Marjorie Eisele

Marjorie Eisele age 91 of Sumner, IA, died Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner, IA. A public funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2021, at Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory in Fredericksburg with Rev. Mike Christie officiating. For those attending, it is required to practice social distancing and wear face masks to both the funeral and visitation. Interment will be held in Rosehill Cemetery, Fredericksburg with Ken Gitch, Curt Gitch, Craig Gitch, David Lease, and Adam Speicher serving as pallbearers. Friends may greet the family from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2021, at Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory in Fredericksburg. Marjorie was born on July 27, 1929, in rural Chickasaw County to Edward and Hennerika (Immerman) Gitch, and she was the youngest of the couple’s five children. She grew up on the family farm and attended country school through the eighth grade. She then attended Fredericksburg High School, where she was a member of the Class of 1947. Marjorie met Karl Eisele at a cafe in Fredericksburg. They fell for each other, and on December 5, 1948, they were married at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, where Marjorie had been baptized and confirmed. It was a marriage that would last for almost 72 years until Karl passed away on Oct. 27, 2020, and it produced two beautiful girls — Nancy and Kathy — as well as three well-loved grandchildren. The couple farmed together for a number of years, and it was definitely a partnership. Marjorie helped with chores like milking cows and raising chickens and always making time for her husband and her girls. When the family moved to Sumner, where Karl took a job with Paul Niemann Construction, Marjorie worked as a school cook for 27 years before retiring in 1992. Hundreds of kids remember her not only because she served up “big helpings” but also because she was always kind and interested in the students who went through the lunch line. Marjorie enjoyed going to flea markets with her husband, and she always tended her big garden that included both vegetables and flowers. She was a very skilled gardener and was proud of the 15 lb cabbage she grew. In retirement, she loved the bus trips she took with Karl, and they saw a good part of the county — including Branson, Missouri, California, and Yellowstone, just to name a few. She and her husband also enjoyed their trips to the casino, where they won sometimes, lost sometimes but always had fun. She was an exceptional grandmother to Keith, Laura, and Doug, and they will always be grateful they had a grandma like Marjorie. Marjorie was a longtime member of Peace United Church in Fredericksburg. Karl’s death last fall was especially hard on her, and as much as her daughters, grandchildren, and friends are grieving her sudden loss, they know that Marjorie is reunited with the love of her life. Marjorie is survived by two daughters, Kathy (Lee) Selck of Fredericksburg, IA, Nancy (Doug) Baker of Marion, IA; three grandchildren, Keith Selck of Fredericksburg, IA, Laura (Richard) Kolbet of Guttenburg, IA, Doug Baker of Cedar Rapids, IA. She was preceded in death by his parents; husband, Karl in 2020; two brothers, Kenneth and Dale Gitch; two sisters, Luella Ritenour, Dorothy Mirs.