Eileen Arnold Isenberg 1926 – 2016

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Eileen Arnold Isenberg died peacefully on August 20, 2016. Eileen was born January 5, 1926 and reared in England.

As a teenager working in London, she had a front row seat to the London Blitz of 1940-41. In 1944 she married U. S. Army serviceman Robert C. Tracy. Eileen crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary to the United States in 1946 with her seven-month old son Craig Arnold Tracy.

She first lived in Missouri, and in later years, Eureka Springs, Ark., with her husband Philip J. Isenberg. Eileen and Phil later moved to Lewisville, Texas to be closer to her daughter Jeanette Ann Doster.

Eileen was a strong woman who met life’s challenges with courage. Professionally, she was an accountant and worked for a number of businesses in Kansas City, Mo., and Eureka Springs, Ark.

In addition to two surviving children and husband Phil, Eileen leaves behind two siblings, Iris and Eddy Arnold, four grandchildren, Ingrid Anna Peters, Elizabeth Maureen Johnson, Lauren Elizabeth Hinz, and Meagen Rebecca Doster; seven great-grandchildren, Nicholas Peters, Olivia Peters, Noah Peters, Owen Johnson, Amelia Johnson, Charlotte Johnson and Max Hinz.