B. Laverne Eckert

B. Laverne Eckert, age 85, of Lanark, Illinois, died Thursday, September 8, 2005, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held Monday, September 12, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in the First Baptist Church, Mt. Carroll, with Rev. Bob Ziebarth, officiating. Visitation will take place at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll on Sunday, September 11 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. An Eastern Star service will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will take place in Zion Cemetery in rural Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Memorials may be given to the Isabel Chapter of the Eastern Star in Lena, IL.
Laverne was born January 31, 1920 in Mt. Carroll, the daughter of Robert and Margaret (McCall) Carson. She attended the Zion Country School and graduated from Mt. Carroll High School in 1938. Laverne married Art Eckert on September 8, 1943 at Citadel Square Baptist Church, Charleston, South Carolina, while he was in the Army. He passed away September 3, 1992.
Mrs. Eckert was a 50-year member of The Eastern Star, and presently a member of Isabel Chapter of Lena. She was also a member of the Savanna Women of the Moose and Mt. Carroll Baptist Church. She worked for Mt. Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and later for Lanark State Bank. Laverne was also employed by Elkay in Lanark and then by Moltman and Smith Ford in Mt. Carroll. Laverne and her husband farmed in the Lanark and Mt. Carroll area for many years. She was also a very active participant in The Eastern Star.
Laverne is survived by several nieces and nephews, cousins and by two sisters-in-law Jean Guentner of Mt. Carroll and Vi Carson of Valdosta, GA. Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, and two brothers, Roland Carson of Mt. Carroll and Russell Carson of Valdosta, GA.