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Melvin James Eckrote

Birth: 27 Feb 1900
Dorrance Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 5 Feb 1960 (aged 59)
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Saint Johns Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 76361152 View Source

Melvin was the seventh of eleven children. He married Thelma Bitterly, and the couple raised one son - Claude. As a youth, he worked as a farm laborer on his father's farm. Later, he worked in the coal mines, then as a lumberman.

Melvin was the seventh of eleven children. He married Thelma Bitterly, and the couple raised one son - Claude. As a youth, he worked as a farm laborer on his father's farm. Later, he worked in the coal mines, then as a lumberman.

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Thelma Eleanor Betterly Eckrote

1910–1956 (m. 1931)

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Claude M. Eckrote

1931–1988

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Created by: Star Kline
Added: Sep 11, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76361152/melvin_james-eckrote: accessed ), memorial page for Melvin James Eckrote (27 Feb 1900–5 Feb 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76361152, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Saint Johns, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Star Kline (contributor 46964248).

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