Anthony "Tony" Alan Eck

About Tony

It is with heartfelt remembrance that we celebrate the life of Anthony (Tony) Alan Eck, from Gonvick, MN, who peacefully departed at the Cornerstone Nursing and Rehab Center in Bagley, MN on February 5, 2025. He was surrounded by the love of his family and the compassionate caregivers whom he had come to cherish.

Preceding him in death are parents Marvin and Shirley (Prestby) Eck. Grandparents Theodore and Emily Eck, Erling and Metta Prestby, wife Rita (Nielsen) Eck, infant daughter Annette Eck and brother Joel Eck.

Surviving him are son Chris Eck and wife Sara, daughter Candace Quade and husband Jason. Sister Lonny (Eck) English; brothers Rocky (Keith) Eck and wife Gwen, Butch (Virgil) Eck. Grandchildren Caden, Katryna, Ethan, Emma, Marissa, Treven, Kiara, Brenna, Kwynn and great granddaughter, Eliana.

His hobbies were gardening many types of flowers and vegetables. He provided veggies to everyone. He loved cutting wood, mowing the lawn so it looked perfect, fishing, hunting and visiting with people at the Lazy X and later at his home. He enjoyed driving around and looking for deer and checking the crops. He also enjoyed farming, raising animals, driving fast cars, watching westerns and politics on TV.

He started working at an early age, first accompanying his father and grandfather, thrashing grain, working on the family farm and other jobs around Gonvick. As an adult, he worked on large construction jobs primarily doing concrete. He worked at the nuclear plant here in Minnesota, the uranium mines in Wyoming, a smelting plant in Montana, the gasification plant in Beulah, North Dakota, the papermills in Grand Rapids and Duluth, and ended his career working in the pipeline industry. He put everything into his work and expected for the same from people that worked for and with him. He was proud of his accomplishments and liked to talk about the various areas he had worked in the United States. He is remembered by family and friends for his work ethic. He was a member of the laborer’s union, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a founding member of the Gonvick Pumpkin Growers.

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Funeral Services for Tony

February 24, 2025

Samhold Lutheran Church 259 North Ave, Gonvick, MN 56644, USA

Visitation is set from 5 :00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on February 23, 2025, at the Cease Family Funeral Home Chapel in Bagley, Minnesota. A lunch will follow the service on February 24. He chose to be cremated, and the family will get together later this summer to place his ashes.

Funeral/Cremation Provider: Cease Family Funeral Home