Anita Yeckel (November 12, 1942 – August 26, 2015) was a

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politician who served in the

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, rising in seniority to the level of assistant majority floor leader. Born in

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, she was first elected to the Missouri Senate in 1996 and served in office between 1997 through 2005. She graduated from the

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with a bachelor's of science degree in political science. Yeckel sought the GOP nomination for

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in 2004, but lost she lost to

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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. 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

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at age 72.

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Funeral Monday for Anita Yeckel, 72, former state senator
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