Photo courtesy of Adams Funeral Chapel - Charleston
Apr 28, 1919 - Feb 13, 2012
My sincerest condolences on the loss of your Mother. I recall simpler and better times at Rardin grade school. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mike Thissell
February 16, 2012 | Portland, OR
Nancy, I am so sorry to read about the loss of your Mother. My thoughts are with you and your family
Ann Winkler
February 16, 2012
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Dean & Shirley Franz & Hite
February 15, 2012 | Charleston, IL
Tom, Michelle and Families - our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Lori Hackett-Shanks
February 14, 2012 | Oakland, IL
I'm sorry to hear of the passing of your mother, Nancy. My father was recently put under hospice care at the Mattoon nursing home. It is so sad to see our parents decline. My thoughts are with you.
Fran (Dawson) Gardiner
February 14, 2012 | Naples, FL
May the Lord be with you at this time of loss and grief.
Our prayers are certainly with you all.
Bill Crail
February 14, 2012 | Onalaska, WI
Tom and family:
So sorry for the loss of your Mother.
Max and Joy Winkler
February 14, 2012
Nancy, So sorry for your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family.
Kayla Grimes Cheatwood
February 14, 2012 | Pine Bluff, AR
My heartfelt sympathy, Nancy, to you and your family in the loss of your mother. Having just lost my 92 year old mother, I know the hole that it leaves in your hearts. There are no words that make it better, but know that I have added you and your family to my daily thoughts and prayers. We were so lucky to have had our mothers for so long, but no matter the age, it doesn't make the loss any easier. Blessings to you and your family.
Kay Schaefer Freeland
Morehead, Kentucky
February 14, 2012
CHARLESTON, IL – Lola DellEich, age 92 of Charleston, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2012 at HilltopSkilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charleston. Graveside Services honoring and celebratingher life will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Union(Greasy Point) Cemetery, north of Rardin, Illinois, with Reverend Bill Boazofficiating. It is requested that inlieu of flowers, memorial gifts in her honor be made to the Crippled Children'sFoundation. Gifts may be left at theGraveside Service or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive,Charleston, IL 61920.
Lola Dell was born on April28, 1919 on the Rardin farmstead near Rardin, Illinois. She was the only child of the late CharlesGuy and Winnie (Annin) Rardin. Shemarried Joseph Charles Eich, Jr. on October 19, 1942 in Stratford, Connecticutand they shared nearly sixty years of marriage and friendship prior to hisdeath on August 22, 2002. Lola Dell issurvived by her daughter, Nancy (Eich) Kayser of Webster City, Iowa; a son,Thomas L. Eich and wife Michelle of Charleston; nine grandchildren, Kori(Kayser) Welbes of West Des Moines, Iowa, Brooke (Kayser) Balichek of OxfordJunction, Iowa, Crystal (Eich) Kellner of Rensselaer, Indiana, Tonya J. Eich ofNewman, Illinois, C.J. Eich of Joliet, Illinois, Melissa (Eich) Richardson ofAmherst, Massachusetts, Lyndzi Sewel of Mattoon, Illinois, Tomra Eich and CordEich, both of Charleston; and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and her husband,Lola Dell was preceded in death by a son, Edward J. Eich.
Lola Dell was a graduate ofRardin High School and of the Burnham School of Nursing. She was a Registered Nurse and served asDirector of Nursing for both the Charleston Community Hospital in Charlestonand the Jarman Hospital in Tuscola, Illinois. She was later employed at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in charge ofthe Central Sterile Department. She waspreviously a member of the Women of the Moose, Charleston Chapter #1175 andcurrently a member of the Women of the Elks, Charleston Lodge #623.
Lola Dell worked alongsideher husband Joe in the operation of their livestock and grain farm nearRardin. She was a long-time supporter ofthe 4-H program and traveled the circuit of livestock shows with her familylending her support and encouragement. Lola Dell enjoyed drinking coffee and meeting friends at the localMcDonalds Restaurant but her greatest joys came from being with her family, whomshe dearly loved. She was a wonderfulwife and mother as well as a loving grandmother and great-grandmother whoalways put the needs of her family first. Memories of Lola Dell will always be warmly and lovingly embraced in thehearts of her family and friends.
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