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In Memory of
Madeline H.
Eckes (Smith)
Eckes (Smith)
1926 - 2017
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Obituary for Madeline H. Eckes (Smith)
Madeline H. Smith Eckes, 91, of Buckhannon passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Holbrook Nursing Home of Buckhannon. She was born in Copen, WV on March 19, 1926: the daughter of the late Wirt and Violet McCray Smith. On October 8, 1946, she married Arthur Eckes, who passed away on March 1, 1993.
Mrs. Eckes is survived by 4 children: Judi Wyatt of Florida, Tom Eckes of Virginia, Jim Eckes and wife Donna of Buckhannon and Herb Eckes and wife Glenda of Clarksburg, 7 grandchildren: Diane Wyatt, Doug Wyatt, Laura Eckes, Jaime Tenney, Scotty Eckes, Courtney Eckes and Casey Eckes and three great grandchildren: Claudia Tenney, Mallory Tenney and Kristopher Wyatt. She is also survived by one brother: William Smith of Virginia and one sister: Virginia Ellis of Delaware and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Arthur, Madeline was preceded in death by a step mother: Fannie King Smith, two brothers: Kemp and Gayle Smith and three sisters: Jean Lowther, Elsie Steerman and Mary Lee Collins.
Madeline was a homemaker and a Christian by faith. During WW II, she sewed parachutes and made bombs for the war effort.
Family and friends will be received at the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home 730 N. Main Avenue Weston on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. from the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Eddie McDaniels officiating. Interment will follow services in the William L. Smith Cemetery at Mary Conrad Park on RT#19 S Roanoke, WV. On-line condolences and life stories in memory of Madeline may be expressed at hardman-palettifuneralhome.com.
Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home of Weston is honored and privileged to serve the family of Madeline H. Smith Eckes.
Mrs. Eckes is survived by 4 children: Judi Wyatt of Florida, Tom Eckes of Virginia, Jim Eckes and wife Donna of Buckhannon and Herb Eckes and wife Glenda of Clarksburg, 7 grandchildren: Diane Wyatt, Doug Wyatt, Laura Eckes, Jaime Tenney, Scotty Eckes, Courtney Eckes and Casey Eckes and three great grandchildren: Claudia Tenney, Mallory Tenney and Kristopher Wyatt. She is also survived by one brother: William Smith of Virginia and one sister: Virginia Ellis of Delaware and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Arthur, Madeline was preceded in death by a step mother: Fannie King Smith, two brothers: Kemp and Gayle Smith and three sisters: Jean Lowther, Elsie Steerman and Mary Lee Collins.
Madeline was a homemaker and a Christian by faith. During WW II, she sewed parachutes and made bombs for the war effort.
Family and friends will be received at the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home 730 N. Main Avenue Weston on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. from the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Eddie McDaniels officiating. Interment will follow services in the William L. Smith Cemetery at Mary Conrad Park on RT#19 S Roanoke, WV. On-line condolences and life stories in memory of Madeline may be expressed at hardman-palettifuneralhome.com.
Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home of Weston is honored and privileged to serve the family of Madeline H. Smith Eckes.
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