Happy birthday grandpa ! Hard to believe you would have been 100!
I love you and miss you so so much. I wish today, we were all back in naples and mom was having you and grandma over for your birthday and you’d take a picture of the table and food! And we would all sing to you and be together at mom and dads naples house..
grandpa, I saw all the puzzles you had in your apt and how you recorded the date you completed each puzzle.. most of them several times! Those Charles wysocki puzzles! It made me smile to see and be reminded how meticulous you are!

Happy birthday
Love Jennifer

Happy Birthday Dad!
100 years - WOW!
I miss you and still think I can pick up the phone and call you to talk about a basketball game or a golf tournament.

Happy 100th Birthday to the most wonderful Father-in-Law a gal could have ever had!

Love you

Love you grandpa and miss so so much . You are the best grandpa in the universe.
You are missed so much. I would give anything to be able to knock on your condo door and come inside and sit with you and grandma and just visit . I miss those afternoons. After school/ work. Those are some of my fondest memories of our time together .
Love always
Jennifer

Miss you Lou.

Best Father-in-law anyone could have had!

Love,
Patty

Happy birthday grandpa, I miss you so much. It’s just not the same without you and grandma. We shared so many great memories. Today on what would have been your 99th birthday you are remembered by your family who loves you so much! And All the things that made you .. you! You’re love for grandma Betty, your character and integrity, your faith , your impeccable organizational skills!, your John Deere lawnmower, being a buckeye , a veteran , and your love for your family and friends. Your legacy lives on in all of us, and for me, all the lessons you taught me about life and being a good person .
I wish you were here to blow out 99 candles!
Love your granddaughter jennifer

Dear Lou

Today would have been your 99th Birthday. Thinking of you with Love and remembering all the wonderful memories through the years.

Your loving Daughter-in-Law

Mike Eckhart’s loving thought’s put into words about his Uncle Lou’s Life:

“A life well lived, a life to be honored,
a life to be followed.”

Hi Dad. I miss you so much. Frequently something happens and I think I should call you and tell you about it. You were always there for me. You were the best!

Dear Grandpa, I cannot begin to tell you just how much you are loved and missed! I think of you and grandma every day and it seems I miss you more and more and more! I am always thinking of ways I would want to share my goals and dreams with you like i used to when you lived in your condo down the street from me. I don't know if you could every know just how much your opinion and approval meant to me. You continued to guide me thru my childhood and into my adult life. I miss so much just being able to knock on your condo door and come in and sit in one of your 2 leather lean back chairs and just visit with you. You were always open to have me come by whenever. It just feels like something is missing in my life everytime I accomplish a goal or need advice,,you guys arent there....and it just makes me so grateful for the times we did have. Grandpa you are one of the most organized, consistent, kind, supportive people I've ever known. The older i get and the more people i Come into contact with the more I realize just how amazing a person you were. Dad recently gave me your union membership 70th pin. He said you continued to renew your member s hip for 70 years! I'm looking at your pin right now and thinking of you and what an amazing grandpa you were. You lived a life full of friends and family and always were there for us. I am a better person because you taught me about life and God and being a productive and responsible. there are just so many things I could say but to be honest I selfishly miss you so very much, being your grand daughter was a honor and i'm so proud of you and who you were and I hope to keep the things you taught me and shared with me close all my life. I miss you so much and have the fondest memories of Dayton and those summers together and all the things we shared when you were in Naples. I miss you so much grandpa so so much. I pray that you are united with grandma and your little girl and someday to see you again. You are so amazing and I love you so much!

Dear grandpa, I am just thinking of you today and missing you. I like to reread these messages from family and friends left for you. I know you are looking down and watching out for all of us but I just miss you a little extra today and wanted to connect with you in some tangible way... Love you so much..
Jennifer

Very recently my mom (now almost 94 herself) brought up the group of couples (Brenners, Keiths, Looses, Mantis' and Snells) that always gathered together, using their JC coupon books to dine at the finer Dayton restaurants back in the 60's / 70's & 80's. Oh how they enjoyed each others company! A very close group of friends that made life enjoyable.
Sincere condolences to Kelly and Scott and the entire Mantis family. May your wonderful memories ease the heartache of your loss. Lou was obviously blessed with a long and love filled life.

Lou and Betty Mantis ~ Reverently remembered eternally. Sacred souls, forever friends, and loving liaisons who helped shape my Christian walk. Missing you mightily. May your souls rest in peace. ~ Susie Hilton, Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples-Florida.

Lou and Betty were the most wonderful friends and neighbors for 30 years. In addition I had opportunity to be one of Lou's nurse during several of his hospital admissions. When my husband Lloyd was ill they were there to help and comfort. Once they moved to Florida we maintained our friendship. Losing Betty was very difficult and I worried about Lou. I would call him every few months and had been thinking about calling him when I received this e-mail. Betty and Lou will always have a place in my Heart. I'm thankful for the opportunity to have them in my life. You brought me and my family much happiness.

Dear Grandpa, words cannot express just how much i truly love you and feel honored to be your grand daughter. I spent every summer from 5 -15 which included my birthday june 12 with my most special beloved grandparents betty and lou. Those summers together are some of my most cherished memories i have as a child. Grandpa would always pick me up in the lincoln at the airport and we would spend our days playing croquet in the back yard, going to the library, Kings Island where grandma and grandpa would every single time win me a prize at the guess your age booth...they always looked so young they fooled the worker every single time! We would go to church on sunday, take the scenic route home always, grandpa would blow dry my hair when i was little and read to me every night. On my 16th birthday grandpa drew me acard and a voucher to fill up my tank every wednesday for a year...as a way for us to always meet up weekly and spend time together catching up! Grandpa was so organized and meticulous about everything...lists ..correspondance, paperwork ...everything! He taught me how to be organized and "not to put down but put away" my things when i got home. We spent many a night playing cards..he taught me how to shuffle a deck! We loved to play tripoly every new years eve! Grandpa loved something sweet after his meal carmal was his favorite! One summer we drove all the way to kentucky from dayton ohio to get his fav ice cream only sold at this from one ice cream shop. He loved his esther price candies and would have boxes and boxes stashed in his closet to give to us all at xmas time turtles were his favorite.
Grandma and Grandpa got more xmas cards than anyone ive ever known...they woukd sit down together and address and write them together every year. Grandpa really enjoyed looking thru them and he and Grandma wouid sit together in their matching leather lean back chairs and enjoy looking thru them.Grandpa always had a comfy chair to sit and look thru the many roladex of pictures of family and friends. I have to mention ..puzzles! Specifically charles wysocki puzzles. My brother Nick and Grandpa spent hours together every summer solving puzzles that was their bonding time together. Up until just a few months ago Grandpa was still working hus wysocki puzzles in his " puzzle room" in his apt at Terricina. The whole room was devoted to his hobby . He was very specific about why he liked wysocki the best because each piece had something interesting to look at it. I found it hard to ever find a new one for him to work hes solved them all already!

Grandpa kept up with technology! He once told me he learned how to use the telephone at school and then went home to teach his parents. How a telephone worked...from that to the fact Grandpa Lou requesting a iphone ! He was one of the few seniors i knew to use and enjoy the computer and internet! He was so sharp and savvy his entire life. Grandpa got his first iphone 7 plus at 95! And he knew how you use it!

I was blessed enough to spend so much time with both Grandma Betty and Grandpa Lou . I feel so much love, admiration and gratitude for everything Grandpa taught me. Words cant express how much i will miss him. I am a better person for having him as my Grandpa.

A devoted christian, loving husband, thoughtful grandparent and proud parent Grandpa Lou was a truly good man. He loved his country, his family and most of all his wife . He will be missed by his family and all the kind people he met and was surrounded by at Terricina the past 7 years. They all respected and liked him because his truly kind nature always shined thru with all his interactions with the people and staff at Terricina. I know he is at home with all our family who have been their waiting to recieve Grandpa in Heaven, but he will be truly missed very much by myself and the loving family left to remember him and be better for knowing him. 

I love you so so much Grandpa it wont be ever the same without you here. Thank you for everything I am truly grateful for everything and cant wait to reunite with you .

  This is Mike Eckhart talking about Uncle Lou. He was a blessing in my life. When I was around four or five he taught me how to tie my shoes.Throughout my life he helped me and even advised me in many ways. he was a man of great character. When we lived at Granny’s house, Betty and Lou lived on the remodeled third-floor. For a while my Mom and I lived at Granny Gaines’ house and Betty and Lou lived on the remodeled third floor. Lou was like a substitute father. Years later he gave me a job for two summers with his electric company while I was in college. It was much appreciated by me. I wish my dad had been more like him.You can’t get any better Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Uncle than Lou.

   This is Jane Eckhart. Lou was loving, caring, and generous to Mike and I and our children! His kind spirit and quiet faith was an integral part of who he was around friends, family, and strangers. It was obvious to me when I was a new member of Mike’s family that Lou did not want me to ever feel left out when attending family gatherings. He welcomed everyone into his home with compassion, care, and kindness. He modeled a life of service to others. His legacy lives on in the lives of his sons Kelly and Scot. Mike and I love you, Uncle Lou, and will never forget you!