ECKERMAN, Walter "Jean"
ECKERMAN, DORNEDEN, BARNETT, PITON, SCHULKE, NOSBISH, SULLIVAN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/29/2016 at 02:48:37
Obituary ~ Walter "Jean" Eckerman
June 19, 1926 ~ June 18, 2013The Couier
Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa
October 28, 2007W. Jean Eckerman, 86, of Mason City, passed away Tuesday (June 18, 2013) surrounded by his loving family.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 am Friday (June 21, 2013) at Epiphany Parish-Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams. Burial will be in Elmwood / Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 pm Thursday (June 20, 2013) at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd Street NE, Mason City, where a Rosary will be held at 5 pm, and a scriptural wake service will be held at 6:30 pm.
W. Jean Eckerman, the son of Frank and Louise (Dorneden) Eckerman, was born July 19, 1926, in Lime Springs, IA. Jean attended Howard County rural school, Crestwood High School and Iowa State College. He entered the Army Air Corps and served in the Pacific theater and was discharged in 1946. On August 2, 1952, he married Beth Barnett at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Brookings, SD. The couple resided in Mason City where Jean was employed by Birdsall's Ice Cream, Bordens, and then for 27 years at Marigold Foods as salesman, and then manager for the last 5 years before he retired in 1990.
Jean was an active member of Holy Family Catholic Church, serving as lector, song leader, soloist, choir member, and member of the men's club. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, and volunteered as a scout leader and in the Pastoral Department as well as working at the Community Kitchen.
He loved spending time hunting, fishing, gardening, traveling, and doing home improvement projects for his family.
Jean is survived by four children: Steve (Darlene) Eckerman, Antigo, WI; Deb (Jon) Pitton, Burnsville, MN; MariBeth (Reed) Schulke, Eden Prairie, MN; and John (Amy) Eckerman, Rochester, MN, 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and many nieces and nephews.
Jean was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Leroy, Jack, Don, and Art; three sisters, LaVerne Nosbish, Marie Sullivan, and Wilma Sullivan; and grandson, Jeremy Eckerman.
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE, Mason City. (641)-423-2372. ColonialChapels.com
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2016
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