Etha Eisler

Etha Eisler, died October 14, 2010, at the age of 96. Born in St. Johns, MI, on October 21, 1913, the daughter of Ernest and Retta (Fesler) Kuhns. Etha worked in the candy counter at the D & C Store in St. Johns for many years. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Ladies Altar Society, St. Dorothy Guild and a former volunteer in the Clinton Memorial Hospital Gift Shop and Hazel Findlay Country Manor. On December 31, 1932, she married Maurice J. Eisler and he preceded her death on July 31, 1984.

Etha is survived by two daughters, Jean (Ted) Perry of Ithaca, and Kay (Ron) Atkinson, of St. Johns, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren. Etha is also survived by sisters in law, Edith Schavey, Donna Eisler and Kay Eisler, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, Etha was preceded in death by one daughter, Maureen McLeod, two grandchildren, Pam Haskins and Mark Haskins, sister, Loraine Cornell and twin sister, Letha Bashore, and four brothers, Dean, Lyle, Lawrence and Gale Kuhns.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 18, 2010, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Fr. Eoin Murphy officiating, burial to follow at Mt. Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Sunday, with a Vigil Service prayed at 7 p.m., at the Osgood Funeral Home, 104 E. Cass St., St. Johns, MI. Memorials may be made to Hospice Advantage, Hazel Findlay Country Manor or St. Joseph School Education Fund.

To learn more about Etha and view her Life Story film, visit her personal webpage at www.lifestorynet.com/memories/63001 .