Sharon Einsmann

Sharon Einsmann of Durham, N.C., died  of pulmonary failure there on Monday, at the Treyburn Rehabilitation Center. She was 74 and had been in poor health for some time.

Ms. Einsmann came from an Amagansett family of Long Island Rail Road engineers that included her great-grandfather James Eichhorn, her grandfather George Eichhorn, and her father, Edward Eichhorn. Her maternal grandfather was an Amagansett whaler. 

Her daughter Pamela Schreiber of Southampton recalled being able to ride the train for free as a child.

Ms. Einsmann was born in Queens in 1944, one of three children of Edward Eichhorn and the former Alberta Bartman. She went to school there. She 

and Anthony Einsmann married and brought up their three daughters in Amagansett. He died before her.

In Amagansett, Ms. Einsmann ran a day care business out of her house. Her daughter said she loved children. She also loved spending time at the beach. She moved to Durham in 1984.

In addition to her daughter Pamela Schreiber, her other daughters, Dawn Eckhoff of Durham and Christine Williams of Timberlake, N.C., survive, as do nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Her sister, Kathy Schutler of North Carolina, survives; her brother, Edward Eichhorn, died before her.

A funeral will take place tomorrow in Durham at 4 p.m. at Clements Funeral Chapel, 1105 Broad Street, with the Rev. Eric Prenshaw officiating. The family will receive friends there in the gathering room, following the service.