Robert E. Eckel, beloved husband of Phyllis Spitz Eckel, loving father of Barbara (Daniel) Daly and Elizabeth (Gregory) Hoekzema, devoted grandfather of Melissa (Steven) Gustis, Seth Horstmeyer (Shannon Collier), Daniel Daly, Paul and Sarah Hoekzema, dear great grandfather of Claire and Ryan Gustis, dear brother of Rosemary Mullaney, Friday, May 18 at age 82, friends may call at Gilligan Funeral Home 8225 Montgomery Road at Galbraith, Tuesday from 5PM to 8 PM, Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday, 10:30 AM at All Saints Church, memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, 644 Linn Street, Suite 304, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203, Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund, 333 N. Summit Street, P.O. Box 10086, Toledo, Ohio 43699-0086 or Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 10901 Reed Hartman Hwy, Suite 202, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-2838.

Service

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Gilligan Funeral Home 3734 Eastern Avenue Cincinnati 45226, United States

Service

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:30 AM All Saints Catholic Church 8939 Montgomery Road Cincinnati 45236, United States