Her stone, which sits next to her husband Darius Eckman, is a simple one. It reads: “Mother. Ella Eckman. 1873-1939.”
Ella is the daughter of Abraham and Esther Ann Brubaker Doner,
of Salisbury Township ,
Lancaster County . Abraham was a farmer there. She
was one of at least six children. She was born 26 July 1873.
She and Darius Eckman married 2 November 1897 and they lived
in Lancaster City . She died of cancer on 29 December
1939. She was buried on 1 January 1940 at the Zion
UCC Cemetery
is New Providence, Lancaster
County .
© Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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