William Francis Eckstein

William Francis Eckstein

Lieutenant Commander William F. Eckstein (USN, Ret.), age 60, beloved brother of Rosemary (Lang) Fiebig of Litchfield Park, AZ, passed away suddenly on January 20, 2010 in Cañon City, CO.
LCDR. Eckstein was born in Chicago, IL, on December 3, 1949 to the late Frank C. and Loretta (Vollmann) Eckstein (last of Phoenix, AZ); and raised in Elmhurst, IL where he graduated from York Community High School in 1968.
William was a graduate of the Northwestern University Technological Institute in Evanston, IL, in 1972, with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering; and later received a BA in Business Administration from Northwood University in Texas. He graduated from the Naval Officer’s Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1974. During his long military career, William distinguished himself serving with various Naval Aviation groups, including serving as commander of aircraft maintenance on the naval carriers USS America and USS Ranger. In more recent years following his retirement from the Navy, William lived in Cañon City, CO. He loved restoring historic homes, farming, hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors. He had never married.

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Posted by Obits on January 29, 2010     3 Comments

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  1. Ken Bus says:

    Bill and I grew up in the same neighborhood in Elmhurst and were classmates in school, first at Yorkfield Elementary, then at Jr High and then at York HS. I am very saddened to learn of his death. Wish I had known about it sooner because I live in Peoria AZ and could have attended the service. My condolences to his family.

    Ken Bus

  2. Heidi Bednarski says:

    Bill visited us in Peru thirty-five years ago. Never heard from him since then except via email recently. The world has lost a fine man.

  3. Carl Gern says:

    I served under Bill in the USN. We were stationed with VP-23 out of Brunswick, Maine. It was 1975 or 76. I believe Bill purchased his first house to renovate in Brunswick. I remember he needed money to renovate, and asked if I would be interested in renting a room from him, which I did. The extra income allowed him to work on the house which he really loved. A couple years later I got shipped out of Brunswick, and was discharged a few years thereafter. I went back home to Buffalo, NY. I remember getting a phone call from Bill in the late seventies. He told me that he recently got discharged from the Navy, and would be in Buffalo in a couple of days. We got together and talked. He was on his way to Chicago. I asked, what are going to do with your life now? He said, I going to relist in the Navy. That was the last time I spoke with Bill. Bill was truly a sailor at heart, a fine man, and will be missed. My condolences to his family.

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