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- Obituary - Dorothy Marie Smith Eck
Dorothy Marie Smith Eck, 86, of Pine Terrace, Shippenville, died at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in the home of her daughter, Carol Gruber, in Clarion surrounded by her family.
Born April 10, 1921, in Limestone, she was the daughter of Archie and Arveda Steele Smith.
Mrs. Eck retired from Owens-Illinois Glass Plant in Clarion
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clarion.
Mrs. Eck played on the first softball team for Owens-Illinois and also bowled for the Burns Funeral Home team.
She enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting, and playing bingo, cards and bowling.
Mrs. Eck was married July 12, 1939, to Joseph E. Eck, who died Jan. 1, 1994.
Surviving are three daughters, Carol Gruber of Clarion, Linda Bowser and husband, Robert, of Austintown, Ohio,and Kathy Mendenhall of Shippenville; three sons and their wives, Dennis and Betty Eck of Shippenville, Jack and Rose Eck of Clarion and Joseph and Cindy Eck of Oil City; 17 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She also is survived by two brothers, Archie Smith Jr. and wife, Carol, and Darrell Smith and wife, Janet, all of Clarion.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Eck was preceded in death by a grandson, Jeremy Bowser; a son-in-law, Douglas Gruber; and five sisters, Eleanor Lowman, Betty Reddinger, Evelyn Smith, Olive Glosser and an infant.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Robert V. Burns Funeral Home, Clarion.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home with Rick Marquette presiding.
Interment will be in Cedarview Memorial Park in Strattanville.
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