ECKE

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 06:11:58 :

Independent Journal
Friday, July15, 1977

LESTER E. ECKE

Lester E. Ecke, former San Rafael resident and retired San Quentin Prison official, died yesterday in a Willits hospital. He was 74.

Ecke had been superintendent of vocational instruction at San Quentin before retiring in 1971. He went to work at the prison in 1949.

He was a native of Wisconsin.

After moving to Willits six years ago, he became charter president of the Brook Trails Service District as an early arrival in the residential community.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann of Willits; two sons, Robert Ecke of Rohnert Park and Timothy Ecke of San Anselmo; two brothers, Rollin Ecke of Beverly Hills and Evans Ecke of Sausalito, and two grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Lester Ecke Hall in the Brooks Trails Community Center in Willits.

Private inurnment will be in Willits Cemetery.

The family prefers memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society.