JEAN ECKLER MCCAMPBELL, EX-ROCKETTE
Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - Monday, March 26, 1990
Jean Eckler McCampbell, one of the original Radio City Music Hall Rockettes and founder of a West Palm Beach dance studio that bore her name, died Sunday after a long illness. She was 77.
Mrs. McCampbell came to Palm Beach County with her parents, William and Harriet Eckler, in 1914 on a barge down the Intracoastal Waterway, her son, Bill Quigley, said Sunday night.
Mrs. McCampbell's father worked with Addison Mizner designing and building estates in Palm Beach County. And her mother, Harriet Beecher Fowler Eckler, founded The Eckler Private School in West Palm Beach.
Mrs. McCampbell graduated from high school two years early and at age 16 left Florida for New York City.
"She went up there to stake her claim; she wanted to dance," Quigley said.
Mrs. McCampbell was one of the original 16 Rockettes when the group was formed in 1928. She danced with the Rockettes for 10 years, at the Roxy Theater and then at the Radio City Music Hall. She retired at 26 and married John H. Quigley. The couple had six children.
In 1950, the two divorced and Mrs. McCampbell moved--with her children --back to Palm Beach County.
"Mom was the original women's libber," he said. To earn a living, she founded the Jean Eckler School of Dance, the largest studio in the area for more than a decade.
In 1960, Mrs. McCampbell was appointed by the Board of Opportunity Inc., as director of the Boys and Girls Club. She held that position until her retirement in 1981.
Mrs. McCampbell married David McCampbell in 1963, but the two divorced 12 years later.
Mrs. McCampbell died at her Jupiter home.
She is survived by two sisters, Doris Votaw of West Palm Beach, and Janice Vincent, of Tennessee; a brother, William Eckler, of Delray Beach; six children, Patricia Ritchie and Karen Steele, both of North Carolina, John Eckler of Columbus, Ohio, Cynthia Stowe of Denver, Jim Quigley of Wellington, and Bill Quigley of Lake Clarke Shores; 14 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Contributor: Camille Harden Glancy (48433763)
Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - Monday, March 26, 1990
Jean Eckler McCampbell, one of the original Radio City Music Hall Rockettes and founder of a West Palm Beach dance studio that bore her name, died Sunday after a long illness. She was 77.
Mrs. McCampbell came to Palm Beach County with her parents, William and Harriet Eckler, in 1914 on a barge down the Intracoastal Waterway, her son, Bill Quigley, said Sunday night.
Mrs. McCampbell's father worked with Addison Mizner designing and building estates in Palm Beach County. And her mother, Harriet Beecher Fowler Eckler, founded The Eckler Private School in West Palm Beach.
Mrs. McCampbell graduated from high school two years early and at age 16 left Florida for New York City.
"She went up there to stake her claim; she wanted to dance," Quigley said.
Mrs. McCampbell was one of the original 16 Rockettes when the group was formed in 1928. She danced with the Rockettes for 10 years, at the Roxy Theater and then at the Radio City Music Hall. She retired at 26 and married John H. Quigley. The couple had six children.
In 1950, the two divorced and Mrs. McCampbell moved--with her children --back to Palm Beach County.
"Mom was the original women's libber," he said. To earn a living, she founded the Jean Eckler School of Dance, the largest studio in the area for more than a decade.
In 1960, Mrs. McCampbell was appointed by the Board of Opportunity Inc., as director of the Boys and Girls Club. She held that position until her retirement in 1981.
Mrs. McCampbell married David McCampbell in 1963, but the two divorced 12 years later.
Mrs. McCampbell died at her Jupiter home.
She is survived by two sisters, Doris Votaw of West Palm Beach, and Janice Vincent, of Tennessee; a brother, William Eckler, of Delray Beach; six children, Patricia Ritchie and Karen Steele, both of North Carolina, John Eckler of Columbus, Ohio, Cynthia Stowe of Denver, Jim Quigley of Wellington, and Bill Quigley of Lake Clarke Shores; 14 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Contributor: Camille Harden Glancy (48433763)
JEAN ECKLER MCCAMPBELL, EX-ROCKETTE
Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - Monday, March 26, 1990
Jean Eckler McCampbell, one of the original Radio City Music Hall Rockettes and founder of a West Palm Beach dance studio that bore her name, died Sunday after a long illness. She was 77.
Mrs. McCampbell came to Palm Beach County with her parents, William and Harriet Eckler, in 1914 on a barge down the Intracoastal Waterway, her son, Bill Quigley, said Sunday night.
Mrs. McCampbell's father worked with Addison Mizner designing and building estates in Palm Beach County. And her mother, Harriet Beecher Fowler Eckler, founded The Eckler Private School in West Palm Beach.
Mrs. McCampbell graduated from high school two years early and at age 16 left Florida for New York City.
"She went up there to stake her claim; she wanted to dance," Quigley said.
Mrs. McCampbell was one of the original 16 Rockettes when the group was formed in 1928. She danced with the Rockettes for 10 years, at the Roxy Theater and then at the Radio City Music Hall. She retired at 26 and married John H. Quigley. The couple had six children.
In 1950, the two divorced and Mrs. McCampbell moved--with her children --back to Palm Beach County.
"Mom was the original women's libber," he said. To earn a living, she founded the Jean Eckler School of Dance, the largest studio in the area for more than a decade.
In 1960, Mrs. McCampbell was appointed by the Board of Opportunity Inc., as director of the Boys and Girls Club. She held that position until her retirement in 1981.
Mrs. McCampbell married David McCampbell in 1963, but the two divorced 12 years later.
Mrs. McCampbell died at her Jupiter home.
She is survived by two sisters, Doris Votaw of West Palm Beach, and Janice Vincent, of Tennessee; a brother, William Eckler, of Delray Beach; six children, Patricia Ritchie and Karen Steele, both of North Carolina, John Eckler of Columbus, Ohio, Cynthia Stowe of Denver, Jim Quigley of Wellington, and Bill Quigley of Lake Clarke Shores; 14 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Contributor: Camille Harden Glancy (48433763)
Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - Monday, March 26, 1990
Jean Eckler McCampbell, one of the original Radio City Music Hall Rockettes and founder of a West Palm Beach dance studio that bore her name, died Sunday after a long illness. She was 77.
Mrs. McCampbell came to Palm Beach County with her parents, William and Harriet Eckler, in 1914 on a barge down the Intracoastal Waterway, her son, Bill Quigley, said Sunday night.
Mrs. McCampbell's father worked with Addison Mizner designing and building estates in Palm Beach County. And her mother, Harriet Beecher Fowler Eckler, founded The Eckler Private School in West Palm Beach.
Mrs. McCampbell graduated from high school two years early and at age 16 left Florida for New York City.
"She went up there to stake her claim; she wanted to dance," Quigley said.
Mrs. McCampbell was one of the original 16 Rockettes when the group was formed in 1928. She danced with the Rockettes for 10 years, at the Roxy Theater and then at the Radio City Music Hall. She retired at 26 and married John H. Quigley. The couple had six children.
In 1950, the two divorced and Mrs. McCampbell moved--with her children --back to Palm Beach County.
"Mom was the original women's libber," he said. To earn a living, she founded the Jean Eckler School of Dance, the largest studio in the area for more than a decade.
In 1960, Mrs. McCampbell was appointed by the Board of Opportunity Inc., as director of the Boys and Girls Club. She held that position until her retirement in 1981.
Mrs. McCampbell married David McCampbell in 1963, but the two divorced 12 years later.
Mrs. McCampbell died at her Jupiter home.
She is survived by two sisters, Doris Votaw of West Palm Beach, and Janice Vincent, of Tennessee; a brother, William Eckler, of Delray Beach; six children, Patricia Ritchie and Karen Steele, both of North Carolina, John Eckler of Columbus, Ohio, Cynthia Stowe of Denver, Jim Quigley of Wellington, and Bill Quigley of Lake Clarke Shores; 14 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Contributor: Camille Harden Glancy (48433763)
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