Tressel Family Suffers Loss – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 19, 2001
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Eloise Tressel, the wife of the late Dr. Lee J. Tressel and the%^$ mother of three sons, including Ohio State head football coach Jim%^$ Tressel, died late Saturday afternoon at The Arthur James Cancer Hospital%^$ on the campus of The Ohio State University. Mrs. Tressel, 76, had been%^$ suffering from pancreatic and liver cancer.%^$
“My brothers and I and all of our family would like to thank the%^$ doctors and care givers, both at The James and in our hometown of Berea,%^$ Ohio, who took such excellent care of my mother,” Jim Tressel said. “We%^$ want to thank too the many people who have kept us in their hearts and%^$ prayers.”%^$
Mrs. Tressel is survived by sons Dick, Jim and Dave, as well as 10%^$ grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her%^$ husband of 35 years, who died in 1981.%^$
Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later time. The family%^$ has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Berea%^$ Historical Society, the Baldwin Wallace College Athletic Archives and The%^$ James Cancer Hospital at The Ohio State University.
