Marie Emma Eberle

July 12, 1926 - July 10, 2020

Marie Emma Eberle, 93, of Napoleon, Ohio, passed away on July 10, 2020, at CHP Defiance Hospice Inpatient Center. Marie was born on July 12, 1926, in Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio. The daughter of the late Henry H. and Martha (Engelke) Bischoff. She married Elson Eberle, Jr. on July 26, 1947. Marie was active in the Mayflower Circle at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Holgate and Gerken Hurd American Legion Auxiliary in Florida. She later was a member of Bert G. Taylor American Legion Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary in Napoleon. She was a homemaker and farmer’s wife. Surviving are four daughters: Diane (Robert) Morgan, Marion, Ohio; Janice (Mark) Crock, Mason, Ohio; Elaine (Richard) Wehnes, Jefferson City, Missouri; Suzanne (Ronald) Meyer, Defiance, Ohio. Surviving also are seven grandchildren: Jonathan (Iwona Sadowska) Crock, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin Crock, Pasco, Washington; Scott (Laura) Wehnes, St. Louis, Missouri; Eric (Jamie) Wehnes, Jefferson City, Missouri; Derek (Heidi) Meyer, Perrysburg, Ohio; Amy (Brandon) Sturges, St. Peter, Missouri and Trey Meyer (Allie Greiwe), Columbus, Ohio; five great grandchildren: George Elson Wehnes, Elias Chad Meyer, Nora Ann Meyer, Alexander David Sturges, and Sawyer Eberle Wehnes. Marie is also survived by brothers: Henry (Frances) Bischoff, Vernon (Lois) Bischoff; sisters: Wilma Keller and Margaret Meyer; sisters-in-law, Sharon Bischoff and Lois Bischoff, all of the Napoleon area. She is also survived by numerous nephews and nieces and their spouses and offspring. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Elson Eberle, Jr. in November 2000 and her grandsons, Chad Rockwell Meyer in May 2010 and Noah Michael Wehnes in November 2016; brothers, Alfred ( and his wife, Margaret), Clarence Bischoff, Herbert Bischoff, and Ervin Bischoff; brothers-in-law, Floyd Keller, Maurice Meyer, Norman Meyer; and sister-in-law, Mary (Eberle) Hoellrich (and her husband, Lowell). Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 2 p.m. at St. John’s United Church of Christ, Holgate with visitation from 12-2pm. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Face coverings will be required, and social distancing will be observed. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John’s United Church of Christ. Online condolences may be made at www.rodenbergergray.com