Lois Eva Eickstadt

Lois Eva Eickstadt passed on August 12, 2026, at the age of 99, and was a resident of Union, Illinois. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and raised near Centerville, South Dakota. Lois taught grades 1-8 in a one-room country school for one year in Wecota, South Dakota. Then she answered a call to Zion Lutheran School in Marengo, Illinois teaching grades 1-3 before moving to kindergarten and ending up teaching preschool and Vacation Bible School for 30 years. She taught Sunday School for about 50 years. After retiring from teaching, she worked about 20 years running the fudge shop at Donley's Wild West Town and also at Donley's Banquet Hall. She married G. Robert (Bob) Eickstadt, raised four children, and has four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Lois is predeceased by her parents, her husband, daughter Anne, brothers Paul and Marcus, and sisters Ruth, Rhoda, Judy, Hannah, and Beata Rachel.