Grace Irene McDonald Beckman 1916 - 2009

BECKMAN, MCDONALD, BROWN

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 8/14/2012 at 09:16:14

Grace Irene McDonald Beckman, 92, of Burlington died at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2009, at GRMC-Klein Unit in Burlington.

Born March 1, 1916, in Garland, Ia., she was the daughter of John Dwight and Doris Elma Brown McDonald. On February 25, 1941, she married J. Edward Beckman in Dodgeville, Ia. He died August 22, 1996.

Mrs. Beckman was a homemaker and worked as a bookkeeper at Holiday Shell. She was a member of St. Mary & Patrick Catholic Church in West Burlington, St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society, Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and Keenagers. She was one of the 12 original members of the “Lunch Bunch”. Grace was an avid reader, fantastic cook, loved to garden and tend her flowers. She had a keen sense of current affairs and of what was right in this world.

Survivors include three daughters, Barbara (Tim) Farrell, Patricia Weiland and Joanne (Burton) Prugh all of Burlington; two sons, John (Maureen) Beckman of Waterloo, Ia., and Thomas Beckman of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.; seven grandsons, Ken, Michael, Steve (Karyl) and Nicholas (Liana) Weiland, John (Deanna) Farrell, Aaron (Jessica) and Cody Beckman; five granddaughters, Shawn Ryan, Lindsay (John) Fruehling, Molly Prugh, Amanda (Chad) Allard and Kelsey Beckman; six great-granddaughters, Meghan, Caitlin, Aidan and Gwyneth Ryan, Hannah Fruehling and Megan Weiland; two great-grandsons, Coulter Fruehling and Benjamin Allard; one sister, Ruth Bucci of Burlington; three brothers, Leonard McDonald of Barnwell, S.C., W. Dale McDonald of Springfield, Mo., and Harry D. McDonald of Golden, Colo. ; several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Laurel Hugg.

Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.