  Family mourns memory of late area resident   December 25, 2012
By MARY ANN GREIER - Staff Writer ( , Salem News  SALEM - Salem
native Penny Barton described her mother as a person who was
there for everybody.  Eleanor Robertson served as mom of the
neighborhood at their South Lincoln Avenue home while Penny and
her brother, Scot, were growing up.  She worked in the toy
department at the McCulloch Department Store in downtown Salem,
chaperoned a Pride of Salem band trip to New York City and
chauffered her kids and their friends, who pulled Chinese fire
drills at the corner of Lincoln and State.  Article Photos
Former Salem residents Penny Barton, of Clinton, and her mother,
Eleanor Robinson, of Madison, pose for a mother/daughter
portrait on Christmas 2010. Penny and her brother, Scot, and
their families are celebrating Christmas without her this year,
in mourning since her murder in June. the other photo shows
Eleanor Robinson is shown with her four grandchildren, Paula,
Nicole, Zachary and Rachel, at Chri