A funeral mass took place Jan. 6 at St. Ann’s Polish Church, Jersey City, for Ann Eckel, 76, “Really 21,” a lifelong resident of Jersey City. She passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Jan. 1. She was retired head teller for Bank of New York in Secaucus. Ann enjoyed traveling to Atlantic City and loved cooking on the holidays for family gatherings. She was a graduate of Dickinson High School, Jersey City. Ann was the wife for 53 years to Richard Eckel; mother of Debra Eckel; grandmother of Heather Shultz; great-grandmother of Tristan; sister of John and the late Stanley Jadwinski, William, Edward and Joseph Advensky, Mary Muszynski and Veronica Shields. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and very close friends. Services arranged by the Riotto Funeral Home and Cremation Company, Jersey City.