Passed away, peacefully, on Sunday, March 15th, 2026, at his late residence, Tillsonburg, “Richie” Richard James Ecker, lifelong resident of Tillsonburg, age 79. Richie was a son of the late Laurence David Ecker and the late Isabelle Mary (Hughes) Ecker. Richie was a self-employed Carpenter/Handyman. Richard was from a large family with his siblings: Barbara Lyn (Ecker) Paterson and Lloyd, Salford, ON; infant David Ecker (1943); Edward Laurence Ecker (Joyce), Tillsonburg, ON; Brian Ecker (Carol), London, ON; Dennis Ecker (Maureen), Dobbinton, ON; Marsha Hansen (Dan), Nanaimo, B.C.; Linda Gleason (Hillary), French River, ON; Janice Klein (George), Union, ON and Stephen Ecker (November 23, 2014). Survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Cremation has taken place. Friends, neighbours and relatives are invited to leave personal condolences, share favourite memories and photos or make memorial donations online to the “Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital Foundation”, via Richard’s online tribute page at www.verhoevefuneralhomes.com or by contacting the Maurice J. Verhoeve Funeral Homes – Burial and Cremation Services Inc., 262 Broadway, Tillsonburg (519) 842-4238, entrusted with cremation arrangements.
