Mrs. Eleanora "Eli" Baldwin

Mrs. Eleanora “Eli” M. Baldwin, 88, of 89 South St. Pittsfield, passed away peacefully on Christmas Day, December 25, 2013 at Berkshire Place. Born in Minneapolis, MN on August 11, 1925, the daughter of Ernest and Nancy Robertson Earle, she attended schools in Minneapolis then started her Bachelor’s degree at Washington University in St Louis. She then transferred to Michigan University to study music and graduated with a Degree in Education. While working as a teacher she obtained her Master of Education degree from SUNY Albany. Mrs. Baldwin worked as a Reading Teacher at Taconic High School in her younger years and after she married Dana they operated their own Real Estate Office in New Lebanon, New York. Eli never wanted to stop selling Real Estate, so she worked for Liberty Realty after Dana passed in 1996. She enjoyed traveling to Florida for the winters, camping in their RV, sailing, making stain glass lamps and fusing jewelry. Eli was predeceased by her husband, Dana Baldwin, whom she married in New Lebanon, NY in 1970 , he died in 1996. She had been previously married to Donald Cox, whom she met at Michigan University . Donald was the father of her three children. She is survived by her three children, Steven Cox and his wife Kathy of Lindenhurst , Illinois, Denise “Dodi” Johnson and her husband Kurt of Pittsfield and Donald Jeffrey Cox and his wife Heidi of Salsbury Mills, New York; grandsons, Silas Amlaw , Michael Cox, Robert and Sean Blessin , Michael , Colton and Danny Cox; granddaughters, Christina Cox and Kerstin Johnson; great grandchildren, Jacob and Robbie Cox , Isaiah Lawrence Funeral Notice: Funeral services for Eleanora “Eli” M. Baldwin will be Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Dwyer Funeral Home, 776 North St., Pittsfield MA 01201, with Rev. Dr. Douglas J. Foss, Senior Pastor of Hope Church in Lenox officiating. Burial will follow in Village Cemetery in West Stockbridge. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Monday, December 30, 2013 from 4 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Hospice Care in the Berkshires, care of the Dwyer Funeral Home in her memory. DONATIONS CANNOT BE MADE ON THIS WEBSITE, but may be made through the Dwyer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Eleanora "Eli" Baldwin

August 11, 1925 - December 25, 2013