Lois Clair Sprake

Lois Clair Sprake

Female 1918 - 1997  (79 years)


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  • Name Lois Clair Sprake 
    Birth 17 May 1918  Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Dec 1997  Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I58217  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Charles Edwin Sprake,   b. 11 Oct 1893, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1948 (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Bessie K. Jenkins,   b. 20 Oct 1898, Edwardsville, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1983, Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 5 Apr 1915  Binghampton, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Feb 1932 
    Family ID F9575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anthony Joseph Labella,   b. 4 Apr 1918, Kingston Luz, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1979, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jul 1937  Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 1959 
    Children 
     1. Maurice Charles Labella
     2. Karen Joy Labella
     3. Charles David Labella,   b. 4 Oct 1946   d. 3 Sep 2007 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 William Joyce Eckhoff, Sr.,   b. 27 Jul 1927, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 2000, Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1960 
    Children 
     1. William Joyce Eckhoff, Jr.
    Family ID F24871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • LOIS ECKHOFF
      Morning Call, The (Allentown, PA) - January 1, 1998
      Lois Eckhoff, 79, of 3317 Walnut St., Bethlehem Township, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, in her home. She was the wife of William J. Eckhoff Sr. They were married for 38 years in October.

      Born in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Sprake.

      She was a member of Fritz Memorial United Methodist Church, Bethlehem, where she was and a board member, 35-year Sunday school teacher and choir singer.

      She was a member of Cub Scout Pack 346, Bethlehem, and the Minsi Trails Council, having been a Den moth, Den leader coach, committee woman, Cub commissioner and an assistant district commissioner. She was a recipient of the District Award of Merit and the Silver Beaver Scouting award.

      Survivors: Husband; daughter, Karen, wife of John Higgins of Moscow, Lackawanna County; sons, Charles LaBella of Troy, Ohio, Maurice LaBella of Lady Lake, Fla., and William J. Eckhoff Jr. of Bethlehem Township, 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

      Memorial services: 3 p.m. Friday in the church. No calling hours. Arrangements, Robert A. Hauke Funeral Home, Coplay.

      Contributions: American Cancer Society, Lehigh Valley Unit, or Lehigh Valley Hospice, c/o the funeral home.