Paul E Eide

In Loving Memory Of
Paul E. Eide

A Memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 27, 2013, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Cordova, with Rev. Brian Tuma officiating. Paul's wish was to be cremated and there will be no visitation. Graveside services will be held at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, ND with military honors at a later date. Memorials have been established to the Lutheran Braille Workers, Yucaipa, CA, Bethel Lutheran Church, Bismarck, ND, or St. John's Lutheran Church, Cordova, NE. Wilma Gard, organist, accompanied the congregation as they sang "Beautiful Savior", "How Great Thou Art", "Borning Song" and "Silent Night".

Paul Ellsworth Eide was born May 2, 1932, in Fargo, North Dakota to Jeffie O. Eide and Byron Burton and passed away on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at the Friend Manor in Friend, Nebraska at the age of 81 years, 7 months and 22 days. As a young boy he attended elementary school in Buxton, North Dakota, junior high school in East Grand Forks, Minnesota and high school in Canton, South Dakota, graduating with the class of 1949. He furthered his education, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State and several hours of graduate school while living in Tennessee. From 1949 to 1950, Paul served in the South Dakota Army National Guard and from 1951 to 1955, he served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict.

On December 24, 1954, Paul was united in marriage to Marilyn Gregg in Orlando, Florida and to this union three children, Gregg, Scott and Leigh Anne were born. On June 4, 1983, in Mandan, North Dakota, he was united in marriage to Wynola Thornton who passed away in September of 2002 and on March 28, 2003, Paul was blessed with a marriage to Beverly (Naber) Linder, in Benson, Arizona. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and treasured those he adopted along the way. Paul will be remembered for the good man he was and in all of the hearts that he touched and will be missed by many.

For many years, Paul was a Research Scientist, working with the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge, Tennessee from 1960 to 1965; the Department of Agriculture, in Fargo, North Dakota from 1965 to 1975; Northern Great Plains Research Center, Mandan, ND from 1975 to 1987, and the US Department of Energy Western Area Power in Mandan, ND from 1987 to 1994. He served as the head of the North Dakota Civil Air Patrol from 1984 to 1990.

Paul was always a member of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Churches and was currently a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Cordova. He co-founded the Northside Hockey Club in Fargo, North Dakota. In his retirement he spent many hours and miles traveling for the Lutheran Braille Workers to provide Braille assistance to those in need.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly Eide, Friend, sons and daughter-in-law, Gregg P. Eide, Fargo, ND, Scott M. and April Eide, Bismarck, ND, daughter, Leigh Anne Eide Christian and Kevin Haff, Mandan, ND, seven grandchildren, Krista, Kalon, Allison, Ashley, Aris, Mathew, and Katie, three great-grandchildren, Abbey, Espen and Brynlee, all of North Dakota; step-sons and spouses, Scott and Jeannie Linder, York, NE, Steve and Gisele Linder, Johnson City, TN, Gabriel and Viviana Royo and family of Southborough, MA, nine step-grandchildren, brothers-in-laws and sisters-in-law, Myron and Jan Naber, Las Vegas, NV, Galen and Lynette Naber, York and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Jeffie O. Eide, wives, Marilyn and Wynola, and a step-grandchild, Alex Linder.