--Occupation: During World War II, she was a Secretary for the War Dept. at the Pentagon. She later became secretary to Admiral Chester Nimitz. It was during her work at the Pentagon that she met her husband James A. McDonald, who was Chief of Staff for General Marshall. After her husband's long military career, they retired to Charlotte, where Eleanor worked as a medical secretary and later as a bus tour guide.
--Member of Trinity Presbyterian Church. At age 94, she was still a volunteer, folding bulletins for Sunday services.
--Occupation: During World War II, she was a Secretary for the War Dept. at the Pentagon. She later became secretary to Admiral Chester Nimitz. It was during her work at the Pentagon that she met her husband James A. McDonald, who was Chief of Staff for General Marshall. After her husband's long military career, they retired to Charlotte, where Eleanor worked as a medical secretary and later as a bus tour guide.
--Member of Trinity Presbyterian Church. At age 94, she was still a volunteer, folding bulletins for Sunday services.
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