Eleanor M. Sadowski, 89, of Holton, died Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at her daughter's home.

She was born November 7, 1928 in Newton, the daughter of Cecil and Velna Cummings McFarlane.  She graduated from Newton High School in 1947.
 
Eleanor was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church in Holton, the Altar Society at the church, a former member of the Mary Ann Circle, and had sang in the church choir.  She had been a Girl Scout and a Boy Scout Leader.
 
She married Gerald J. "Coach" Sadowski on December 14, 1947 at Newton.  He died January 22, 1998.
 
Eleanor was also preceded in death by a daughter, Janet Meier, a son, Bryan Sadowski, a granddaughter, Jamie Lee Sadowski, three brothers, K.C. McFarlane, Jack McFarlane and Jim McFarlane, and a sister, Katherine Brown.
 
Survivors include three sons, Gary Sadowski (Mindy) and Tim Sadowski (Linda G.), all of Emporia, and Stan Sadowski (Brenda), Ozawkie; five daughters, Linda Sadowski, Silver Lake, Sandra Sadowski (Max), Topeka, and Marie Katz (Dave), Kathy Morris (Bruce) and Marsha Taylor (Larry), all of Holton; two sisters, Ann Brooks, Newton and Betty Jo Gheen, in California; twenty-one grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.
 
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 10th at St. Dominic Catholic Church.  Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery at Holton.  Eleanor will lie in state Friday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton where a Parish Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m., followed by visitation until 8:00 p.m. 

Memorials are suggested to the Johnson Cancer Research at KSU, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 1034, Holton, 66436.  On-line condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com