Eunice M. Wessel

SERVICES:FUNERAL: Will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday July 11, 2018 at the Jewell – Rittman Family Funeral Home with Pastor Mark Tieke officiating. VISITATION: Will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and one hour prior to the service Wednesday. ENTOMBMENT: Will be at Garland Brook Cemetery Mausoleum.Memorials may be made to St Peter’s Lutheran Church “Together We Live – 20/20 Vision” fund. Eunice M. Wessel, 87, of Columbus, passed away at 4:00 a.m. Thursday July 5, 2018, at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour. Eunice was born September 14, 1930 in Jackson County, the daughter of William and Alice Darlage Stuckwisch. She married Kenneth B. Wessel on November 6, 1949. Eunice has been a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church for over 60 years, and previously was employed for Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in the cafeteria of Columbus High School for 36 years. She enjoyed crocheting, and loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. Eunice especially loved spending Sunday afternoons with her mother and sisters. Survivors include her husband Kenneth; sons Dennis H. (Paulette) Wessel of Columbus, Gary A. Wessel of Columbus, and Lester D. (Joanne) Wessel of Greenwood; grandchildren Derek Paul (Claire) Wessel, Shalah (Matt) Noblitt, Sterling Wessel, Jacob Wessel, Matthew (Cassie) Wessel, Samantha (Joe) Walterman, and Ryan Wessel; a step-granddaughter Stacey G. Wetherald; 10 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren, as well as a daughter-in-law Kathryn "Kathy" Chadd Wessel of Seymour.She was preceded in death by her parents; a son Randall K. Wessel; sisters Mable Brock and Agnes Christopher; brothers Paul, Glenn, Daniel, Noble, William, Leland, and Frank Stuckwisch; as well as a granddaughter-in-law Kristie Jo Schroer Wessel.