Shirley B. Eckert

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Shirley B. (Lacey) Eck­ert, 84, of 390 Eighth Avenue, Galion, died peace­ful sur­rounded by her lov­ing fam­ily on Mon­day, Dec. 12, 2011, at Galion Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal, Galion, OH after an extended ill­ness. She had lived the major­ity of her life in Galion and had resided in Plano, TX for twelve years.

Shirley was born in Crest­line on Novem­ber 26, 1927 to the late George and Golda (Per­man) Lacey. She mar­ried Charles W. Eck­ert on May 1, 1946 and he pre­ceded her in death on May 16, 1998.

She was retired from Galion Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal where she worked as a Licensed Prac­ti­cal Nurse. She had pre­vi­ously worked for the for­mer North Elec­tric as a time­keeper. Shirley was a mem­ber of the Galion Free Methodist Church where she was an active mem­ber of the Serendip­ity Class. She was an avid reader, she loved to cook and she enjoyed attend­ing din­ner the­aters and traveling.

She is sur­vived by her daugh­ter Karen M. Hunt, Baker, FL; her two sons Gre­gory C. Eck­ert, Statesville, NC; and Robert B. (Jacque­lyn) Eck­ert of Nevada; her eight grand­chil­dren Anthony Hunt, Baker, FL; Adam (Nic­hole) Eck­ert, Bucyrus; Heather R. (Jeff) Wind­bigler, Galion; Holly Eck­ert, Ash­land; Andrew (Jen­nifer) Eck­ert, Delaware; Joshua (Tammy) Eck­ert, Ontario; Jen­nifer (David) Schroeder, Delaware and Joseph Eck­ert, Savan­nah, GA; her twelve great grand­chil­dren; her two sis­ters and two broth­ers Glo­ria Gall, Mans­field; George “Bud” Lacey, Mans­field; Linda (Jack) Bosco, Mans­field and Keith (Dar­lene) Lacey, Bellville.

She was pre­ceded in death by her grand­daugh­ter Kel­ley Moore; her brother Richard Lacey, and two sis­ters Dixie Kimes and Bev­erly Guegold.

Friends may call Wednes­day from 2–4 and 6–8 PM at the Mark A. Schnei­der Funeral Home, Galion. Funeral ser­vices will be held at 11:00 AM on Thurs­day, Decem­ber 15 at Mark A. Schnei­der Funeral Home, Galion, with Rev. Paul Wal­ter offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in Fairview Ceme­tery, Galion.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to the Free Methodist Church in care of the Mark A. Schnei­der Funeral Home.

Online con­do­lences may be made to the fam­ily at masfh.com.

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