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Wilbur Eisberg
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[January
18, 2008]
Wilbur H. Eisberg, 101, of The
Christian Village, formerly of Chestnut, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2008,
at 8:55 a.m. at the Christian Nursing Home in Lincoln.
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Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zion
Lutheran Church in Chestnut, with the Rev. Joel
Dietrick officiating.
Burial will be in Laenna
Cemetery, Chestnut.
Mr. Eisberg retired in 1973 after 44 years of
farming in Oran Township.
He was born Sept. 18, 1906, in Arenzville to
Louis and Emma Albers Eisberg. He married Edith E.
Hahn on July 20, 1929, in Brunswick, Mo. She
preceded him in death on Jan. 7, 2000.
He is survived by two sons, Bruce (and Thelma)
Eisberg of Lincoln and Keith (and Claudia) Eisberg
of Mankato, Minn.; five grandchildren, Linda (and
Michael) Boothe of Greenwood, Ind., Alan (and Lynn)
Eisberg of Dousman, Wis., Anita (and Michael) Smith
of North Mankato, Minn., Joyce (and John) Petersen
of North Mankato, Minn., and Eric (Jennifer) Eisberg
of Greenwood, Ind.; and 12 great-grandchildren,
Kristin Davis, Chelsea Davis, Jason Eisberg,
Nicholas Eisberg, Benjamin Eisberg, Katherine Smith,
Kjirstyn Smith, Jacob Eisberg, Paul Eisberg, Michael
Eisberg, Silas Petersen and Lydia Petersen. |
He was the last of his immediate family and was
preceded in death by seven sisters.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of
Chestnut.
Memorials may be made to his church or The
Christian Village.
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