Sally Marie Eilerman

Sally Marie Eilerman, 64, of Lima, died at 2:04 a.m., Thursday, November 6, 2014, in O.S. U. Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH. She was born Oct. 8, 1950, in Rushville, IN, to Wade Hatfield and Mary Louise (McAfee) Bailey who are both deceased. On August 10, 1968, she married Michael Kenneth Eilerman who died July 17, 1995.

Surviving are her children: Michael “Boot” (Paula) Eilerman of Lima and their children, Michael and Isabell; Michele Eilerman (Shawn) Bayliff of Cincinnati, and their children, Finnegan and Gavin; Marcie Eilerman (Daniel) Brickner of New Albany and their children, Boston and Brooklyn; and Mandi Eilerman of Cleveland.

She was also preceded in death by two children, Matthew and Markie Lynn, and two brothers, Daniel Wade Bailey and David Bailey.

Sally was a faithful believer in the Lord and sacrificed all she had for her family. She treasured her children and grandchildren and was blessed to have the Shawnee School Transportation Department and Staff as a second family. Sally spent 30+ years driving school bus for Shawnee and Apollo School systems and always greeted her “children” with a smile, a hug and likely a cookie! She touched many lives over those years with her loving spirit. Sally was a strong woman with even stronger family values. She was a faithful, loving wife for 27 years of marriage and even after her husband passed she continued to be his wife on earth waiting patiently until she could be reunited with her best friend. November 6, 2014, was a celebration of those two soul mates that finally found their way back together in heaven after 19 long years.

She attended First Baptist Church, Lima, and worked for many years in the office of Winona Lake, with her other second family. She loved sewing, bedazzling clothing, when her kids were young, but most of all, her grandchildren.

Funeral services will begin at 6:00 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10th, 2014, at SIFERD-ORIANS FUNERAL HOME Rev. Rob White officiating. Burial will be in St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.

Visitation will be on Monday, from 10 a.m. until Noon, and 4-6, p.m. in the funeral home.