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Wilford R. Eckert

February 20, 1912 — March 10, 2011

AUSTINTOWN - Wilford R. Eckert, 99, passed away Thursday evening at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.

He was born Feb. 20, 1912, in Youngstown, son of Rudolph S. Eckert and Margaret McKibbin Eckert.

He was a graduate of Chaney High School, attended Kent State University and graduated from Youngstown College. He had been an accountant with Youngstown Sheet & Tube and was part owner and operator of Eckert's Interiors in Boardman.

His wife, the former Esma Lola Smith, whom he married June 24, 1939, died Nov. 24, 2004.
He was a member of the Austintown Community Church and was the Sunday School Superintendent, Deacon and a member of the Consistory. He was a member of Phi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity and Past President of the Youngstown Lions Club.

Surviving are a daughter, Diane E. (David) Thomas of Austintown; a son, Dr. Richard R. (Doris) Eckert of Ormond Beach, Fla.; a brother, Melvin (Peggie) Eckert; two sisters-in-law, Nancy Eckert and Helen Murray; four grandchildren, Dr. Heather Erzurum, Holly Thomas, Dr. Darlene Eckert and Donald Eckert; and six great-grandchildren, Avery, Adyson, and Arlan Erzurum and Zulaika, Karima and Anisa Hanafi.

Wilford was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; four brothers, Samuel, Raymond, Louis and William Eckert; and two sisters, Mary Louise and Peggy Jean.
Wilford enjoyed life and was the most wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather in the world.

Services will be held Monday at noon at the Davis-Becker Funeral Home, with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, both in Boardman.

Friends will be received at the funeral home on Monday from 10 to 11:50 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Memorial Fund at the Austintown Community Church, 242 S. Canfield-Niles Road Austintown, OH 44512.


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