Idella W. Eickhoff, 93, of Marysville, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Prestige Gardens of Marysville.
She was a World War II Navy WAC veteran. She started as a waitress and as the family grew she became a homemaker for her children and supported her husband on the farm in Minnesota. She continued to support her husband as a teacher’s wife when they moved to Chuckery in 1971.
She took great pride in being a grandmother to seven wonderful grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She also volunteered for the Memorial Meals program and was a poll worker for Union County for many years.
She was born July 30, 1925, in Austin, Minnesota, to the late Clarence and Minnie (Barth) Kraby. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Max Eickhoff, whom she married June 1, 1952, in Austin, and who died Sept. 11, 1987; and siblings and in-laws, Curt (Jean) Kraby, Herb Kraby, Earl Kraby and Lila Kalstabakken.
She is survived by her loving children, John (Susan) Eickhoff, Joel Eickhoff and Jeanne (Curtis) Wright; grandchildren, Zachary (Niki) Eickhoff, Jared (Michelle) Eickhoff, Jacob (Julia) Eickhoff, Seth Eickhoff, Caleb Eickhoff, David (Kristina) Wright and Tiffany Wright; great-grandchildren, Rose, Jaeden, Caroline, Brianne, Jared II, Joseph, Samantha, Alexis, Keegan, Kellan, Sydney and Emma; brothers and sisters-in-law, Colleen (Harlan) Jacobson of Kasson, Minnesota, Alice Kraby of St. Paul, Minnesota, Myron Kalstabakken of Las Vegas, Nevada and Jerilyn (the Rev. Theodore) Mueller of Santa Rosa, California; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Ferguson Funeral Home, 202 E. Main St. (Route 161 W.), Plain City. The Rev. Paul Schlueter will officiate funeral services at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 7960 Route 38, Milford Center. Burial will be held at St. Paul Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice, 685 Delaware Ave., Suite 300, Marion, OH 43302, or Memorial Meals, 500 London Ave., Marysville, OH 43040.
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