Eleanor L. Taylor ( nee Pettengill) 81, of Avon Lake passed away on March 8, 2013 at St. John Medical Center.

Mrs. Taylor lived in Avon Lake most of her life and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Avon Lake United Church of Christ and enjoyed the company of her friends with the diabetic group that met at church. She also enjoyed her grandchildren and family, gardening, ceramics, crocheting and her dog, "Penny."

Mrs. Taylor is survived by her three children, Jim (Anne) and Jeff Taylor and Jeanette Smith (Jim) all of Avon Lake; five grandchildren, Mike and Hailey Taylor and Matt, Joe and Maria Smith; brother Larry Pettengill of Delta, OH; and sister Laurine Fry of Jacksonville, FL.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Jim (1993), daughter Deborah Lynn, grandson Jim Smith, and her parents Lawrence and Eleanor May Pettengill (nee Durell).

Friends may call at the Busch Funeral Home, 163 Avon-Belden Road, Avon Lake from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Thursday, March 14.

Services will be held at the funeral home Friday, March 15 at 10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brill will officiate. Interment will be at Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River.

For more information or to leave an online condolence visit www.buschfuneral.com