Eleanor Mary (Bell) Turner died peacefully in her sleep June 11,2016 at South Shore Hospital. Eleanor was born September 26, 1923 in Malden, MA. She grew up in Everett, MA and graduated from Everett High School in 1941. She was the widow of Harold Burton (Red) Turner who she married December 15, 1942 in San Diego,CA. Eleanor moved to Rockland in 1945.

In 1953 she became a Girl Scout Leader, and in the 1970's was a Charter member of The League of Women Voters. In 1979 she began working at Living & Learning School as a Teacher for toddlers and infants and continued there when KinderCare took over. She retired in 1990 and spent many an afternoon sharing her love of knitting & crocheting at the Rockland Council of Aging Sewing Circle.

She was the daughter of the late Ethel May Wright of Marion,MA and the late Joseph Bell Jr. of Everett,MA. Mother of five children, she is survived by her daughters; Marjorie Ellen Jacobs of Alexandria Bay,NY; Virginia Marie Turner of Rockland,MA; and her sons David Forrest Turner of Malden & Rockland,MA; and Wayne Burton Turner of Hanson,MA. She was the mother of the late Forrest John Turner. Eleanor was Grandmother of 16, Great Grandmother of 25, and Great Great Grandmother of 1. She was a member of Holy Family parish for sixty years.

The family welcomes friends and relatives to celebrate Eleanor's life on June 15, from 5-8 PM at Magoun-Biggins Funeral home 135 Union St. Rockland. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on June 16, at 9 AM at Holy Family Church followed by burial in Holy Family Cemetary in Rockland. Flowers are welcomed (she loved carnations) or Donations in Eleanor's name may be made to the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program at the Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany St.,L219, Boston,MA 02118.