Eleanor Preston made this friendship quilt. She listed friends in the Hull Community and Gering, NE after she moved to town in 1974. On the back of the quilt “EVP 1935-1984” is sewn but she added information after that date which we know because Andrew Preston wasn’t born until 1987. The quilt consists of 56 blocks of 8 rows of 7 blocks each.
Eleanor Preston’s Friendship QuiltBack of Friendship QuiltDetail of the back of the Friendship Quilt with her fine stitching.Row 1 Lavon Chirrick (?)Row 1 Goldie Wilson (?)Row 1 Sherry & John PrestonRow 1 Marjorie (Loughman) GreathouseRow 1 Julie, Reggie, Danielle & Andrew Preston, Dec. 19, 1981Row 1 Marletta WarnerRow 1 Mildred Cronn (?)Row 2 Dixie Lee (Lowry) SchoolcraftRow 2 Lillian Goins, Marie Baker, Carol Preston, Louise MeisnerRow 2 Esther (Tremain) MannersRow 2 Dorthy (Cellan) StoddardRow 2 Belva (Childs) Foland, Maurine (Childs) ForbesRow 2 Betty Jean Dykes, Judy Preston, Etta Taylor, Ruth White, Jeannie, Hazel Livingston, Tena Dykes, Denise EberhartRow 2 FlorenceRow 3 Minnie TremainRow 3 Nora (Henton) CardRow 3 Elsie SherardRow 3 Hazel (Ammerman) WilliamsRow 3 Myrna (Spar) StoddardRow 3 Hazel (Williams) McIntyreRow 3 Naomi (Stoddard) OnstottRow 4 MartyRow 4 Mabel (Ammerman) LoughmanRow 4 Mildred (Preston) BallRow 4 Melva (Preston) PattenRow 4 Martha WredeRow 4 Frances (Bryant) PetersRow 4 Helen DunnRow 5 Genevieve Blanton, Elsie Kelley, Evelyn MontzRow 5 Lillian StoddardRow 5 Jane Ann Hall, Peggy FulkRow 5 Dorothy (Loughman) EnglebrightRow 5 Avis Mae (Cronn) ChildsRow 5 Hazel StoddardRow 5 Nettie Ryan (?)Row 6 Hester (Hopkins) BroylesRow 6 Lu (Ammerman) PrestonRow 6 Grace (Barnes) CarlsonRow 6 Cordelia (Peters) GeorgeRow 6 Ida (Smith) HuperRow 6 Ina (Henton) PrestonRow 6 Viola MechamRow 7 Betty (Stoddard) ChristensonRow 7 Betty Slone, Margaret Hartman, Vera DeLaney, Virginia Baker, Kathy Delaney, Mardi Larson, Carolyn Hess, ShariRow 7 Marjorie (Gueck) YostRow 7 Maxine HarveyRow 7 Rosalee TowseRow 7 Lorine Zitterkopf, Hazel Dutton, Jo, Mae Sakarada, Hazel Pielstick, Shirley Weihing, Ethel, Eunice Fenster, Susie Stone, Donna JacksonRow 7 Donna ThompsonRow 8 BarbaraRow 8 Floy StanleyRow 8 Mildred (Dunn) Moreland (?)Row 8 Mildred Mae (Craton) Warner, Elva (Dunn) AckersonRow 8 Myrna L. PattersonRow 8 Rowena (Warner) SircinRow 8 Edith Stemler