Col. Edward Norris Eckert (U.S.Army, Retired)

Ed is survived by his wife of 61 years, Patricia Tolles Eckert, their children, Cheryl (Dan) Larsen, Nancy (Pete) Selleck, and James (Sandra) Eckert, four grandchildren, Lindsey (Mark) Tidwell, Donald (Melissa) Larsen, Christopher Selleck, and Jonathan Larsen, two great-grandchildren, and two brothers William Eckert and Richard (Elizabeth) Eckert.

Born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to the late Colonel Norman and Mildred Eckert, Ed grew up in a military family. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1952. Ed served 27 years as an Army officer. Career highlights included combat tours in Korea and Vietnam and commanding the 3/37th Field Artillery Battalion. Following his Army retirement, he served as Senior Instructor of the Army JROTC Program at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell.

Ed was a devout Roman Catholic. He was admired for his humble nature, always having a joke or story to tell, and his remarkable kindness to everyone he encountered. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

A memorial service will be held at 2 pm on 26 October at the Army Residence Community chapel in San Antonio. A funeral mass and interment will be held at Arlington National Cemetery next spring.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his memory to the Employee Gift Fund at the Army Residence Community, 7400 Crestway, San Antonio, Texas 78239 or to the West Point Fund, West Point Association of Graduates, 698 Mills Road, West Point, NY 10996.

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