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Rolfe Eckmann

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Rolfe William Eckmann August 26, 1920 – June 11, 2018 Survived by his wife of 18 years, Isabel Daugherty Head Eckmann and her two children, Donna Blaylock and Dale Head, and their families, and by his six children from his first marriage to Eleanor Ebert Eckmann (now deceased): Rolfe Eckmann, Bruse Eckmann, Janice Eckmann, Nancy Eckmann, Brian Eckmann, and Molly Anderson, and their families. Our Dad, Rolfe W. Eckmann, was born in Yakima, Washington, the second of 3 brothers. He grew up during the Great Depression, helping the family finances by selling magazines after school. Together with brothers Carson and Dean, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Dad attended and graduated from University of Washington with a degree in Engineering. He enjoyed a summer job as a lifeguard at Coleman Pool in West Seattle. He graduated from the NROTC program at University of Washington and received his commission as an officer in 1942. He was destined for sea duty, most likely submarine duty. But during school training while he was in Alaska, he watched a seaplane come in for a landing near his ship. He decided then and there he wanted to learn to fly. His training involved flying in the continental US for quite a few months, which is where he developed skills in reading weather forecasts and flying in bad weather. Commercial aviation was short on pilots because the military had absorbed them, and the military was short on training planes, so a deal was struck. The Navy would loan co-pilots to the airlines if the airlines would teach them to fly. Dad flew as a co-pilot for American Airlines based in Kansas City. Dad married his college sweetheart, Eleanor Jeanne Ebert, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She had travelled there by train from Seattle with both her and Dad’s mothers for a wartime wedding. Eventually, toward the end of the war in the Pacific, Dad was assigned to the Pacific theater. His wife returned to Seattle to live with her parents until he returned home. As a young Lieutenant, his first mission was to fly a Douglas R4D from Oakland to Honolulu, something that was considered all but impossible. They stripped the plane of everything conceivable and fitted it with a gigantic on-board fuel tank or bladder to be pumped into the main tanks. There was a crew of about 5. Using all the runway available and a headwind, he somehow got the thing into the air and over the mountains. They used celestial navigation until they got within broadcast radio reception distance, and homed in on a Honolulu commercial station. After landing, a mechanic "dipped" the tanks to see how much fuel remained. Answer: one main tank was empty and the other was "damp." The Navy thought better of pressing their luck with a second plane, and the rest were shipped by sea. Dad flew transport planes in the Pacific, ferrying supplies and VIPs. Thus he never shot at anybody, but his plane did collect a few bullet holes. At the end of the war in the Pacific, he stayed on a few more months continuing to move supplies around. First son, Rolfe, was born in June, a couple of months before the war ended there, and Dad first saw him in about October. Shortly after returning, he joined the Naval Reserve and served as an officer at Sand Point Naval Air Station all through our growing up years. This involved being a "weekend warrior" whereby once a month he'd fly over to Spokane or Boise or some other place to pick up other personnel and bring them back for their weekend service. So he got to fly once a month. Every summer he'd go on a two week "cruise", flying all over the world, including Europe and North Africa. He loved flying and he loved the Navy. He became squadron commander and eventually Wing Commander over several squadrons, one year earning the top safety award in the nation. He retired on his birthday in 1980 with the rank of Captain. Post war, Dad went to work as a home builder, designing and building single family homes all over north Seattle, including one for his growing family on 3rd Avenue near Northgate. In 1955, he bought waterfront property on Haller Lake, designed and built what we think of the family home. As Scoutmaster, he took his older sons hiking around Mount Rainier and up Glacier Peak, and encouraged them to also achieve Eagle Scout. He loved the northwest and took us snowmobiling, hiking, boating and skiing. Somehow, even when cash was short, there were always funds for lift tickets. Nancy recalls all the toys Dad built – playhouses, a raft, water slide, diving board, badminton court, boathouse, motorized “bugs” (powered by lawnmower engines) that we could drive around. There were kites, rowboats, and a sailboat. The toys got us outside and kept us active. Family vacations were occasionally a drive to Disneyland, but more often camping on the Olympic Peninsula or in the San Juans, having gotten there by crossing Juan de Fuca in the Black Swan, with the boys bailing the water from breaking waves. He rented a boat large enough to haul 13 of us one year. We loaded scuba tanks. Dad and Denny had an adventure with an octopus. Dad had a number of entrepreneurial businesses: all-terrain vehicles, boat sales and repair, a dry cleaning business, and invested in several properties. Along the way he developed passions for scuba diving, and motorcycling, and took up board sailing. Dad, at the end of his life, attributed his good health and longevity to never having had a desk job. Dad was handy with tools and creative with solutions. It was fun to watch him build things – very little measuring, but fast and functional. He helped Jan tear down a (load-bearing!) wall in her 1916 house, then build out a garage apartment for college-age Joel. When Jan elected to go to sea, he built a sea berth and clever hidden storage for the boat. He not only endorsed any endeavor we came up with, he was our biggest fan, encouraging and helping us toward goals. In 1990, Dad married Isabel Dougherty Head. They were inseparable and devoted to each other. In doing so, he became part of her large family in addition to his own, and though the two families were separate, he was deeply engaged with both. Dad developed another passion: 3D photography, using his own techniques and even obtaining a patent for one of his viewing devices. This led him to photography excursions – hot air balloons in Albuquerque, Reno Air Shows, La Conner tulips, fall colors in the mountains, and gave him purpose and much satisfaction. Isabel was always game to go along and hold the tripod, including many hours on the back of motorcycles. At 97, Dad was barely slowing down. Except for a gimpy ankle from a ski injury in the early 70s, he had few health issues. In early May, 2018, Dad flew to Washington DC as part of the Honor Flight, a special event designed to thank our veterans who served in wars. The plan was for oldest son, Rolfe, to accompany him as his “guardian”, but soon Bruse decided to crash the party and persuaded his siblings to do the same, except for Nancy who had a prior commitment but fully endorsed the event. The Honor Flight festivities were fantastic – meaningful visits to memorials and monuments, but for us the highlight was an extra day in DC when we visited the Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport. Dad could show us some of the planes he’d flown, the type of bomber Uncle Carson flew. Dad was like a kid in a candy store, taking hundreds of photos. We have lasting memories, including some new war stories captured on video, triggered by some of the planes he saw on display. Just a week later, Dad fell while delivering artesian water to Jan, and broke his hip. Surgery that day was successful, and Dad was upbeat about healing quickly and returning to Isabel. In fact he told us his goal was to drive home from rehab. His attitude was so positive, and he was doing so well that his passing was unexpected. Dad understood the risks at his age, and trusted in his God. “Thy will be done”. Dad’s legacy, and how we will remember him, is of a happy man, interested in his world and in people, fully engaged with life, inquisitive, creative, inventive, and patriotic. He was fun to be with. He valued education, and was proud of achievements, especially those of his kids and grandkids. He deeply loved his wife and family. And he will be deeply missed for the rest of our lives.

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