Comments on: William Francis Eckstein http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/obituaries/william-francis-eckstein/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl Gern http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/obituaries/william-francis-eckstein/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Carl Gern Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:58:24 +0000 http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/?p=1621#comment-547 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. 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.

]]> By: Heidi Bednarski http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/obituaries/william-francis-eckstein/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Heidi Bednarski Tue, 04 May 2010 00:37:42 +0000 http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/?p=1621#comment-376 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. 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.

]]> By: Ken Bus http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/obituaries/william-francis-eckstein/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Ken Bus Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:13:43 +0000 http://www.menkefuneralhome.com/?p=1621#comment-154 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 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

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