Sylvia Christine Eckhardt

Sylvia Christine Eckhardt nee Sathre confidently entered her forever home with her Lord and Savior on June 23, 2020. She was 91 years old. She was born to Louis and Hazel (Pletcher) Sathre on May 29, 1929, joining older brother Carl and followed by sister Louise and brothers LeRoy, Lawrence, Harold and Ronald. Her father was born in Norway and she was a proud Norwegian and charter member of Daughters of Norway in Fallbrook. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, she moved to California in the 1950’s and became an executive secretary at the gas company in Los Angeles. It was there that she met Richard J. Eckhardt and they married in 1967. The adopted their only daughter, Sarah, in 1976. They moved to Fallbrook in 1978 and she became a homemaker and stay at home mom. She enjoyed playing the piano, was a voracious reader, enjoyed bible study and reveled in her large Ohio and Illinois families. She also enjoyed square dancing, camping, traveling, and studying genealogy. She was a member of Sunrise Christian Fellowship for over 40 years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Richard, her brothers Carl and Harold and sister Louise. She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Eckhardt of Fallbrook, brothers Lawrence (Nancy) and Ronald of Ohio, and LeRoy of Florida, brother-in-law Ernest Eckhardt of Illinois, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Donations in her honor may be made to your local library or literacy program or music program for children. Mrs. Eckhardt will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Masonic cemetery in Fallbrook