EVA ERNIE ERNESTINE PISCHEL 1929-2011

Ernie was 82 years old when she was ready to meet her Lord and Savior. She was called home on August 25, 2011. She and her family have lived in the Tri-Cities since 1955. For the past several weeks she had been a patient at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle. It was her second bout with cancer. She wanted to come home to Pasco one more time and in God’s perfect timing and plan, she made it. Ernie was born in Marceline, Missouri on June 10, 1929 to parents Charles and Angeline Hammond.

Growing up and going to school in Marceline she met her husband, Bob Pischel, when she was a freshman in high school and he was a senior.

When Bob graduated from high school he went into the Navy. When Ernie graduated from high school they were married on June 2, 1947. Bob had a traveling job with a yearbook printing company. Together they traveled the 48 states before deciding to go into their own yearbook printing business.

After five years of being in business Bob and Ernie opened up a branch of the business out West in Pasco, Washington. When the business was sold in the 70’s they were working with over 2000 schools in both plants.

Ernie is survived by her husband, Bob and 5 children, son Robin, and wife Michelle, son Scoter, and his wife Angie, son Tyson, and his wife Linda, daughter Lark, and her husband Geoff and daughter Piper. Ernie and Bob have 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. They were all proud of her. “Nonie” to her grandchildren. They were the light of her life.

Ernie and Bob worked side by side for many years but more than that they loved raising their five children and playing side by side with all of them and the grandchildren. Waterskiing on the Columbia River, horseback riding, tennis, swimming, going to the cabin in the Blue Mountains. Just two years ago Nonie was still going on the annual snow ski bash and skiing!

Ernie’s passion was her personal relationship with Jesus Christ and she loved her Bible and talking about God to everyone she met. She was active in Bible Study Fellowship for over 30 years and the culmination was this year when she was able to take her grandson, Robert, and great-grandson, Cade to the evening BSF class. She loved helping them with their Bible lessons. In May of this year the boys came to Nonie and told her that they wished to be baptized and declare their profession of faith in Jesus.

Oh what joy filled her heart. It is written in Proverbs 31: 28-31 “Her children arise and call her blessed...a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”

We would be remiss if we did not mention that our mom was the most giving and generous person we have ever known. Don’t ever say “I like that” or it was yours! The sun would rise and set with her only thought being of what she could do for others today. Then she would set about doing it...never sitting down until going to bed at night. Day after day, this was her life. She filled journal after journal of prayers for her family. She was a woman after God’s own heart. Loved by everyone - our beloved Nonie. If ever the scripture applied it would be with Eva Ernie Pischel...“Well done, good and faithful servant.“ Matthew 25:23.

Services to be held Saturday, Sept. 3, at South Hills Church, 3700 West 27th, Kennewick at 11:00am.