Edward L. Eilers, 82, of Nappanee, died at 5 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at Hospice House, Elkhart, where he had been admitted Wednesday after an illness.  He was born Dec. 15, 1932, in East Chicago, to Thomas J. and Ethel R. McColly. Mr. Eilers lived most of his life in Nappanee. He was a 1951 …read more.