Henry Eisenbarth, age 82 of Elgin, died January 31, 2013 at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin. The Memorial Service will be held at 10:30am Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Elgin. Pastor Wayne Rouse will officiate with inurnment in the Leith Cemetery.


In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Jacobson Memorial Hospital Foundation.


Henry Edward Eisenbarth was born February 18, 1930 in Elgin, ND to Edward and Rachel (Boettcher) Eisenbarth.


He is survived by his wife, Evelyn (Schmitz) Eisenbarth of 59 years, 3 sons, Maurice (Carol) Eisenbarth, LaPorte, MN; Jerome (Penny) Blair, NE; Perry (Linda) Walker, MN; 1 daughter, Sonya (Greg) Roberts, Myrtle Beach, SC; 9 grandchildren, Joshua (Fawn), Jesse (Jess Rae), Holly (Jerarmy), Benjamin, Omargarita, Derrich, Tyler, Jayden, Kayla, and Janci Eisenbarth, and Sean Roberts; 4 great grandchildren, Alexander, Evan, Atalaya, and Eli Eisenbarth; 1 sister, Irma Birdsall, Bismarck, ND; sisters-in-law, Vivian Usher, Bismarck, ND: Barbara Babel, Mandan, ND; and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.


Henry was preceded in death by his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard and Elsie Eisenbarth, W.E. (Bill) and Martha Eisenbarth, Otto and Stella Eisenbarth, sister and brothers-in-law, Edna and Harry Gaugler, and B.L. Birdsall, mother and father-in-law, Ethel and Nick Schmitz, brothers-in-law, Clarence Pagel, Charles Brenner, sisters-in-law, Bernice Pagel and Isabelle Brenner.


Henry was a musician. He played accordion, guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, and button accordion. He played in a family band in addition to numerous other bands. Henry fixed radios, black and white tv's, furnaces, and was a mechanic, carpenter, and a jack of all trades.