Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Eccles

In order to view the Live Stream on the service date please go to YouTube.com and type in Esther Eccles home going service at the 11am mark. Esther Elizabeth Eccles the matriarch of our family, left this world suddenly on January 16, 2021 at the young age of 95! Esther was a caring daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, mentor, teacher, and friend. Her loving heart has left a beacon of light for all who lives she touched. On Easter Sunday April 1925, Esther was born the youngest child of Earl and Sussie Embry. Her brothers and sisters Earl, Jean, Dorothea, Susan, and Neal. Esther graduated from Crispus Attucks High School. After graduation Esther was recruited to draw maps as a member of the Army Map Corps During World War II. She studied at Madam C. J. Walker’s school of beauty, and became a licensed cosmetologist. She later moved to Detroit where she met and married Arthur Humphrey and they had two sons, Arthur and Michael. The marriage ended in divorce, and she became a single mother in the 1950’s with two young sons. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Esther worked as a stylist and licensed cosmetologist, first at The House of Beauty and later at The House of Joy. She remained a single mom raising two boys until she married Arthur D. Eccles on June 28, 1969. She later went to work at Glazier Elementary School as a Teacher Aide. Her love of children and teaching instilled in her the commitment to continuing her own education. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Detroit, and became a proud member of Phi Delta Kappa Sorority. Throughout her life even the simplest pleasures in life seemed to bring Esther great joy! In her later years, Esther had a Very Passionate Love Affair … with ice cream. She also Loved shopping, evenings out with friends, and quiet evenings at home with music and an occasional glass of wine. In her later years Ester still retained her uncanny ability to find happiness every day of her life! She is survived by her sons, Arthur and Michael, Daughters Claudia and Janet, Adopted Daughter Sandy, and Host of: Nieces, Nephews, Grand Nieces, Grand Nephews, and Great Grand Nieces and Great Grand Nephews who continue to honor her legacy. May all our memories of Esther Elizabeth Eccles far exceed all our sorrow without her.

Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Eccles

April 12, 1925 - January 16, 2021