Dwight Edson Eller's Obituary
Dwight Edson Eller Passed away October 15, 2015. Born March 12, 1931, Milford, Nebraska of an original settler family of Nebraska. Raised in Clay Center, Nebraska and Bozeman, Montana, he graduated from Bozeman High School and worked as a ranch hand and rodeo cowboy until going on active duty with the United States Army in 1952, having been first in the Montana National Guard. After serving overseas in France he mustered out in 1954 and moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona, he then met the love of his life, Patricia and they married in 1955. He graduated in 1960 with a J.D. in law, preceded with a B.A. in Finance. After serving as a bailiff to Judge John Molloy he was appointed to the Tucson City Attorney's Office 1961 where he worked as an Assistant City Attorney and periodically as the City Attorney for 30 years, retiring in 1991. Predeceased by his wife of 46 years, Patricia Ingle Eller, and survived by their children, Jill Becker (David), Eric Eller (Joan), and Judith I. Eller; grandchildren, Veronica Becker West and Richard Patrick Eller; nephews Galo Hurtado (Robbi) and Jon Hurtado (Lynn) and their families; he later remarried and is survived by wife Carla North and her children, Matthew (Andrea), Katharine (Dewey), Elizabeth (Matt) and families. Dwight was very active in his Alpha Tau Omega fraternity chapter at the U of A and the Antique Automobile Club of America, owning many vintage cars over the years. Descending from the German Anabaptists who settled western North Carolina in the 1740's, he was also active in the Tucson German-American club with his first wife Patricia who had been raised in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, and thus spoke fluent German. They had many friends who worked for Lufthansa airlines as a result, since Lufthansa used Tucson as a training base in the 1960s, and traveled frequently to Europe in retirement to tour and visit. He and Carla continued those activities. He was a man who, having been born of the humblest beginnings, brought himself up to the highest levels of achievement in education and career through dint of moral courage and determination, always determined to do what was right. Raised as a Methodist in the Midwest, he was confirmed into the Episcopal Church after marriage, and held this faith firmly and deeply to the end of his life. A Memorial Service will be held at Evergreen Memorial Chapel at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015, with a reception just off site immediately after. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory to Classical KUAT, AZPM, P.O. Box 210067, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and the Epsilon Beta ATO Alumni Scholarship Fund, 3011 S. Sierra Heights, Mesa, AZ 85212.
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