John A. Eckberg

John A. Eckberg, 85, passed away at Boundary Community Hospital on Feb. 6 in the company of his family. A private memorial will be held at a later date. Surviving are his wife, Sally Bates Eckberg, a daughter Susan, Bonners Ferry; three sons, Stephen, Merritt Island FL, Thomas, Coeur d’Alene, ID, and Andrew, Bonners Ferry; a sister, Mary Elizabeth (Betty), Tucson, Arizona; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His brother Douglas, sister Carol and granddaughter Kirsten preceded him in death. Mr. Eckberg was born in Rochester N.Y on Jan. 3, 1931, son of Arvid Ralph and Esther Eckberg. He graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y and met Sally there. Upon graduation in 1954, he served in the US Army, 10 th Mountain Division in Schweinfurt, Germany. John worked for Eastman Kodak in Rochester N.Y. for over 20 years, and jumped at the opportunity to relocate work at the new facility in Windsor, Colorado in 1975. He worked there until retiring in 1984, and bought a horse boarding facility; Jolly Ridge Farm in Laporte, CO. Mr. Eckberg loved the outdoors and had lived in Bonners Ferry with his family since 2014.