This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ECKERT, PUESCHEL, HOLTZ, BLOSSER, SCHMIDT, KAAS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12605 Message Board Post: ECKERT, Carl F., died April 20, 1990 ECKERT, PUESCHEL, HOLTZ, BLOSSER, SCHMIDT, KAAS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Burr Oak; Carl F. ECKERT, 77, 67611 Burr Oak Road, died April 20, 1990, at the home of his daughter, Patricia BLOSSER, Burr Oak. He was born July 4, 1912, in Sturgis, a son of Frank and Martha (PUESCHEL) ECKERT. In 1935, he married Lenora HOLTZ. She died in 1957. He was a lifelong Burr Oak area resident and a lifelong farmer. He graduated from Burr Oak High School. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Burr Oak Co-op, the Farm Bureau and the St. John’s Lutheran Church, Burr Oak. He was employed at the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, Centreville. Surviving are one daughter, Patricia BLOSSER, Burr Oak; one son, Theodore (Ted) ECKERT, Burr Oak; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Albert ECKERT, Sturgis and Gerhard ECKERT, Hastings, Neb.; one sister, Brunhilde SCHMIDT, Sturgis; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Martha KAAS. Relatives and friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home, Sturgis. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Burr Oak, with the Rev. Robert Garbisch officiating. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis. Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. END