1927
Adelaide
2012
Adelaide Eckes
June 18, 1927 — August 30, 2012
06/18/1927 – 08/30/2012
Adelaide (Heidi) Eckes concluded an adventurous life in her beloved Lake Whatcom home on Thursday evening, August 30, 2012. Born the daughter of dairyman Ernest Guggi in Grenchen, Switzerland, Heidi emigrated to the US in 1950 with her dad and mom (Bertha). After crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary and staying with family in New York, they bought a Hudson and twice traversed the country visiting national parks in search of a new home. Once in the Cascades, they encountered a location so reminiscent of Switzerland they would never be homesick. Heidi met a dashing young photographer, Robert (Bob) Cecil Eckes, at a Mountaineers Club dance. They wed six months later. Married 58 years, Bob and Heidi pursued their love of all things mountainous and waterborne. Heidi’s athleticism and passion for the outdoors endured to her last days, the snow and lake water drying for the final time on her skis at age 82. Family was Heidi’s other lifelong passion; raising and loving three children, Rosemary (Cleppe), Frederick, and Phillip, in their childhood beachfront home on Lake Sammamish. Heidi worked many years wrapping meats at Safeway to help support her family. She prepared innumerable feasts to boisterous gatherings of her kids and spouses, grandkids (4), parents and pets. She knew how to cook meat . . . and, oh, those scalloped potatoes! After 85 years of purposeful and active living, Heidi called it good. The family will hold a memorial celebration at home. If you share Heidi’s lifelong zest for our magnificent mountains, rivers and lakes a donation to the Sierra Club in her memory is appreciated. The family extends its grateful appreciation to all South Bay emergency responders for their dedication and professionalism. Wie sait me “your considerable life force will be missed” uf Schwizerdütsch?
Adelaide (Heidi) Eckes concluded an adventurous life in her beloved Lake Whatcom home on Thursday evening, August 30, 2012. Born the daughter of dairyman Ernest Guggi in Grenchen, Switzerland, Heidi emigrated to the US in 1950 with her dad and mom (Bertha). After crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary and staying with family in New York, they bought a Hudson and twice traversed the country visiting national parks in search of a new home. Once in the Cascades, they encountered a location so reminiscent of Switzerland they would never be homesick. Heidi met a dashing young photographer, Robert (Bob) Cecil Eckes, at a Mountaineers Club dance. They wed six months later. Married 58 years, Bob and Heidi pursued their love of all things mountainous and waterborne. Heidi’s athleticism and passion for the outdoors endured to her last days, the snow and lake water drying for the final time on her skis at age 82. Family was Heidi’s other lifelong passion; raising and loving three children, Rosemary (Cleppe), Frederick, and Phillip, in their childhood beachfront home on Lake Sammamish. Heidi worked many years wrapping meats at Safeway to help support her family. She prepared innumerable feasts to boisterous gatherings of her kids and spouses, grandkids (4), parents and pets. She knew how to cook meat . . . and, oh, those scalloped potatoes! After 85 years of purposeful and active living, Heidi called it good. The family will hold a memorial celebration at home. If you share Heidi’s lifelong zest for our magnificent mountains, rivers and lakes a donation to the Sierra Club in her memory is appreciated. The family extends its grateful appreciation to all South Bay emergency responders for their dedication and professionalism. Wie sait me “your considerable life force will be missed” uf Schwizerdütsch?
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