St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Eckart, Christopher Dietlein September 30, 1907
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, October 05, 1907, Image 4

DIED.

CHRISTOPHER . D. ECKART.

- At his residence, in Opelousas, on Monday evening, September 30, 1907, at 
1:30 o'clock, Christopher D. Eckart, aged 22 years, 10 months and 16 days.

Death loves a shining mark.

On late Tuesday afternoon one of the largest processions ever seen in 
Opelousas wended its way slowly towards the Catholic Church. It was a 
tribute of love and respect to Christopher D. Eckart, whose remains it was 
accompanying to their last resting place. It was composed of people from all 
walks of life, the poor, the rich, the lowly as well as those high in social 
life. It was an attestation of the high opinion entertained by friends and 
acquaintances of the character of the one who had been removed from their 
midst.

The deceased came from a sturdy stock. His maternal grandfather was the 
later Christopher Dietlein, a long resident of this city, noted above all 
for his integrity and honesty in all  his dealings. These qualities the 
subject of this obituary possessed in the highest degree. He came to 
Opelousas a youth and was employed by the St. Landry State Bank at first as 
runner. His strict adherence to duty and his faithful performance thereof 
soon gained him the implicite confidence of the President and Directors, and 
he rose to the responsible position of Second Assistant Cashier. On the 
reorganization of the Bank and the resignation of his Uncle, E. M. Boagni, 
as President, he severed his connections with that institution to take the 
position of Secretary and book-keeper of Mr. Boagni. And here such 
satisfaction did he give, that he was about to be entrusted with the sole 
management of vast interests when called away from this world.

Added to his integrity and capacity, there was in the young man at all times 
such affability and kindness in his manners that no one could have any 
dealings with him without warming up to him. This was manifested at his 
funeral. A casual observer could not fail to notice in the large throng that 
accompanied his remains a number of Italian laborers lately employed by his 
uncle and who had come in contact with him. As the casket was lowered in the 
tomb many of them, with their regret at parting forever with their young 
friend.

Christ Eckart was the embodiment of every quality which challenges 
admiration; and the writer, who knew him well, does not hesitate to state, 
he was a perfect morally as any young man could be. It is a trite saying, of 
the dead nothing but the good should be told; but of him nothing else could 
be said. The ways of Providence are certainly passing strange. He was only 
twenty-two years, on the threshold of active life, with a bright future 
before him. Only a few months ago he took to his bosom a partner of his 
life. He had built himself a lovely residence filled inside with everything 
necessary to the comforts of the inmates and outside with everything which 
could minister pleasure to the eye. But ere flowers could reward him with 
their first buds his body was racked by disease and his spirit took its 
flight, leaving behind broken hopes, a sorrowful wife and grief-stricken 
parents, brothers, sisters, and friends. But to assuage their grief they 
have the memory of a noble character.

May He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, give them strength to bear 
with christian resignation their great affliction, and may they draw 
consolation from the consciousness that their loss has been his gain.

A FRIEND.

Additional Comments:
Christopher Dietlein Eckart is buried in section 15 of the St. Landry Catholic 
Church cemetery located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA.

www.findagrave.com memorial # 121388573

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