Eleanor (Ellie) Whiston, of Mystic, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 30th. Her children were by her side in Mystic.
Ellie was born May 10, 1931, in Gray, ME, to Gerald and Harriet Humphrey. She grew up in Gray, with sister Avila and brothers Gerald (Buzz), Phil, Charlie (Chuck), and Tim.
She met the love of her life, Norman Whiston, in suburban Boston, in 1948. They married in 1949. After years of moving around Massachusetts and Connecticut for Norman’s work, they settled in Mystic in 1964. She worked for years as an emergency room interviewer at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, and Pequot Health Center. Ellie and Norman were long time members of St. Marks Episcopal Church in Mystic. In recent years, she led her best life at Academy Point at Mystic.
Ellie was much loved, and is survived, by her three children, Mary, David, and Jan, as well as grandchildren Kate, Emily, Ben, Andrew and Hannah, and great grandchildren Hank, Caleb and Charlotte.
The family will have a private committal service at Dinoto Funeral Home and Elm Grove Cemetery, on Friday, August 4.