MILDRED EISCH

Mildred L. (Hansen) Eisch, age 91, was called to her home with the Lord on Sunday (the Lords Day) October 24, 2010. Mildred was born in Neenah, July 26, 1919 to the late Walter and Martha (Schwightenberg) Staffeld. Mildred married Charles H. Hansen on August 21, 1936. They had three children: Neil, Mary, and Charles. Charles H. died July 28, 1961 when Mildred was 42. She married Frank W. Eisch in Neenah, June 14, 1965. After Franks death in 1994, Mom lived in her house on Wright Avenue until 1999 when she went to live with her daughter, Mary. Mildred had many jobs during her life- among them working at Kimberly Clark and in the meat department for Red Owl. She was a wonderful cook and many sat around her table. Raised by her grandmother from the age of eight, she learned her culinary skills as her grandmother watched and gave her instructions. The family is familiar with many of her anecdotes such as, Grandma Staffeld said, When you make mashed potatoes, dont cheat on the butter. At one time, she and Charles took in boarders and Mildred used her cooking prowess to serve three meals a day to all the people living in her home. Mildred leaves a rich family legacy in her three children; eleven grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild on the way. She will be sadly missed by her daughter, Mary Hansen Patterson, (Jim). Neenah; and her two sons: Pastor Neil and Barb (Pingle) Hansen, Belle Vista, Ark.; and Charles and Betsy (Billings) Hansen, Neenah; her grandchildren: Kim (Jim) Albrecht; Polly (Charles) Doute; Erik; Faith (Dave) Brown; Pam (Brian) McClusky; Scott (Barb) Patterson; Tim (Jenny) Patterson; Ethan (Chris); Ted (Denise); Paul (Melanie); and Kathlyn (Norman) Hubbard; her great-grandchildren: Lincoln (Jennie); Lauren; Addison; Dana (Chad); Charles (Andrea); Abigail (Tristan); Angel; Cameron; Christian; Cody; Parker; Grace; Katie; Isabel; Henry; Augustus; Kristen; Mason; Daniel; Isaac; Charles; Lauren; Michael; Christopher; Jack; Luke; Nick; Elizabeth; Tom; Kayla; Rachel; and Joseph; and a sister-in-law, Alvina Staffeld. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, and a brother, Richard Staffeld. The Funeral Service will be held Friday, October 29, 2010, 11:00 a.m., at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neenah, Pastor Richard L. Frost officiating. Visitation will be Friday at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. A special thank you to Theda Care at Home and Judy Zimmerman for their care and kindness. It is a great comfort to Mildreds family to rest in the faith that because of her strong relationship with Jesus Christ she is absent from the body but present with the Lord. II Cor. 5:8 To God be the glory!