David P. Eckberg, 78;
From Navy, Had
Life-Long Love Of Sea
MILFORD – David P. Eckberg, 78, a Navy veteran with a life-long love of the ocean, passed away Saturday Feb. 23, 2019, at Cooperstown Center.
David was born in San Diego, Calif., to Marjorie and Joseph Melvin Eckberg.
Upon graduating high school, David enlisted in the Navy. He completed sonar school and served on the destroyer, USS Fred T Berry. After four years and an honorable discharge he resided in New York.
He was a machinist and foreman at General Electric in Schenectady for 17 years. He then joined the Laborers’ Union Local #157 and worked construction in New York and Tucson, Ariz., where he lived and retired after 10 years.
