Iva B. Eckert, 96, a resident at Ephrata Manor, entered into rest on Sunday, October 16, 2016. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Ruth Aument Yost. Iva was the wife of Warren D. "Poss" Eckert who died in April 2005. They had been married for 65 years.

   Her son, Donald C. Eckert, died in November of 2009. Iva was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Yost and a sister, Dorothy Bear.