Eloise Newby

Eloise Newby, 95, of Charleston, IL passed away at 3:05 PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at the Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Charleston, IL.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 25, 2026 in the Humboldt Cemetery. The Edwards Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Eloise was born on September 5, 1931 in Charleston, IL. She was a daughter of Charles D. and Edna Maude (Ingle) Stites. She married James Edward Newby in Mississippi in 1950; he passed away on February 3, 2014.

She is survived by one son, Larry Newby and his wife Pamela of Charleston, IL, two daughters, Linda Swearingen of Mattoon, IL and Jamee Thomson of San Antonia, TX, six grandchildren, Matthew Newby and his wife Krissta Ashmore, IL, Joshua Newby and wife Laura of Rochester NY, Emily Swearingen of Mattoon, IL, Amanda Ruiz and her fiancé Stephen Bruner of Atlanta, GA, Travis Thomson of Austin, TX, and Trevor Thomson of San Antonio, TX, two Great Grandchildren, Ricky Newby and wife Erin of Charleston IL, and Tony Newby of Ashmore Illinois, one sister, Eleanor Douglas of Charleston, IL.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one granddaughter Jill Swearingen Noble, two sons-in-law, Steve Thomson and Dave Moutray and a grand son-in-law Luis Rivas

Eloise was a member of the Humboldt PTA, the Coles County Farm Bureau, the Coles County Fair and a member of the East Central Illinois Farm Equipment Club. She enjoyed some quilting and lots of sewing (dresses, hems for clothing, Cabbage Patch Dolls and her famous Yo-Yo creations) and making homemade cards with her own pressed flowers from her flower garden.