MICHAEL PUPINAK ECKIS, 74
NORTH JACKSON -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Lane Funeral Home, Austintown, for Michael Pupinak Eckis, 74, of 2488 Rosemont Road, who died early Tuesday at home.
Mr. Eckis was born Feb. 14, 1927, in Youngstown, a son of John and Mary Mastilak Pupinak.
A truck driver working out of Teamster Local 377, he was the owner/operator and company driver for White Star Trucking in North Jackson for 40 years, and had also worked for North Jackson Township for many years.
He was a member of First Federated Church in North Jackson, had attended Jackson-Milton High School, and was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Besides his wife, the former Janet K. Eckis, whom he married June 12, 1950, he leaves three daughters, Debra Bartek and Susan Eckis Crum, both of North Jackson, and Mary Jane Hackathorn of Casa Grande, Ariz.; and eight grandchildren.
A brother, Frank Pupinak, is deceased.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
3/21/01