Eleanor Elizabeth Sitter Peadro

Eleanor Elizabeth Sitter Peadro, 94, died peacefully on June 9, 2019, at her residence in Belvedere Commons in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.  

She was born on May 2, 1925, in Cairo, the daughter of L. Oard and Beulah Rendleman Sitter.  

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Peadro; her brother, Lloyd E. Sitter; and her parents.  

She is survived by one son, R. Roger Peadro (wife, Annette); six grandchildren, Brad Peadro (wife, Claire), Brent Peadro (wife, Lynn), Bethanie Peadro, Joel Mead, Erin Spring (husband, Kyle) and Taylor Mead; and two great-grandchildren, Caroline Spring and Colin Spring.

She was known primarily as an English (and Spanish) teacher and a faithful coach’s wife to Bob, her husband of 48 years.  

She grew up in Anna and was the valedictorian of her high school class.  

She attended Southern Illinois University, but graduated from the University of Illinois, achieving an academic honor of Phi Beta Kappa.  

After college, she started her teaching career at Maroa-Forsyth High School. A few years later, she moved to Sullivan to teach, where she and Bob fell in love and were married on July 20, 1952.

After Roger was born in 1957, Mrs. Peadro took a break from full-time teaching and was a substitute teacher for many schools in the Sullivan/Mattoon area.  During the early 1970s, however, she also taught at Lovington High School.  

Elizabeth and Bob enjoyed attending ball games, especially at Sullivan and Lovington, and when Bob retired from teaching/coaching, they took numerous bus tours in the United States. They also enjoyed visiting their grandchildren in Kentucky and Florida.

She was passionate and diligent in her teaching, always wanting her students to achieve their best. She was a life-long learner and kept current with newspapers and magazines up until her passing.  

Although she grew up Southern Baptist, she was a long-time member of the First Christian Church in Sullivan where she taught Sunday School for many years.  

Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, June 22, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. 

Memorials can be made to the First Christian Church in Sullivan or to the First Christian Church in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Condolences can be offered to the family online at www.mcmullinyoung.com.