Mrs. Marian Eyler
Mrs. Marian Stonesifer Eyler, 83, of West Main Street,
Emmitsburg, died Sunday, March 11, at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,
Walkersville. She was the wife of Dilly Reno Eyler, who died Dec. 8,1974. Born April 14,
1917, in Emmitsburg, where she was a life-long resident, she was a daughter of the late
Mahlon and Anna Fuss Stonesifer. Mrs. Eyler was a member of Elias Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Emmitsburg.
Surviving are seven children, Dolores M. Wivell and husband James of Thurmont, Margaret
H. Ott and husband John, Dorothy M. Damuth and husband Arthur, Reno M. Eyler, and H.
Eugene Eyler and wife Frani, all of Emmitsburg, Shirley J. Smith and husband Richard of
Gettysburg, Pa., and Nancy D. Eyler and husband Jack of Biglerville, Pa.; 13
grandchildren, Richard Wivell, Rodney Wivell, John Ott Jr., Steven Ott, Wanda Koontz, Kim
Wivell, Stacy Martin, Randy Smith, Tina Fair, Robert Manahan Jr., Denise Ausherman, Kevin
Manahan, and Marisa Eyler; 22 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She
was survived by one brother, Roy Stonesifer, of Chicago, Ill.
Funeral services were held March 14 at Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church, Emmitsburg,
with the Rev. David Knodel and the Rev W Ronald Fearer officiating. Interment will be in
Emmitsburg Memorial Cemetery, Emmitsburg.
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