Sarah Eckard

Oconto, NE – Sarah Eckard age 85 of Oconto, NE passed away at her home on June 20, 2025.

Sarah Mae Eckard was born on February 15, 1940, in Burwell, NE to Henry and Margaret (Hardy) Eckard. Sarah completed 8 grades of school.

As a young adult she came to live with Velma & Fred Kranz of Oconto. She helped with housekeeping, gardening, and cooking.

Sarah joined the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and was a devoted member the rest of her life. She enjoyed helping wherever needed at church, at the Adventist youth camp in Lexington for the summer camp season for many years. She would often help sort donated clothing at Community Connections in Broken Bow.

While Sarah was never married, she enjoyed her nieces and nephews, who often provided childcare for them as needed.

Sarah was preceded in death by her parents, brother Ernie, sisters Rosemary and Evelyn, and her twin sister Margaret.

Sarah is survived by her sister, Delores (Dwain) Kranz and brother Charlie Eckard.

A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM at the Seventh-day Adventist Church 403 North 10th Avenue, Broken Bow, NE. Burial will be in the Oconto Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Camp Arrowhead in Lexington, NE. Online words of condolence may be left at www.govierbrothers.com