Dean Eckhoff

N. Dean Eckhoff, age 77, died early Thursday morning, September 3, 2015, at the Glen Carr House, Derby, Kansas.

He was born April 10, 1938, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Martin and Nora (Feldman) Eckhoff. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School. He later attended Pratt Junior College and then Kansas State University, receiving his masters and doctorate degrees in Nuclear Engineering. A longtime resident of Manhattan, moving to Wichita in 2002, he was the Department Head of Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University until his retirement in 2002.

He was a member of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Wichita, and had been a member of over thirteen various civic organizations. He enjoyed realty, website designing, walking, his dogs Timmy and Buddy, and spending time with his family and friends.

On June 10, 10, 1996, he married Eulonda Beck at Santa Fe, New Mexico. She survives.

Other survivors by:

A son, Brad Eckhoff and wife Diane of Denver, Colorado

Two grandchildren, Dean and Natalie Ekhoff

He is preceded in death by a daughter, Nisa Dawn Eckhoff in 1966; three brothers, Raymond, Chester “Hap”, and Leonard Eckhoff; and sister, Elsie Kane.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at St. John Lutheran Church, Meade. Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will follow in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Dean Eckhoff Scholarship Fund for Meade High School seniors attending Kansas State University in care of Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade.