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Gary M. Eike

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[July 21, 2020]  MOUNT PULASKI - Gary M. Eike, 83, of Mount Pulaski passed away on July 12, 2020 in his home in Mount Pulaski.

Graveside Service:  2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Steenbergen Cemetery

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski

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Gary M. Eike, 83, of Mount Pulaski passed away on July 12, 2020 in his home in Mount Pulaski.

Gary was born on July 23, 1936 in Stavanger, the son of Emmett and Arrilla (Arntzen) Eike. He married Kay Volc in September of 1956. He later married Elizabeth Connell on June 8, 1974, she preceded him in death on March 17, 2000. He later married Edith Craven Donnelly in December in 2003, she survives in Mount Pulaski.

Gary is also survived by his children, Patricia Eike and Randal Eike; his step-children, Elana Wallace, Barry Welch, David Donnelly, Chick Donnelly, Charissa Howe, Julie Thorton, and Denise Miller; his 20 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his second wife; his son, Jeffery; and his brother, Kenneth.

 

Gary was a member of the Mount Pulaski First United Methodist Church. And he loved to work on the farm and in the fields with his son-in-law.

A graveside service for Gary will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Steenbergen Cemetery in Mount Pulaski, with Rev. Brad Curtis officiating.

Memorial donations may be made in Gary’s name to The American Heart Association or The American Cancer Society.

Services have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski.

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