Lena Eckman

Lena Eckman, 97, Harvey,

ND died Tuesday, August

15, 2017 at her daughter’s

home north of Hurdsfield,

ND where she had been

living for the past several

months.

Funeral mass will be at

10:00 a.m. Saturday, Au-

gust 19, 2017 at St. Cecilia

Catholic Church, Harvey,

ND. Visitation will be

Friday from 4 p.m. to 7

p.m. with Prayer Services

at 7 p.m. at Hertz Funeral

Home, Harvey, ND. Buri-

al will be in the church

cemetery.

Lena, the oldest child of

Anton and Alice (Bertsch)

Goldade was born on Oc-

tober 15, 1919 on the fam-

ily farm north east of Har-

vey, ND. She attended

country school and

helped with the chores on

the farm as well as taking

care of her younger si-

blings.

Lena married Lawrence

Eckman on July 23, 1944

at Selz. They farmed

northwest of Hurdsfield

until retiring in 1993 and

then moved to Harvey.

Lawrence passed away

February 21, 1997. Lena

continued to live in Har-

vey on her own until fall

of 2016, when she went to

live with her daughter in

rural Hurdsfield.

Lena enjoyed making

quilts, embroidering, cro-

cheting and spending

time with her grandchil-

dren and great grandchil-

dren, as well as visiting

with her family and

friends. Lena was a

member of the St. Cecilia

Catholic Church, Harvey

and the VFW Auxiliary

both of Harvey.

Lena is survived by a son,

Dewain (Sandra) Eckman

of Ohio, daughter, Diane

Schimke of Hurdsfield,

grandchildren, Kristi

(Rich) Buckley of West

Fargo, Kelly (Melissa)

Schimke of Hurdsfield,

and Kerry (Sarah)

Schimke of Harvey and

Michael Monaghan of Vir-

ginia; great grandchil-

dren: Kayla Buckley,

Tyler, Tristin, Trace, and

Trynity Schimke; brother,

Joe Goldade of Harvey;

sisters; Helen Goldade of

Harvey, Jean Hoffert of

Fargo, Irene Marquart of

Harvey, Regina McNally

of Fargo, Angie Oster of

Carrington.

She preceded in death by

her parents, husband, six

brothers, Ferdinand,

Frank, Leonard, Sebas-

tian, Leo and Conrad, sis-

ter, Mary, son-in-law

Wayne Schimke. Online

condolences may be

shared at www.hertz

funeralhomes.com