Anita Yeckel

Anita Yeckel
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 1st district
In office
January 8, 1997 – January 5, 2005
Preceded byIrene Treppler
Succeeded byHarry Kennedy
Personal details
Born(1942-11-12)November 12, 1942
Salt Lake City, Utah
DiedAugust 26, 2015(2015-08-26) (aged 72)
St. Louis, Missouri
Political partyRepublican

Anita Yeckel (November 12, 1942 – August 26, 2015) was a Republican politician who served in the Missouri Senate, rising in seniority to the level of assistant majority floor leader. Born in Utah, she was first elected to the Missouri Senate in 1996 and served in office between 1997 through 2005. She graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis with a bachelor's of science degree in political science.[1]

Yeckel sought the GOP nomination for State Treasurer of Missouri in 2004, but lost she lost to Sarah Steelman who won the general election. She had been campaign treasurer for her predecessor state Senator Irene Treppler, the first Republican woman elected to the Missouri Senate.[2] In 1964, she married Bob Yeckel who sought to replace her in the Senate, but he lost to Democrat Harry Kennedy by about 700 votes.

She died of heart disease on August 26, 2015, in St. Louis, Missouri at age 72.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rebecca McDowell Cook. Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 111.
  2. ^ "Funeral Friday for Irene Treppler, author of potty parity law". Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  3. ^ "Funeral Monday for Anita Yeckel, 72, former state senator". stltoday.com. 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2020-01-22.


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