Scheckel, Myrl J.

SCHECKEL, WEIS, KRAMER, SCHMIDT, CONNER

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 4/28/2009 at 20:47:24

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ANDREW — Myrl J. Scheckel, 72 of Andrew, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Jackson County Regional Health Center. Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 25 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Springbrook officiated by Father Paul Lippstock. Burial will be in the church cemetery where American Legion Post #273 will accord full military rites. Friends may call from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. ending with a Vigil Service at 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 24 at Kingery-Lemke Funeral Home and again Saturday at the church from 9:00 until Mass time. Myrl was born on September 6, 1936 on a farm in Clinton County, son of Matt and Leona (Weis) Scheckel. He attended Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Springbrook; later he worked at Clinton Engines until serving in the United States Marine Corps from 1956-1958. Myrl's passion was dancing, and he became an Arthur Murray Dance Instructor. Later he owned and operated Scheckel and Company, offering Ballroom Dancing Lessons. Myrl also enjoyed collecting and restoring antiques. He enjoyed people and had a great sense of humor. Surviving are his three sisters, Beulah (Vernon) Kramer, of Naples, Florida, Anita (Vincent) Schmidt, of Bellevue, and Nora (Joe) Conner, of Richmond, California; 19 nieces and nephews; 28 great nieces and nephews; two great great nieces; and a longtime friend, Jack Kopenga, of Clinton. He is preceded in death by his parents. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kingeryfuneralhome.com.Death date: April 21, 2009
Published in the Clinton Herald from 4/23/2009 - 4/25/2009