Eckel, Gilbert J.

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• Reference Number: ECKE.G002
• _FGRAVE: 76864013
• Military Service: World War II, Technician Fifth Grade, United States Army
• Funeral: 19 Sep 1986, Summers Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois

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Services for Gilbert J. Eckel, 73, of Route 3 Olney, were held Friday, September 19 at the Summers Funeral Home in Olney with Brother Lyle Berry presiding. Burial was in the Crest Haven Cemetery with full military graveside rites by the Olney veterans organizations.

Mr. Eckel died at 7:07 p.m., Tuesday, September 16 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes Indiana.

He was born April 9, 1913, in Beatrice, Nebraska, the son of John and Millie (Schoneberg) Eckel. He married Florence Wachtel on March 10, 1942, and she survives.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, Gary Eckel, Larry Eckel, Earl Eckel and James Eckel, all of Olney: a daughter, Wanda Ellenberger of Springfield: two brothers, Leonard Eckel of Olney and Elmer Eckel of Parkersburg: two sisters, Helen Shryock of Olney and Verna Connerly of Rosebush, Michigan; and a grandchild, Cera Eckel of Princeton, Indiana.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Eldon Eckel. He was a veteran of World War II and worked as a bus driver for the East Richland School District.

Times Advocate, Monday, September 22, 1986

Buried:
Burial was in the Crest Haven Cemetery with full military graveside rites by the Olney veterans organizations.

Gilbert married Wachtel, Florence M. on 10 Mar 1942. Florence (daughter of Wachtel, Arthur B. and Myers, Fannie) was born on 19 Jul 1918 in Richland County, Illinois; died on 3 Mar 1994 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ECKEL, G.W.

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John married Schoneberg, Millie M. on 11 Apr 1912 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. Millie (daughter of Schoneberg, George H. and Haeker, Mary L.) was born on 16 May 1894 in Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska; died on 19 Jun 1985 in Burgin Manor Nursing Home West, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SCHO.M004
• Funeral: Summers Funeral Home,

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She was a Lutheran.

Died:
Millie M. Eckel, 90, formerly of 1200 S. Baltimore, Olney, died at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, in Burgin Manor West.

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• Reference Number: SCHO.G002

George married Haeker, Mary L.. Mary was born in 1871 in Germany; died in 1971 in Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HAEK.M001