Though small of stature, Alice played the Sousaphone and bugle as well as singing and dancing with her siblings. 30 intersection, her parents formed the “Eakle Family Band,” a marching band and dance troupe comprised of Alice and her seven younger siblings. During the Great Depression, while living at the airport on the NW corner of IL 23 & U.S. Weather Bureau at the emergency airport in Waterman. As a teenager, she worked as a weather observer for the U.S. She graduated as valedictorian from Waterman High School and attended Northern Illinois State Normal School (now Northern Illinois University) where she worked on the college newspaper, The Northern Star.įrom the late 1920’s through the 1930’s, she met many famous pilots flying in the early years of Transcontinental Air Mail Service (New York to San Francisco route).

Starting in 1924, she grew up on emergency air mail landing fields (airports) near Waterman, IL, managed by her parents, sparking a lifelong love of aviation and atmospheric science. Eakle while her father earned a pharmacy degree.

The first of eight children, Alice was born in Des Moines, IA on May 2, 1921, to Mary (Mercer) and Paul V. 12, 2017, at her daughter’s home in Edmonds, WA. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Eileen Marie Waterman, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.Alice Eakle Marks, aviation historian, artist, and community activist, died Dec. The service will be livestreamed via the Adams & Swanson Facebook page for those unable to attend. Visitation will be held noon-7:00, with family present 5:00-7:00, Wednesday, Decemat Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be shared at Services will be held 11:00 A.M., Thursday, Decemat Harvest Christian Fellowship with Pastor Jeremy Rinke officiating. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. She was an amazing mom and best friend to her children and an incredible Nana to her grandchildren and great grandchildren.Įileen was preceded in death by her parents, John and Edna Waterman numerous aunts and uncles.Įileen is survived by her son, Murray (Shari) Cecil of North Platte daughter, Dee (Ross) Nichelson of Sutherland son Joseph Toelle (Cassandra Schultz) of North Platte 11 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren best friends, Nancy Kubes of Lincoln and Juanita Ady of North Platte. She continued to visit friends and go to lunch at the airport with the class of 1964. In 2013 Eileen moved to her daughter Dee’s in Sutherland and worked at Walmart until her health declined. She enjoyed patient care and spent close to 30 years in nursing, working at Great Plains Health, North Platte Care Center, Linden Court, Centennial Park, and The Ambassador in Lincoln. During this time Eileen attended nursing school at Mid Plains Community College and became a nurse. Eileen married Steve Toelle in November of 1978 and they welcomed child #3, “Baby Joey”. They later divorced but remained close until Warren’s passing in 1995. She married Warren Lee Cecil in San Diego in 1965, to this union two children were born, Deirdre and Murray. She then attended business college in North Platte. She was born on Januin Omaha and was welcomed to her home in North Platte by her parents John and Edna (Harbert) Waterman.Įileen graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1964. Eileen Marie Waterman, 75, passed away Decemat Great Plains Health in North Platte, surrounded by her family.

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