The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
January 25, 2001

KENT ECKHART


Mr. Eckhart, 72, was found dead Jan. 22, 2001, at his home in Monument. He was a chief flight instructor with Arrow Aviation and taught aviation safety courses for 10 years. He served in the Air Force for 29 years.

Mr. Eckhart was born Aug. 4, 1928, to Clarence and Annabel Eckhart, who are deceased. He was married Sept. 5, 1976, to Sharon Teeter, who is deceased.

He is survived by five sons, Kent Eckhart Jr., John Eckhart, Mark Eckhart, Eric Mortenson and Scott Mortenson; three daughters, Ruth Ann Preminger, Elizabeth Eckhart and Carie Brumit; and 13 grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, 219 E. Bijou St. A private burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 S. Hancock Ave. Evergreen Funeral Home, 1830 E. Fountain Blvd., 475-8303, is handling arrangements.

SHARON ECKHART


Mrs. Eckhart, 59, was found dead Jan. 22, 2001, at her home in Monument. She was a ticket agent for American Airlines. She served in the Navy for four years and Air Force Reserves for five years.

Mrs. Eckhart was born May 31, 1941, to Ward and Katherine Teeter, who are deceased. She was married Sept. 5, 1976, to Kent Eckhart, who is deceased.

She is survived by two sons, Eric Mortenson and Scott Mortenson; a daughter, Carie Brumit; three stepsons, Kent Eckhart Jr., John Eckhart and Mark Eckhart; two stepdaughters, Ruth Ann Preminger and Elizabeth Eckhart; seven grandchildren; and six stepgrandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, 219 E. Bijou St. A private inurnment will be at Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 S. Hancock Ave. Evergreen Funeral Home, 1830 E. Fountain Blvd., 475-8303, is handling arrangements.


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Idaho Statesman
Feb 11, 2001

Lt.Col. Kent H. Eckhart (Ret.) - Sharon Eckhart


Lt. Col. Kent H Eckhart (Ret.), 72, and his wife, Sharon Eckhart, 59, formerly of Boise, passed away Monday, Jan 22, 2001, at their home in Monument, Colo. Kent was the chief flight instructor with a Arrow Aviation and taught aviation safety courses for the AOPA for 10 years. Kent served in the Air Force for 29 years including a tour of duty in Vietnam. Flying was the love of his life.

Sharon (Teeter) Eckhart was a ticket agent for American Airlines. She served in the Navy for four years and the Air Force reserves for five. Kent and Sharon were married Sept. 5, 1976. They loved traveling, camping and fishing, but most of all flying together.

They are survived by five sons, Kent Eckhart Jr., John Eckhart, Mark Eckhart, Eric Mortenson, and Scott Mortenson; three daughters, Ruth AnnPreminger, Elizabeth Eckhart, and Cary Brumit; and thirteen grandchildren.

Kent and Sharon were buried with full military honors at a private service in Colorado Springs, Colo. They will be greatly missed.

HIGH FLIGHT

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter silvered wing;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled, and soared, and swung
High in the sunlit silence.
Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., 412 Fighter Squadron, RCAF
written September 3, 1941 --- KIA December 11, 1941



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