Eleanor Louise Clintsman

Eleanor L. Clintsman, age 92, of Greenwood, Wisconsin, passed away at North Shore Healthcare in Marshfield on March 12, 2026.

Eleanor Louise Tyrrell was born on October 15, 1933, in Sheldon, Wisconsin, to Vernon C. and Grace A. (Jewett) Tyrrell. She grew up on a farm near Menomonie, graduating from Menomonie High School in 1951. After high school, she moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she worked at Woolworth’s Five & Dime and Mando Photo. She married Robert E. Clintsman on November 15, 1952, at Grace United Methodist Church in Greenwood. The couple made their home in Greenwood, where they raised their five children.

Eleanor drove a school bus for the Greenwood School District from 1970 to 1987 and later drove truck with her husband for G.H. Miller until retiring in 1999. She was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church in Greenwood and later Loyal United Methodist Church. She also belonged to Royal Neighbors and served as a Boy Scout leader and 4-H leader for the Greenwood Satellites. She found great joy in spending time with her family, gardening, crocheting, reading, sewing, cooking, and traveling, including trips to Germany and cruises to Alaska and the Bahamas.

She is survived by her children, Roxane (Mike) Purgett of Greenwood, Dennis Clintsman of Mt. Shasta, California, Diane (James) Zimmerman of Janesville, and Nancy (Jared) Ashland of Appleton; eight grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four step great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one step great-great-grandchild; her sisters, Veloris Peabody of Eau Claire and Sheryl (James) Baker of Sussex; her brother, Alan (June) Tyrrell of Menomonie; and many nieces, nephews, and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert in 2014, her son Robert Jr., her grandson David Rakestraw, and her sisters Maxine Tyrrell and Lois Schultz.