Thelma Louise "Tiny" Eicher

Thelma Louise “Tiny” Eicher, went to meet the Lord at 9:20 in the evening on July 22, 2014 at Madison Medical Resort in Odessa. Tiny was born in McKinny, Texas on October 15, 1924. She moved to Roswell with her family in 1937. She graduated from Roswell High School and Roswell Business College. She was a telephone operator at Roswell Army Airbase during WWll. July 8, 1942 she married Lt. Cleo W. Byrd, who was killed in action on February 9, 1944. She met the love of her life in 1945, T. H. “Ike” Eicher. They went on to be married for 68 years. They moved to Odessa in 1966 where she worked The Quicksilver Company for eighteen years. She was a faithful, active member of Temple Baptist/Crossroads Fellowship Church for forty-eight years. She was dearly loved as evident in a letter found among her things. “To Mom and Dad, we have no idea where to begin except the beginning. Thanks for giving us life, and oh what a life it has been. If a happy childhood means anything, then we should be well-adjusted and happy children. We have absolutely no bad memories of our past. It has all been so good. Thanks to you and the wonderful family you gave us and the wonderful way you taught us to pick our spouses and raise our children, we have an ecstatically happy life. Thanks for instilling in us the ambition to better ourselves. You always made us feel that we were able to do anything that we really wanted to. Thank you for all the non-tangibles that you gave us. Such as honesty, integrity, pride, motivation, ambition and of course, most of all, love. We have never in our lives felt like we had nowhere to go. We have always known exactly where to go to get what we needed. Sometimes we think you spoiled us, but then we realize how much we appreciate the things we have, and still have, to cherish. We have never felt loneliness or fright or any of those bad things. Even with six children, you both had time for everything we needed. We remember when you brought Monte home. We never felt threatened and we guess it was because we didn’t know what that feeling was. You always had enough of every feeling for all of us. We know we got spankings when we were young, but we can’t remember that any of them hurt. We learned something good from all of our punishments so the pain is forgotten and the lessons remembered. Our main wish in life is that we can give our children just half of the lasting treasures you two gave us. We are not even going to try to list the material things and thank you for them because it would go on for days. We only want to say thanks for those too. Last but not least we want to thank you for the spiritual background you gave us all. We know that without that, little else would have been possible. Even when the very unhappiest times came, we were never completely down because we had a secure faith in the Lord to rely on. We had something that would always, and still does, support us. We love you, Mom, and we’ll see you soon.” Your Children. Tiny is preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers and sisters, two grandchildren and one daughter, Kathy Jane Eicher, that we know she is dancing through heaven with right now. She is survived by her husband, Ike Eicher; three sons, Mike Eicher and wife Sharon, Rick Eicher and wife Connie, Monte Eicher and partner Suzanne Hill; two daughters, Dana Eicher Myers and husband Ronnie and Paula K. Smart. She has sixty heirs, including twenty-nine grandchildren; twenty-four great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Viewing will be on Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m with family visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. On Friday, July 25, 2014 at American Heritage Chapel. Tiny’s services will be at Crossroads Fellowship, July 26 at 10:30 a.m. with David Newton officiating. Interment will follow at American Heritage Cemetery. All arrangements are entrusted to American Heritage Cemetery and Funeral Home., 4100 N. FM 1788, Midland, TX.

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Thelma Louise "Tiny" Eicher

October 15, 1924 - July 22, 2014