Lasting Memories

Harold J. Ecker
May 13, 1943-Oct. 31, 2015
Mountain View, California

Harold J. Ecker passed away at El Camino Hospital on October 31, 2015, following a short illness. Harold was born on May 13, 1943 in Sutherland, Nebraska, to Fritz and Rose (Sedlacek) Ecker. He grew up in Paxton, Nebraska, and moved to Mountain View, California in 1969. He loved 4-wheeling and was a good mechanic. He was an avid reader and a lifelong learner. He especially loved researching new information on the Internet. He worked as a truck driver for 45 years and logged over four million miles. He worked for Foothill Bulk Transport for more than twenty years. Harold had a love for BIG trucks and SPEED!

He is survived by his wife Patricia, a son Dale and his wife, Audry (Leal) Ecker, grandsons Donny and Daryl and granddaughter Haley of Mountain View, and a daughter, Stace Ecker-Sneddon and her husband, Alex Sneddon, and two grandsons, Kyle and Jacob, of Yelm, Washington. Other relatives include a sister, Delores McConnell of North Platte, Nebraska, and nephews Pat McConnell of Broken Bow, Nebraska, Mike and his wife Cindy of North Platte, Nebraska, and Mark and his wife Sue McConnell of Paxton, Nebraska, a brother-in-law Dennis and his wife, Mickie (Perlinger) Campbell of Paxton, Nebraska, and nephews Denny Campbell of Lincoln, Nebraska and Ryley Campbell stationed in the Middle East with the U.S. Army, sisters-in-law Barbara (Campbell) Woodhouse of Kalispell, Montana, daughters Cystal and Deborah, Elizabeth (Campbell)Drewing of Lincoln, Nebraska, Marjorie(Campbell) vonRentzell and her husband, Willis, of Hastings, Nebraska, daughters Laurie, Roberta and Kim and son James, Mable Ecker of Delta Junction, Alaska, Charlene McFadden and her husband, Mick, of Paxton, Nebraska, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fritz and Rose Ecker, two brothers, Lyle and Dale, brothers-in-law Merle McConnell and Albert Drewing, and a niece and nephews, Shelly Ecker, Jeff Ecker and Ken von Rentzell.