Eleanor

James

Eleanor Campbell was born on April 4, 1932, the only child to Maple Harrison and 5th of 6th child to Henry Campbell in New York City at New York Nursery & Childs Hospital at 161 West 61st street, NY.

Eleanor received her highest level of education, an Associates Degree from New York City Technical College, at the same time and from the same school her youngest child, Tammy received her Associates Degree in 1986.  They only took one class together.

In 1957 Eleanor married Calvin James and gave birth to Wayne James, father of 2 children. Three years later Dawn James was born who is the mother of 5 children.  Fours years later Todd James was born who has 2 children.  And one year later, Tammy James was born who has 2 children.

Eleanor worked at St Barnabas which was a Forster home system for abused kids.  Eleanor found her calling at the Board of Education where she advanced in her career for over 30 years, first working with special education and later becoming an administrator's assistant.

Eleanor also worked part time for Abraham & Strauss, she worked and sold merchandise for Avon, Fingerhut, Amway, Tupperware and sold black art.  She did a lot of merchandise selling right from her living room after having demonstrations of some of the items.  Dawn had the pleasure of attending same such parties with demonstrations with her. Eleanor also worked at the polls during elections and helped Tammy to get a pay check a couple of times to work the polls as well.  Eleanor also taught typing in the evenings a few days during the week.

Eleanor was active in her community by volunteering with a group called Acorn to inform her neighbors and family what was happening around them.  Eleanor attended St. George Episcopal Church in Brooklyn where she was a devoted member.

Eleanor loved entertaining, she loved being around her family and friends and she loved to travel.  Eleanor traveled to Bermuda on her first cruise through the Bermuda Triangle. She took a girls trip to Aruba and a train ride with her book club through the Canadian Rockies. When Eleanor was not traveling outside the country she was enjoying her grand kids.

Eleanor was also a big fashion diva who loved to shop for the latest fashion and accessories where she shared her passion with her daughters.

In October 2014, Eleanor had a stroke that left her disabled. Eleanor became a hemiplegia, paralyzed on one side of her body and later developed dementia. Immediately after the stroke, Eleanor went to a rehab facility where they performed physical therapy and occupational therapy but while having dementia, Eleanor would forget the lessons of PT and OT and revert back to not knowing how to function with her inabilities.  Eleanor also had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, COPD and chronic heart failure.  Eleanor started declining after the worsening of her dementia and after eight years being cared for by Tammy and Pauline, her home health aid, Eleanor went to sleep at home, 161 Pinewood Place with her family and Pauline with her Friday, February 24, 2023 at 11:30 pm.

Eleanor is survived by her four children, Wayne, Dawn, Todd and Tammy, her grandchildren, Arianna, Bianca, Jamil, Omar, Kenneth jr, Joshua, Olivia, Tayler, Matthew, Alina and Summer, and her great grandchildren Arianna, Shaymarie, Shianna, Jaida, Isabella and Karter.  Eleanor is also survived by her nephew David Campbell, nieces Lesleann Samuel, Adrian Samuel, and Karlene Samuel.  And daughter-in-laws, Katrina James and Alicia James.