Anton Eckstein

Anton was born July 1, 1924 in the Morse Bluff area of Saunders County to Vaclav and Otillia (Werverka) Eckstein. He attended rural school in Sunders County and graduated from North Bend High School in 1943 He married Joan Toman September 26, 1958 in Fremont and farmed in the Linwood area until he retired in 2009. Anton enjoyed working on their farm, history and reading the National Geographic magazine. Anton died July 4th at the Fremont Area Medical Center at the age of 87. Anton is survived by his wife, Joan of Linwood; three children, Tillie Eckstein of Genoa, Cindy (Mark) Madsen of Linwood and son Frank; three grandchildren, Samantha Hultquist, Mackenzie and Charles Madsen. He is preceded in death by one son, Anton M. Eckstein (2007); eight brothers, James, Mike, Emil, Ludvick, Joe, Milton, Alvin and infant Adolph; five sisters, Agnes Wilson, Helen Snyder, Marie Pawling, and infants Rose and Tillie. Family suggest memorials to Donors Choice. To leave a message for the family - at the top of this page click "Send Condolences" / fill in YOUR name and e-mail address / type in your message / click PRIVATE (type in code) or PUBLIC / click "Add Memorial entry".