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 Ethel Earline Eichen

Ethel Earline Eichen

July 9, 1922 – Sept. 26, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Ethel Earline Eichen, 96, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 in San Marcos, Texas. She was born on July 9, 1922 to parents Arthur Callahan and Lavada Howard Callahan in Westville, Florida.

In the 1940s she earned her cosmetology license in Florida, and spent the better part of 30 years working in Michigan. After graduation, she met Frank E. Eichen, her husband of 63 years. Earline loved sewing, quilting, square dancing with her husband, and leading Girl Scouts. 

She and Frank loved to spend their time traveling with their camper. In her 70s, she discovered her love of painting, a true talent that had been left undiscovered. She eventually began to use her skills to make quilts for newborns in Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos, Texas. 

She was preceded in death by her loving husband. Earline is survived by her children, Deborrah Nickels (David); Gary Lee Eichen (Silvia); granddaughters, Cinda Keane (John-Henry), Chela Sheets ( Zach), and Jessica Eichen; and 7 great-grandchildren. 

There will be a memorial service held on Oct. 6, 2018 at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Martindale, Texas.

You are invited to sign the Guestbook on Porter Loring Mortuary's website.

Arrangements with Porter Loring Mortuary North, 2102 North Loop 1604 East, San Antonio, TX  78232 - 210-495-8221.

San Marcos Record

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