Eileen A. (Hesselbacher) Walton, 93, of Potosi, WI, formerly of Shullsburg and Scales Mound, IL, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Ennoble Manor Care Center in Dubuque, IA.

Services will be 12:00 (Noon) Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the Miller-Steinke Funeral Home in Scales Mound, IL, where family and friends may call after 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The burial will be in Scales Mound Twp. Cemetery.

Eileen was born on December 15, 1929, in Scales Mound, the daughter of Ernest and Amanda (Muehleip) Hesselbacher.  She was a graduate of Scales Mound High School, the class of 1947.

She was formerly employed at Swiss Colony, Advance Transformer, and Orville Tregoning farms.  She enjoyed gardening, planting a 200’ x 20’ garden and pulling all the weeds by hand.  Eileen loved a good game of euchre and 500.

Surviving are two children, Jerry (friend Judy) Walton of Freeport, IL, and Sharon (Jerry) Clark of Harker Heights, Texas; seven grandchildren, 11-great grandchildren, and seven great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Amanda, and siblings, Evelyn, June, and Orville.

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