OBIT: William Eckenrode, 1912, York, York County, PA

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William Eckenrode

William Eckenrode, of York, died at his summer home at Pen Mar, Sunday, 
September 15th, after a sickness of about four weeks from Bright’s disease.  Mr. 
Eckenrode had been complaining for almost a year but was taken suddenly sick 
last Wednesday night.  He was aged 62 years, 9 months and 9 days.

A native of Adams county, Mr. Eckenrode removed to York city about 36 years ago, 
during which time he was the general agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance 
company, of Philadelphia.  He was a son of Aloysius Eckenrode, a farmer of Adams 
county, and was born near New Oxford, Dec. 6, 1849.  While still a young man he 
took up the work of public instruction and taught for two consecutive terms in 
Mt. Pleasant township, Adams county.  Some time later he became an apprentice at 
the printing trade in the office of the Gettysburg Compiler, where he remained 
for a period of three years.  He later accepted a position on the Congressional 
Globe, of Washington.  After quitting the printing trade Mr. Eckenrode launched 
forth in the insurance business, first representing the Massachusetts Mutual, of 
Springfield, Mass.  On May 10, 1876, he was appointed agent for Schuylkill 
county, for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company, of Philadelphia, with 
offices at Pottsville.  In 1882 he was transferred to the York agency and later 
became general agent for both York and Adams counties, in which capacity he was 
engaged until his death.

Mr. Eckenrode was married in York June 5, 1882, to Miss Catherine Elizabeth 
Klunk, youngest daughter of ex-Sheriff Jacob Klunk, of Adams county.  Surviving 
are his wife and the following children:  David M., Mary G., Pauline C., 
Marguerite T., William M., Jr., and Catharine E. Eckenrode, all at home.  
Surviving also are two brothers, Dr. Charles E. Eckenrode, Gettysburg, John W. 
Eckenrode, Lancaster, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Rindlaub, York Springs, Adams 
county, and Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, York.

Funeral Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick’s Catholic church, 
interment in St. Patrick’s cemetery.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, September 21, 1912