Gilford, NH

Melva Tumulak Eckland, age 63, of Brookside Crossing in Gilford, died peacefully at home, with her family, April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday.

She was born in the Philippines, the youngest of 8 children of Segundo Baguio Tumulak and Ambrosia Fortich Tumulak.

Melva graduated nursing in 1978, came to the United States of American in 1987 through a working VISA, worked at Middlesex County Hospital in Waltham up to 1994, then transferred to Fernald Developmental Center in Waltham, MA, Glavin Regional Center in Shrewsbury, MA and to Wrentham Developmental Center in Wrentham, MA, where she retired in 2011.

Leaving her husband James William Eckland, their son Kenneth Tumulak Eckland, a brother Segundito F. Tumulak, 3 sisters: Jovita T. DeGuzman, Carolyn T. Hanes, Jane T. Miranda, 5 nephews, 3 nieces, 4 great nephews, 7 great nieces, 1 great great nephew and 2 great great nieces.

Calling hours are Thursday from 5-8pm at Peaslee Alton Funeral Home, 12 School Street, Alton, NH.  A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11am at the Community Church of Alton, with Pastor Sam Hollo, officiating.  Interment will follow at Bayside Cemetery in Laconia.  Instead of flowers, a donation in her memory may be made to: Community Church of Alton, PO Box 997, Alton, NH 03809, or Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 or Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH 03246.