Maxine E Kientz Ray Eckert

• Individual
• Family
• Ancestors
• Descendants
• Relationship
• Timeline
• GEDCOM
• Suggest

«Prev 1 2     » Slide Show

Obituary- Eckert, Maxine 2

Eckert
Maxine E. Eckert, 86, Holton, for¬merly of Wetmore, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at a Topeka hospital.
She was born Oct. 20, 1922, near Mayetta, the daughter of Arthur and Adelia Busch Kientz. She graduated in 1940 from Mayetta High School.
Mrs. Eckert had worked at State Income Tax, Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Merchants National Bank in Topeka. She later worked for First National Bank of Wetmore for 20 years, retiring in 1984.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Wetmore and a past worthy matron and a 50-year member of Zenith Chapter 184 of the Order of Eastern Star in Hiawatha. She also was a member of the Amer¬ican Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary in Wetmore. She and her husband Dick were honored as Grand Duke and Duchess of the Spring Creek Festival parade in 2002.
She married Art Ray on Aug. 2, 1940. He died Feb. 6, 1947. She mar¬ried Dick Eckert on Aug. 24, 1951. He survives.
Other survivors include a son, Rick Eckert and wife Belinda, Delphos; a daughter-in-law, Kellie Ray, Holton; nine grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. In addition to her first husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Connie Dick, on May 11, 1994; and a son, Gary Ray, on Jan. 2, 2000.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Interment will be in Wetmore Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wetmore United Methodist Church or O.E.S. Chapter 184, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
Online condolences may be sent to www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

«Prev 1 2     » Slide Show