SYRACUSE – Frances Rosabelle Georgina Eby, 91, Kimmell, died peacefully in her sleep Jan. 8 2014, at her residence. She was born Sept. 23, 1922, in Tenstrike, Minn., to Guy Franklin and Maude Isabelle Fleischman Cohenour. In 1954, she married Clarence Eby, who died in 2006. She had six brothers, four sisters, one half-brother and one half-sister. She lived in foster homes from age 7 or 8 until age 14. She graduated from high school in 1940. She received a scholarship and entered nurses training at St. Lukes Hospital, Duluth, Minn., in 1940. After graduating as an R.N. in 1944, she signed up for military service, and she was assigned to the 74th Field Hospital, both in Saipan and Okinawa. She served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp., and was discharged at the end of World War II in 1946. She worked in Chicago hospitals through 1948, then moved to Goshen where she was employed at the “Old Goshen Hospital’” on Fifth Street for six months until she was hired by Dr. Fred Clark and Dr. Robert Craig as their office nurse in Syracuse. After working for them for seven years, she took time out to get married and raise a family. She and Clarence had six children. She was the first school nurse hired by the Wawasee Community Schools. Four years later, she returned to Goshen General Hospital in an administrative position, and having worked there for 26, she retired in 1985 due to health problems. She spent her remaining years with her family living with sons Charles and Craig in Kimmell. She was a gracious woman and a loving and much-loved mother. Surviving are her six children: Alice (and spouse Jim) Deich, Ridgefield Park, N.J.; Curtis Eby, Syracuse; Crystal Roger, Cromwell; Carlton, Charles and Craig Eby, Kimmell; three grandchildren: Candy (and spouse Poe) Hill, Casey and Kevin Rogers; seven great-grandchildren: Christie and Dawn Swango, Hailey and Emma Hill, Alexus Collins, Allyssa and Colten Rogers; and one great-great-grandchild, Ingrid Yarelli Lopez. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Eastlund funeral Home, Syracuse. Burial is in Syracuse Cemetery with full military honors. Calling is one hour prior to services Sunday at the funeral home.
