Eileen Joyce Beachler

Eileen Joyce (Wrightsman) Beachler, daughter of Raymond and Nellie (Flora) Wrightsman, was born on October 14, 1928, near Flint, Michigan in Genessee County, Michigan. She departed this life on December 22, 2024.

Eileen was united in marriage with Herman S. Beachler on October 17, 1948. To this union were born two sons and two daughters.

Eileen was baptized into the fellowship of the Old German Baptist Brethren in August of 1948, to which she lived faithful unto death.

Eileen was preceded in death by her husband, parents, parents-in-law Vannie and Neosha (Nichols) Beachler; brothers Alfred John and Donald Everett (in infancy), Harold Ray and Esther (Lewis) Wrightsman, Ronald Leroy and Louella (Blocher) Wrightsman, and Paul Arthur and Shirley (Graybill) Wrightsman; sister Patricia Ann (Wrightsman) and Arthur Cook; one brother-in-law Earl Grindle; two grandsons, one great-grandson, and one great-granddaughter.

Surviving family members are four children: Margaret (Meg) and Jeff Dyson, Steven and Susan Beachler, Marilyn and Orla Miller, and Daniel and Linda Bryan-Beachler. She was also blessed with seventeen grandchildren; sixty great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Carol Grindle. 

Family and friends may call Thursday, December 26, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the North Manchester Old German Baptist Brethren Church, 12508 North State Road 13, North Manchester, Indiana. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 27, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the North Manchester Old German Baptist Brethren Church. Burial will follow at the North Manchester Old German Baptist Brethren Cemetery. 

While we are rejoicing her eternal gain, she will be greatly missed by all.

The family of Eileen Beachler has entrusted McKee Mortuary with care and final arrangements.