August 23, 2012 We were sad to learn of your mother's passing.Both of our children took her journalism class,and both drew cartoons for the Surveyor.Mike was also on the Academic Decathlon team.We remember the long nights she put in getting the paper out. Sometimes he tested her nerves getting his cartoons in on time. She was a teacher who demanded her students to do their best and beyond, but she truly cared for them.Mrs. Ecker will always be remembered with us. Larry and May Stock-Cedar Rapids, Iowa