Estella Barbara Eilers passed away on August 9, 2019.

Barbara was born on December 28, 1929 in Sioux Falls South Dakota and was the seventh child of Frank and Estella Burke.  Barb attended Sioux Falls Catholic High and graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1951.  She was an elementary school teacher for five years in Rapid City, Chicago and Denver.

She married William (Bill) Eilers in Zermatt, Switzerland on February 12, 1955.  Barb and Bill settled in Rapid City where they raised their four children and owned and operated a successful, multi-generational, clothing and fur business.  Bill Eilers passed away January 1, 2003.

On November 7, 2010 Barb married Robert (Bob) Schwarz.

Barb was preceded in her death by her four brothers (Jack, Jim, Tom and Frank) and two sisters (Eileen and Mary) and is survived by her four children (Burke, Erin, Chris and Mark), husband Bob Schwarz and nine grandchildren (Ben, Sam, Danielle, Rick, Jackson, Zoe, Tommy, Ryan, and Megan)

A visitation will begin at 5:00pm on Monday, August 12, 2019 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church followed by a Christian Wake Service and Recitation of the Rosary at 7:00pm.

A Christian Funeral Mass will be offered at 10:00am Tuesday, August 13 at the church.

Interment will be at 1:00pm, Tuesday at Black Hills National Cemetery. Services will be held at Blessed Sacrament Church.

Donations in her honor can be made to Hospice House of Rapid City, South Dakota.