Louise U. Eisnor

Louise Eisnor died on December 12, 2011, at Chaste Tree Park, in Visalia, after suffering the progressive ravages of Alzheimer’s disease for many years. Her many friends and acquaintances may have been perplexed by her inexplicable withdrawal from their society as she struggled to cope with the challenges presented by the tightening grip of this devastating disease. Those closest to her were grieved to watch as the disease slowly took their loving, selfless, enthusiastic Louise not only from them but also from herself.

Louise was ever cheerful, thoughtful, and positive. She possessed an infectious enthusiasm for life. She was always there with support and assistance for friends, acquaintances, and relations during their times of personal crises. Yet she was not unacquainted with grief. Her mother died when she was only ten years old. Her husband, Andy, died at the age of fifty-one leaving her a widow for the last forty-three years of her life.

Louise was born to Rev. Edward J. and Philipine Ulmer in Reedley, California, in 1920. She graduated from Caruthers High School as salutatorian. After graduating from Fresno State University, she taught in Coalinga, Calif. She married Andrew F. Eisnor in 1944. In 1954, after living for a time in Boston, Mass., the couple made their home in Tulare, Calif., where they both were employed as teachers. Louise taught school for thirty-four years, twenty-six of those years as an elementary or middle school teacher in Tulare. Upon retirement in 1980, she received the Distinguished Service Award from Tulare City School District and was awarded lifetime memberships in the Tulare Teachers Assoc., the California Teachers Assoc., and the National Teachers Assoc. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gama, the honorary society for women educators.

In retirement, Louise remained active in the life of her community. She volunteered at the Tulare Historical Museum. She directed the choir at the Tulare First Christian Church and also accompanied the choir on the organ and piano for many years. She took up painting and won awards for work displayed at local art shows. With friends, she traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Louise was preceded in death by her husband in 1968 and by her only sibling, Sam Ulmer, with whom she shared a life-long devotion, in 1990. She is survived by loving cousins - Ed Sander, of Newcastle, Calif., and the family of her deceased cousin, Harry Paulhamus, of Pennsylvania – and by close friends who loved and cared for Louise as “family”.

A memorial service will be conducted at the Tulare Historical Society, 444 W. Tulare Ave., Tulare, CA, on Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, (800) 272-3900, or alz.org.