Ruth Ecklund of Southampton, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. She was 92.
She was born in Auburn, Maine, and graduated from Edward Little High School, where she excelled in speed skating. She served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1944 achieving the rank of Seaman First Class where she trained at Iowa State Teachers College and the Air Technical Training Center in Norman Oklahoma, then serving at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station assigned to Squadron VF-5 helping to keep the famous P52 fighters running in the war effort.
She was married to Brad Ecklund of Portland, Ore., who was an All-American linebacker/center at the University of Oregon, NFL All Pro for the New York Yanks, Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts and assistant coach for the NFL Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears.
She is survived, remembered and loved by her daughter, Daryl Lynne (Dede) and son-in-law, Neil DeStefano of Southampton; son, Brad and daughter-in-law, Michele Ecklund of Glendale, Ariz., and; son, Brant and daughter-in-law, Tamara Ecklund of Highland Ranch, Colo. She had five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She will be placed to rest at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Auburn Maine, where the family is planning a memorial service for a later date.
The family requests that donations be made to the Samaritan Hospice, in Mt. Holly.
Lechner Funeral Home, Medford
www.lechnerfuneralhome.com
Burlington County Times, October 24, 2014
She was born in Auburn, Maine, and graduated from Edward Little High School, where she excelled in speed skating. She served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1944 achieving the rank of Seaman First Class where she trained at Iowa State Teachers College and the Air Technical Training Center in Norman Oklahoma, then serving at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station assigned to Squadron VF-5 helping to keep the famous P52 fighters running in the war effort.
She was married to Brad Ecklund of Portland, Ore., who was an All-American linebacker/center at the University of Oregon, NFL All Pro for the New York Yanks, Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts and assistant coach for the NFL Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears.
She is survived, remembered and loved by her daughter, Daryl Lynne (Dede) and son-in-law, Neil DeStefano of Southampton; son, Brad and daughter-in-law, Michele Ecklund of Glendale, Ariz., and; son, Brant and daughter-in-law, Tamara Ecklund of Highland Ranch, Colo. She had five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She will be placed to rest at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Auburn Maine, where the family is planning a memorial service for a later date.
The family requests that donations be made to the Samaritan Hospice, in Mt. Holly.
Lechner Funeral Home, Medford
www.lechnerfuneralhome.com
Burlington County Times, October 24, 2014
Ruth Ecklund of Southampton, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. She was 92.
She was born in Auburn, Maine, and graduated from Edward Little High School, where she excelled in speed skating. She served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1944 achieving the rank of Seaman First Class where she trained at Iowa State Teachers College and the Air Technical Training Center in Norman Oklahoma, then serving at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station assigned to Squadron VF-5 helping to keep the famous P52 fighters running in the war effort.
She was married to Brad Ecklund of Portland, Ore., who was an All-American linebacker/center at the University of Oregon, NFL All Pro for the New York Yanks, Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts and assistant coach for the NFL Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears.
She is survived, remembered and loved by her daughter, Daryl Lynne (Dede) and son-in-law, Neil DeStefano of Southampton; son, Brad and daughter-in-law, Michele Ecklund of Glendale, Ariz., and; son, Brant and daughter-in-law, Tamara Ecklund of Highland Ranch, Colo. She had five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She will be placed to rest at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Auburn Maine, where the family is planning a memorial service for a later date.
The family requests that donations be made to the Samaritan Hospice, in Mt. Holly.
Lechner Funeral Home, Medford
www.lechnerfuneralhome.com
Burlington County Times, October 24, 2014
She was born in Auburn, Maine, and graduated from Edward Little High School, where she excelled in speed skating. She served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1944 achieving the rank of Seaman First Class where she trained at Iowa State Teachers College and the Air Technical Training Center in Norman Oklahoma, then serving at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station assigned to Squadron VF-5 helping to keep the famous P52 fighters running in the war effort.
She was married to Brad Ecklund of Portland, Ore., who was an All-American linebacker/center at the University of Oregon, NFL All Pro for the New York Yanks, Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts and assistant coach for the NFL Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears.
She is survived, remembered and loved by her daughter, Daryl Lynne (Dede) and son-in-law, Neil DeStefano of Southampton; son, Brad and daughter-in-law, Michele Ecklund of Glendale, Ariz., and; son, Brant and daughter-in-law, Tamara Ecklund of Highland Ranch, Colo. She had five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She will be placed to rest at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Auburn Maine, where the family is planning a memorial service for a later date.
The family requests that donations be made to the Samaritan Hospice, in Mt. Holly.
Lechner Funeral Home, Medford
www.lechnerfuneralhome.com
Burlington County Times, October 24, 2014
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