Elinor Mae Miller Yancey was born January 14, 1899 in Mammoth, Juab, Utah to Thomas Henry Miller and Elinor May Reese.
She married Elmer F. Weatherford April 16, 1917. They had a stillborn son, Jack, December 12, 1919. Elmer and Elinor divorced in 1924.
Elinor was employed as a buyer by the Neuberger-Heilner store in Baker, Oregon. She met Hugh Hyde Yancey through her best friend (and his sister), Marion Yancey (Heilner). In return, she introduced Marion to her boss, Sanford Heilner. Elinor and Hugh were married June 30, 1929 in Baker City, Oregon.
Elinor and Hugh moved to Seattle and then Salt Lake City, Utah where they began to raise their two daughters. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1940 when the Salt Lake City-based chemical company, where he was employed, failed. Hugh painted landscape oils and began his own chemical company which produced a bubble bath he called Foam-O.
Elinor was very social and enjoyed entertaining. She was a marvelous cook and a loving grandmother to her six grandchildren. She drove her girls to Baker, Oregon every summer and spent time with the Miller, Yancey, Heilner and Boyd families.
After Hugh sold his chemical company, he and Elinor traveled to Alaska and Hawaii entertaining U.S. troops while painting his landscapes. He painted and sold the paintings at county fairs and taught his eldest daughter how to paint them as well. His youngest daughter was his assistant at the fairs while Elinor was their eldest daughter's assistant at another.
He was asked to join the U.S.O. and did so from 1962-1966. Elinor accompanied him around the world as his assistant.
July 16, 1966, Elinor and Hugh were aboard a C-123 transport plane traveling from Nome to Cape Lisburne, Alaska. They had entertained at the Long Range Radar site on at least two prior occasions. The airstrip was dangerous but they enjoyed entertaining the boys so far from home.
Shortly after aborting the landing due to high winds, the plane slammed into the Chukchi Sea approximately 300 yds from the airstrip. Both Elinor, Hugh and the seven military crew aboard were killed on impact. The Yancey's bodies were never recovered.
They left behind a large heart-broken family. Six more grandchildren were added to the two families after their deaths.
Elinor loved the color turquoise, brocade and jewelry, particularly pearls. She bought the grandchildren pajamas and mukluks for sleepovers and a doll and authentic costume from every country they visited.
Although their deaths were very hard, it was a blessing they died together, doing what they enjoyed, near the land of Alaska that they loved.
She married Elmer F. Weatherford April 16, 1917. They had a stillborn son, Jack, December 12, 1919. Elmer and Elinor divorced in 1924.
Elinor was employed as a buyer by the Neuberger-Heilner store in Baker, Oregon. She met Hugh Hyde Yancey through her best friend (and his sister), Marion Yancey (Heilner). In return, she introduced Marion to her boss, Sanford Heilner. Elinor and Hugh were married June 30, 1929 in Baker City, Oregon.
Elinor and Hugh moved to Seattle and then Salt Lake City, Utah where they began to raise their two daughters. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1940 when the Salt Lake City-based chemical company, where he was employed, failed. Hugh painted landscape oils and began his own chemical company which produced a bubble bath he called Foam-O.
Elinor was very social and enjoyed entertaining. She was a marvelous cook and a loving grandmother to her six grandchildren. She drove her girls to Baker, Oregon every summer and spent time with the Miller, Yancey, Heilner and Boyd families.
After Hugh sold his chemical company, he and Elinor traveled to Alaska and Hawaii entertaining U.S. troops while painting his landscapes. He painted and sold the paintings at county fairs and taught his eldest daughter how to paint them as well. His youngest daughter was his assistant at the fairs while Elinor was their eldest daughter's assistant at another.
He was asked to join the U.S.O. and did so from 1962-1966. Elinor accompanied him around the world as his assistant.
July 16, 1966, Elinor and Hugh were aboard a C-123 transport plane traveling from Nome to Cape Lisburne, Alaska. They had entertained at the Long Range Radar site on at least two prior occasions. The airstrip was dangerous but they enjoyed entertaining the boys so far from home.
Shortly after aborting the landing due to high winds, the plane slammed into the Chukchi Sea approximately 300 yds from the airstrip. Both Elinor, Hugh and the seven military crew aboard were killed on impact. The Yancey's bodies were never recovered.
They left behind a large heart-broken family. Six more grandchildren were added to the two families after their deaths.
Elinor loved the color turquoise, brocade and jewelry, particularly pearls. She bought the grandchildren pajamas and mukluks for sleepovers and a doll and authentic costume from every country they visited.
Although their deaths were very hard, it was a blessing they died together, doing what they enjoyed, near the land of Alaska that they loved.
Elinor Mae Miller Yancey was born January 14, 1899 in Mammoth, Juab, Utah to Thomas Henry Miller and Elinor May Reese.
She married Elmer F. Weatherford April 16, 1917. They had a stillborn son, Jack, December 12, 1919. Elmer and Elinor divorced in 1924.
Elinor was employed as a buyer by the Neuberger-Heilner store in Baker, Oregon. She met Hugh Hyde Yancey through her best friend (and his sister), Marion Yancey (Heilner). In return, she introduced Marion to her boss, Sanford Heilner. Elinor and Hugh were married June 30, 1929 in Baker City, Oregon.
Elinor and Hugh moved to Seattle and then Salt Lake City, Utah where they began to raise their two daughters. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1940 when the Salt Lake City-based chemical company, where he was employed, failed. Hugh painted landscape oils and began his own chemical company which produced a bubble bath he called Foam-O.
Elinor was very social and enjoyed entertaining. She was a marvelous cook and a loving grandmother to her six grandchildren. She drove her girls to Baker, Oregon every summer and spent time with the Miller, Yancey, Heilner and Boyd families.
After Hugh sold his chemical company, he and Elinor traveled to Alaska and Hawaii entertaining U.S. troops while painting his landscapes. He painted and sold the paintings at county fairs and taught his eldest daughter how to paint them as well. His youngest daughter was his assistant at the fairs while Elinor was their eldest daughter's assistant at another.
He was asked to join the U.S.O. and did so from 1962-1966. Elinor accompanied him around the world as his assistant.
July 16, 1966, Elinor and Hugh were aboard a C-123 transport plane traveling from Nome to Cape Lisburne, Alaska. They had entertained at the Long Range Radar site on at least two prior occasions. The airstrip was dangerous but they enjoyed entertaining the boys so far from home.
Shortly after aborting the landing due to high winds, the plane slammed into the Chukchi Sea approximately 300 yds from the airstrip. Both Elinor, Hugh and the seven military crew aboard were killed on impact. The Yancey's bodies were never recovered.
They left behind a large heart-broken family. Six more grandchildren were added to the two families after their deaths.
Elinor loved the color turquoise, brocade and jewelry, particularly pearls. She bought the grandchildren pajamas and mukluks for sleepovers and a doll and authentic costume from every country they visited.
Although their deaths were very hard, it was a blessing they died together, doing what they enjoyed, near the land of Alaska that they loved.
She married Elmer F. Weatherford April 16, 1917. They had a stillborn son, Jack, December 12, 1919. Elmer and Elinor divorced in 1924.
Elinor was employed as a buyer by the Neuberger-Heilner store in Baker, Oregon. She met Hugh Hyde Yancey through her best friend (and his sister), Marion Yancey (Heilner). In return, she introduced Marion to her boss, Sanford Heilner. Elinor and Hugh were married June 30, 1929 in Baker City, Oregon.
Elinor and Hugh moved to Seattle and then Salt Lake City, Utah where they began to raise their two daughters. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1940 when the Salt Lake City-based chemical company, where he was employed, failed. Hugh painted landscape oils and began his own chemical company which produced a bubble bath he called Foam-O.
Elinor was very social and enjoyed entertaining. She was a marvelous cook and a loving grandmother to her six grandchildren. She drove her girls to Baker, Oregon every summer and spent time with the Miller, Yancey, Heilner and Boyd families.
After Hugh sold his chemical company, he and Elinor traveled to Alaska and Hawaii entertaining U.S. troops while painting his landscapes. He painted and sold the paintings at county fairs and taught his eldest daughter how to paint them as well. His youngest daughter was his assistant at the fairs while Elinor was their eldest daughter's assistant at another.
He was asked to join the U.S.O. and did so from 1962-1966. Elinor accompanied him around the world as his assistant.
July 16, 1966, Elinor and Hugh were aboard a C-123 transport plane traveling from Nome to Cape Lisburne, Alaska. They had entertained at the Long Range Radar site on at least two prior occasions. The airstrip was dangerous but they enjoyed entertaining the boys so far from home.
Shortly after aborting the landing due to high winds, the plane slammed into the Chukchi Sea approximately 300 yds from the airstrip. Both Elinor, Hugh and the seven military crew aboard were killed on impact. The Yancey's bodies were never recovered.
They left behind a large heart-broken family. Six more grandchildren were added to the two families after their deaths.
Elinor loved the color turquoise, brocade and jewelry, particularly pearls. She bought the grandchildren pajamas and mukluks for sleepovers and a doll and authentic costume from every country they visited.
Although their deaths were very hard, it was a blessing they died together, doing what they enjoyed, near the land of Alaska that they loved.
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