanita (Wade) Wellman and son-in-law Philip of Eclectic, Alabama, Wanda (Wade) Sutton and son-in-law Larry, Daniel John Wade and daughter-in-law Tina, Carol Wade and Benjamin Wade all of Stone County, Arkansas. Elinor has 5 grandchildren: Joey Dwane Sutton, Steve Anthony Sutton (Jessica), and William Marriott Wade of Stone County, Arkansas and Adam Wade Wellman and Valerie “Michelle” Wellman of Eclectic, Alabama. Five great-grandchildren: Case Hunter Sutton and Emma Eva Sutton of Stone County, Arkansas and Olivia Wellman, Malachi Wellman, and B. Danielle “Danny” Wellman of Eclectic, Alabama are also left to mourn her loss. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Anna Snowman, and two brothers-in-law: Clarence V. Espling and Edward Rollins of Maine as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was predeceased by her parents: Walter Atwood Snowman and Avis Lucy Hathaway Snowman, her husband of 50 years, William Harvey Wade Sr. “Bill”, a son, William Harvey Wade Jr. “Billy”, five brothers: Atwood Snowman, Arnold Snowman, Alver “Pinky” Snowman, Merwin Snowman, and Peter Egan, and two sisters: Janice (Snowman) Espling, and Nada (Snowman) Rollings.
Elinor Snowman Wade attended The Snowman School in Woodland, Maine prior to leaving her beloved farm when her mother convinced her father to move the family into Caribou, Maine. She dug potatoes during harvest seasons as a kid. She left school in the 10th grade and went to work at JJ Newberry’s Five and Dime in Caribou, Maine. She later worked in the kitchen at Cary Memorial Hospital and for Landaus in Caribou. She worked in Presque Isle, Maine as a nanny to 3 children and then worked in the kitchen and housekeeping departments of Presque Isle Hospital. She met her husband when she brought him some food after he had given blood at the Presque Isle Hospital. They were married at Bethany Baptist Church in Presque Isle on 13 September 1955. She served as the spouse of an air force man from that day until his retirement in June of 1974. They lived in Maine, Spain, Texas, Alabama, the Azores, and the Philippines during that time. She also had a full-time job of being the mother of 3 boys and 3 girls. They left Montgomery, Alabama to move to Bill’s old homeplace on the south end of Round Bottom in Stone County, Arkansas in June of 1978 where she lived the rest of her life except for a year she spent with her daughter and her family in Eclectic, Alabama. Elinor worked for Stone County Health Unit as a home health aide. She belonged to the VFW in Tumbling Shoals and American Legion in Mountain View. She enjoyed monthly lunch dates with the “misfits” prior to the covid pandemic. She enjoyed watching animals and birds out the windows, from one of the yard benches, or porches of the home in Round Bottom. During her stay in Eclectic, she loved having her morning coffee and watching animals from her daughter’s back porch. In her younger days she enjoyed going picnicking with her husband, children, and later grandchildren, visiting ocean fronts (but not going out on them in boats – she got seasick), visiting historical places, museums, and gardens, reading, doing word search puzzles, watching old westerns, crime and detective shows, swimming, bowling, and tending her flowers.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 19th, 2022 at the Sanctuary UPC of Mountain View, beginning at 2:00 P.M. Brother Paul Mize will officiate the service.
She is survived by 5 children: Juanita (Wade) Wellman and son-in-law Philip of Eclectic, Alabama, Wanda (Wade) Sutton and son-in-law Larry, Daniel John Wade and daughter-in-law Tina, Carol Wade and Benjamin Wade all of Stone County, Arkansas. Elinor has 5 grandchildren: Joey Dwane Sutton, Steve Anthony Sutton (Jessica), and William Marriott Wade of Stone County, Arkansas and Adam Wade Wellman and Valerie “Michelle” Wellman of Eclectic, Alabama. Five great-grandchildren: Case Hunter Sutton and Emma Eva Sutton of Stone County, Arkansas and Olivia Wellman, Malachi Wellman, and B. Danielle “Danny” Wellman of Eclectic, Alabama are also left to mourn her loss. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Anna Snowman, and two brothers-in-law: Clarence V. Espling and Edward Rollins of Maine as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was predeceased by her parents: Walter Atwood Snowman and Avis Lucy Hathaway Snowman, her husband of 50 years, William Harvey Wade Sr. “Bill”, a son, William Harvey Wade Jr. “Billy”, five brothers: Atwood Snowman, Arnold Snowman, Alver “Pinky” Snowman, Merwin Snowman, and Peter Egan, and two sisters: Janice (Snowman) Espling, and Nada (Snowman) Rollings.
Elinor Snowman Wade attended The Snowman School in Woodland, Maine prior to leaving her beloved farm when her mother convinced her father to move the family into Caribou, Maine. She dug potatoes during harvest seasons as a kid. She left school in the 10th grade and went to work at JJ Newberry’s Five and Dime in Caribou, Maine. She later worked in the kitchen at Cary Memorial Hospital and for Landaus in Caribou. She worked in Presque Isle, Maine as a nanny to 3 children and then worked in the kitchen and housekeeping departments of Presque Isle Hospital. She met her husband when she brought him some food after he had given blood at the Presque Isle Hospital. They were married at Bethany Baptist Church in Presque Isle on 13 September 1955. She served as the spouse of an air force man from that day until his retirement in June of 1974. They lived in Maine, Spain, Texas, Alabama, the Azores, and the Philippines during that time. She also had a full-time job of being the mother of 3 boys and 3 girls. They left Montgomery, Alabama to move to Bill’s old homeplace on the south end of Round Bottom in Stone County, Arkansas in June of 1978 where she lived the rest of her life except for a year she spent with her daughter and her family in Eclectic, Alabama. Elinor worked for Stone County Health Unit as a home health aide. She belonged to the VFW in Tumbling Shoals and American Legion in Mountain View. She enjoyed monthly lunch dates with the “misfits” prior to the covid pandemic. She enjoyed watching animals and birds out the windows, from one of the yard benches, or porches of the home in Round Bottom. During her stay in Eclectic, she loved having her morning coffee and watching animals from her daughter’s back porch. In her younger days she enjoyed going picnicking with her husband, children, and later grandchildren, visiting ocean fronts (but not going out on them in boats – she got seasick), visiting historical places, museums, and gardens, reading, doing word search puzzles, watching old westerns, crime and detective shows, swimming, bowling, and tending her flowers.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 19th, 2022 at the Sanctuary UPC of Mountain View, beginning at 2:00 P.M. Brother Paul Mize will officiate the service.
