03/06/2024
It is with the deepest sadness I share with you that Glenda Eck died Sunday March 3rd, 2024. Glenda served as Head Cook at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge for over 20 years till it closed in 2014. She started as a waitress in her 20's under Great Grandma Virginia. Met her husband at the resort, Ken Eck, and left to start a family. Then returned and became a cornerstone of the resort.
She filled our tummies and our souls. Many of you will remember her excellent prime rib, luscious Chocolate Marvel Pie, and RUM ROLLS that were to die for. But she was so much more to us. She served as fill-in mom for the foreign staff, teaching them with patience and understanding, thru the language barriers, and always there to give a hug. She filled in as HR director, listening to all staff, and deciphering the drama, yet with an apron on (that was always covered in whatever she had been cooking!). She watched and listened from her view point out the kitchen windows and served as the heart of the resort. She took time to sit on the back kitchen porch with anyone that needed an ear to talk to. She was willing to adapt, and put on weddings and meals for 100 people, with no professional training, but a competence that would out match any. And most of all, she was a dear dear friend, to so many, but also to the Ross family. She stood by us for the births, sicknesses, foreclosures, and deaths. Not as her job, but as family.
Glenda - THANK YOU! Words cannot say how much we will miss you. You will always have place at Teal Lake and in our hearts.
