Nancy P. Eichsteadt

Eichsteadt, Nancy P. There will be a memorial service for Nancy at 3 PM, Sat., May 10, at Steinway Piano Gallery, 11550 W. North Ave. in Wauwatosa. She passed away July 21, 2013, at her home in Laguna Hills, CA. Nancy was born in Wausau, WI, had a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, studied at the Yale School of Drama, and had her Master's from the University of Wisconsin. The subject of her thesis was Ernest Thayer, a German playwright perhaps best known for the classic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat." During World War II, she worked as a night copy editor for Time Magazine in New York City. Nancy directed community theater in the Bay Players for nine years, was director of Financial Aids for the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and held a number of fundraising jobs in Milwaukee, including work for Marquette University public radio station WUWM, and the United Peforming Arts Fund. She also worked in public relations and marketing for television station WISN-TV. Following her retirement from full time work, she established her own public relations firm, ON TARGET MARKETING, with a variety of clients including American Players Theater. Nancy married Arden C. Eichsteadt in 1944. She and Arden moved to Whitefish Bay in 1953 and then lived in Fox Point until 2001, when they moved to Laguna Hills. Arden passed away in 2003. Nancy is survived by her son, Kurt, of Los Angeles, CA, her son, Gary, and his wife, Becky, of Orlando, FL, and their son Ben and his wife Sarah. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society. Visit: https://donate.cancer.org/index or call (800)227-2345