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Sherwood Andersons Wife, Eleanor
MARION, Va. [AP]Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, widow of writer Sherwood Anderson, died Thursday at the age of 89, a family spokesman said.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Anderson was collaborating with faculty members of Virginia Polytechnical Institute on a book about her husband, the spokesman said, Sherwood Anderson, who was publisher of the Smyth County News and the Marion Democrat, was best known for a collection of short stories titled Winesburg, Ohio. Born in 1876, he died March 8, 1941.
Mrs. Anderson was president of Rosemont Industries, a native crafts business begun by her mother in Marion.
She was a 1917 graduate of Westhampton College and also received a degree from Bryn Mawr College. She held a masters degree from Columbia University. She is survived by a sister.
Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois, September 13, 1985 Obituary
Titled: Sherwood Andersons Wife, Eleanor
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Sherwood Andersons Wife, Eleanor
MARION, Va. [AP]Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, widow of writer Sherwood Anderson, died Thursday at the age of 89, a family spokesman said.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Anderson was collaborating with faculty members of Virginia Polytechnical Institute on a book about her husband, the spokesman said, Sherwood Anderson, who was publisher of the Smyth County News and the Marion Democrat, was best known for a collection of short stories titled Winesburg, Ohio. Born in 1876, he died March 8, 1941.
Mrs. Anderson was president of Rosemont Industries, a native crafts business begun by her mother in Marion.
She was a 1917 graduate of Westhampton College and also received a degree from Bryn Mawr College. She held a masters degree from Columbia University. She is survived by a sister.
Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois, September 13, 1985 Obituary
Titled: Sherwood Andersons Wife, Eleanor
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