The Funeral service for Raymond Eisenbarth, age 80, of New Leipzig, ND will be at 2:00 p.m. MT on Friday, January 7, 2011 at the Bethesda United Methodist Church in Elgin with Pastor Hazel Behrens, officiating. Burial will be in the Zoar Cemetery south of New Leipzig with full military afforded by the Baesler-Achtenberg American Legion Post #211 of New Leipzig.

A memorial has been established to American Diabetes Foundation.
Special music will be provided by Joyce Becker and Ernie Schaffer.
Serving as casketbearers are Mitchell Eisenbarth, Parker Eisenbarth, Daryl Birdsall, Ronald Eisenbarth, Warren Hintz and Timothy Liedtke. Serving as Honorary Bearers are Taylor Eisenbarth, Joshua Batchelor and Carmen Batchelor.

Raymond Eisenbarth was born on the family farm south of New Leipzig, ND on September 17, 1930 to William and Louise (Hintz) Eisenbarth. He attended a local country school near the farm. He worked on a farm southwest of New Leipzig that was run by his uncle Dan Hintz, and later lived on a farm southwest of New Leipzig with his uncle Fred Hintz.

Ray was inducted into the U.S. Army on December 3, 1952. During his first 45 days in Korea, he spent them all on the front line. Following his discharge on December 2, 1954, he went to Longview, WA where he his sister, Leona, and two brothers, John and Bernard lived. Ray worked in the Kalama Paper Mill where he met his future wife, Maudell Palmer. They were united in marriage on August 18, 1956 in the United Methodist Church in Kalama, WA.

In March of 1958, after the death of his father, Ray and Maudell moved to the family farm south of New Leipzig. There, they farmed with his brother, Theodore. Ray was a diabetic for 54 years, and it did not stop him from being a very good worker and manager of his farm. His last few years, he was not doing well, but kept on going. He died suddenly on the morning Friday morning, December 31, 2010 at his home. The family is very grateful that he went to be with God peacefully, without any apparent pain.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Maudell, one son, Mitchell Eisenbarth (special friend, Brenda), all of New Leipzig, ND; step-daughter, Theresa (Boyd) Warner, Glen Haven, CO, 4 grandchildren, Joshua and Carmen Batchelor, Parker and Taylor Eisenbarth, one great granddaughter, Terryn Hewitt; one sister, Leona Smith, Longview, WA; and one brother and sister-in-law, Bernard and Andrea Eisenbarth, Kelso, WA.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Bradley in 1993, 2 brothers, Johnny and Theodore.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.