Winifred Ann “Winnie” Eckhout
June 17, 1945 – August 28, 2024
Winnifred Ann Eckhout (79), passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Winnie, daughter of Everett and Alvina Pratt, was born June 17, 1945 in Ingham County, Michigan.
Winnie moved to Lusby, Maryland in 2018, but prior to that had been a resident of Harrison, Michigan. She married her husband, Ronald H. Eckhout (d) in 1974, and together they were active community members belonging to the Sons of American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary, Post 404 Harrison, and members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie #3541, Harrison.
Surviving are her three daughters, Vicki Riffe of Lusby, MD, Robin Holland of Byron, GA, Davalena Eckhout of Mt. Pleasant MI, all of her beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren, and two brothers, Robert Hawkins and wife Kathy of Racine, WI, Duane Miller and wife Betty of Greenville, MI.
A memorial will be held in the summer of 2025 when Winnie will be laid to rest in Harrison, Michigan.
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29 Aug 2024
4:04pm
Love you so much mom, and will miss you like crazy.
Rest in peace
Robin
City
Byron
State
GA
29 Aug 2024
5:29pm
I miss you and love you, Grandma!!
City
Byron
State
GA
29 Aug 2024
6:53pm
We are very saddened to hear this news. We never got the pleasure of meeting Winnie in person but will always treasure the way Bob and Kathy talked about her and how she light up his face with pride and being able to share experiences and family bonds.
Our love and prayers with her family and ours.
City
Kaukauna
State
Wisconsin
30 Aug 2024
6:49am
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
– Maya Angelou
City
Lusby
State
MD
30 Aug 2024
5:37pm
I still have the trivet she made for me. I am still amazed by the fact that the DNA Ancestry test I gifted to Vicki ended up allowing Winne to connect with her brother and other relatives. God works in mysterious ways. I am happy she is at rest now.
Sincerely,
Doc
City
Lothian
State
Maryland
1 Sep 2024
9:47pm
Winnie, we were born sister and brother but we only were together for a few years. Through the grace of God we found each other again, not for a long time but yet united again. Rest in peace. We will Meet again.
City
Racine
State
Wisconsin
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Love you so much mom, and will miss you like crazy.
Rest in peace
Robin
I miss you and love you, Grandma!!
We are very saddened to hear this news. We never got the pleasure of meeting Winnie in person but will always treasure the way Bob and Kathy talked about her and how she light up his face with pride and being able to share experiences and family bonds.
Our love and prayers with her family and ours.
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
– Maya Angelou
I still have the trivet she made for me. I am still amazed by the fact that the DNA Ancestry test I gifted to Vicki ended up allowing Winne to connect with her brother and other relatives. God works in mysterious ways. I am happy she is at rest now.
Sincerely,
Doc
Winnie, we were born sister and brother but we only were together for a few years. Through the grace of God we found each other again, not for a long time but yet united again. Rest in peace. We will Meet again.