Eleanore Turner

July 24, 1931 - April 4, 2019

Eleanor Gene (Corning) Turner, 87, of Baker, Oregon passed away on April 4, 2019 in Ashland, Oregon. A viewing was held on Friday April 5, 2019 at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home. Memorial services and Burial will be- TBD. Eleanor was born in Baker (City), Oregon to Roy Vernon Corning and Emma Ellen Brown on July 24, 1931. She graduated from Richland High School, Eagle Valley, in 1949. While attending art school in Portland, she met and married Felton Wesley Hartley, USN. They had three children before they were divorced in 1958. Later, in New Mexico, Eleanor met Billy Neal Turner, of Kentucky. They married, had four children and lived in Southern California until he passed away (1986), and she returned to Oregon in 1998. Eleanor is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Jack Corning, sister in law Margaret (Densley) of Corning Ranch, Eagle Valley, half-sister Eva Mildred (Cress) & Tom Linton, half-brother William Robert Cress, husband Bill Turner, son Rodney Turner, and nephew Les Corning, and niece Ellen McRoberts. Eleanor is survived by: children Miles & Joy Hartley, Wade Hartley, Pamela Hartley Vergara, Jacqueline Turner Diaz, Mark Turner, Tamara Turner, stepson Phillip & Denise Turner, sister-in-law Caroline Corning, nieces and nephews including: Elaine Corning Loftis, Martin Corning, Juanita Linton McBride, Karolyn, Richard, and Bill Linton, 10 grandchildren and four great grand-children. The family of Eleanor wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Linda Vista Care Center, and friend Christine Van Pelt of Ashland, Oregon.