Eleanor Wirkus was the daughter of Michael and Mary Wirkus of Chicago, Ill. She came to California as a young woman and served in the Navy during WW II. She married Victor C. Besancon after the war, and retired with her husband in California.
Obituary in Press Enterprise, Riverside, CA [Dec 2001]
"ELEANOR VIVIAN BESANCON , 84, died Monday at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley. Born in Chicago, Mrs. Besancon lived in Moreno Valley five years. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by a daughter, Susanne Lee of Moreno Valley; a grandchild; a brother, George Wirkus of Ridgecrest; and a sister, Shirley Takemoto of Hawaii.
Graveside services will be at 10:45 a.m. Monday at Riverside National Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday at Moreno Valley Mortuary."
Obituary in Press Enterprise, Riverside, CA [Dec 2001]
"ELEANOR VIVIAN BESANCON , 84, died Monday at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley. Born in Chicago, Mrs. Besancon lived in Moreno Valley five years. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by a daughter, Susanne Lee of Moreno Valley; a grandchild; a brother, George Wirkus of Ridgecrest; and a sister, Shirley Takemoto of Hawaii.
Graveside services will be at 10:45 a.m. Monday at Riverside National Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday at Moreno Valley Mortuary."
Eleanor Wirkus was the daughter of Michael and Mary Wirkus of Chicago, Ill. She came to California as a young woman and served in the Navy during WW II. She married Victor C. Besancon after the war, and retired with her husband in California.
Obituary in Press Enterprise, Riverside, CA [Dec 2001]
"ELEANOR VIVIAN BESANCON , 84, died Monday at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley. Born in Chicago, Mrs. Besancon lived in Moreno Valley five years. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by a daughter, Susanne Lee of Moreno Valley; a grandchild; a brother, George Wirkus of Ridgecrest; and a sister, Shirley Takemoto of Hawaii.
Graveside services will be at 10:45 a.m. Monday at Riverside National Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday at Moreno Valley Mortuary."
Obituary in Press Enterprise, Riverside, CA [Dec 2001]
"ELEANOR VIVIAN BESANCON , 84, died Monday at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley. Born in Chicago, Mrs. Besancon lived in Moreno Valley five years. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by a daughter, Susanne Lee of Moreno Valley; a grandchild; a brother, George Wirkus of Ridgecrest; and a sister, Shirley Takemoto of Hawaii.
Graveside services will be at 10:45 a.m. Monday at Riverside National Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday at Moreno Valley Mortuary."
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