William Eckstein

Lieutenant Commander William F. Eckstein (USN, Ret.), age 60, beloved brother of Rosemary (Lang) Fiebig of Litchfield Park, AZ, passed away suddenly on January 20, 2010 in Cañon City, CO. LCDR. Eckstein was born in Chicago, IL, on December 3, 1949 to the late Frank C. and Loretta (Vollmann) Eckstein (last of Phoenix, AZ); and raised in Elmhurst, IL where he graduated from York Community High School in 1968. William was a graduate of the Northwestern University Technological Institute in Evanston, IL, in 1972, with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering; and later received a BA in Business Administration from Northwood University in Texas. He graduated from the Naval Officer's Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1974. During his long military career, William distinguished himself serving with various Naval Aviation groups, including serving as commander of aircraft maintenance on the naval carriers USS America and USS Ranger. In more recent years following his retirement from the Navy, William lived in Cañon City, CO. He loved restoring historic homes, farming, hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors. He had never married.