Stanley Benson Eigelberner

1935 - 2022

Stanley Benson Eigelberner was born on the South Side of Chicago in 1935. Stan was the only child of Fern Stanley of Newcastle, Indiana. His mom affectionately called him "Sonny". Stan had an adventurous upbringing, exploring the fields and fishing the streams of Watertown and Janesville, Wisconsin. When Stan was 14 his mother married Harry Causey Eigelberner and they moved to the South Side of Chicago where Stan attended Morgan Park Military Academy, played football, basketball and ran track.Stan went on to attend Michigan State University and was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. During a coed fraternal touch football game, Stan met his future wife, Mary Jo Chaddock. Stan graduated from Michigan State in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army. He served a six-month tour in the US Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Stan and Mary Jo were married in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the fall of 1959 and settled in the suburbs of north Chicago. They had two children there, Breck and Lisa.Stan was a successful salesman working for 3M, Campbell Sales Company and then Domino Sugar. Promotions to sales management resulted in moves to Philadelphia and then on to corporate headquarters in New York City. Settling in Darien, Connecticut, Stan enjoyed playing tennis, sailing his sunfish boat on the Long Island Sound and evening barbecues at the beach. After 13 years residing in Darien and commuting into Manhattan, Stan took a position with C&H Sugar and moved west to Danville, California in 1984. Stan worked with C&H Sugar until 1991 when he left to start his own printing business, Printographix. As owner and operator, Stan successfully ran Printographix for the next 30 years from world headquarters in Martinez, California.Stan loved watching college football, especially his beloved Michigan State Spartans. He regularly attended local college football games, Yale while living in Connecticut and Cal Berkeley while living in California. He greatly enjoyed sharing the experience with his children and grandchildren. Stan will be remembered as a hard worker, honest and kind with a dry sense of humor. A native South Sider, Stan was a fan of the Chicago Bears and White Sox. He enjoyed steak well done, watermelon pie and a splash plus two of vodka.To Stan's great delight, later in life while searching for some detail on his family roots, he found he was a descendant of William the Conqueror. Stan is survived by his wife of 62 years Mary Jo, his two children, Breck and Lisa and five grandchildren Chad, Scott, Jeff, Minami and Ken. We will forever remember Stan with a glint in his eye and a wry grin. Although we fell short of honoring his final wish for a Viking funeral, we are positive his next voyage will be met with fair winds and following seas.