Iowa City Press-Citizen - Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Viola Arlene Eichelberger, 88 of West Liberty died peacefully at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City March 31, 2007 from complications of a stroke. She had spent two weeks at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty before going to the hospital.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday April 4, 2007 at Cedar Valley United Methodist Church, rural West Liberty. Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. Burial will be in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty. A memorial fund has been established.

Viola was born December 13, 1918 in Lone Tree the daughter of Stephen and Mary (Buline) Schuessler. She was a graduate of Lone Tree High School. On December 16, 1937 she was married to Raymond L. Kile. They made their home near West Liberty farming and raising Angus Cattle. They also owned and operated Kile's Feed and Grain in Nichols and Downey. They had three children Karen, Eldon and Krista. They later divorced. She married Ed Eichelberger on September 17, 1981 and moved to Des Moines where Ed became the manager of interim events at the State Fair Grounds. Viola was the manager of the Iowa State Fair Campgrounds. After several years they moved to Davenport. Ed managed the Mississippi Valley Fair, and Viola worked in the Office.

Viola loved being back in West Liberty closer to her family. She loved her flowers and Ed's fresh garden vegetables. She was president of the Community Senior Center for several years and enjoyed playing cards and eating lunch with her many friends.

She is survived by her husband, Ed; three children, Karen Lou Wallace and her husband, Joseph "Ralph" of Iowa City, Eldon "Bud" Kile and his wife, Sue of West Liberty, and Krista Kay Kirkpatrick and her husband, William "Bill" of Waverly; eight grandchildren, Douglas and Dennis Beaver, Kim Ellingson, Kurt, Kevin and Kathy Kile, and Megan and Julie Kirkpatrick; six great grandchildren, Kile, Victoria, and Casey Beaver, Dillon and Corey Beaver, and Brock Ellingson; step-daughter, Peg Eichelberger and her son, Ryan of West Liberty; brother, Harold Schuessler and his wife, Doris of Lone Tree.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two infant sisters and a sister, Marcella Hahn; husband, Raymond Kile, grandson, Daniel Kile; and two step-sons, David and Gary Eichelberger.