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Eleanor E. Chapman, 83, of Bristol, Wis., died April 17, 2006. She was born in Bristol
Township, Kenosha County on July 11, 1922, the eldest daughter of Clarence and Pearl (Hayes) White. Eleanor grew up
on a farm in Newport Township, Illinois. She graduated from Antioch High School in 1939 and in 1943 received a bachelor’s
degree in education from Northern Illinois State Teachers College with a major in Home Economics and a minor in science.
Eleanor began her teaching career in Earlville, IL. In February 1945 Eleanor married Talbert E. Chapman.
After a nine year hiatus, Eleanor resumed her education at Dominican College in Racine and at
U-W Parkside. Over the next 32 years she served first as principal and teacher at Bristol’s Pikeville Elementary
School, oone of the last one-room schools in SE Wisconsin, and then at Bristol South School. In 1965 when Bristol opened
its new grade school she was chosen its first principal, retiring in 1985. One of the highlights of her career was to
be an early inductee in the Educator’s Hall of Fame for SE Wisconsin. Eleanor was member of many education associations.
Never inactive, Eleanor was very involved in her community. She was a lifelong member of
Wesley Chapel. She actively participated in the Kenosha Co. Assoc. for Home and Community Ed., RSVP, Mall Walkers, KenLake
Investment Club, Shalom Food Kitchen, Avon Breast Cancer Walk, ALL, United Methodist Women and two book clubs. She was
proud to be named Outstanding Citizen of Bristol in 1994.
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