ECKEL, Asa Gail

Prescott Courier, Prescott, Ariz. August 13, 1973, page 12 A. G. Eckel dies Asa Gail Eckel, a native of Prescott, died Sunday afternoon at Yavapai Community Hospital. Mr. Eckel was president of Eckel Construction Company of Prescott and had built numerous public buildings in northern Arizona since he first established his business in 1940. Among the buildings his firm constructed in the Prescott area are u.s. Forest Service Building, the Arizona Employment Security Building, both branches of Valley National Bank, City of Prescott Fire Station as well as the Police Training Building at the City Hall. The Eckel Firm is one of the largest contracting companies in the northern part of the stage and is well regarded in the construction industry. Mr. Echo is a member of associated general contractors and a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted at the United Methodist Church of Prescott at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 16, with interment at Mountain View Cemetery. Friends may call at Ruffner funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The family suggests memorials to the United Methodist Church of Prescott. Survivors are: his wife Ella of Prescott; one daughter, Mrs. E. Colleen Dyer of Prescott; Three Sisters, Grace Holliday, of Prescott; Margaret Despain of Central Point, Ore.; and Edith Moyer of Oklahoma; two brothers; Paul of Las Vegas, Nevada; and E. F. Eckel of Estes Park, Colo., also surviving are 11 grandchildren