Frank Eckert

FRANK GREW UP IN WILKES BARRE, PA WITH HIS BROTHERS JAMES AND CHARLES. HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY 1952-1957. HIS TOUR TOOK HIM OVER SEAS TO EUROPE ENDING IN KOREA DURING THE END OF THE CONFLICT. AFTER WHICH, HE SPENT MANY YEARS RESIDING IN STORRS CT WITH HIS WIFE JUNE AND FOUR CHILDREN; THERESA, FRANCES, STEPHEN AND SANDRA. FRANK GAVE MANY YEARS TO THE COMMUNITY COOKING AT EASTERN, UCONN, SHELL CHATEAU; RETIRING IN 2005 AND MOVING TO DENVER CO TO LIVE NEAR HIS SON STEPHEN WIFE EILEEN, AND DAUGHTER THERESA. ALONG WITH BEING AN AVID WALKER, HIS PASSIONS WERE BOWLING, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, POOL, AS WELL AS PLAYING CARDS. HE GAVE MUCH LOVE AND KINDNESS TO ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER; FRANK SR, MOTHER; ANNA; AND BROTHER, ALBERT. HE IS SURVIVED BY; THERESA NEHEMIAS OF BOULDER CO, FRANCES CAYE; HUSBAND ROBERT OF WILMINGTON NC, STEPHEN; WIFE EILEEN, OF DENVER CO AND SANDRA ECKERT OF MANSFIELD CT. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HIS 2 GRAND CHILDREN; JACOB ALLARD OF MANSFIELD, CT AND AMBER ALLARD EBY; HUSBAND JOSEPH OF SAN ANTONIO TX. ANYONE THAT KNEW FRANK KNEW HE HAD A ZANNY SENSE OF HUMOR. ONE OF HIS FAVORITE STATEMENTS WAS; “DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.” HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND SADLY MISSED. HIS FAMILY WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL CARE HE RECEIVED FROM SO MANY IN THE DENVER AREA THE CODY CENTER AND PACE PROGRAM, THE ARGYLE, EMERITUS, ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS BETHANY REHABILITATION CENTER. FRANK WAS LAID TO REST TUESDAY DECEMBER 3, 2013 AT “FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY” IN DENVER WITH A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE VFW AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THE FAMILY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE DIGNIFIED CEREMONY FOR EVER AND WE THANK THEM ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. DONATIONS: DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE OR THE HUMANE SOCIETY WOUNDED SOLDIERS OR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS