2021 Grand Marshals BOB & ADA ECKLES
Bob and Ada Eckles will be honored as the Grand Marshals of the 2021 Steel Days Grand Parade on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. Bob Eckles was born and raised in American Fork. He went to Harrington Elementary, American Fork Junior High (on the hill, where the American Fork Fitness Center currently sits), and graduated from American Fork High School in 1966. While in high school, he played football, basketball, baseball, and tennis, winning state championships in both baseball and tennis. Bob received a scholarship to Snow College for basketball and tennis and graduated in 1968. He then attended Utah State University on scholarship and played tennis there until graduating in 1970. After college, Bob started teaching at American Fork High School. He
taught Human Physiology, Medical Terminology, and Drivers Education. During his 50 year teaching career, he was also an assistant basketball
coach, baseball coach, and football coach as well as head basketball coach, tennis coach, and HOSA advisor. He retired from teaching and coaching in 2020. Ada Peterson Eckles moved to American Fork when she was a high school freshman and attended American Fork High School where she was a cheerleader. She graduated in 1967, ® and Bob and Ada were married that same year. They bought their “starter” home in American Fork, where they still reside. Ada worked at a well-known yogurt EARN TREATS WITH THE CHICK-FIL-A ONE™ APP parlor on Main Street where she cooked their soups and meat pies for For more details, visit One.Chick-fil-A.com/Terms 20 years. She was also a special needs aide at American Fork High School, where her students loved her. She was the Employee of the Year for the Alpine School District in 2017. Bob and Ada had eight children. Seven of their®children graduated from AFHS, the only exception being their daughter, Bobbie Jo. In 1990, they discovered that four-year-old ... ® Bobbie Jo had a brain tumor, which ™ determined to be cancerwas later EARN TREATS.WITH THE CHICK-FIL-A ONE APP .. ous. ForWITH more THE details, visit One.Chick-fil-A.com/Terms EARN TREATS CHICK-FIL-A ONE™ APP When some of the other coaches around the state discovered Bobbie For more details, visit One.Chick-fil-A.com/Terms Jo would not survive her battle with cancer, they organized fundraisers to help with medical expenses. The town
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